The old saying, "green for grief," is a well-known one, and the writer
would rather wear any color on earth than green, not even a green scarf
or belt. Moreover, she sees to it that the other members of the family
do not indulge in the unlucky color. But mind you, green only brings
her ill-fortune when used for wearing apparel. There is no objection,
of course, to a green front-door nor to wallpaper of the same color.
For such uses, green plays its part harmlessly enough.
Though green dresses are more distressing to the writer than a red
rag to a bull, she is quite prepared to admit that many people find
it a very lucky color. This brings us to the point. There is no color
that is universally unlucky; it is only so in the hands of certain
individuals. With others, it may be an absolute harbinger of all that
is lucky. Even green may do this.
Now the question is, "Which is your lucky color?" If you know it, well
and good. Make use of it in every possible way. When wearing dresses
made of it, you will feel more confident of yourself than when arrayed
in something else. You will get more work done, and it will be better
work. The only thing is that you must be sure that it is your lucky
color. If you are not quite sure, the tonic effect is absolutely lost.
Not only should you wear your fortunate color, but it is a good plan
to surround yourself with it. We know a woman who pins her faith to
purple. Her dresses are mostly purple; the wallpaper in her bedroom is
purple; purple casement curtains adorn the windows; there are purple
rugs in various parts of the house; even the back of the hair-brush
on her dressing table is purple. And, since she decided that purple
was her lucky color and used it in every reasonable way, she has had
several strokes of marvelous good fortune.
But, of course, you may say in reply to all this that you do not know
your lucky color. What then? This is where we can give you a little
help. Most people's lucky color depends on the time of their birth and
the following list sets out the birth colors. We know full well that
everybody does not derive good fortune from his birth color, but that
they find it in some other hue. Therefore, the proper course is to make
trials with the appropriate color listed below and, if that does not
answer satisfactorily, to choose another of your own liking and try
that. Only by personal experiment can you finally decide the point.
These are the birth-colors. The first given for any period is the one
almost universally accepted. Those following after the first are,
however, favored by a certain number of people.