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‘Christmas
Decoration should be prepared with a view to being effective by gaslight.
Hence, elaborate colouring is less needful than broad and bold effects.
Half-tints, as a rule, are quite washy
by gaslight, though some neutrals, such as lilac, dove-colour, and fawn, are
valuable, as they afford by gaslight various chaste shades of grey, and are
more pleasing than white. These colours will generally be preferable to red, or
any of the primary colours, for ribbons to tie garlands, and in artificial
flares to brighten the effects of the stronger colours. The two predominating
colours in Christmas Decorations should be red and green. Any and every shade
of the two colours can be used to advantage, but depth and richness are needed
to be consistent with the season.’
Birmingham Daily Post 27th December 1866
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Gas Light By Thomas's Pics, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31971469
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