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Presented by Kate Freeburg
Color Seasons
1980’s
• Beauty for all Seasons
• Color Me Beautiful
WINTER cool + dark/clear
• Skin• Blue or Blue Pink undertone
• Taupe Beige
• Olive Skin
• Milky White
• Hair• Dark hair
• Salt and Pepper
• White Blonde
• Eyes• Deep Color
SPRING warm + light/clear
• Skin• Golden undertone
• Creamy Ivory
• Peachy Pink
• Peach beige
• Hair• Golden blond
• Strawberry
• Taffy-red
• Golden brown
• Eyes• Blue
• Green
• Aqua
SUMMER cool + light/muted
• Skin• Blue undertone
• Normally have visible pink in their skin
• Very fair and look pale without blush
• Hair• Blonde – from towhead to ash blond, to dark
ash
• Tends to darken to a “mousy” color with edge
• Grays gracefully to blue-gray or pearly white
• Eyes• Blue, Green, aqua or soft hazel
AUTUMN warm + dark/muted
• Skin• Golden undertone
• Ivory or cream peach
• Often has freckles (the true redhead)
• Medium to deep copper
• Hair• Golden Blonde as child darkening with age
• Redheads (carrot top to auburn or red-brown
• Brunette
• When hair grays it tends to be a yellow gray
• Eyes• Brown or green
Differences within a season
Dark, Medium, Light
Your Hair and Eye Color
• Colors you wear naturally
• These two colors either worn alone or in combination will be your most elegant colors
• Your hair color is especially useful for basic items - coats, firs, suits, accessories, shoes and handbags
• Your eye colors are quiet, comfortable and approachable.
Skin Enhancers (Reds)
• You best shades of red worn near your face will enhance your skin tone
• Use as a guide when choosing lipsticks and blush
• Soft reds are romantic and feminine, lend themselves to lingerie, blouses and dresses
• Darker reds are energetic and active, use them for casual wear, accessories, accents and “statement” dressing
Greens, Blues, Violets
• Greens & Blue-greens• Intensify and Compliment your skin
tone
• Use as an accent
• Use as an entire outfit
• Blues• Use as and accent
• Use as an entire outfit
• Blue Violet, Violets and Red Violets
• Range from bright accent colors to cool, quiet and refined shades
Basics
• Blacks and Navy Blues
• Browns and Beiges
• Grays
• Whites
Additional tips on colors
• Yellows• Use for bright and lively accents
• Picks up the highlights of your hair if you are blonde
• Whites• Use as a basic neutral to combine with all other colors
• Metallics• Use for jewelry, accessories and accents
Your Color Style
• Classic Basics & Nuetrals• Your wardrobe neutrals
• Coats
• Jackets
• Skirts
• Pants
• Handbags
• shoes
Your Color Style cont.
• Complimentary Colors
• Directly opposite each other on the color wheel
• When two complimentary colors are worn together, they brighten one another
• You can brighten and intensify your skin, hair and eye colors by wearing your best compliments
Your Color Style cont.
• Brights• Make a bold statement that is energetic, active, outgoing & playful
• Use them as accents or statement pieces in your wardrobe
• Wear them when you want to be noticed
• Pastels• Femininity
• Use pinks, peaches, soft yellows, mint greens, baby blues & violets when you want to appear youthful, soft, approachable & non-threatening or when you’re feeling especially romantic
Other Considerations
• Our Coloring Changes with age• Pigmentation diminishes with age
• Our skin, hair and eyes soften
• Our palette may also change
• Illness or medication can change our skin tone
• Having a Professional Color Analysis
Will this work for my palette?
• This print could be worn by any season, but it is a little intense for the light summer palette
What to watch out for
Useful tools
Warm or Cool?
References and Acknowlegements
• Color Me Beautiful by Carole Jackson ISBN 0-345-29015-1
• Looking Good … every day by Nancy Nix-Rice ISBN 978-1-61847-040-9
• Thank you to Ethel Harms for lending color palettes for this presentation as well as information on using your color palette