COLOURS UNDER NEW NAMES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 9316, 17 August 1908, Page 3

COLOURS UNDER NEW NAMES.

The in7entioa of rov.- names for oW. colours is (saw an American novr.spai>if) exercising the ingenuity of the drcos experts of tl\© world. Every SRa&on a familiar shado makce its,appfcaraiice under sin unknown title.

Tho flower and kitchen. gn.rder.a. the stare cupboard and vine cellar, the fishmonger's and jeweller's, have been searched for appropriate terms this year. The result liacs been crowned with Kuccew. and the ambition of the dress artist, which has been to make the new names as weird as possible, has been realised. The purchase-vot* a blue gown is iniDcesible. You must ask for mirage, hydrangea, pale sky or szure. If none of these shaded please the fancy it is possible to select from sii:fleur, sapho, delft, jacinth or oden. If a darker shado ; for, economy'* sake, ifl j'equired, it is ont. of date to ask for nary blue. Hoyai matelot, bluet, marine, neptnne and indigo must be inspected instead.

Mauvo as a nhade is in ihe height of fashion ; as a name it is relegated to the days of ont grandmothers. Iris, amethyst, tulip, clematis, lilac, campanula, wistaria and vieux heliotropp reign in his stead. The red shades of mauve, so becoming to the brunette, have been named anemone, minuit, petunia, glycme. gracieuse and roma. No smart woman will own a pint? frock this year. She must rename her favourite colour shrimp, salmon, coral, bengail, ]aurier, (strawberry, raspberry, rosewood and acajon. Two new names, are 6eda and rose of the alps, . while cherry brandy, ooquelicot, pavot and wine are the terms iused to describe the deeper shades of red and scarlet.

Green js a colour that no woman will consent to wear ? as itf> meaning is "jilted." Her little superstition has been encouraged this year, and sb^ can clothe herself in amande, volga, niger, reeeda, mahonia, mousse, bronze, aayrtle, emerald, aloes, ch&rtreuee, sage, gauges, uera and russe.