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The Velvet Hour Edit

Crimson drape, liquid gold, midnight satin, and polished after-dark tailoring. Seven evening looks.

The Velvet Hour Edit sits between a cocktail dress and a red carpet gown: a one-shoulder crimson drape with fluid trousers, a folded column in antique gold, midnight silk with a slate wrap skirt, satin tailoring with a quiet aubergine layer.

The shapes are long and uninterrupted, so the page depends on how the fabric catches light rather than on small details.

Color The Velvet Hour Edit in the app

All 5 looks, in color

Each look opens in the app as blank line art. These are the finished versions — one way to color them, not the only one.

Crimson Afterglow coloring page from The Velvet Hour Edit, shown colored: a sculpted one-shoulder drape with fluid flared trousers — **Crimson Afterglow**A sculpted one-shoulder drape with fluid flared trousers.

Cognac Eclipse coloring page from The Velvet Hour Edit, shown colored: an embossed bomber, tailored shorts, and sharp tall boots — **Cognac Eclipse**An embossed bomber, tailored shorts, and sharp tall boots.

Silver Smoke coloring page from The Velvet Hour Edit, shown colored: icy asymmetric drape with a faceted pearl-grey clutch — **Silver Smoke**Icy asymmetric drape with a faceted pearl-grey clutch.

Nocturne Tailoring coloring page from The Velvet Hour Edit, shown colored: sculpted satin tailoring with a quiet aubergine layer — **Nocturne Tailoring**Sculpted satin tailoring with a quiet aubergine layer.

Black Mercury coloring page from The Velvet Hour Edit, shown colored: graphite shimmer with rippled lacquered panels — **Black Mercury**Graphite shimmer with rippled lacquered panels.

Fabric that moves

Use velvet, satin and silk here before anything else. A single jewel tone from shoulder to hem, with metal kept to a clutch or an earring, will look more expensive than three colors competing.

Palette ideas

These are the colorways three of the looks were illustrated in — a place to start before you go your own way.

Crimson Afterglow

Burgundy
Tropical Red
Silver
Ink

A sculpted one-shoulder drape with fluid flared trousers.

Cognac Eclipse

Coffee
Espresso
Charcoal
Gold

An embossed bomber, tailored shorts, and sharp tall boots.

Silver Smoke

Silver
Powder
White
Charcoal

Icy asymmetric drape with a faceted pearl-grey clutch.

How you color it in the app

Crimson Afterglow as blank black-and-white line art, before coloring — **Crimson Afterglow**The blank page.

Crimson Afterglow fully colored: a sculpted one-shoulder drape with fluid flared trousers — **Crimson Afterglow**One way to color it.

Open a look. It arrives as clean line art, already divided into zones for each garment and accessory.
Tap to fill. Pick one of the app's colors and tap a zone; the fill stops at the garment's own edges.
Add a fabric or a pattern. Choose from 41 fabric textures and 39 patterns and apply them to any filled zone.
Draw if you want to. A manual drawing tool lets you add shading by hand, with a finger or with Apple Pencil on iPad.
Save it. The finished outfit goes to your Lookbook, and you can export it to share.

Quick facts

Collection: The Velvet Hour Edit
Looks: 5: Crimson Afterglow, Cognac Eclipse, Silver Smoke, Nocturne Tailoring, Black Mercury
App: Color the Look — fashion coloring book for iPhone and iPad (iOS 17 or later)
Access: All 5 looks open with Premium; the app's free starter looks are in other collections. Premium is available as a monthly or yearly subscription, or as a one-time Lifetime purchase; prices are shown in the app before you buy.

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