Jill Chivers of 16 Style Types and I got together recently and made a series of videos about colour.
The first video is an introduction to colour systems – from the 4 Seasons through to the 18 directional Absolute Colour System.
One of the aspects we discuss is Albert Munsell’s colour properties and how that is used in personal colour analysis when you’re having your colours done.
Munsell Colour Properties Explained
- Value – Light to Dark (tints to shades)
- Chroma – Intensity or Saturation (brighness to mutedness)
- Undertone – Warmth to Coolness (blue based or yellow based colours)
So personal colour analysis looks for those properties in you, and then the most harmonious colours are those that match your personal colour properties.
Discover your colours – undertone and overtone of skin
Discover your colours – can I be neutral?
Discover your colours – clear or soft?
Discover your colours – warm or cool
Discover your colours- intensifiers
If you really want to nail down the palette of colours that suits you, you can call me for a personal colour analysis (or anyone that I’ve trained in colour – find a list of them here). Or you can do my 7 Steps to Style program which includes a personal colour analysis. Remember, your colouring changes and you need to reassess every 5-10 years.
I’ve wanted to get my colours done for a long time. How do I find a good place/person to do it? I’m living in Singapore but Caucasian .
Danielle – there are lots of fabulous people in Singapore who do colour – your ethnicity is not important as far as colour analysis goes – we find that colour groups can go across many different races. You can try: Aileen Lane of NutriStyle who is also Caucasian!
Great video on colours. I live in Calgary, Canada – do you know anyone that does colours there? Otherwise, is there anything you can do over the internet if I send a picture to you? Thanks.
Hi Sharon,
I’ll see if I can find someone for you over there. Photos are never as accurate as in person!
I am in Toronto/Brampton, anyone in my area?
Anyone in Calgary?
HI Kendra
I’ve not trained anyone there. I do colour analysis as part of my https://www.insideoutstyleblog.com/7-steps-to-style-system program if you’re interested
Would love to know if you have a blog post or video on wearing leggings? I stopped wearing them about 5+ years ago, but recently bought 2 pair .. I’m only 5’2″ and I feel they are slimming and if I do a column of color it makes me look taller and slimmer:) They are also comfortable and kinda ‘sexy’ sometimes … 🙂