Color chart?

bargainsgirl · ‎01-13-2012

Has anyone ever had their color chart done to see what colors look best on them? I have coloring like Courtney and Amy but now my hair is silvery(mostly around my face) and salt/pepper. Some colors make me look washed out so I am trying to figure out what works best for me now. I think I would be considered "warm".

ThinkingOutLoud · ‎05-01-2020

This isn't quite what you're looking for but I suggest 'dressing your truth' by Carol Tuttle. It covers clothes, makeup, jewelry, accessories and hair.

NYCLatinaMe · ‎01-14-2017

@bargainsgirl I have never had my colors done, but I agree with you that as we age, the complexion changes, and the hair color changes, and the colors that look best on us change. I used to wear a lot of black, but at 60, I think it ages me, drains me of color. It's like it makes the wrinkles and aged skin come out. Soft pastel colors wash us out. I think brighter colors are best close to the face. I continue wearing black pants and jeans. I have never cared for colored pants or skirts, unless it's a suit.

I have heard from "experts" that our colors never change. I don't agree.

So I think wear what you like, and if you want, what you think makes you look best. We are the experts on ourselves.

Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

@bargainsgirl Ask @ECBG ....I think she's big on the "seasons".

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beach-mom · ‎03-09-2010

@bargainsgirl - I've been interested in this and playing with it for a long time!

In the mid 80's my friend worked at a salon (which was in an old Victorian home) that was going to start carrying Carole Jackson's line of cosmetics. They asked me to be one of the models. A team trained by Carole Jackson, who wrote Color Me Beautiful, was coming from Virginia to teach the stylists. That started my interest in this, and later on another friend opened her own business - and earned quite a bit of money doing this. Believe it or not, she still does! I "worked" for her too.

One thing I learned to start that might be a little helpful is this: Hold a white cloth up to your face (with no makeup on). If your face looks greyish, that is the wrong tone for you. Hold an off white cloth up. If your skin looks creamy and almost candlelit, then you are warm. If your face glows with white, you're cool. I'm warm. Stark white against my face washes me out.

If you look good in the colors of the season, then you are probably that season. Generally speaking, Winters look great in jewel colors - ruby, sapphire, emerald, etc. Summers look good in clear blues, sea greens, and light pink colors. Autumns look good in the colors of leaves in autumn, and Springs look good in warm pastels.

Of course there are exceptions. But it's fun to play around with this theory if you enjoy playing with color.

I have dark blonde hair, hazel eyes, and light skin. I look great in olive, gold, teal, cream, and gold jewelry (but I do wear silver). I wear a lot of black, but I try to wear a top or a scarf that is one of my colors (or I just adjust my makeup)!

Nonametoday · ‎03-09-2010

The old saw of vein coloring determination of what color to wear is very unreliable. Our complexion changes as we age, our hair color changes, our hair color can change with chemicals at any age and whether or not we stay in the sun and become red cheeked or yellowish can determine what color. Don't go by that color of the veins. That does NOT work for me or for many others.

Foxxee · ‎10-03-2014

Yes, I'm a Winter.

You can test yourself by holding different colored solid scarves or pieces of fabric under your chin to see what flatters your face.

on the bay · ‎03-09-2010

Paperback Color Me Beautiful Book

@bargainsgirl My sister introduced me to this book years ago. I told her she was looking so pretty lately and she told me she had read this book. It is still a wonderful and fun book to look through with great photos in of all the different colors for each season. She has models to show each one and goes into descriptions for makeup too.

Later we had our colors done in a store and they matched what this book said.

"If you walk the footsteps of a stranger, you'll learn things you never knew. Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains? can you paint with all the colors of the wind?"

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

I know that some colors may be a little better on me than others, went through all that back in the day, but to be honest I don't think it makes that much difference.

I think I look best in the colors that I think are pretty and make me happy and joyful when I wear them. I think that always makes me look best!

And I doubt people really think that much about how I look to pick at it to that level. And should that be a hobby of theirs, it's their problem and not mine!

NYCLatinaMe · ‎01-14-2017

@Sooner wrote:
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And I doubt people really think that much about how I look to pick at it to that level. And should that be a hobby of theirs, it's their problem and not mine!

Finding what looks best on a person is not because people might pick on them because they are not wearing a certain color. I do think some colors make a person look more attractive generally. Don't know the science behind it, but I know it when I see it.

For example, most people look better in blue. Try it -- same blouse one a pretty blue, one off white. Take a picture with each and compare them overall, not at specific features, which of course, are the same.