Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-22

| browns are out of the question: soft pnks OF
| DlueS wei contrasted with white of a creamy
tone, or black, make the best choice. If the
| eyes are green. dark green NAV be used: but we
rarely find them green with this type The fol
lowing coors are to be chosen for this type:
| blacA, never cul. Pale blu, never chdlhy.
Creamy white. Invisible hlua
Pale pink warm tone. Invisible green.
The cciors to be avoided are:
| Fawn colOrS. Reds
| Tan cOiorS. Browns
| Blue White. lavender
| GrayS. BRIGHT greens
| FRANK pluet All rich tones Of claret-
ielo"s. maroon. purple, etc.
| For the women with brown-black hair steel
| gray eyes, and fair skin with brilliant rosy
coor in the cheek, the following are the colors
| to be chosen:
Green OF all dark or full Grays
PUPPIES Of all shades B BfSwn som ,r ,,r,,
| Blue white. Rose de chine
| Cream white. Gold color
Black Black Gray blue.
| FdWnS. All shades of blue.
Lilac and violet.
| The colors to be avoided are:
Pale green. Ali fade colors, too subtle
Old gold. tones ike mauyes etc
Perhaps no color surpasses the effect of unre-
lieved black with this type. A black velvet or
cashmere or silk high id the throat: a black vel
vet ribbon. about the throat fastened with a dia-
mond. or simply tied; or with a clasp of turqoise
or ruby. or garnet, or amethyst. or chl'yso-
praise, or emerald.
But black velvet should be avoided where the
| contrasts are too startling With black hair and
high color the effect is rarely i'm good taste
| though often exceedingly brilliant while dark
green, claret, or blue would be more harnloni-
Gus. Yellow is a color that should be very sus-
piciously approached with black hair 1t is very
often but vulgar contrast. and needs much
brown or yellow IN the complexion 10 make it
pleasing.
There is type not very frequent but one
meets it sometimes that is most brilliant: the
! hair is very black, the eyes of that VERY dark
! brown called black a golden-brown skin with
rich, warm color in the cheek the teeth often
! very brilliant. This type OF the hiack-haired
should never wear black at ali. Nothing is
better for it than the warm dark browns. tile
/ ciaret cO!DrS. the deen ambers creamy white
and yelIOws. 1t should wear no pale coiors. hut
very warm, pale pink, or flame color. and for
! jewels or ornaments, t0pazes. garnets amber.
! and diamonds.
t The most frequent type OF the black haired is
combined with black eyes and IA sailow COM
! pleXion. 1t is frequently a temperament in
! ciinded to melancholy. and poetic in ts tenden-
! cles. rarely strong in health; the teeth often
| daZZlIngiy white. and the mouth larre Black
relieved with transparent white. a dark warm
| gray. and occasionally fame color or "a dull
red. form the best setting for this type There
is. indeed. very little color in it. and no color is
| truly harmonious with it. Especially where the
eyes are fine. nothing SO good can be done as to
dress this type in black. with lace at the throat
white lace. TO cast some light upon the face
| The effect is then of an effective drawing in
black and white-a photograph from the por-
trait OF some Old master; in which the values of
| light and shade and the expression Of the face
are the points Of interest. If the throat and
hands are fine, these can be well set off by lace
There is no more beautiful type of the black
| haired than that with pale skin and blue eyes
It's possible range OF color is wide its most ju-
dicious range of color Omits yellow and greens
and. though it may wear purple, nothing will be
| better than blues, and some reds; though the
blue are the best. Blues of the sapphire shades.
and blues of the Chinese cOiors. such as come in
the Canton crepes, cannot be improved upon for
| this type. The reds can be worn. though the
lighter reds are too startling and the dark reds.
such as cardinal are better; very pale she'll pink
blue grays and white, both cream and blue
white. and black, both solid and transparent
1T is useless to 60 beyond these colors: no bet
ter effect can be gained for this type For orna-
| ments. pearls, sapphires opals diamonds. and
iapis-laZuli sometimes turquoise. For flowers.
pale white roses, pale blush and white roses
| like the souvenir de Malmaison white camellias,
the wild frnged-gentian, lilies white lilacs.
Orange-blossOins, sometimes violets, and the
| purple pansies. and water lilies.
| Wherever there is red in the composition OF
| the hair green (nOt a pale green, which should
be only worn by blondes, or blonde that has
deepened with maturity toward the ''chatain'
color, when it should be warm pale green)
! will be becoming, and the dark shades of red
| will bring out the red in the hair Light blue
| may be very effectively worn with very dark
! hair that has red in its composition, especially
when the complexion is pale or very delicate
Blue white in all cases demands the brilliant
rosy, or the brilliant pale complexion, and very
! dark brown, black or golden hair
The brown-haired type. with warm brown
skin and brown eyes, seems often to have an
instinct toward certain barbaric cOntrasts-blue
and red. black and yellow. Blue and red. and
blue and yellow are very fine with it but black.
| blue white and all pale and cold colors must
be avoided. All the blues worn must be warm
| and rich. The following cOlOrs are to be chosen
| for it:
| All reds. Rose pink in small guam
| Amber titles.
All yellOwS. All warm blues, from
Cream white. dark to light
Brown. Tan colorS.
Maroon. Fawn cOlOrA
Olive green. Tea colorA
Flame color.
The colors to be avoided are:
i An cold : s.. Ind pale blues. IRH aaH
All cold greens. Blue white.
Pale Y fOiets. Even the transparent
Violet pinks. blue white and gray
Grays OF white muslin
For very dark-brown hair. dark-brown eyes,
and matte" complexion the following colors
Black. REDS, especially DARK
Purple. All the rich dark red pur
Violet pleS and marOons.
Amber. i6ome dark-blue green's
olive green, Light or dark like peacock.
HOSE pink. Russell
The colors to be avoided are:
y sP ss sa' ssa eo,a ,s.ss go ssl ss..sx-
Gmyx lRa1e greens