Colour analysis

[frualeydis]

I have been over to my friend Anna the whole evening/night and done some colour analysis. The results where surprising but interesting. And will lead to some re-thinking of my wardrobe, part of it being "no more orange". Apparently I am a "soft summer". So now there probably won't be an orange/light green bliaut. I have to hold that fabric close to my face in daylight before I make up my mind, but it seams like those six metres might turn into silk linings for Manesse dresses.

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[pinque.livejournal.com]

I've never had anyone be able to tell me what "seasons" I am.

The truth is I don't belong in any one season, "winter" colours suit me best:)

There was this book that had a really good way of working it out:
Cool or warm, or neutral
light or dark or medium coloured
bright or muted tones

I wind up cool light bright which doesn't fit most of the usual colour theories. That's what comes of having a "Snow White" complextion but with pale hair....

And that also doen't mean I can't wear dark warm muted colours;)

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

I think I can use some spring colours too. The thing that doesn't fit with summer is that I have freckles and a golden tone in my hair. We are going to try some more. We only worked with the reds yesterday and the really "sure" result is that I should wear raspberry red.

Eva

[pinque.livejournal.com]

Ooh, pretty red:) I just realised I don't have any of it in my wardrobe... a deep red.. but not a berry red.. hmmm.

Must get more red in my wardrobe!

(Well at least fitted top drawer;) As I tend to wear the same "uniform" everyday, and the only colour is in my tops;)

[mirazandar.livejournal.com]

i never had anyone trying, but that all tell me I'm better off with black than with anything else. And I look terrible in blues and greens.. .

[mirazandar.livejournal.com]

no mora orange? How very dull. Orange and red are my two very favourite colours, wouldn't discard them for all in the world.

Summers don't do orange!

[marymont.livejournal.com]

I am a classic "Summer", but I have lots of freckles, which fake out my blue-pink tones. I have blue-green eyes that change color dramatically with what I wear.

I have avoided orange and most browns like the plague for as long as I've had control over what I wear. I hated the one year the school winter uniforms were brown! I wore the summer uniform (yellow or blue pastel) even at the coldest part of the year, which in California isn't all that cold, just to avoid the brown.

I have two brown SCA outfits. One was a hand-me-down, and is both brown and (horrors!) orange, but it's a cool chocolate brown and a pinky orange, so I can get away with it occasionally. The other is more a taupe doublet and mud-colored skirt, and I haven't yet worn it, but it appeals to me.

I have one piece of salmon-colored velveteen with a beautiful hand and weight, which Ciorstan swears is my perfect color--she has identified it as Elizabethan "carnation". She, of course, wears everything in the "Autumn" range with merry delight--moss greens, rusts, coppers, old-gold, etc. Her opinion is suspect therefore. But I'm holding it until I find the perfect vehicle for it. It reads orange to me. *Shudder*

Re: Summers don't do orange!

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

It sounds like you're describing me, almost. I wouldn't say that I have a lot of freckles but some and it's pretty and I alos have blue-green eyes. Anyway, trying raspberry red was arevelation, it really made me look so much better than more warm red tones.

Eva

[guyelfkin.livejournal.com]

Not that I believe in any of that colour analysis styuff but last time someone tried to test me they decided there was an extra category they hadn't included (Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter and Teddy)

I say wear whatever colours you like and to hell with some colour-nalysis thing telling you you should or shouldn't

I wear yellow all the time because I like it, even thoguh it "doesn't suit" me, and hardly every wear blue which does suit me.

If you liek orange (and who wouldn't!) then carry on wearing it.

Teddy