w hen burnt or rusted, orange teeters on the brink of sensuality. Think a Mediterranean sunset or a plate of roasted squash and bell peppers. When sparkled or fruit-flavored, orange gets in your face. Think glow in the dark Halloween safety strips or bright, blossoming persimmons. Choosing which twin suits your mood is no great feat, but finding colors to match may require a little insight. Remembe

m arie Antoinette never got crème brulée points for being France’s own Mother Theresa, but she definitely had the style-icon market down pat –not a difficult task if you’ve got a national treasury to back up your haute couture escapades. If your heart happens to be aflutter for Versailles over-the-top opulence, indulge in daydreams of masquerades, courtly ballets, and saucer towers of champ

s ome girls were just made for earmuff season: rough and tumble gals sledding solo long after everyone else has traded in nose nips for electric blankets, snow bunnies at their peak of cuteness when all apple-cheeked, frosty-lashed and bundled tight, and sanguine belles in leggings and oversized sweaters contentedly curled by the fire with a paper-back novel and cup of peppermint tea. All that cudd

g reen’s a byword for envy and lust and youthfulness and earth consciousness, which is basically caring about something outside yourself which, all together, is basically love. The color isn’t straight-laced or super trendy, but it’s pretty and peculiar, and when you pull it off, you’ll know it's because you’ve got real style. Even if you don’t push it to the brink of ecology, a turquoi

c reating atmosphere can be as simple as red, yellow, blue: consult your color wheel, know what goes, what stimulates, and ultimately select what turns you on. Because color can have a strong influence on mood (much like a chocolate-truffle wedding cake), take into consideration its ability to inspire and arouse a variety of emotions and desires. Orange, for example, encourages hunger, so food serv