Home color schemes, 1917

From Interior Decoration for Modern Needs, by a woman who says she was in charge of covering interior decoration in 3 different American magazines...reflecting how much more colorful some homes could be in those days than I often see today. Um, it pasted in funny, but I thought that was just interesting...

Below in brief are a dozen suggested color schemes. 

Living-Room or Library 
Brown floor covering,
Tan walls,
Sapphire blue, tan, brown and dull pink drapery fabrics,
Sapphire blue velour cushions,
Dull pink shades trimmed with blue guimpe
or
Terra cotta floor coverings,
Linen colored walls,
Drapery and upholstery fabrics of terra cotta line colors with small areas of bright rose and yellow, 

Valances of terra cotta velour (to bring color up from floor),
Small pieces upholstered in green velvet,  
Two green cushions and one orange cushion,  
Rose and yellow shades,
Copper as accessories. 

Hall or Reception Room
Gray floor covering,
Gray walls and woodwork,
Burnt orange silk hangings,
Furniture with gray upholstery, 
with one small piece in black,
Orange and black lamp and shade, 
Clear green in two vases
or
Old blue floor covering, Old blue walls,
Black woodwork,
Black furniture,
Blue and black small striped hangings and upholstery,
Lemon yellow accessories. 

Dining-Room
Old gold floor covering,  
Old gold walls,

Old rose hangings, 
Amber colored accessories
or
Dull green-blue floor covering, 
Dull oak colored wainscoting,
Gray, brown, mulberry and green figured paper,
Mulberry gauze undercurtains,
Dull green plain overdrapes, 
Straw colored accessories. 
 
Porches and Breakfast Rooms
Light blue-green rugs,
Gray walls,
Blue-green woodwork or lattice,
Orange, yellow, gray and green upholstery and hangings,
Blue-green wicker or iron painted furniture, 
Goldfish and blue pottery bowls as accessories
or
Mulberry tone tile floor,
Mulberry and yellow woodwork,
Mulberry and yellow painted furniture, 
Yellow, green and mulberry upholstered hangings,
Plain mulberry cushions.

Bedrooms
Rose rugs,
Gray walls,
Rose, gray, black, green and yellow hangings,
Hangings and covers bound with plain green taffeta,
Rose upholstery,
Gold and rose accessories
or 
Green floor covering,
White walls,
Green, yellow and white draperies,
Green upholstery,
Bright light yellow and clear green accessories. 

Guest Rooms
Black floor covering,
Ivory walls,
Green-blue taffeta curtains and bedspreads
edged with soft yellow,
Yellow gauze undercurtains,
Painted blue-green furniture,
All over-upholstered pieces in figured yellow,
blue and gray linen, 
Vermilion accessories

or
Purple floor covering,
Purple, yellow and tan walls,
Purple for hangings and upholstery,
A deeper shade of purple in some upholstery,  
Yellow accessories. 

from the same book:

(More about colors -- this time in the kitchen, of course -- over at https://favoritefoodthisweek.blogspot.com/2019/05/kitchen-decor-1917.html .)