Photographed by NED MATURA; Senior Features Editor GLORIA NICOLA
From top: LULU GUINNESS 458 from Tura;JALAPENOS Chawa from A&A Optical
The potential of tortoise as
a frame color is as limitless
as an artist’s palette. It can
be lightened to almost
amber, darkened to near
black or splashed with red,
orange, green, blue, any
color. But perhaps the most
traditional of tortoise tones
is yellow tortoise, currently
enjoying an enormous and
much appreciated resurgence.
DID YOU KNOW?
• The yellow footed tortoise, which inhabits theAmazon jungle in South America, is named for its yellow scaled limbs and classified as oneof the rare species of the world.
• The yellow headed turtle, also known as the elongated or pineapple turtle, has an upper shell in a yellow-brown color with a pale yellow or yellowish-green head.