To produce effect by difference of colour in buildings, such as red and yellow bricks, black and white flints, or even edging brick-work with dressings of stone, is the poor expedient of the mere bricklayer; the same may be observed of that paltry taste for pointing the joints of brick-work to render them more conspicuous, and, of course, more offensive. As a general principle, I should assert, that no external effect, or light and shade on a building, ought to be attempted, except by such projections or recesses as will naturally produce them, since every effect produced by colour is a trick, or sham expedient; and on the same principle a recess in the wall is preferable to a painted window, unless it is actually glazed.
