Sonnet: On Red
Many think of red as a cheerful color, one good to use
in a dark room. But the average red, used in large quantities,
absorbs the light in a most disheartening manner, making
a room seem smaller than it really is. It makes ugly, gloomy
shadows in the corners, for at night it seems to turn to a dingy
black, and increases the electric light bill. Red also severely
strains the eyes, and many a red living-room causes seemingly
unaccountable headaches. Not that red should never be used,
for it is often a necessary color, but one must remember that
a little of it goes a long way. A room, for instance, paneled
with oak, with an oriental rug with soft red in it, red hangings,
and a touch of red in an old stained glass panel in the window,
and red velvet cushions on the window seat, would have much
more warmth and charm than if the walls were entirely red.
Source: Lucy Abbot Throop, Furnishing the Home of Good Taste:
A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with
Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today.
[New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1920]
Hal
Halvard Johnson
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