Rouge Et Noir..., watercolor on paper, 12" x 15" While painting Russian illustrations, you become acutely aware of national color combinations. In Russian folk art, red, yellow and green are used over and over. When I think of France I see bleu.
But this October Paris windows and streets were full of red and black. Hediard is the classic example of a red and black brand, that just always looks tres classe.
Galeries Lafayette knows how to throw around red and black and there was plenty in their windows.
Other windows too were pairing these two up. 
The classic black French wine bottle with the red capsule is always a standard of elegance. No one does it better.
Lots of the Paris cafés are done up totally in black, but can you count the number of people wearing touches of red with their black outfits to add some zip? 
I'm convinced this all-red café is saving itself for those customers wearing only BLACK! 
