HARMONY OF COLOUR
Mr. Roger Fry, the art expert, in an appendix to the Gorell Committee’s report on Art and Industry, writes: ‘'The idea of ‘quiet’ colour is to use muddy browns, degraded reds and dirty greens, more or less indiscriminately, while ‘gay’ colour consists in a very restricted range of oranges, scarlets and greens. In such circles the idea that colour is a question of harmonies which are almost as distinct as musical har monies scarcely seems to have occurred at all. No doubt the attempt to gauge the public taste must be attended with many deceptions, nor can one deny that the taste of the public at large is nei ther cultivated nor discriminating, but there arc many indications that it is willing to accept better designs than it gets. After all, people are forced to buy what is before them, but they often do so of sheer necessity and without approval. ’ ’
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 178, 30 July 1932, Page 13 (Supplement)
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