Cooked mushrooms, with no hint of colour, swimming in salty water, are obscene in their wrongness.
The added hint of colour gives skin a natural glow and means you can get away without any makeup, too.
£2.29, thedrinkshop.com Pale, with just a hint of colour, it has a huge orange fruit aroma, balanced by biscuit malt.
The vertical quilting makes it lovely and warm and the hood keeps off unwanted rain, while the spotted cotton lining and contrasting zips give a hint of colour.
7. Coniston Brewing Company Bluebird Bitter £2.29, thedrinkshop.com Pale, with just a hint of colour, it has a huge orange fruit aroma, balanced by biscuit malt.
She poured the tea thick and potent for the adults, and ceremoniously, containing only a hint of colour, to the great-grandkids.
If Lancôme is a bit too much on the spenny side, try Boots No7 Sheer Temptation Lipstick (£10, boots.com) for a similar hint of colour and shine.
It's a traditional formula so does leave a white cast if you don't hold the bottle far away enough and brush through properly, but if you're a concerned brunette, you can get the dark 'Hint of Colour' spray instead (though we found it's easy to dye your scalp if you don't go easy).
There was not a hint of colour in 39 of the 41 looks (the remaining two were cobalt), which played with the idea of New York power dressing in white T-shirt jumpsuits, gauzy black layers over slinkier tube dresses, and an awful lot of pinstripes, seen as loose maxi dresses, half-kilts and trousers.
