VICTORY COLOURS

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 124, 28 May 1942, Page 4

VICTORY COLOURS

FASHIONS MOW SHADES United Victory Colours is the stirring headline for the 1912 autumn woollen collection just issued by the Textile Colour Card Association in New York. The colour names in this new collection, chosen for their timeliness and promotional value, symbolise the confidence and united efforts of the Allies in their fight for victory. Greens include soft greyed tones, as Australian green and Pacific green, a basic pine type called patriot green and a more animated medium shade, Russian green. In the red range smart versions comprise concord wine of the vintage family, valour red in the medium register and a sports type named Pan-American red, symbolising the good neighbour spirit. British rose is an attractive tone adding variety to the rose-red family. Confirming the continued style appeal of the blue range are salute blue, a new greyed air force version, gallant blue, a variation of the military or soldier blue type and the darkened tone, independence blue. Aqua or greenish water shades are represented by the misty Iceland blue and the tropical hue, Panama aqua. Rust shades lend animation to the fall colourscape, in such renditions as the reddish Chinese earth and the lighter India copper. Honour gold, a modulated shade of amber cast and the greener victory gold are smart lighter tones. Canadian violet, a hazy-muted shade, has novelty interest. In the neutral classification are Atlantic sand, a natural shade, and Dutch tan, a new cocoa type of beige, expected to enjoy wide acceptance. Greys are represented in air grev, of light tonality and gunpowder grey, a darkened smoke shade.