A mixture of light and heat... orange plays a brilliant part in th

A mixture of light and heat… orange plays a brilliant part in the decoration of the universe. It gives life to the harmonies of the dawn, and mingling with the dramatic scene of declining day, it adds its numberless vibrations to the endless novelty of spectacle which the sinking sun presents. – Charles Blanc, Art in Ornament and Dress, “Personal Adornment: Colours and Their

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