Ideal Color-Combinations for Home Decor

Black and white
Blue with gold, or orange, or maize
Blue, with salmon, or red-orange
Blue with black or white, or with orange added
Blue with gold, crimson, and sometimes brown
Red with red-orange, orange, or gold; black may be added
Scarlet with violet, or black, or white
Crimson with orange, or red-orange, or green
Yellow with violet
Green with gold, crimson, red, or orange
Purple, red, and scarlet
Gold with lilac or blue-violet
Lilac with scarlet, white, or black
Gold with practically any color
Black and white with any color

Shades and tints of the same color are good together. This list of colors, which are thought to produce pleasing harmonies, is offered in the hope that it may be helpful to persons who are not experienced in selecting good combinations from one or the other of the color wheels. Another reason why this list is valuable is that it introduces two so-called colors-black and white-which are often employed to produce certain effects that are obtainable in no other way.

Some of the color combinations are analogous or closely related colors. A few of the pairs, such as yellow and violet, are complementary colors according to the old color theory, and are shown at opposite ends of a twelve-point color wheel. The combinations in the list are in general based on the old theory of three primary colors and a twelve-point color wheel. It should be noted, however, that slight changes in some of the hues will make the combinations correct according to the new theory with the ten-point color wheel.

Some of the color combinations are analogous or closely related colors. A few of the pairs, such as yellow and violet, are complementary colors according to the old color theory, and are shown at opposite ends of a twelve-point color wheel.