Comments on: Elisa Is A True Summer

By: Christine Scaman

Christine Scaman — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:37:05 +0000

Are those 2 images visible now? This was the article you meant, right?

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By: Christine Scaman

Christine Scaman — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:24:07 +0000

Tyson,
It is probably related to the browser you use. IE 6 shows nothing. I’ll upload that image in a different way. LMK if you can see it. Give me till Sunday (Mar.14) to get it done, ok?

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By: Tyson

Tyson — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:06:22 +0000

I also can’t see the Saturation image. I even opened up the source and found the url for the image and it only showed the url as text instead of the image. So I went to the url for one of the other images to make sure they load when going to the url and it loaded. Maybe WordPress uploaded them funny? It would be nice to see mean with low saturation vs. grayness

By: Christine Scaman

Christine Scaman — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:31:08 +0000

Jelena,

The books tend to show the average for the Season. Once you look at real people, those averages seem less helpful. Many people, most people, could place themselves in several Seasons.
Of all the CMB books, one that has the oddest choice of models is Looking Your Best, but I haven’t seen all the books. I often wonder what made them choose that person.
A lot can be said about Colour Analysis to clarify it. But colour is only ultimately understood by visual comparison, both components essential.

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By: Jelena

Jelena — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:35:29 +0000

Wow, I have to say that your model’s hair reminds me of my own hair, that has slight warmth in it, along with ash. on a different note, I must say that it is extremely helpful to have “real-world” examples of the different seasons types. I don;t know why the authors of books on color analysis haven;t thought of this enlightening concept lol. Before I was color analysis I read “Color me Confident”, an updated version of the original CMB book, with the 12 seasons concept incorporated and couldn;t figure out what type of summer i was (soft, cool or light) based on the pictures alone. There was one model for each season, and I don;t even think that the models used were that representative of the types. I would have figure that I was a “cool summer” by the description, but the model depicted was really tanned,,making it harder to see her skintone. The model for “soft summer” in the same book was Kylie Minogue, whose fair skintone reminded me of my own..yet I didn’t feel like the soft summer palette was entirely right. So with all that said, I find that the description and pictures that you’ve placed on the site to be extremely helpful and I can genuinely say that I feel confident in my true season now:)

By: Christine Scaman

Christine Scaman — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:18:14 +0000

Cathy,
-either repeating the contrast levels, or the very successful technique of wearing monochromatic palettes (several tones of the same colour) for True Summers. It’s instantly effective on that Season.

Jane,

- right! because your colouring is not low contrast, so that look will not match you as well.

You ladies have a great understanding of how to wear the colours, not just what the colours are. It is a harder thing to learn because it’s not provided in the nice little swatch book. Once every colour in you, in your clothes, in your makeup, and hair are consistent in terms of the 3 properties of colour, the synchrony is undeniably strong.

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By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:22:19 +0000

I agree, Cathy. I have found that, as a darker haired true summer, although I wear the same colours as the light haired version, I look more “balanced” in medium rather than low contrasts.

By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:19:16 +0000

I agree, Cathy. Although, as a darker haired true Summer, I wear the same colours as a lighter version, I have found that I look more “balanced” in medium rather than low contrasts.

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By: Cathy

Cathy — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:42:35 +0000

One color technique I’ve found that really works for me (I’ve got coloring similar to Elisa’s) is to use some contrast near the face. For example, using two shades of a color like a pale aqua and a certain shade of teal, or a pale pink with medium pink. It somehow brings my face into sharper focus. I assume this is due to repeating the contrast of light to medium brown hair and deep grey/blue/green eyes with pale pink skin.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:37:16 +0000

Oh good! Will phone you during the next couple of weeks…we should know our travel dates by then. Looking forward to meeting you!