Evening star., 1944-03-19
Spring Color Cues

These days, when every pur-
chase counts, color is more i'm
portant than ever because you
can't make a mistake. Color
means more to your wardrobe
than any other factor. 1t is color
that most often makes you like
dress or leave it to hang in the
closet. Color is also what makes
man tell you you're beautiful
in one dress and not comment
on another. Color, too, is what
makes all men notice.
Just because color is important
doesn't mean that you have TO
drench yourself in a rainbow. In
fact, a good rule to remember is
that brilliant basic suits and
frocks are only for the extensive
wardrobe, whereas good go-with-
everything neutrals are for the
likes of you and me- The main
reason is that if you're going to
star color in your "basicS" you
need too many accessories for
supporting cast.
Nor do We suggest that you go
in for nothing but black. Be-
cause black shows off lines to
such advantage it is the standby
of SophiSticates. But for many
of you there are more becoming
neutrals than black. However, in
planning your spring clothes the
sound idea is to depend on a
neutral-navy. gray, beige, brown
or black-and play your colors
in accessories.
In choosing colors select those
that do the most for you. A good
idea is to use shades that high
light your best feature. If your
hair is ravishing red, glamor-
Gus gold or beautiful black, by all
means play up to it. On the
other hand, if it's your eyes that
make men melt, let your lovely
orbs supply the color cue. And
If no particular feature is out
standing-which goes for most of
us-aim to high light your skin
tones. Since your eyes and hair
coloring are keyed to your skin
tones (ain't nature wonderfully
this is good idea in any event.
On the whole, there are three
skin types-the white skins you
see with some shades of red hair
or blue black, the honey -colored
skins with slight yellowish under
tone that go with brown hair
and with some golden locks and,
finally, the pink compilations of
some red heads and blue-eyed
blondS.
If you're the white skinned
type, you'll find that white, any
clear color or black does the
most for you. In fact, you are
the only ones who really get by
in black without color relief,
although even for you touch
OF color makes a better effect.
On the other hand, if there is a
streak of yellow (no offenseD
underlying your epidermis, the
general idea is to clear" your
skin. Bright red, emerald green,
certain shades of blue and the
blush lavendars will do the trick.
Navy is more becoming to you
than black as background be-
cause it lightens your skin.
You with the shell-pink tones
Dresden doll type) are what the
rest of us try to look like. Violets,
greens, almost any color are good
for you unless you tend toward
the rosy shade of pink. Then
watch out. Any of the pink or
red shades worn near rosy face
produces an effect we don't even
like to think about. In that case,
your aim is to de-pink your skin
tone, and to do that you'd better
stick by grays and the grayed
tones like slate blue, reseda
green, grayed lavendar and the
like.
If you want hints as to what
colors to wear, there's many cue
to be taken from art. Renais-
sance artists, for example, painted
olive skinned ladies in deep, soft
blues which gave a lovely lumi-
mostly to their coloring. For you
that means if you have yellow