NEW COLOURS AND THEIR NAMES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 97, 26 April 1930, Page 2

NEW COLOURS AND THEIR NAMES

Every year brings fresh shades for frocks and furnishings and new names by which to describe them. And it is by a very subtle difference in shade that you may distinguish a 1930 “creation” from one of 1929! 1 4 Raisin,’ 1 for example, explains very clearly the deep, almost brownish, shade of red that is used now for hats as well as suits. It differs from all the other reds in a certain quality of tone, which you will appreciate if you examine the colour of unstoned raisins. “Red Pepper” lacks the brown tinge, and is bright without being crude. It is as becoming to the mature woman as to the young girl, and is a good deal kinder than the lacquer red we had last year. It figures among cushions and curtains as well as among gowns, and artificial silk comes up admirably in it. * 4 Sand” is only another name for beige, which is no longer of the “bois de rose” order, but of a more golden hue. “Sand” describes the colour very well indeed. “Surf” is another seashore label which is applied to the pale green tints that are greatly favoured for evening wear. Its appropriateness is immediately realised when it is used to describe a silk in the warp of which slender silver threads have been introduced. These suggest sea foam lit up by sun rays. “Lilactime” is a shade of mauve that has not been in vogue for some seasons. It is full and bright, and admirably suited to the party frocks of debutantes as well as to dainty furnishing oddments.