Learning about colours

[kmini]

So I think I need to be more specific in terms of the colours I choose for both clothes and make up.

Has anyone ever come across a really comprehensive site that walks you through how determine colour palettes. So far all I've really found are simplistic articles or news style sites, all with exactly the same basic information.

Watching with interest. There are companies that you can pay for such as Colour me beautiful and house of colours but I can’t afford them!!!

I’d say how easy it is to self diagnose depends on how well you fit obviously into a season

I like this series
anuschkarees.com/blog/2013/09/24/colour-analysis-part-i-finding-your-type

Kettlewell do a page on each season and then have clothes in the right colours
www.kettlewellcolours.co.uk/blog/jo/spring-explaining-the-different-types

If you know your season you can then use HOC’s wheel to check if a colour is ‘allowed’ or rather what tone is best

themuttonclub.com/getting-your-colours-done/

I don’t think any of it is a substitute for actually getting your colours done though! To know your starred colours and colour combining etc

I have 'self diagnosed' through prettyyourworld.com it's an American site so the clothing line / swatches won't be appropriate but I found the diagnosis tool helpful. It goes through whether you are 'soft ' or 'clear ' rather than just the seasons.

I had worked my season out using online resources such as www.prettyyourworld.com/analyzeyourself as per pp, but wasn’t 100% sure and so got my colours done by HoC anyway. Seeing the coloured drapes against my skin was eye opening and a process that was difficult to replicate at home. It was expensive, yes; but I have no doubt that it will save me money in the long run as I now have no appetite for buying colours that don’t really work for me.

@ToManderleyAgain was your colour analysis by HOC the same as your self analysis? I admit I've considered getting it done professionally, as I'm not quite clear which sub category I fit. I'm definitely some kind of summer but could be cool, could be soft. I tend to wear quite a limited colour palette that seems to suit me.

Such helpful information. Thank you all so much. I still get confused when I read through. I just confused once they start talking about blue / warm, deep/clear...arghhh. Feel like I fall into many groups!

I get confused too, as I suspect I’m an odd mix.
The analysis doesn’t always nail it, and that’s why I’d be reluctant to spend.

I am what seems to be a fair, blond, blue eyed cool summer.
I’ve got some cool toned highlights and suit pastels and canary yellow!
But I look so much better in gold jewellery as opposed to silver - so wth I have no idea!

@shinynewapple Sounds just like me. I’d got it to the right season (summer) but wasn’t sure about the sub-season. Seeing the drapes and knowing specifically which colours suit best was really helpful as I’m not wasting time looking at clothes that are broadly in my season but not perfect for my colouration. (I’ve got plenty of clothes in my wardrobe already, I’m only interested in adding new clothes to it if they meet a high bar!)

@kmini I found the easiest way to determine cool/warm was to hold silver/gold jewellery to my face. Justine Leconte has some helpful videos m.youtube.com/watch?v=hw_ie8PUXGI

@Musicforsnorks If you can carry off canary yellow then you could be a Light/Clear Spring?

@ToManderleyAgain - thanks, it would be difficult to imagine a s I am so ‘summery’, my guess would be soft summer, but who knows!

Justine’s Videos are lovely aren’t they?

You could try Styled By Susie- I got my colours done buy her & it’s not expensive. I don’t slavishly live by them, but I do avoid new clothes in the “wrong” colours (which for me are pastels & light grey)

Feel like I’m somewhat hoggin thread but here is a pic, edited as children were playing nearby so didn’t want to put them online.

This was last year, before I had highlights, no make up and closest to me au naturalle that I’ve got on my iPad.

No idea if I am cool or warm but I do tan rather than go red.

www.style-yourself-confident.com/color-analysis.html

30somethingurbangirl.com

This is a good site

Instagram can also be your friend

On the note of your sub season, that is only important for recommending your wow colours. People should still wear the full seasons palette. I don't recommend HoC as it was expensive and I could have learned it all online. I was also right about my season.

I am the same as music, I can wear gold or silver I go pink but do get a nice tan if I go slowly, sometimes I think I am a spring, but I feel I look good in black which if a spring says don't wear black. I have mousey hair which is highlighted had white hair as child until around ten, and I have blue eyes.

Justine was so good. Thank you!

Hair colour is best ignored especially if you have coloured it. Skin and eye colour, and tone are your best clues. I say this with experience and can tell you some HoC consultants cover their customers hair with a white cloth before the draping to avoid any confusion.