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BLUES Prussian blue—A strong tinting blue, very dark with a greenish blue look cast. Good for producing brilliant greens when combined with yellow. Cobalt blue—A strong blue with a reddish cast. Good for mixing. Cerulean blue—A strong blue with a greenish blue look cast. Ultramarine—Sometimes called French blue. It has a reddish cast and makes a beautiful purple when mixed with alizarin crimson.

In selecting colors for walls from small samples one should always keep in mind the fact that the color is to be used in a large area and will appear more brilliant in its mass than it will in the small sample. The constituents of mixed colors are usually more easily identified by comparison with other colors, i.e., a greenish blue look blue will look greener when placed next to a pure blue, and a certain red will look bluish or yellowish when placed next to a pure red. One can also identify the respective degree of neutrality or tonal value of a color by this same method.

In mixing colors with white, gray, or black pigments one will usually find that the resultant colors turn slightly blue. There is an unseen bluish element in these neutral pigments. Mixing any of these pigments with blue, the additional tinge is not visible; but mixing them with red or yellow, a purplish or greenish blue look tinge will respectively be noticeable. This must be corrected in such mixtures by the addition of a slight amount of orange or yellow in the first case and orange or red in the second. The exact amount of the complement to be added must be estimated by observation and trial and error. There is no scientific method of exactly accomplishing this correction.