Can a person’s skin colour be used to create colour or value contrast?
What tips can you share when planning a colour scheme for a wardrobe capsule?
I have a dramatic personality but my colouring calls for softer colours – how do I create the drama I love in outfits whilst still flattering my colouring?
As an A Shape, can I wear coloured bottoms or am I stuck with wearing only neutrals?
What to wear on feet with short and long boots for comfort and practicality
Does a summer tan allow you to wear a higher colour or value contrast?
Can I use hair accessories instead of earrings or necklaces to create my ideal value and colour contrasts?
I’ve got a large wardrobe of creative/eclectic clothes that are still in good condition – should I be purging them?
What seasonal pieces should I be looking for to give my look a lift?
I have medium value contrast but my hair and skin only have a medium- low value contrast -if I just wear that I feel bland – I feel like I need darker clothes – please can you help?
What do think of creating a neutral from a blush (deep wine) colour?
I’m more monochromatic in my colour contrast – should I wear coloured neutrals with 1 colour?
If someone is neither colour contrast or value contrast dominant what should they focus on when putting outfits together?
If you have a tummy you want to camouflage, what are the best jeans button colour be? Gold or silver or something that blends with the denim?
Can a high colour contrast person who prefers neutrals balance their desire for a neutral outfit while still looking their best?
I’m a high value contrast and low colour contrast, how can I wear a top in a bright medium value colour?
Here are five (count them) new videos and over 60 minutes of colour and style tips and advice! I’d love to answer your questions – join me on my Inside Out Style Facebook page and let me know what you’d like to know! In This Video A shape can I wear tops and jackets that…
In this Video How to Organise your wardrobe? How do I figure out where my jeans should end, as I like to wear sneakers and roll up my jeans I have a fairly balanced body proportionally (just a marginally short waist) so how do I make my legs look longer? Wardrobe Organisation How to Create…
In This Video Do different women need more simple outfits and patterns, others more complex outfits and patterns? How does someone with a medium to dark ideal value assemble a warm-weather wardrobe that doesn’t wash them out? What are some guidelines on wearing dresses over pants? Choosing Patterns and Textures T is for…
In this video: How many crossover colours are there between the palettes? Are babies who are born looking very pink cool and with yellow skin warm? How to wear white bottoms such as capris and shorts in summer? Crossover or Universal Colours Universal Colours – How Universal Are They Really? What are Universal Colours? White…
How do I work with my 2 colours plus neutral colour contrast?
How do I wear flowy pastel dresses and still look smart and defined?
How to cover my tummy without resorting to oversized flouncy tops?
I’ve been making some Facebook Live videos over on my Inside Out Style page (join me there if you want to watch them live) and wanted to share them with you here too – and I’m also linking here to some useful blog posts that help answer these questions! Here I’ve compiled a few videos…
Over on my 7 Steps VIP Facebook group, there is lots of talk about colour contrast (and value as well) and how to make sure you have enough colour contrast in an outfit, without ending up wearing lots of different coloured garments (which may not be appropriate in some workplaces or just don’t suit your…
What’s a low-value contrast outfit anyway? It’s one where the value (that is the technical word for the lightness to darkness of a colour) is similar, and so is an outfit where there isn’t much value contrast. Many feel that low-value contrast outfits can be dull (and difficult) to put together with style. This is…
Hi Imogen, What do you wear to work when your colouring doesn’t suit the traditional light/dark and neutrals of corporate classic dressing. Especially for people with light colouring and low value contrast that still need to be “in charge” and taken seriously. I’m working on this now and find it hard to find the sweet…
Ideally, choosing prints and patterns that are within your ideal colour contrast level is the best solution to looking in harmony with your outfit. But should you choose to go outside of those levels, how to pull off the look so you wear the pattern rather than the pattern wearing you? We all have favourite…
There are two sorts of contrast – value contrast (how light and dark the colours you put together should be in your outfit – watch the video on that here) and colour contrast – how similar or different the colours that you’re putting together in your outfit need to be. How about your colour contrast?…
I have found at 52 I no longer like the way prints look on me. Printed tops were once a significant part of my wardrobe, but as my hair and colouring have cooled they now overwhelm me. Can you explore the types of style changes one may need to make? What are the changed I…
When choosing prints and patterns for your outfits – what’s the easiest way of knowing that a print is going to harmonise with you and your colouring? There are two elements of this – the colour contrast of the print and the value contrast of the print. If you’re new here on Inside Out Style…
When you are thinking about putting outfits together, there are lots of things you need to consider to create harmony with your natural appearance. Just to name a few: Body shape Body proportions Body variations Colouring – undertone, intensity and value Contrast – colour and value Scale Texture and Sheen Personality Now, this can start…
How can you help others hear your message and be taken seriously in the workplace when the traditional business colours (dark cool neutrals in a high contrast with a light top) don’t suit you, either because your overall ideal value is light and dark colours look heavy, or you are high colour contrast and you…
I love colour (as regular readers will be aware) and I don’t have a naturally high colour contrast (ideally I’m physically more in the neutral plus 1 colour camp). But I like to wear more than one colour in patterns as they are often more versatile than a colour plus neutral print, and have found…
