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Color mixing guide / For artists, painters, decorators, printing pressmen, show card writers, sign painters, color mixers. Gives color mixtures by parts cover

Color mixing guide / For artists, painters, decorators, printing pressmen, show card writers, sign painters, color mixers. Gives color mixtures by parts

Chapter 16: COMPLEMENTARY AND HARMONIOUS COLOR COMBINATIONS
By John L. King
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The manual explains color as an effect of light and presents yellow, red and blue as primary pigments from which secondary and tertiary hues are produced. It provides practical mixing rules and proportions for obtaining tints, shades, warm and cool variations, and advises how to lighten, deepen or neutralize colors using white, black and complementary tones. The text distinguishes organic and inorganic pigments, discusses sources and the role of mordants, and offers selection guidance for applied trades. It notes color-blindness as an occupational consideration and highlights color harmony, recommending nature as a model for balanced combinations.

COMPLEMENTARY AND HARMONIOUS COLOR COMBINATIONS

For Painters, Decorators, Show Card Writers, Sign Painters, Art Instructors, Students, Printers, Pressmen, Etc.

Complementary color combinations may be used full strength or as soft delicate tints, the hue and harmony will remain.

Azure Blue with very light gray.
Azure Blue with white.
Amber with straw.
Amber with cream.
Amber with old ivory.
Blue with red.
Brownish Buff with old ivory.
Deep Cream or Buff with ivory.
Deep Cream with light sage green.
Green with red.
Greenish Blue with light pinkish gray.
Gray with white.
India Tint with Persian orange.
Light Olive Green with ivory.
Light Brownish Buff with cream.
Light Tan with straw.
Light Tan with old ivory.
Lavender with white.
Lavender with gray.
Lavender with old gold.
Lavender with old ivory.
Lavender with ivory.
Lavender with cream.
Lavender with straw.
Lavender with pea green.
Lavender with regular pink.
Lavender with dull pink.
Lavender with purplish pink.
Lavender with orange.
Lavender with golden rod.
Medium Tan with light brownish buff.
Medium Blue with old ivory.
Medium Blue with azure blue.
Old Rose with old ivory.
Old Rose with pearl gray.
Old Rose with azure blue.
Old Rose with light ivory.
Old Rose with cream.
Old Rose with straw.
Old Rose with light buff.
Purple with red.
Purple with green.
Pearl Gray with light ivory.
Red with blue.
Sage Green with light ivory.
Silk Green with pale lavender.
Sea Green with old ivory.
Tan with old rose.
Turquoise Blue with lavender.
Violet with orange.
Violet with red.
Violet with brown.
Violet with pink.
Violet with salmon.
Violet with buff.
Violet with white.
Violet with amber.
Violet with ivory.
Violet with old ivory.
Violet with cream.
Violet with straw.
Violet with raw sienna.
Violet with burnt sienna.
Violet with white.
Violet with gray.
Violet with drab-gray.
Violet with pink gray.
Violet with brown gray.
Violet with emerald green.
Violet with olive green.
Violet with sage green.
Violet with sea green.
Violet with apricot.
Violet with cherry.
Violet with scarlet.
Violet with russet.
Violet with old gold.
Violet with brass.
Violet with silver.
Violet with copper.
Violet with bronze.
Vermilion with sage green.
Yellow with purple.
White with black.
Yellow with green.