Seasonal color theory

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tanya_the_dancer

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Just wondering, did anyone else read the sequel to "Color Me Beautiful"? It's called "Color Revived". They give more detailed color charts (subdividing each season into 3 sub-seasons), but for the life of me I can't quite figure out which sub-season I am.
 
Haven't seen it. I did like "Color Me Beautiful" and found it very helpful in picking good colors for me. Twelve seasons sounds like a lot! Maybe more confusing than helpful (unless they are trying to get you to go to a consultant to get the answer!).
 
waltzgirl said:
Haven't seen it. I did like "Color Me Beautiful" and found it very helpful in picking good colors for me. Twelve seasons sounds like a lot! Maybe more confusing than helpful (unless they are trying to get you to go to a consultant to get the answer!).
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They subdivided each major season into "Deep", "Cool" and "Clear", depending on the intensity of the person's overall coloring. The colors are slightly different between each. Also there is some overlap with the colors for what they called "sister season" (i.e. according to the book "Deep Winter" and "Deep Autumn" are sister seasons, so they can borrow some (but not all) colors from each other's palettes). Btw, I know I'm a Winter, but which one?
 
Will check it out when I hit up B&N this week. I usually live by the compliment theory of color palates -- if I get compliments, I wear that color more often. No compliments, weed it out. Works for me. Or at least I think it does. Hmm...

What's the name of that book again?
 
pygmalion said:
Will check it out when I hit up B&N this week. I usually live by the compliment theory of color palates -- if I get compliments, I wear that color more often. No compliments, weed it out. Works for me. Or at least I think it does. Hmm...

What's the name of that book again?
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It's called "Color Revival". If I followed compliments theory, I'd be wearing black, black and more black. But I want to try new colors, too, preferably without making costly mistakes. Hence scientific approach.
 
lol I get compliments all the time *preening vainly* Just kidding! :wink:

There are certain color combinations that are predictable compliment grabbers for me -- anything jewel tone, plus fuchsia, red, or navy. (I wonder what that means. Hmm.)


But you're right. I like the scientific approach.

One thing I absolutely cannot stand is people -- men or women -- who wear what they like, whether it works or not. For example, The Guy I have a Crush on has this orange shirt that he loves to wear. Admittedly, it's a muted orange... but so is he. :shock: :lol: Not a good combination. :lol: Which is why I don't wear yellow. Too much of it in my skin tone.

Need to check out the book.

Thanks for the recommendation, WG. :cool:
 
for me...without a tan, I am unquestionably a summer...cool tones only....with a tan I can do spring summer and winter colors...can't do fall colors any time, any day any way.....like pyg...i know the colors that are showstopper for me; bright coral, flame red, chartruese, lavender, teal, turquoise, bright cool yellow, almost all blues....any thing moving orange beyond coral or other flourescent hues and I have big trouble...cannot do rusts, hunter green...that sort of thing
 
I'm a winter, but even with tan, I cannot do anything that goes into warm yellow, orange or brown. Even the kind of brown which is close to my natural hair color doesn't look good.
 
The whole concept doesn't make much sense to me, mostly because the colors that I supposed look best in (supposedly I'm an autumn)...I don't. I can wear most colors it seems, blacks, browns, whites, off-whites, pastels. Some fall-ish colors are OK, but most are not. Can't do rust, can't do orangey colors, can't do golden yellows. The palette that generally looks the worst on me...is the one suggested. *scratches head*
 
I'm a winter.

The thing I think is funny is every now and then I'll be all like "Maybe I CAN wear gold!" And I'll try on a dress that looks great on the rack. And it will still be a NO. Even Husband will be like "Well...um...I've seen dresses that look better..." and I have to accept my fate. LOL!

It's also funny to me that Child can wear colors that I can't. (Her skin/hair coloring is closer to her dad's, though her eyes are closer to mine.) So there are colors I have years of avoiding that I can now buy...for her!
 
tanya_the_dancer said:
Just wondering, did anyone else read the sequel to "Color Me Beautiful"? It's called "Color Revived". They give more detailed color charts (subdividing each season into 3 sub-seasons), but for the life of me I can't quite figure out which sub-season I am.
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THE TROUBLE IS YOU ARE BEING SHORT CHANGED. ( SOORY BOUT THE CAPS) if you have "color" then you are missin some vita parts; eg you maybe blu with a dash of trqoise and gren or re with prple, and your sub-season is Atum
 
Peaches said:
The whole concept doesn't make much sense to me, mostly because the colors that I supposed look best in (supposedly I'm an autumn)...I don't. I can wear most colors it seems, blacks, browns, whites, off-whites, pastels. Some fall-ish colors are OK, but most are not. Can't do rust, can't do orangey colors, can't do golden yellows. The palette that generally looks the worst on me...is the one suggested. *scratches head*
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you are a winter
 
Does it change when your haircolor changes?
I was an autumn brunette, but now I'm blonde.
Red used to be good for me; I wonder if it still is?
 
Apparently not. Although, being a brunette doesn't mean that you're an autumn (aka warm, strong colors). You might be a winter, like me (aka cool, strong colors).
 
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