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70, might be finished in white enamel, and the effect would also be very good.

Contrasting Harmonies. From this single example it can readily be seen that contrasting colors often give the very best results. A wall painted green may look very monotonous, but if a frieze, having some bright red used liberally in it, is used in conjunction there will be a vast difference in the appearance of the apartment.

A Red Wall. Red may graduate from Indian red to what would practically be a warm gray. Any color going with a selected tone or tint needs to be modified so as to harmonize with it. If a wall has a paper colored in light red and gold, and it is desirable that the woodwork should be red too, it must differ from the color of the wall in tone and in intensity.

A Crimson Wall may have amber woodwork with cream colored mouldings, or they may be heliotrope for contrast.

A Scarlet Wall may have light snuff brown, or a sage green, for the woodwork, with yellow green mouldings, or they may be white.

A Yellow Red Wall, in which scarlet has been tempered with an excess of chrome, will bear a raw umber tone of brown for the woodwork, with ivory or white mouldings.

A Pink Toned Wall. With this the woodwork may be a yellowish green, with or without straw colored mouldings, or two shades of citrine, with pearl gray for contrast in the mouldings.

For a Dark Red, inclining to purple, the woodwork may be a sage or myrtle green, with amber mouldings.

A Poppy Red. Gray green, lavender and black may be used for this.

All warm tones and shades of green or gray may be used with red, provided they get their hues by contrast with the red. Any blue associated with red must be slaty or