It's truly one of those things that changes everything! Not just for what colors to wear. For every aspect of making everything pretty, fitting, harmonious!
I was nodding my head along with your writing today! My mom had Color Me Beautiful and growing up I used to love reading it and looking at the pictures. (I remember the personality part too, using movie stars as examples!) The information in this book has stayed with me for all these years and I still think about it often. You are so right that we tend to naturally gravitate towards our colors, which is really helpful. I am a Summer. 😊
The funny thing is that I was a brunette with green eyes and my sister was blonde with blue eyes.
My mom insisted on dressing me in blue and her in pink. As it turned out I look great in pink and my sister looked much better in blue. I am not sure why my mom made that choice for each of us. But I figured out what colors were good for me.
I remember that if someone was asking you if you were tired or not feeling well that could mean that you were not wearing the best colors for your skin tone!
Jackson’s insights are great for explaining the differences in the seasons when you feel this way. Slight changes in the colors can make all the difference. For instance, it seems like it’s hard to figure out one is a Spring — so the person with that coloring tends to get clear colors but doesn’t make sure they are warm toned. A Spring sometimes wears black and white because she’s reaching for strong colors, not realizing they are too cool. But when she finds a clear yellow-white she’s happy!
Turns out I'm a dark brunette Summer, whom Jackson refers to as "the woman who barely missed being a Winter." Hence my confusion. Thank you for the book recommendation! I find it much more helpful than the websites that came up when I researched this topic previously. I look forward to trying out some new colors in my wardrobe.
I know others who have dark hair and are Summers! It's so interesting! And once you know, it changes everything. Your wardrobe suddenly comes together!
I'm actually loving those dated photos!!! I find it helpful to see the side-by-sides. I just found a very inexpensive used copy on Amazon, so I am looking forward to going through it more. I've done various online "color tests" but I fear my own biases have led me astray (I think I have the "neutral undertone" problem where I gravitate to colors on both sides of the chart, so I am hoping this clarifies things!)
The key is to do your homework! What is that ONE THING you gravitate to because it makes you feel so pretty (it can even be the rattiest old t-shirt!)?
This is such a game changer. I was able to get a professional analysis done two years ago and it was transformative in how I approached femininity. I have red hair so thought i looked good in black and wore it almost exclusively- nope. Warm autumn. I dumped all the black over the course of two years and bought a closet full of reds, yellows, brown, green. Now I can pull out any two items of clothing and they match. I can go into a store and enjoy shopping because I can eliminate 75% of the shop at a glance, and so shopping is not overwhelming anymore! Best $250 I ever spent to get the colour analysis
I am so excited to follow this conversation. Color analysis keeps popping up on my YouTube, but I’ve never been able to understand how to identify my season. I’m hoping that a slow take via this book will help. I gravitate toward gold jewelry and earth tones, although I think that’s a heavily influenced choice rather than one that might be natural for me. People always significantly age me up (in large part bc of my personality I believe) but now I’m curious whether that has to do with dressing outside my season?
I will warn that I think most people don't get it. They keep saying "you have blonde hair" and Jackson insists that is not definitive! Also, often the person gets into it because they are a strong autumn, let's say, and then they sort of impose autumn on everyone, or seem not to get that a color they really like doesn't work for the client. I've seen it over and over. I'm always shouting at my screen LOL
Oh! I need to figure this out so I can finally understand why my wardrobe is full to bursting but I always say I have nothing to wear! I would also love to hear your opinion about hair dye when one has gone “prematurely grey” and now almost 40 so dunno what to do about it!
I started to go gray at around 40 with one streak. It got to be more and more and now it's pretty gray (I'm just about 65). This avatar pic of me is about 10 years ago, I think.
I personally don't want to dye my hair!
But if you do, CMB has explicit directions of how to choose the color!
Color1, a competing system that I had done about 30 years ago subdivides color families and helps you find the shades of every color that will work for you and combinations that are flattering. I’m an ash brown hair, blue eyes, very pale skin with blue and pink undertones. I’m a cool light bright gentle. For example, I’m more or less a summer, but need a little more brightness than pastels. I can wear black, but with a medium pink, blue or turquoise blouse. Or black with a more open neckline with my chunky turquoise necklace. My favorite colors are cool pinks, blues and turquoises; wearing them makes me look amazing. Pure white, not good, but slightly creamy but not yellow white is great. Olive green and brown, icky on me.
I am all about the seasonal color analysis! I was not expecting to hear you talk about this but I love it!! 😍
It's truly one of those things that changes everything! Not just for what colors to wear. For every aspect of making everything pretty, fitting, harmonious!
I was nodding my head along with your writing today! My mom had Color Me Beautiful and growing up I used to love reading it and looking at the pictures. (I remember the personality part too, using movie stars as examples!) The information in this book has stayed with me for all these years and I still think about it often. You are so right that we tend to naturally gravitate towards our colors, which is really helpful. I am a Summer. 😊
The funny thing is that I was a brunette with green eyes and my sister was blonde with blue eyes.
My mom insisted on dressing me in blue and her in pink. As it turned out I look great in pink and my sister looked much better in blue. I am not sure why my mom made that choice for each of us. But I figured out what colors were good for me.
Interestingly, a lot depends on which pink... which blue...
Total autumn here, which fits on so many levels. 🧶🧣🍁☕️ ;)
I remember that if someone was asking you if you were tired or not feeling well that could mean that you were not wearing the best colors for your skin tone!
I’m a bright spring and wearing my makeup colors makes me look refreshed and glowing!
Sigh. All signs point to me being a Winter, but I dislike the colors. I will have to do my homework!
Jackson’s insights are great for explaining the differences in the seasons when you feel this way. Slight changes in the colors can make all the difference. For instance, it seems like it’s hard to figure out one is a Spring — so the person with that coloring tends to get clear colors but doesn’t make sure they are warm toned. A Spring sometimes wears black and white because she’s reaching for strong colors, not realizing they are too cool. But when she finds a clear yellow-white she’s happy!
Turns out I'm a dark brunette Summer, whom Jackson refers to as "the woman who barely missed being a Winter." Hence my confusion. Thank you for the book recommendation! I find it much more helpful than the websites that came up when I researched this topic previously. I look forward to trying out some new colors in my wardrobe.
I know others who have dark hair and are Summers! It's so interesting! And once you know, it changes everything. Your wardrobe suddenly comes together!
I'm actually loving those dated photos!!! I find it helpful to see the side-by-sides. I just found a very inexpensive used copy on Amazon, so I am looking forward to going through it more. I've done various online "color tests" but I fear my own biases have led me astray (I think I have the "neutral undertone" problem where I gravitate to colors on both sides of the chart, so I am hoping this clarifies things!)
The key is to do your homework! What is that ONE THING you gravitate to because it makes you feel so pretty (it can even be the rattiest old t-shirt!)?
This is such a game changer. I was able to get a professional analysis done two years ago and it was transformative in how I approached femininity. I have red hair so thought i looked good in black and wore it almost exclusively- nope. Warm autumn. I dumped all the black over the course of two years and bought a closet full of reds, yellows, brown, green. Now I can pull out any two items of clothing and they match. I can go into a store and enjoy shopping because I can eliminate 75% of the shop at a glance, and so shopping is not overwhelming anymore! Best $250 I ever spent to get the colour analysis
It's so freeing! (I never had the analysis -- except from discussing with the friend who showed me the book -- but it totally freed me!)
I am so excited to follow this conversation. Color analysis keeps popping up on my YouTube, but I’ve never been able to understand how to identify my season. I’m hoping that a slow take via this book will help. I gravitate toward gold jewelry and earth tones, although I think that’s a heavily influenced choice rather than one that might be natural for me. People always significantly age me up (in large part bc of my personality I believe) but now I’m curious whether that has to do with dressing outside my season?
I was so happy to see when you posted this!
I will warn that I think most people don't get it. They keep saying "you have blonde hair" and Jackson insists that is not definitive! Also, often the person gets into it because they are a strong autumn, let's say, and then they sort of impose autumn on everyone, or seem not to get that a color they really like doesn't work for the client. I've seen it over and over. I'm always shouting at my screen LOL
Oh! I need to figure this out so I can finally understand why my wardrobe is full to bursting but I always say I have nothing to wear! I would also love to hear your opinion about hair dye when one has gone “prematurely grey” and now almost 40 so dunno what to do about it!
I started to go gray at around 40 with one streak. It got to be more and more and now it's pretty gray (I'm just about 65). This avatar pic of me is about 10 years ago, I think.
I personally don't want to dye my hair!
But if you do, CMB has explicit directions of how to choose the color!
Color1, a competing system that I had done about 30 years ago subdivides color families and helps you find the shades of every color that will work for you and combinations that are flattering. I’m an ash brown hair, blue eyes, very pale skin with blue and pink undertones. I’m a cool light bright gentle. For example, I’m more or less a summer, but need a little more brightness than pastels. I can wear black, but with a medium pink, blue or turquoise blouse. Or black with a more open neckline with my chunky turquoise necklace. My favorite colors are cool pinks, blues and turquoises; wearing them makes me look amazing. Pure white, not good, but slightly creamy but not yellow white is great. Olive green and brown, icky on me.
I can see how the “gentle” category (and associated ones whatever they are) would be so helpful