Do your colours change as you age?

[BurntBroccoli]

A few of those find your true colours ads have been popping up on social media so I decided to try one.

I’m pretty sure I am now a ‘soft Autumn’ as opposed to the ‘warm Autumn’ I thought I was. The colours in my wardrobe lately would bear this out too.

Yes! I'm a deep winter until the summer, when I get a tan my skin gets this golden tone to it and then I can wear some deep autumn colours. Very strange.

If any of your colouring or the contrast in your colouring changes then yes, your season will change. For example, if you decide to let your hair go grey or choose to colour it differently to hide the grey. My mum used to be an autumn as she had very red hair as a young woman but became a spring as her hair faded to a light strawberry blonde with age (now grey but coloured to match her previous light shade).

Like others have commented, I can get away with slightly different colours in summer as opposed to winter. I'm a soft/true autumn but become even warmer and more muted with a tan. I don't bother with different wardrobes for summer versus winter (in terms of colour) but I do find I can adjust my make-up to suit the season (not just foundation, which is obviously going to change!).

I think that the neighbouring subtypes like deep winter and deep autumn have a certain amount of 'crossover' which is why you may look nice in colours you wouldn't expect.

It paid for itself in the first year! Also saves so much time, as I can look round a shop at a glance and instantly see my colours (not just bright ones, also neutrals like beige, dove grey etc). Get my things to try on, then in and out. Also helps with online purchases.

Also it means everything goes in my wardrobe, everything is interchangeable, so no more orphan items or faff about what to wear.

And have some surprising ones like kerry green, every time I wear it, I get loads of compliments from strangers and colleagues and I'm not even sure why. I was never confident about wearing red either, now I wear red items all the time.

I was feeling invisible in the pandemic so had my colours done when the lock down lifted, in a bid to minimalise my wardrobe, was such a good investment.

I also don't need to spend as much, as the right colours naturally look more expensive against your skin tone.

I don't do 'my colours' but am well peeved that my lifelong standby - black - suddenly makes me look half dead. There's no way I'm replacing the majority of my wardrobe, so I might have to start wearing a lot more makeup to balance it. At the same time, baby pink started to suit me really well! Baby pink! I'm horrified!!

I had my colours re-done a few years ago. First time was about 30 years ago!

I had the very ‘clear’ versions in my sample book from the 90s, but we went on to find the muted colours in my season which are closer to what’s on the rails these days.

Im a summer (have always been), and now have grey/ blonde hair.

Having your colours done properly saves a lot of time and money over the years.

I first had my colours done in the late 1980s and was told that I was winter. Back then there were no sub categories. I had them done again 6 years ago and was told I was a jewel winter. I took my old booklet with me and then showed it to the colour analyst after she had decided what colours suited me. There was very little difference.

The only surprise at the more recent session was that I was told that emerald green was one of my colours, and it really is because when I wear it I get told how much it suits me. I was also originally told that pale lilac suited me, but it really doesn't and at the more recent session the analyst agreed with me.session

I often wonder what shop assistants must think of me when I walk into a shop and have a quick scan around then walk out again. This happens a lot in late summer/autumn when the shops are full of autumnal colours, which do not suit me at all.

I much preferably when shops have clothes separated into colour schemes as it is much easier to find something I like. I hate it when I go to M and S and see something in a style I like but they only have it in sludgy colours, orange or lime green. I don't think fashion should dictate what colours are "in" because a particular colour won't suit everyone.

On "how to look expensive" threads posters always trot out camel coats and tan boots and bags, which only suit some people. A navy or black coat looks much smarter on me than a camel coat which would make me look ill. And I don't own anything in brown or tan because they don't go with anything I own.

My colours have changed because my whole skin tone has changed so has my hair colour,I even have to wear different jewellery now.

@RampantIvy There seems to be a lot of ochre coloured clothing in the sales! I’m not surprised as it’s a tricky colour to wear.

As a summer, I do well shopping in the summer… but have to search quite hard for my colours in the autumn/ winter. I have a good line of jumpers from Kettlewell as a result.

After i had my colours done i realised black was awful on me so i slowly phased it out in favour of navy blue, which is my go-to base and i now only have one black outfit, as the choir i sing in wears black concert dress. I even wear navy to funerals.