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 to carry off a whole gown of flame color or peacock blue. With your coloring, you cannot stand more than a touch of these colors in the trimming. On the other hand, the colorings of your hair, eyes and skin are too intense for the very palest of pastel shades. You will have to study the degree of color that you choose.

You need more intense shades than the blonde, but not as vivid as the brunette can wear.

If Your Hair is Auburn.—What you need is contrast, but not a vivid contrast. Let your pretty hair be the interesting spot of color.

Black will do wonders in bringing out the beauty of auburn hair.

If your eyes are blue, you will wear dark navy blue well. However, avoid the light or vivid shades of blue. Being what is called a complementary color to red, they intensify it. A vivid blue will make your hair seem a more brilliant shade and you don't want that.

There are many neutral shades for street wear that will become you among the grays and taupes.

A very dark greenish brown is also good, but a reddish brown is seldom becoming. It's too near your own colorings. Of course, the same holds true of red. Green, except, the very darkest shades, come under the rule of too great a contrast.