The complete carriage and wagon painter : a concise compendium of the art of painting carriages, wagons and sleighs, embracing full directions in all the various branches, including lettering, scrolling, ornamenting, striping, varnishing and coloring, with numerous recipes for mixing colors (1903)
Schriber, Fritz · New York : M.T. Richardson · leaf 107
glaze outside of the black,The colors employed in shading should harmonize withthe colors of the letter and of the groundwork. Here thetaste of the painter is called into play, for if the colors arenot harmonious—no matter how well formed the lettersmay be—the result will not be satisfactory. Gold… … Fig. 58.—Showing the Method of ShadingLetters. Painted light green will also be a complementary shade for red, ona white ground. Black letters look well shaded with anyof the primary colors. One thing should ever be takeninto consideration, the most intense or prominent colorshould be put on the…
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