From our recent discussion about what we’ll be wearing this spring, what jumped out to me this year is an emphasis on color. Normally, since my personal coloring is fairly subtle, I gravitate toward low intensity color combinations: two neutrals combined with a soft color or monochromatic. However, right this minute I am craving a …
With thoughts of cool and warm colors on my brain today, this magazine cover arrested my attention. Subtly elegant, note the effect of the composition: the models, in warm versions of “balanced” colors, stand out as in living color against the cool gray background. Vanity Fair [2-year subscription] Vanity Fair [1-year subscription] What do I …
So what color did you think melanin is? I always thought it was brown. Now comes this page at the Science of Dress claiming, in hair at least, melanin is blue. While I have not been able to verify the scientific basis for the idea (in other words, google turned up nothing to support it), …
