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CLOTHES
COLOR CHART
The Complete Household Guide
- 1954
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A book published in 1954 called The Complete
Household Guide provides this invaluable chart
describing the colors that compliment each and every
complexion....as long as you're not of Asian or
African decent, Mediterranean, Inuit, olive-skinned,
slightly tanned....well, you get the picture. If
you've lived under a bed in a darkened room with the
shades pulled down for twenty years, this color
chart may be helpful to you. If, like me, you're of
a more exotic hue, I'm afraid you'll have to remain
hideously and badly co-ordinated.
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GOLDEN
BLONDE (Blue eyes, fair skin):
Wear:
All soft blues, blue-greens, green-blues,
blue-violets, blue-grays, subdued red-violets
and red-oranges. Cool browns, like cocoa,
cinnamon, coffee. Black. Brilliant light reds.
Avoid:
Orange, brilliant yellow, intense blue,
cerise, brilliant fuchsia.
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MID
BLONDE (Gray eyes, pale skin):
Wear:
All soft colors, except tans and beiges,
particularly soft blues and blue-green.
Avoid:
Yellow-greens, heavy black, dark grays,
browns, red-yellows and yellow-reds.
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BROWNETTE
(Hazel eyes, off-white skin)
Wear:
Soft, warm neutral shades. Dark
blue-greens and green-blues, gray-greens,
gray-blues. Navy, lavender, dull red,
red-browns, soft orange, god, light yellow,
white.
Avoid:
Vivid, overwhelming colors or dull, muddy
tones. Tan, beige or drab browns.
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WARM
BROWNETTE (Brown eyes, brown-black hair)
Wear:
Brilliant shades. Black. White. Bright
yellow, orange, green. Bright browns, warm
beiges, gold, warm green-yellows, soft
mid-blues and warm navy.
Avoid:
Violet, purple, bright blue, gray.
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COOL
BROWNETTE (Brown eyes, brown hair, fair
skin)
Wear:
The blue-greens-aqua, turquoise, peacock.
Subdued red-oranges, red-violets, violet. All
bright blues, pinky-grays. Rich browns, Black.
Off-white.
Avoid:
Pale blues and greens, dull beiges, stone
grays.
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BRUNETTE
(Blue or gray eyes, black hair, fair skin)
Wear:
All the pinky-reds, shocking pink, reds with
blue in them. Black. White. Gray. Green, blue-
greens, green-blues. Blue, blue-violet.
Avoid:
Yellow-reds, orange, yellow-greens, beige.
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REDHEAD
Wear:
Browns, red-oranges and subdued yellow-
oranges. Gold, soft beige, soft gray. Black.
Chartreuse, olive, warm dark greens. Bronze.
Yellow-pinks, like salmon, coral, peach. Cream
and off-whites. Warm navy.
Avoid:
Red, violet and purple. Blues, greens.
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GRAY
HAIR
Wear:
Dark grays, greens, blue-greens, blues,
blue-violet. Peach, soft brown-reds. Lighter
shades of these if your hair is more white
than gray, and if your skin is fair.
Avoid:
Muddy shades, black and white prints and
pattern. Black. Tan, beige, yellow,
yellow-greens.
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WHITE
HAIR
Wear:
Blues and blue-greens, green-blues, rose tones
from pink to warm deep red, dull purples,
violet and lavender. Off-white. Black. Warm
navy. Warm grays.
Avoid:
Grays which make your skin look muddy. Beige,
tan, greeny-yellows, yellow-greens, brown.
White.
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