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If you refer to the chart reproduced here, you will see that all colors are shown in full intensity in relation to each other. They are placed as we learned them in primary school, "rainbow-wise", red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet or purple. There are graduations of color between these, called by names that are hyphen- ated, of the color and it's adjacent color, yellow-orange, red-orange, etc.

Red, yellow and blue are primary colors and in their full intensity are stronger than the secondary colors, orange, green and purple. These secondary colors are stronger than the intermediate colors again, called ter- tiary colors.

All these colors have innumerable values. When a full, strong color is lightened, it is called a tint, or a pastel. When it is grayed, it is called a shade or a value or a dusty tone.

GENERAL RULES FOR INTENSITY OF VALUE:

Neutralized or off shades and dusty pastels or colors with some white added to them are more pleasing to older women with gray hair or white hair than the more vivid colors.

Secondary colors or intermediate colors are easier to wear than primary colors. Large areas of primary color should be worn only by the very young or those whose coloring is bright, clear and vivid, but small areas of strong primary colors may be used as accent notes where larger areas would be unbecoming.

In planning color harmonies, it is wise to know all the rules of color and then break them if you wish. Ex- perimentation may be the best answer for TV's, if they are not sure. A TV has problems that the GG does not have. Many times you may have heard some girlfriend or spouse say: "Oh, I can't stand that color anymore". And you may be sure that some particular dress is put way back in the closet, not to be worn again for months. And for those of you who can hang up your things oper ̊, you too can afford to discard a dress because of it's color for a lengthy period only to resurrect it and wear it again

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