Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-22
Expert Says Each Indi0iduaI Has a Color
winch When Determined and PROPERLY
Used Insnres Success, Health and
Happiness.

hands Of the ignorant are legion. Harmonious
use OF color In the home cannot have any bind
ing rule because all cOlorS and shades of color
can be probably employed. The person re-
sponsible for the decoration of q home should
discover the personal color or colors of those
who are to live within its walls These colors
should be combined and used in connection with
each other to the extent consistent with har
mony And If it is possible to effect such an
arrangement it Is profitable investment for
each person to have niche fitted up in the
individual personal color. This niche NAV be
bed room, boudoir. den. study; any sort of
room, IN fact, where the individual NAV be dis
tinctively reflected in his SURROUNDINGS There
Tor rest and withdrawal, from other people. the
Individual may go and his personal color is not
ntruoeo upon the personal color of another TO
the extent of even a slight annoyance"
Jana was speaking fuently and without hesi-
tation, slight perpendicular wrinkle appearing
at intervals between her thoughtful eyes.
What gratifying thing when one comes to
think OF it," she went on, that in building up
beauty, charm and happiness there are so MANY
forces just awaiting utilization! The trouble is
That the many, many things which are put on
earth for our happiness are recognized by SO
lew OF U.s. We are content with the crumbs of
life when we might just as easily have the feast
The use OF color is like drawing upon bountiful
ocean OF happiness possibilities Everything is
there Tor US. All we have to do Is to avail our
selves of the bounty. Pick out women at a club
meeting. at tea, at dance, at any social gath
ering-how many of them are colorful bright
beings who scintillate personal charm? Very
Few. we must admit. And of those who do
stand out In a crowd without exception they
have avai;ed themselves of every aid and clever
enough to recognize that they could not possibly
De authorities in every line. they have called to
their assistance the wisdom of experts"
Please tell me the relation of color tn thc
Characteristic Of timidity." ventured
T1midity," she said lis often another name
Ior nIerlor1ty complex. A woman will shrink
In the background, letting an unwholesome state
OF mind possess her to the extent that she will
come actually to believe that other women be-
long in the picture while she automatically
fades out Of it. This is particularly tragic for
the young girl who sees other girls have good
time and winning admiration while she always
mas to stay on the outer edge of things and car
never be in the midst. mouse-like woman or
young girl should know that she becomes
mouSler still If drab. nondescript coIors are
anected The vibrations of these colors are
exactly those which she needs to shun In
wearing such colors she aids in digging the
grave OF her popularity. She puts q value on
herself and the world takes her at her own valu
alton. This same person put In the hands OF
an expert ON color. studied, analyzed and
oresSeo with color acumen emerges as brighE
butterfly from its chrysalis."
Then Jana discussed the influence of color
throughout the early ages. She said that al
though 1t Is not generally known. it Is neverthe-
less fact that many famous leaders of an
tiqu1ty-both men and women-had very def
mite preference for and belief in the influence
OF color. not only on themselves, but on those
with whom they came in contact. In some
cases these have become traditional and
legendary; in others the actual writings of CO.
temporary chroniclers have borne out these
facts.
In the present time" she added when color
Is coming into its own, when its influence is
proving to play SO important part in everyday
fe it is interesting to reflect how really ancient
this color instinct is. With no scientific or
psychological reasoning developed, there vet
existed an innate preference for and belief In,
the power OF some definite color-a preference
that amounted almost to superstition And it
Is stlI more interesting to note how very an
proximately correct. in the light of modern re-
search, these subconScious instincts were"
1t Is well known, for instance that Catherine
OF Russia, whose life was the most extraordinary
blend OF greatness and RIGHTEOUSNESS was ex-
tremely fond OF crimson. Her private apart.
mentS at the palace were decorated in this color
Her enormous four-poster bed had a canopy
ana nangmgs OF the heaviest crimson silk One
OF her lovers, Prince POtemkin once asked her
why she surrounded herself with so vivid a
color, to which she replied that it made her feel
more vitality alive than did any other hue and
that when she returned tired out after hunting
or travelling the sight of it not only relieved her
fatigue but inspired her with new life
The most tragic figure In French history Is
undoubtedly Marie Antoinette. She brought
with her from her native Austria a passion for
pigeon-blue, a color that, according to Jana,