A new vision of the iconic Nero Sicilia black is conveyed through contemporary and sensual looks: jackets and skirts in all-over glen plaid pair with openwork socks, while the 50s-inspired Mun shoes with Eva heel go with the houndstooth Sicily bag featuring crocodile-print leather inserts
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"What's happening here is your visual system is looking at this thing, and you're trying to discount the chromatic bias of the daylight axis," says Bevil Conway, a neuroscientist who studies color and vision at Wellesley College