ABSTRACT
Dark blue was the mourning colour among the ancient Romans, under the Republic, as it is at the present day in Turkey; violet being confined to the nobler classes. Blue is said to be the colour of truth; purple and white signify purity. The famed ‘Tyrian blue,’ once in such wide request, was not blue at all. ‘True blue’ was the colour adopted by the Scottish Covenanters in the seventeenth century. Sage-green also goes well with deep lake, with primrose, and with dull or greenish blues. Crimson lake is a deep blue red, far more suitable for dress than either of the former, which are almost intolerable in large masses. Yellows of some shades are the most suitable of all colours to place near the face, so good is the effect on the complexion; they make the skin look fairer than it really is, and, of course, enhance the blues and pinks.
