Comments on: Wrong Colours Away From The Face

By: Can I Borrow My Neighbor Season’s Colours? : 12 Blueprints

Can I Borrow My Neighbor Season’s Colours? : 12 Blueprints — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:05:19 +0000

[...] Wrong Colours Away From the Face, I said that I don’t buy into wearing colours that are not in your #1 BEST Season, unless people [...]

By: Christine Scaman

Christine Scaman — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:40:22 +0000

I agree, Jane. Black is a very workable colour for this colouring group, done in a certain way. I see it with the lovely roses and off-whites, and it can be so feminine. It’s also so very much easier to find professional and formal clothing if you can wear black.

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By: Jane

Jane — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:05:24 +0000

As a wintery summer I have found that I can wear black – as you say, away from the face and softened with summer colours and accessories. I also find that black seems less overpowering in a matt finish. I am far more comfortable in black cotton, velvet or silk than in satin or or most synthetics.

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By: Louise and Stevan Are Light Springs : 12 Blueprints

Louise and Stevan Are Light Springs : 12 Blueprints — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:38:59 +0000

[...] she wear black? No. She looks sad and severe. As you know from Wrong Colours Away From The Face, I believe you look most connected when your darkest colour (especially for big items like coats, [...]

By: karen raulerson

karen raulerson — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:56:28 +0000

Christine, Thanks for your response!
I am trying to apply the principles I am learning here—..
I really enjoy the Jennifer Butler videos.

Before i pose my question, I have a comment to make: Christine, you are so generous with your information, and that is sucha wonderful quality, I pray that you are rewarded in wonderful ways for sharing what you know so freely. I think about that a lot. I love justice and fairness and i believe firmly that you will recive some wonderfully RICH clients who want all your services!
now to my question: it may be silly, but here it is: I have been called every color by all kinds of experts(!) except autumn. I am a blonde who turned darder blond as I aged., ash in my hair- coloring looks better.,but I have tried my “natural ” hair coloring and everyone agrees that I definitely need blonde highlights… I look better with blond streaks and dark on the scalp and dark streaks. mixed. My eyes are bluewith tiny flecks of both whilte and brown. the …the ring around the iris is dark gray. .I freckle easily and a tan is hard to achieve and keep. you can see blue veins in my skin.
I think all that adds up to cool summer(doesn”t it?) two tones layered look better on me than just the straight color.

here is the question: when I wear bright colors (even yellow), but especially bright red ,purple, bright blue, I get many compliments. all my supposedly “good for me” colors seem blah to me. and evidently, I look blah,too, because folks ask if if I feel well when I wear the softest summer colors,too. and I seem to prefer gold to silver.
what’s wrong with this picture that I cannot see? thanks for the help. sincerely, karen

By: Christine Scaman

Christine Scaman — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:51:17 +0000

Hi, Karen,
Nice to see you here. Everyone hides in black. You’re not alone. It is easy to find and feels concealing. But that’s all it is. We can all do so much better. Let me know if you have any particular questions I can address in a post. Love to hear where people find confusion!

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By: Christine Scaman

Christine Scaman — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:49:26 +0000

Hi, Samantha,

I’ll agree with parts of your comment , like “there is no wrong way to dress”, but I’ll modify it slightly to say “you can never argue about tastes and colours”. You have to decide what your sense of taste dictates to you.
In medicine, people always want THE right answer. It’s very understandable because it makes everything so much simpler. That’s just not the reality. 10 doctors will handle the same problem in 10 different ways, all of them right. To another doctor, all 10 methods were the same in the end, just looked different from the outside. To the patient, they heard 10 different solutions, not 10 same solutions described in 10 different ways. Confusing? I would think!
I will diverge on the point of “never be a definitive source of right colours”. I have yet to question the Sci\ART system as correctly analyzing everybody. Some people are fascinatingly complex. I saw a young woman today who was a True Summer, but with a trace of Soft Summer. We figured it out in the end but we had our work cut out to define it definitivey. She left entirely empowered about where to go with wardrobe, hair, and makeup. Now, how you use those definitive colours, that’s up to you…

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By: Samantha

Samantha — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:54:22 +0000

I love this post! It’s great to see that although there are disagreements, it can prove that there is no wrong way to dress and makeup. But with that, it can also be more confusing. Especially if a person is like me and wants to know all he/she can about coloring and the ones that are perfect for him/her. And even how to use them in his/her wardrobe, as accessories to include nail color. I guess maybe I have to accept that there will never be a definitive source of colors right for a person?

By: karen raulerson

karen raulerson — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:38:40 +0000

Christine, i have enjoyed your Greener Tea and now, your color site… good job! you are teaching me some things that will change my closet… hard to grasp, since I am older and want to look slimmer,too…so black has been a staple…