BECOMING COLOURS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 317, 2 October 1908, Page 3

BECOMING COLOURS.

' ~ arc mianimo,us, : says a writer in ' Aiistraijian paper, in .their choice of .some, colour, if not in tho main scheme, v ; which ' is repeated in the blue,- grey, or 'biwvn -of- the.-eyes of 'the. sitter.. Although'there'din'.be no'_ hard arid fast rules as to. , which colours-suit'which women, the tone of the eyes is;a very good gliide-as a rule. The fi.vos ;aro .the'chief feature in every face, -arid tiieir: colou'yandbrightness - should always : .t ■be..a.c(.-pnt.uati!d,- iict dulled, by the. ownor's :■ dress. ■' Thus the blue-eyed, woman always - loiilis':livi: best in. blue; and her- eyes take on a de'oper; tone, from her gown; whpreas browns; , and greens-;nnd violets rob them- of their oclmir.. The broivn-eyed ;woman has an al- , wo?t- unlimited ■ range of colours' at her' cho.'ty. blnrk ' being perhaps the only thing ?li.mid. not wear, though grey is imposfibl- ten if her complexion is not'very clear. Thiii sofi bluish grey:so much' in- evidence tliif -f-M.snn is an-ideal shade for deepening tin- i. :i.' nl -grey eyes, while the fashionable u:f'l :u!fls* nn.iiitensity to eves already dusky. ' 1' -lias-boon said; by some sartorial authodf".4 iliai - when a woman finds out what • --"I suits lier best, -she should keep, to it. I?n' : like many other rules of conduct, it ■ is . that - must be ■ followed with discret'oii; for so jnucli depends on one's, health ninl mood. I'W insl.anr-r, a woinan may wear a, ••n'om-one vpar ami look very, pretty in ...' it. jiih! i.lifiiiext year she may look a perfect rrighi'.iii ilic. shnde. Colours that suit B »:inian ivitli rosy chei.'ks, and bright hair,' pn!y make lier look 'old arid sallow on the day> whri> ner cbeelia art) pale, and her hair and ojes aco dull. •