![]() #YOUR PERSONAL COLOR PALETTE FROM IMAGE HOW TO#Seeing is Believing.“I think you are a Summer!”, “I love pale blue, but I’m a deep Autumn, so I can't wear it”, “Please help me: I’m a cool Summer and don’t know how to build my fall wardrobe”.Packing for six weeks in a carry-on bag.When less is more – a limited palette makes it easy.Better yet, do you want a custom color palette of your very own? Let me know! Want to see pictures of other Autumn palettes, people and clothes? I’ve got a Pinterest board just for you. More about using Black and White. If you missed the two pieces I wrote awhile back, they are here: When to wear black when to wear white. They can be used as other versions of “white.” Pastels. The rightmost stick basically takes the other sticks down to their very palest tone. Or for a festive look, as metallic threads in fabric or knits. Metals are not just about jewelry they make great belts, purses, and shoes. Metals. In this fan her metals range from warm gold to bronze. Subtle hues. On the far right the yellow-green and sage are softly flattering and less “look at me.” #YOUR PERSONAL COLOR PALETTE FROM IMAGE SKIN#These colors make her skin and eyes glow. For this client the dramatics play around with brighter versions of her eye color and the dark eggplant. The wrong red can be painfully unflattering.ĭramatic hues. Everyone gets some kind of red–warmer or cooler, brighter or softer. The Reds send messages of power and/or romance. Additionally the inherent colors focus the viewer’s eye on the face, which is where we connect best (unless you want the focus on your body, like if you were a model or trolling for a hot date). Getting the inherent colors right is crucial because they’re the basis for the rest of the palette. The next two colors are skin tones (undertones and blush) and make you look “human” and approachable. Wearing your eye color in a top makes you seem especially credible, because the viewer unconsciously looks for color repetition and hence is drawn to your eyes. That gorgeous dark loden blue is her eye color. The “Inherent” Colors When you wear colors that reflect your natural coloring (hair, eyes, teeth, skin) you look most authentic. Just because a color is called “neutral” doesn’t mean it can’t be smashing. (Real white is too stark a neutral for her this shade doesn’t make her teeth look dingy by comparison.) The pale khaki is a more casual neutral and is welcome in the warmer months. The rich earthy browns and olives (a hallmark of most Autumn palettes, along with rust) are her other dark neutrals, just not as formal. Deep teal and eggplant are her versions of “black” and would be far more smashing as a “little black dress” than black on her. Starting on the left, all those dark colors are her dark neutrals, starting with the most formal and dramatic. (One difficulty with photographing color palettes is that the darkest colors are hard to discern unless you really zoom in.) Let’s look at a gorgeous Mellow Autumn palette, both the fabric fronts and and the custom-labeled backside. The placement of the sticks indicate how you’d use them in your wardrobe–done to make dressing and shopping easier and more intentional. And where do gray, taupe, brown or navy belong? It was an imperfect arrangement.Īnd then, in 2014 when I trained to become a color analyst myself, I learned the palettes are arranged in a seemingly illogical order for good reason. When my new fan arrived, the order of the color sticks made no sense to me, so I immediately took the fan apart and rearranged it “in rainbow order.” But my rainbow had serious gaps-no red-orange, orange, yellow, or yellow-green for a cool Summer like me. I had my ancient color palette updated some years ago because somewhere along the line my hair had changed from dark brown to gray and my skin had lost its youthful bloom (what? who knew?). … just how do you use a seasonal color palette? ![]()
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