The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1859-07-06
THE PHnosopHY OF DRESS.

{ N. Cheyreul, the Gallo Owen Jones, has re-
emily published work entitled "The Laws !
Sc Contrast Of Color, Among the subjects ,
treated is one of universal mterest-female
clothing. NJ Cheyreul discusses this with all 81
the care it demands. And, first, he establish
es certain distinctions; that Of the two types
known as brunette and blonde that of the
;uxtaposition of the articles of toilet, wheth-
er pertaining to the hair or TO the COM
plexion and that of notifications of the COM
plexion, by colored rays emanating from the
head dress, and which, being reflected on the
skin, tinge it with their peculiar color. de
says
aTha color of light hair being essentially the
result Of a mixture Of red, yellow, and brown |
we must consider it as . very pale subdued
orange brown; the color Of the skin, although |
q lower tone, is analogous to it, except IN the
red parts Blue eyes are really the only parts
Of the fair type wich form contrast OF color
with the whole for the red parts produce, win
| the rest Of skin, only harmony oil analogy
Of bue or at most a contrast of hue, and not
| Of color: and the parts Of the skin contiguous
| to the hair. and eyebrows, and flashes give
rise only to harmony of analogy, either OF scale
or of hue. The harmonies of analogy, then,
1 evidently predominatei in the fairtype over the
Ia. I 80, With Hack hair shows the har-
/ y y oontrast merchandising over the
loll.es - ~ .nalogy The hair. eyebrows,
lal 49, .,J ayeS contrast IN tone and color,
~ ONLY with the white of the skin, but also
..,;tl tbe ra5 nrts which in this type are really
10 az less roseate than in the blonde type;
- &c ,o,,st mot foroet that decided red as
soc;ated with black. gives to the latter the
81 character Of an excessively deep color, either
| IIns IN green y
oe the coIors of the hair and head dress
=. - ALI -
..The colors which are usually coss;ssred
90 assortino hest with light or blaGE' ilair are
precisely those which produce - contrasts
Tins sly blue. known tos~-eord Wen WIN
LIo,dos l. tba eolor that approacnes nearest
70 tbe comnlementss. Of orange, which IS the
bas;o of the tint their nair and eomplexlons-
Two eolors lag esteemed to accord fayorably
With MI hair-yellow, and red more or less
oras,ss-eontrast IN the same manner with
gsera. Yellow and orange red, constTasune
by color and brillaney with black, and then
compiementares, yloieIs and blue-green, II
mixing with the tint OF the halr, are far non
producing bad result
The following, on the colors OF the complex
ion and and the contiguous drapery, afford
several valuable hints
"The juxtaposltlon OF drapery with the dbl
farent flesh tints of women offers to portal
PAINTERS host of remarks. which are all tn
results of the principles already laid down.
We shall state the most general thus
sRose-red cannot be put IN constnst wit
even the rosiest compilations without caus
~ ,0 snd I'LL ah ~ orsn hasa .be
Id IONS d;sadvantaoe Of rendering the connie,
ion more or less green, This IS shown in til
following experiments: Place two sheets
naner of either of the above colors beside tW
sheets of fesh-colored paper, when it will |
seen how much they are mutually iniure,
the lighter becoming grsenish and the dark,
rather of a violet bne By substituting ligl
green for the red. we shall find them mutual
=. Reiohtened and improved. The height
'ei tome of the green Influences the result a yel
deem green. acting by contrast of tone. so enfe
HES the connie Won thatlthe slight contras
he of ;ts colors will he inappreciable: A deep re
by contrast Of analogy, blanches the compile
ion. 1t is necessary, then, to separate the 10
from the skin in some manner: and the sill
pfest manner of doing this is to edge the DIR
berries with border Of tulle, which produc
raj The effect of gray by the mixture Of viii
nv threads, which reflect light, and the inters
the ces which absorb it there is also mixtu
If i;obt and shade. which recalls the effect
erays like the effect of a casement-win
viewed at great distance. Dark red is L
objectionable for certain complexions than n
red. because. being higher than the latter,
tends to imnart wilderness To them II, CON
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