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The Iris and the Colour Sense
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The Iris and the Colour Sense

  • W. P. G.1 

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MR. VINCENT NAPIER'S communication in your issue of September 1 on “Adaptive Colours of Eyes” moves me to record an observation which I have never seen formulated. It is that persons who exhibit a fondness, in dress, for striking colours, or display exceptional taste in colour combination, have eyes of a pronounced and positive colour. One naturally notices this chiefly in women, but I believe it holds good for men also. In the matter of harmonious costuming, perhaps it would not be too much to say that many women dress conformably to the tint of the iris.

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