colror scheme for red
Rodger Whitlock (Mon, 27 Sep 2004 10:30:22 PDT)
On 24 Sep 04 at 9:26, zonneveld wrote:
I am a bit late but if you think you have problems with colours......
As a non-native speaker I wrestled ( and still do ) with red.
I draw your attention to Gertrude Jekill's "Colour Schemes in the
Flower Garden" for some helpful guidance. It's a very old book now
and the original edition is scarce and expensive, but I believe it
has been reprinted fairly recently.
Jekyll did some very sophisticated gardens, color-wise. The famous
red border at Hidcote is one.
One of her methods was to grade the colors so that the warmer, more
intense colors were closest to the spectator (at one end of a long
border), gradually shading off into cooler, less intense ones down
the length of the border. This mimics the effect of atmosphere on
distant color and would make the border appear longer than it
actually was -- a trump de l'oile iow.
Find that book and red it. It will surely spur your imagination.
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Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate
on beautiful Vancouver Island