The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-13
mentary design is "the
brighter the color the
smaller the area"

smaller the area"
That Is whay woman in a
whole dress of flamboyant red
looks common. She fights for at
tention.
But she Is not nearly so striking
as, for instance, the daughter of a
Mexican hidalgo who contrived an
entire costume of black-black
coat, black hat, black fur cape.
and at the throat. Just thin line
of capucine.
For instance, you might
think that yellow and orange
would be impossible together.
But nature combines them most
successfully in primroses-by US
ing the orange sparingly.
Simarilarly, quite the pref
test spectator sports frock
of the season was primrose
yellow with orange buttons.
One of the pitfalls of combining
two shades of the same color is
that 1t is so hard to get two diff
ferent shades of exactly the same
tone.
That's what makes light
blue and navy an abOminatiOn
TO the artist, though persons
less educated to color values
insist this scheme Is very nice.
Navy is not deeper shade of
any blue
1t is a tone all by itself, just as
much as gray, brown, or black.
1t just happens to have a good deal
of blue in il.
Grays are even worse to
combine. Few stores will I'M
dertalSe to match them exact
", much less harmonic them,
though II can be done.
Greens somehow are friendlier to
each other. though even here you
can come to grief. An emerald
shade will make a gray-green look
pretty sickly.
However, II you stick to
leaf greens, you can go from
pale willow green To deep ever
green without much difficulty.
Fellows too, tend to harmonic
even when they are not quite the
same tone.
Rose Shades
Rose shades are fine together,
always excepting tea-rose. II you
stick TO real rose tints and steer
clear of reds you can get some
handsome combinations.
And now word about
accessories. Ii you're us
ing them for contrast,
don't Overdo il.
Never have more than two &C
cessories in contrast to your cos
tune or you will seem to strain
for effect.
With a navy costume wear an
emerald belt and bag, or an
emerald bag and gloves, or emerald
jewelry, or an emerald blouse ano
a touch of emerald on your hat.
In this connection, enough
| II better than feast. Too
much of even u good thing be-
comes insupportable.
Prints Need Relief
Also a word about prints. They
need the relief of some solid color
the border of the print. or q
solid colored hat and accessories
otherwise you're a dizzying whirli-
gig.
Your accessories might mater
the background of the print or It's
highest color or they might be
contrast if the print is a mono
tone.
And never, never, never
combine two patterns. YOU'D
think nobody ever would,
But these unbelieving eyes hav,
seen flower print dress topped
by a hat with a polka dotted band
Don't combine stripes with dot
or plaids with checks or even tw'
different patterns of the sans
type.
Colors and Furs
Another color principle, th'
trick of combining colors Will
furs. is really very simple,
Choose fabrics that are be-
coming to the fur's complex
ion.
Set off lawns furs with stroni
greens.
Give brown furs a back
: ground of dusty pink or deep
wine.
For contrast. with black fur
use gold or jade or scarlet.
And blue fox on smoky
blue broadcloth is de-
lightful.
Weddings
Now a word about weddings