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...Pnin,” Nabokov once wrote that “the order of the solar spectrum is not a closed circle but a spiral of tints from cadmium red and oranges through a strontian yellow and a pale paradisal green to cobalt blues and violets.” He would have been delighted by the chance findings of an Oregon State grad student this week, who in the process of experimenting with manganese oxide in a 2,000-degree furnace accidentally created a never-before-seen pigment of blue. Reportedly “shocked” at first...
...long coats. It's summer now, so we haven't been seeing her in them, but certainly all through the fall she wore a lot of long coats, which made great sense. She really chooses unusual colors. She doesn't often go with the traditional spectrum: red, cobalt. She does not do that. She does chartreuse, she does teal. The red that she uses is a kind of tomato; it has an orange tint to it. I personally think that it takes an evolved sense of aesthetics to see those colors and like those colors and wear those colors...
...also promising to deliver a new range of subcompact and compact cars starting next year, along with the battery-powered Chevrolet Volt. GM has five new small cars on the drawing board, including two versions of the Cruise that will replace the Chevrolet Cobalt next spring. In addition, Henderson has confirmed that GM is working on a new family of small cars that, following the intervention of the United Auto Workers, will be built in Michigan rather than China, where GM originally planned to make them. Henderson says the new small cars will be affordable and profitable...
...stands alone on the shores of Sir Bani Yas - a large island in the Persian Gulf, lying just 5 miles (8 km) off the coast of the emirate of Abu Dhabi. And in truth, there is a whiff of fantasy about this sand-colored, 64-room property, fringed by cobalt-blue sea on one side and, on the other, a saltwater lagoon fronting desert scrubland and a jumble of rocky central hills...
Color Match Vibrant hues add a kick that will look fresh on and off the court. This page: OMEGA Seamaster Planet Ocean watch, $6,100 omegawatches.com) BOTTEGA VENETA orange and cobalt suede Intrecciato sneakers, $540 each, and Palladio Intrecciato linen sneaker, $490 (Bottega Veneta boutiques, 877-362-1715) Opposite page: BURBERRY leather and canvas tote, $1,395 burberry.com