INVENTION FOR MATCHING COLOURS.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 27, 14 January 1911, Page 3 (Supplement)

INVENTION FOR MATCHING COLOURS.

Tlie colorphone— a useful invention for matching colours by artificial light —xt tae latest novelty. f s’* 5 ’* know how exceedingly diffieu,t ;t >s at times to determine the actual shade of silks, satins, cloths, etc., in matching colours and in selecting the tnmtnmg which will blend best dav taC ® own he worn during the -J'2^- e -°wn purchased in the artificial light has often proved most disappointing when viewed in th" daylight and the two shades which appeared to be identical under artiEcnl ugh* , are often found to differ iriotenally-m the davtinie. The colorohone promises to alter all this Neatly bound in the form of a writing case or pocket hook, in a size that uill slip into the wrist bag, it c.-.nsists of two iridescent By placing a piece of material on one of leaves, and reflecting artificial I ght uror it with the other, the trno '•lylight colour is instantly seen. It also revoa’s the t"vtnre nnd finish of a material, a* well as its right and w’ir-ng side At home it will he extremely useful, too. in the selecting of shades for embroidery, etc. Peteo: "1 see this barometer has two Imnds. Metro • "Yes. The one inside the glass shew* what weather the barometer foretells.” Peteo: ‘‘And what is the other movi able hand for?” Meteo: "That’s for yon ti turn to the weather that you really get.”