THE COMING COLOUR.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1482, 3 July 1912, Page 3

THE COMING COLOUR.

There is every year a subtle feeling for certain shades of colour, but who inspires it is never really known (says an Australian writer). For example, not so long ago we clung to pale blue in tho turquoise shades, and few toilettes were complete without a touch of the lovely tone. Today that identical fihade is regarded as commonplace, and it is the soft colouring of the l'orget-mc-not that we prefer, when choosing pale blue. The liking for royal blue, Cfii'ise, nnd emerald green is a further instance of the craze for pronounced colour, while soft greys and cold blue hold llieir own in the still fashionable "half-tones." There are some colours, however, which arc more or less exclusive, because they can only be produced at their best iu (he expensive materials. 'IVne mole and platinum, for example, arcnever seen iu textares under "is. a yard, for thei'- subtle beauty is lost except iu Ihe finest wool or silk. The same limitations are applied to delicate almond-green and to the yellowy-green colour described as "lime" or "tilloiil." For the coming season yellow, in tho sulphur and primrose tints, is to be again popular, after Ijeing banished for ninny years. As a matter of fact, yellow is usually better at night than by day, for artificial light seems to Miften any rawness or crudity, and it is rarely becoming, except lo a few. However, tho question whether a colour enhances one's appearance or nol is barely considered in these days, for Ihe dressmaker's art is supposed lo triumph over mere prettinc.».s of feature. To bo "smart" is considered infinitely more desirable than to be merely gxmd-leoking, and so it is quilo likely that all of us* will turn our attention to the "old golds," ecru, pule .saffron, butter, and corn colours, for wo are told that these are Ihe lonc.s Ilia I will predominate later on lliroiighoul our entire wardrobe.