Colours that used to suit you don't any longer?

[Pheasantlysurprised]

I don't know if it is about age, I cant see many signs of it yet, no obvious face or hair changes that would explain it, but either I have changed my tastes dramatically, or I never suited the other colours anyway! Im more adventurous and confident now, so there's a chance I never looked good in the old colours...

I think I am what they call a cool summer, blonde hair blue eyes, etc. Always suited pastel tones but didnt like them so went minimal with navy, white, grey.
But in the past few years navy really washes me out, as does most grey.
I had never noticed how much. I have, without really thinking, swapped most of my navy for dark green or black, and do look much better in them.

Bought a navy raincoat this week and thought 'ooooh', it doesn't suit me, so I compared it with my old olive green Barbour one and look so much better in that!

Anyone else suit different colours to what they used to for no discernible reason?

Black.

Lived in it until my late 30s. Can't wear it at all now (except on bottom half). I look like a corpse. I'm a "spring" I believe.

I’m a ‘spring’ but even before having my colours done I knew that black made me look like a corpse. I can’t see that ever changing.

I have started to favour the more coral/salmon spring colours now though, rather than the turquoise/blue colours that used to suit me better.

I always avoided lilac like the plague (because it made me look like I had the plague) but I tried it over the summer and it bizarrely suits me now. Very slightly more grey than I was but I don't think my skin tone has changed.

interesting!
Im still convinced I never suited navy to begin with and didnt see it
I used to think black was best avoided but now if I check a black top against a navy top, the black suits me fine. It's weird.

Brown - rust warm spectrum were my go to colours. Now with silver grey hair pale blues, greys and olives.

Just because you have blonde hair & blue eyes doesn’t automatically mean you are a cool summer. I have the same colouring & was diagnosed by HoC as a Blue Spring. Would explain why the olive green suited you. Navy needs to be a bright navy like French navy.
Colours I can’t wear are berry/ maroon type shades or pure white but never could so no change there.

My colours session classed me as a 'sultry winter' (get me). I have greyish eyes and my natural colour was dirty blond. I'm not convinced that the colours that suit you when you're younger are wrong for you when you're older. You still have the same underlying skin tone and original colouring. I think it may be more about changing your style to suit how you feel, rather than feeling that these colours don't work for you anymore. After all, it's not likely that someone who black was totally wrong for would suddenly start looking great in that shade as they aged (black is apparently okay for me, but it seems it's not great for a lot of skin tones). So, if burgandy or scarlet were right for you at one time, why wouldn't they work for you as you get older? You just have an older version of your skin and hair colour. A drastic change in colour isn't going to look better.

Definitely worth getting your colours done to see what works because if you think you are a cool summer but you suit olive green then something is amiss as olive green suits warmer skin tones where as cool pastels are more summer or can be winter. As previous post said it's unlikely to be your hair or eye colour - it's your skin tone which doesn't change.

Thanks, I'm possibly not a cool summer, it was just what I had presumed from reading. Who knows!?
I am ashy blonde with cool undertones so couldn't perceive myself as warm - but hadn't thought of spring. Not sure I'd bother getting 'colours done' as I don't care enough but it is interesting nonetheless!
I do suppose, as a pp suggests, I possibly have just changed.

I used to live in black, now look awful in it. Am a summer but used to have light brown hair such is now more blonde and brown. Weirdly sallow skin unless I'm tanned (which I do easily) and true grey eyes.

I now wear much more grey and soft washed navy, true dark navy (and charcoal) too dark too.

Trying to wear lipstick now is a killer too, only wear tinted balms and good e.

Glad it's not just me

^gloss

I’ve gone back to black (only some though) having avoided it for years. I think my grey hair is one reason it now looks ok.

@Pheasantlysurprised

Getting my colours done was one of the best things I did!

I gave up everything black in my 40s because I thought it was starting to look too severe. Now in my 60s and cautiously trying faded, washed out black again. I'm not sure whether it's down to more skin tone changes or whether I'm actually starting to like that severe look.

I see no need to get your colours done, op. You may or may not know your correct season but you can clearly see what colours work for you which is surely the important thing.

I seem to have had a shift to blue as I get older.
I used to wear burgundy and emerald green when I was young and had red hair but since getting older and going grey/blonde that hasn't suited me at all.
My burgundies have been re dyed to purples and indigo. Most of my greens have been re dyed to teals and jades now.
Pastels still make me look like a corpse and I have always suited black.

Another who finds black very ageing now I am in my late 40s. I used to wear it all the time. Now I can't wear solid black. I find rich colours such as dark red more flattering, or if I wear a black jacket, say, I need a coloured scarf round my neck to break it up.

@Floisme

I gave up everything black in my 40s because I thought it was starting to look too severe. Now in my 60s and cautiously trying faded, washed out black again. I'm not sure whether it's down to more skin tone changes or whether I'm actually starting to like that severe look.

I see no need to get your colours done, op. You may or may not know your correct season but you can clearly see what colours work for you which is surely the important thing.

No, I wouldn't get them 'done', it's not my thing really.

I was always very pale, ashy blonde with the eyelashes to match, and hoped I would go white/grey before 50 - am nearly 50 now but the hair went darker as opposed to lighter.
I do think a colour shake-up is self renewing though, perhaps we need a change every 7 yrs like our cells ....

Faded black sounds nice.

I can't seem to get away from wearing black! I try but it's what I like the best and what I think suits me the best. Makes it very hard to pick out a particular black top from the drawer though 😂

Seriously I do try to add a bit of colour where I can do I don't look too goth like all the time.

I only like neutrals with black.
No colour

Yes exactly, when I say colour I mean white/grey

Not sure what season I am - think cool summer.

I do wear less black but I do wear it.

I've found as I got older I like brighter colours more, green, yellow, orange etc and also red.

Much more recently I've found I like blues and wear blue earrings with certain tops/jumpers which highlight this but also suit my complexion/eyes (eyes are blue grey).

I've been told by someone else that I suit plum/purple but I'm not keen unless maybe accessories, makeup etc.

@JollyHostess

Yes exactly, when I say colour I mean white/grey

Yes. I also love taupe with black and as a ‘soft summer’ that enables me to wear it.

To be honest I notice a lot of older women (over 60) in black, or with black accessories and they tend to look more 'chic' than their younger counterparts, not harsh at all. They often seem to soften the look with delicate jewellery or subtly contrasting accessories......softer make-up too.
Perhaps it is the way it is styled, the types of fabrics - soft cashmere or gauzy marls or really good quality slouchy tops would be less harsh than overly smoky eye make-up and a shiny polyester shirt from H&M iyswim?

How do people know their colours? I can't figure mine out at all. I can see what roughly suits me but my actual 'colours' I don't know 🤷🏻‍♀️

@ohtwatbollocks

How do people know their colours? I can't figure mine out at all. I can see what roughly suits me but my actual 'colours' I don't know 🤷🏻‍♀️

The first time it occurred to me, when I was younger was when I was unwell and looked a bit grim. My hair hadn't been washed and I was drastically under slept.

I was wearing a dark grey t shirt that day and had to change later. Put a pale lilac t shirt on and WTFFFFF!!!!! I was suddenly clear skinned, my hair looked washed and my eyes bright. Fairly took me by surprise. Some colours really do make us look better.

I also really suit lemon yellow so unless I want a Joules raincoat im fairly stuffed

I wouldn't pay for this service as don't care enough, but cant deny it.