Colors in Chinese rugs

Chinese rugs en masse have a vastly different appearance from a correspond­ing   number   of  Persian,   Indian   or Turkish fabrics.   

Even when they are thrown with    rugs    of    other    makes,    it    is     pos­sible   to   detect  Chinese   rugs   at  a   glance.

Why this is so is perchance a debatable ques­tion,   though   without   doubt most   students who have given the subject any consideration would not hesitate to say that it is due to the lack in Chinese rugs of primary red, and the substitution of varying secondary shades, such as the fruit reds, apricot, persimmon, pome­granate  and   peach, that give  the fabrics   Chinese appearance in spite of the fact that yellows and blues are often as strong and strictly primary in tone in Chinese as in other rugs.