SPRING FASHIONS OVERSEAS

Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28260, 24 April 1957, Page 2

SPRING FASHIONS OVERSEAS

Van Gogh’s Colours Popular

Colours which the'painter, Vincent Van Gogh, made famous and which were in the film based on his career, inspired the British Colour Council’s 1957 spring and summer colour card for women’s fashions. Museums in several countries, as well as private collectors, collaborated with the makers of the film to ensure the accurate reproduction on the screen of over 80 of Van Gogh’s original works, and many of the colours he used have been found to be ideal for women’s clothes. The painter’s sunflower yellow, cypress green and Arles orange, for instance, is shown on the council’s knitwear card as Eros Gold, Colombo Green and Tangerine Orange respectively. On the silk and rayon card the colour of corn gold, much loved by Van Gogh, is shown as Golden Mead. On the wool card the painter’s boat blue is translated as “Timor Blue” and his peach blossom pink is interpreted as “Blissful Pink” on the council’s wool and millinery card and “Magnolia Pink” in the fashion colours for fabric gloves, jointly issued by Britain’s National Association of Glove Manufacturers and the British Colour Council.