Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1883-04-17
THE coLoRs OF THE SEASON.

The Favorite Shades of the Wearers of
Charming Dresses.
While there can be no one color (unless
it be black which ranks pre.eminently
above all others in favor, there are indica-
tions which point toward brown as the
se cond favorite. Next in order comes
gray, and after that the strawberry and
shades. Very few light shades
are seen, not more than dozen laying
any claim to that adjective, and those
include the creme and ivory tints. The
grays are argent, q silver gray, mouse
color, slate color, steel gray and ash color.
The hellotropes are three in number, the
lilas, very delicate lilac; Ophelia, q
little darker, and violaci, q purple.
The Havana shades have taken their
names from the colors of tobacco during
the process of manufacture, the dead leaf
color, otter color, red, brown and tabac.
As everything nowadays must have
a relation to Egyptian affairs, the color
list includes very pale blue-green call
ed vert d'Egypt. The Egyptian pink is
the shade of light brick.dust, the Egyp.
tian earth, a wine brown, and Tel.el.
Kebir is lighter wine color.
In blue, the Judic shades are the favor
ties. These take their names from the
actress of that name, who has five blue
dresses for one play, each OF different
shade. The lightest is of pale gray blue
and the darkest not unlike the old mill.
tary blue. The cornhower blue is the
exact shade of that flower which is wide.
~ known by the names of ''ragged-rob-
bin" and bachelors button" The ciel
is sky-blue. Danube, shade darker,
then azure, forester, postman, and canard
or duck color, corbeau, the color OF o
crow, and sailor blue, the darkest shades
known.
Gobelin and serpolet are green. blue
shades, like sea water. In green there
are only few shades, an apple.paring
tiut, grass-green, emerald tint, which
is II vivid, bright shade, darker shade
known as thyme. billiard, the color OF
cloth used on billiard tables, and myrtle
green.
Fire is a bright shade OF cardinal, fu-
schia, a redd sh purple, grenade pom.
granate red, and the new cardinal is call.
ed sultane
Shrimp pink is exactly the color OF lob.
ster as it looks canned, nymph is light
er tint, and "ohair" is u cross between
flesh color and salmon pink.
Mozambique is o dark currant color,
Seymour, u shade of claret, Cora, a wine
color. and Cordoul. the color of Cordo,a
leather. The mahogany and rosewood
coiors are the colors of the woods whose
names they bear, and pomard is very
dark shade OF garnet.
Ir yellow is found mandarin, u dar
orange yellow, maize, buttercup, straw,
Leghorn, Naples, gold and sandalwood.
Some OF the combinations of colors in
spring goods are hideous. One printed
pattern is bronze ground bearing roses
three inches wide. in cardinal shades.
with sprays of forget e.nots surround.
ing them. A cream ground is covered
with tulips Of rosewood and bright vel.
low; aud another has q large dahlia in
cardinal and terra Gotta, with purple
buds.
In the made.up costumes the combina.
tions are less striking, aud some of them
are quite pretty. Cut strawberry
is combined with pale blue, corn.color
with heliotrope, dark green with
Egyptian earth, olive green with salmon
color, maroon with pale salmon, and
biscuit with ruby. The biscuit takes its