The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-06-24
Effects of Color.

:: This spring shows some new effects in
the colors of wearing apparel, and combi-
nations are seen in tints which till now
were never worn together. The most styl-
-ish in tho list of colOrs is brown, which
appears in twenty or more shades. Be-
sides the wood tints and the brown called
"sparroW's neck" there is clay brown,
sometimes called 'sculptor's brown" or
. "pygmalion." This verges upon a gray,
however, and is less truly brown than au-
bussOn, which is distinct and definite. "Se-
dunn" is also a full brown; crocodile" is
: a dull brown. The shaded tints of green
. ish brown, varying to bronze and called
"libelule," which is the French name for
the Dragon blue, are among the most fash
ionable of those shown in the new fabrics
and already much worn. Almond shell is
another stylish tint
Two shades of brown are shown under
the name of "yandyke," one of these be-
ing the color used by painters under that
name, and the other. which last is seen in
shaded tints, given both reddish and yell
lowish hues in its variations.
Add to these Java" and Mocha" both
being shades of burnt coffee and bistre, as
we'll as "burnt lumber" and "cafe-au-lait,"
'Rene" or sandalw9Od brown, the cbry-
~santhemum brown, a light yellowish
brown seen in some varieties of the flower,
and you have the list of the important
shades among the DTOWD5.
Green has never been worn so much as
now, although it was much seen last sea-
son. This spring shows greater varieties,
many of them very beautiful and tempting
to the eye, although trying to the COM
plexion.
>: "Serpentine" is golden aud green tint,
shading TO dull grayish brown. MAR
cote" is a light green with tinge of
steel color. "Rosseau" is the French for
. reed when green. and also when it turns to
dark blacklsh brown. PALMER" which
is the French for the palm tree, gives
srill another and very rich green, while
"Cyeas" is light shade, like the oriental
green which occurs in the hues Of cashmere
shawl.
Then comes new leaf" and 'underleaf
-pistache" and maple leaf, all being half
tints. The "Fongere" is fern green.
The familiar Nile green AMI lotus leaf
grren" were never as much worn As now.
Ihis brings US to the reds and pinks,
among which is ''lucifer' or flame color.
Then there is the lovely crab apple red, the
the tint of the fruit on the side near the
sun. Now comes "Aubepine." or haw-
thorne wild rose; 'Sumatra," which is
East Indian red; 'Giroffee,' the French
name for hOneysuekle; "Phlox." applied
10 the various deep and faint tints seen In
that flower; "POmpon," a rose color
named after Rose PompOn,' the well
known grisette of the "Wandering ,Jew.n
"Dracoena" is Greek red. Pompeiian red
is well known 10 all, being the color of go
many vases. Coral pink seems to me much
liked and is combined with white, olive
blue, green and corn color. We now come
to the violet and purple tints, reaDpearing
with as much animation and vigor as
though they had not been worn all winter.
"PTela" or eminence purple, is among the
most striking of the violet tints and is
seen especially in the shaded stuffs, going
through the loveliest imaginable hues of
heliotrOpe. lilac and the plain hue OF the
wood violet in it's variations. ''Aseanio,"
an Italian purple, is seen in wOOlens and
In trimmings, in ribbons and in flowers
The grays come next and combine well
with heliotrope. ''Trappiste" is the gray
of the robes of the monks of the "Order
of Trappist."
:; ''Sand' or sable" Is another gray.
Rock" is another and as also "Muraille''
or wall color is much worn. Gray is seen
in shades so pale as 10 be almost white
and so dark as 10 approach black, as for
example. in''Storm" tint is supposed to
suggest the sky when darkest before a
thunderstorm.
Some curious combinations of color are
seen; pink with Orange, light brown with
dark green, reddish purple with light
olive, light green with brick red. pale
purple with ereenish gray, and yellow with
orange and lilac.
Then you see fern and maple leaf green
with Pompeiian and brick red and orange
.entrasted with the darkest brown. Two