Some principles of every-day art: introductory chapters on the arts not fine (1890)
Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London, Batsford · leaf 148
and, on the other hand, full, lichcolour can afford to dispense with some grace informs lending themselves to its satisfactory dis-tribution. This is fully appreciated by painters,who habitually sacrifice one to the other, accordingas their aim is form or colour. Its appreciation bythe decorator… … Old Chinese embroidery, the forms only a vehicle for colour. All that can safely be asserted is, that in anyscheme of colour there should be strict relationbetween its quality, its quantity, and its place i3( Every-day Art. —that is to say, the quality of colour will bedetermined by the area it…
Decoration and ornament
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