Typical Australian Colours Now Shade Woollen Clothing

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 24, 12 August 1949, Page 4

Typical Australian Colours Now Shade Woollen Clothing

For the first time in Australia colours typical. of the Australian Landscape are 'on the local market, included in the woollen materials put out for the autumn and winter seasons, states the New Zealand Wool Board to the Beacon. This achievement is due to the research of Mr Cyril Carter, chief designer at the Godfrey Hirst Mill, Geelong, Victoria, who has produced an “Aus- ' tra'lian symphony” of colours specially woven in harex tweeds. To get these colours—or shades of colour, for upwards of 30 shades, of blue are recognised by dyers and manufacturers of coloured papers, and other colours have their many shades too—Mr Carter paid attention to the Australian landscape, studying the grass, the hills, the foliage of trees and shrubs, the wildflower; and then analysed the - work of outstanding Australian landscape painters. Australian names have been chosen for the new shades so that their individuality will be told in their story as well as their look. There is “paddock”, a soft shade of grass drying in the sun, “ragged outback” a medley of brown as seen on the plains or the high hills in summer, “bark”, a rich brown flecked with green, “bracken”, - a clear rich green, “ocean crest”, a softly flecked green seen in cyrling sea rollers, “Australian sky”, a clear blue, “mountain haze”, a soft misty blue, “waratah”, a warm crimson, and “golden wattle”, a beautiful yellow. It is thought likely that these new colours will be approved by the British Colour Council. If so, they will be included in the famous British colour chart, which is a worldwide guide and authority to manufacturers of textiles and makers of every kind of coloured article.