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Here's an interesting bit of information. It's always a challenge on decididing what proper and authentic colour scheme best suits a piece. Its interesting to here from the people who actually had to contend with this issue when machines where just coming of age....
Painting of Machinery
We often have occasion to notice the great lack of taste displayed in painting machinery, which is too often daubed with the most glaring and ill-contrasted colors,that disgust the sight and mar the general appearence of the machine. The following remarks will assist our readers to a better comprehension of what we mean, and also to select proper artistic contrasts. In our rounds through various machinery warehouses, and particularly at our industrial fairs, we often seen bright, gaudy reds and scarlets mingled with bright blues and yellows in the most extraordinary way. A very little consideration will show that such combinations are breaches of the laws of harmony, which require that one colour shall be subservient to the other, so as to perfectly blend the whole to an even and pleasing tone. Thus, the complementaries of red are green, of blue, orange, of yellow, violet. Precise rules, however, cannot be laid down, and much depends upon artistic effect, to be decided by the reasoning eye. T he following suggestions as to contrasts, however, may be found of assisstance; 1st black and warm brown; 2nd violet and pale green; 3rd, violet and light rose color; 4th, deep blue and golden brown; 5th, chocolate and bright blue; 6th, deep red and grey; 7th,maroon and warm green; 8th, deep blue and pink, 9th, chocolate and pea green; 10th, maroon and deep blue; 11th, claret and buff; 12th, black and warm green; 13th, slate color with nearly all bright colors excepting blues; 14th, buff and black; 15th, buff and blue or mauve, and so on.
** excert taken from The Canadian Patent Office Record and Mechanics Magazine,
November issue 1875, pg. 351
Painting of Machinery
We often have occasion to notice the great lack of taste displayed in painting machinery, which is too often daubed with the most glaring and ill-contrasted colors,that disgust the sight and mar the general appearence of the machine. The following remarks will assist our readers to a better comprehension of what we mean, and also to select proper artistic contrasts. In our rounds through various machinery warehouses, and particularly at our industrial fairs, we often seen bright, gaudy reds and scarlets mingled with bright blues and yellows in the most extraordinary way. A very little consideration will show that such combinations are breaches of the laws of harmony, which require that one colour shall be subservient to the other, so as to perfectly blend the whole to an even and pleasing tone. Thus, the complementaries of red are green, of blue, orange, of yellow, violet. Precise rules, however, cannot be laid down, and much depends upon artistic effect, to be decided by the reasoning eye. T he following suggestions as to contrasts, however, may be found of assisstance; 1st black and warm brown; 2nd violet and pale green; 3rd, violet and light rose color; 4th, deep blue and golden brown; 5th, chocolate and bright blue; 6th, deep red and grey; 7th,maroon and warm green; 8th, deep blue and pink, 9th, chocolate and pea green; 10th, maroon and deep blue; 11th, claret and buff; 12th, black and warm green; 13th, slate color with nearly all bright colors excepting blues; 14th, buff and black; 15th, buff and blue or mauve, and so on.
** excert taken from The Canadian Patent Office Record and Mechanics Magazine,
November issue 1875, pg. 351
