COLOR-BLENDS

NZ Truth, Issue 1212, 21 February 1929, Page 10

COLOR-BLENDS

Finding The Ideal Tint To Suit

All the primary colors have been exhausted long ago by fashion experts, and most of their shades and off-tints have gone, too. Of course, they are being revived all the time, and every season brings back some old color our mothers wore. /"VCCASIONALLY there are new ones \J as when someone gets to work with the old shades and shakes up a cocktail of color, producing some strange elaborations of green or gold. A word to the wise. The smartest colors are those which blend cleverly, or provide startling contrast, to a sunburned skin. Every summer white is popular, and its popularity wanes m the winter. This is owing to the fact that ' stark whites and off -whites are very charming when allied to softly sunburned or real mahogany brown skin. In the winter, when even the most carefully tended skins are liable to become blue at inconvenient moments, and the arms go goosefleshy, white is not the most becoming thing m the world. AH the shades of orange and brown, from the beautiful tarnished gold shade that has just made its appearance, to the real burnt orange that positively smells of sun, are good for wearing with sunburned skin. Green is another color that glows on sunburn and brings out the rich brown lights, especially a jade green necked with ,a darker green or with yellow. Yellow holda the place among the oVange shades and also brown for the evening — brown lace, made simply, melting against the skin of the arms and neck. Apricot pink has been a prime favorite this season, and continues to be very \popular with the creypuscular bl"ues as rivals for the evening. Cherry red, and that deep red our ancestors called maroon, acts as a. handsome foil for the sun-kissed flesh, and tones down the toobrilliant lights on cheekbones and forehead. Beige and fawn are a trifle uninteresting, except as foils for some more brilliant color such as orange or red. The great question of black has yet to be solved satisfactorily. There is no question but that black comes into its own as wear for the girl with the brilliant, fair; skin and dead black or very blonde hair. The skin must be clear for black to be worn successfully.