P. Painters, Ancient, of Italy, their excellences, 87. Painting, Art of, 69; two systems of—chiaro-’scuro and flat tints, _ib._; on colouring in, 82; of aërial perspective, 83; harmony of the colours, 85, 95; simultaneous contrast of colours in, 87; modification of light, 89; application of the law of contrast, 97-99; distribution of colours, 101; painters of interiors, _ib._; imitation of coloured objects, 102 (see GOBELINS TAPESTRY); difference of from tapestry, 111; relations existing between the subjects of, and the harmonies they admit of, 216; in the flat tints, 217; in chiaro-’scuro tapestries, carpets, mosaics, and coloured glass windows, corresponding to, 219 _et seq._ Panelling in the interior of a building, assortment of colour for, 163. Paper, printed or written, influence of light on, 137; contrast of tone, 138. Paper-hangings, colours for printing, 118, 121; designs for, 121; simultaneous contrast of colours in relation to, 121, 123, 124; borders, 123, 130-3; black ground, 125; various coloured grounds, 126 _et seq._; metallic gilt ornaments, 126, 129; printed or written characters, 136. Park, definition of a, 187. Picture Galleries, on the interior decoration of, 150. Pictures in the interior of buildings, assortment of colours for, 145; assortment of, for the interior of a house, 162. Plantations, arrangements of, 193; lines of, _ib._ PLANTS, Ornamental, art of arranging according to the colours of their flowers, 180, 181; assortments of, according to the harmonies of contrast and analogy, 182, 183; according to their foliage, 184; distribution of, 185; lines of, 187, 188; screens of, 188, 189; masses of, 189, 190; different names of, when employed to form a landscape, forest, wood, park, grove, group, thicket, &c., 186, 187; isolated ones, 190; arrangement of into plantations, 193 _et seq._; repetition of the same species, 194, 195; variety of arrangement, 195; symmetry of parts, and their general harmony, 196. Portrait Painting, predominating colour in, 97; hints respecting the colour of the drapery, 169-171; results of dress and complexion applicable to, 178; dissimulating a tint of the complexion, _ib._ Position, varied, effects of, 75. Prepossessions, influence of, 225. Primary Colours, 25, 36; arrangements of, 63; binary mixture of, 104; mixture of, in such proportions that they do not become neutralized, 108. Printing in colours, 118; of calico patterns and paper-hangings, 118, 121, 123; of carpets, 161. Pure colours, modifications of, 42, 45.