Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-19
CoIors in Harmony.

The combination of colOrS in dress
displays more forcibly than any other
one point of excellent or bad taste of
the Wearer. or course. it cannot DE
expected that every woman shall pos
sess true eye for harmony of tone,
because this faculty is Unborn ana cam
not be acquired, but there is a certain
color sense-as it were-that all
women can cultivate.
For instance. the new wisteria shade
and a pale pastel blue are lovely in
combination given the right quantities,
such as a hat of pale WiSteria felt,
trimmed with pale violets and touch
of pastel blue. But a blue hat decora-
ted with violets will look fiat and cold.
so that a touch of black would be
necessary to give it life.
Pure violet and pale blue simply
clash. A deep shade of prune
harmonizes with pale blue, and so does
a pastel blue and blush violet.
Blue and yellow are effective
together. A dark blue cloth may be
ornamented with a touch of sulphur or
mustard color, or braided with gold.
and will be effective, but d yellow
frock decorated with navy ribbons will
not be a success.
A pale blue sash worn with a pale
lemon frock will be pretty. and 50 will
a Leghorn hat Wreathed in corn
flowers
Deep blue and dark red arc a safe
combinations; the former, however.
must predominant. A blue dress may
he trimmed with red, not a red with
blue. Pale pink and pale blue come
under the same rue--thc pink must be
in lesser proportion.
Tan, which is really orange mixed
with black, looks pretty with almost
any shade Of blue, and the gray blues
are effective with a touch of tan.
There is an attractive. undecided
green that has a touch Of yellow in it
that harmoniZcs with the new wisteria
and hcliotropc tones, also with certain
tints of old rose.
The genuine shades of heliotrope
combine prettily with duh pale yellow
Olive green is particularly successful
when put with copper color. Faint
touches of shell pink will brighten
| olive green and the same delicate tone
will be effective used as lining to a
coppcry brown. Emerald green with
pale blue is often pleasing in effect.
with pale pink rose color. pale yellow.
lemon or burnt orange. All shades of
brown on the golden, chestnut. choco-
late or leather shades may be safely
combined with either blue or green.
Due regard. however. must be given
in selecting the shades to go together
A good plan is to take a bit of the
brown material when buying trim
.;%J, -:
| Gus shades of green that will be found
in the store before making selection.
If the buyer lacks confidence in her
own taste the salesperson will always
be ready to give an opinion
A few rules to follow are these:
| When two colors do not look well
| together separate them with white
| whenever possible.
Many persons possess an idea thai
every combination can be toned with
black. This is a mistake
| Black lowers the tints when placed
| in contact with them, but it becomes
dull in itself, besides imparting GER
tain amount of dullness to the colors.
White, on the contrary, takes a tinge
| of the cOlorS it seeks to modify, thus
lessening the dead whiteness and at
| the same time lessening the intensity
of the tones with which it is COM
bined.
Black and white is always a safe
combination and a small proportion of
any chosen color will not destroy the
artistic effect of these two.
The new contracts alone made last
year by the New York Edison Com
pany. numbered 1881, aggregating an