A Color Notation

CHAPTER I.

COLOR NAMES.

Writing from Samoa to Sidney Colvin in London, Stevenson[1] says: "Perhaps in the same way it might amuse you to send us any pattern of wall paper that might strike you as cheap, pretty, and suitable for a room in a hot and extremely bright climate. It should be borne in mind that our climate can be extremely dark, too. Our sitting-room is to be in...