Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-18
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEHELL.

Speaking of tint, shade, hue, he says !:
IAN are available as substitutes for
the dominant word color
Different hues are, so far as mean
ing goes, simply different colors, so
called because for good or bad reasons
the everyday word Is held to be I'M
worthy of the context.
Different tints and shades are, prop
erly speaking, not different colors but
varieties of any particular color. &ints
produced by its modification with va
rious amounts of white, shades by va
rious admixtures Of black.
These distinctions, however little
present to the mind, have a growing in
f1uence in determining the choice Of a
synonym for color"
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Theory, however, must forever give
way to practical matters when IL comes
to clothes, and especially to women's
buds.
What looks good is better than what
some one thinks ought to look well.
Here comes in the judge, which is
taste.
Who is to have this tasteP
Fortunate is the wearer who has II.
for not always has she the gift of
judging.
Sometimes a friend is a good judge.
and when such is found should be re-
lied on, through thick or thin.
For every ten women who think thew
have good Judgment in matters of color
taste. there will be one who actually
has It.
This means that the other nine are
going to come out In wild-looking
dresses, unless they are very careful.
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The lady who blends her clothes with
her coloring has a much better chance
OF achieving distinction than she who
relies on vivid contrast for the same.
1t is peace, as opposed to battle.
There will always be those two
schools of thought, In this matter. and
each will have its victories, but good
fortune, as well as knowledge, attends
the victory by contrast whereas knowl-
edge alone will win for blending.
Hence the great run of ladies will
do well, according to the present expert,
to stick closely to study of their COM
plexions as combined with their cloth
ing by blend.
Herein lies their best chance for
sartorial success, If that is what they
are after, and 1t seems to be.
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The experts Of Paris and New York.
ing in the clothing of beautiful wom-
en- artistic effort no less distinctive than
that Of painting or sculpture, have
come to the conclusion, evidently. that
pure, bald whites and blacks are not
so good as of" shades, as they are
called.
Common sense Endorses their PROPOSE
tons, for such shades are merely nearer
approaches to blending The gentle way
is taken, in preference to the bold.
Another eminently proper decision of
theirs is that the red-haired girl, whom
they love to refer to as Titan" after
the great painter, who liked the red
heads, and painted a lot of them. is
that these women properly wear other
colors than tan and green.
Redheaded women may even wear
pink, they are announcing. OF course
they may. Why not? But it has to
be the right sort of pink, the exact
tint of lavender, the precise blue for
the very skin and hair.
The emancipation of the red-haired
girls from their narrow prison OF two
or three colors Is a sign of the times
The essential thing, ladies, is to wear
whatever looks good on you. AS to
who is to decide on this important
point, We have no suggestions, except
that preferably it not be yourself.