In This Video 0.08 I read your post Are you colour contrast dominant or value contrast dominant and I just wonder if you can be value contrast dominant although your ideal value contrast is medium? I believe I am medium contrast and I think my features are all neutrals. I do have green in my…
My question is about the Light Bright coloring. Do I always need to wear a print blouse to look my best? I have some pretty jackets and purses with prints. If I chose to wear them, is the best thing to do to wear a blouse with a white and color print that would coordinate with the print on the jacket or purse?
How do I pull patterns into outfits? Most of my clothes are solids, worn with neutrals. (But I still get compliments on “dressing stylish,”)
How do I look smart in clothing when I’m plus size?
How do you change your handbag and move all the stuff? It seems like a lot of work as myhandbag is always full!
I find it so hard to find pants that fit – too tight at the waist, or too big all over – help – what’s the solution?
Low colour contrast but high value contrast – love patterns – if I just wear a light and dark blue pattern will this read as monochromatic from a distance and not work for my value contrast?
In This Video 0.08 How do you change your handbag and move all the stuff? It seems like a lot of work as myhandbag is always full! 3.05 I find it so hard to find pants that fit – too tight at the waist, or too big all over – help – what’s the solution?…
How do you get your own taste in clothing to offer helpful advice to others? How can you distinguish personal preference from style faux pas?
Do muted colours on sheen fabrics read as lighter or darker? Will they advance or recede?
Can you define mental and emotional comfort of clothing? What are the signs something is not for you? Why is it that women are often so reticient at turning up the volume with their style when that’s why they seem to need the most?
What colour wrap to wear over a coral pink dress when you have dark Exotic/Autumn colouring?
How to enhance my multitonal grey hair when I’m larger and don’t want to wear light colours as they don’t suit my lifestyle?
TIps on finding denim without whiskers and distressing?
When does blue act as a neutral and when as a colour?
I’m a tall H shape – can I do a column of colour without looking too tall?
What colour blue jeans to choose?
More muted colours suit me now but they feel boring when I just wear one of them with a neutral how can I feel more vibrant in them?
As an A shape how much darker should my bottom be than my top? Can another colour in the same value work and still be flattering?
How do I dress smart casual in a column of colour for winter when I’m petite and have light colouring and like to wear dark jeans as they are dressier and they suit my smarter personality dressing style?
How to create a wardrobe between classic and casual that doesn’t feel too formal as I live in a relaxed location
How do you wear a hat for warmth or shade whe hats just don’t suit you?
I don’t always want to wear dark colours – how to wear lighter colours when your colouring is dark (A Shape body)?
How if I’m wearing my colours they don’t always seem flattering? Is it because of Ideal Value and Contrast?
How to wear higher than your ideal contrast when you are overall light
How can I find a patterned top that still works for a column of color?
How can you look stylish in skirts and dresses with flat shoes?
How to wear an inner column of colour that has the right value contrast or colour contrast when what you’ve tried – navy column and grey topper look bland?
How with a deep palette can you wear your signature bright colours when they are not deep?
Column of Colour tips when you look better in an inner dark column but have a medium high value contrast and don’t want to wear a light topper as it’s not the right ideal value – any ideas?
I love Shabby Chic style – yet the light colours and low contrast that are typical of this style don’t work with my dark ideal value (hair) and high-value contrast – suggestions?
How do I know how long a necklace to wear with a large bust?
Do you have to always repeat your value contrast in your portrait area? How about if you don’t want to wear a jacket because it’s summer?
How can a scarf make or break an outfit with its proportions?
How to ombre dye a garment?
Should I just buy white clothes and dye them because it’s so hard to find what I want in the colours I want?
If I shave off my hair how will this change my value and colour contrasts?
H shape with a large bust – should I wear an inner or outer column of colour and should it be light, medium or dark?
Wardrobe help – I’m moving from a hotter to a colder climate, have lots of clothes – what should I keep and how do I figure out what to purge?
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Colour is a passion of mine, and helping people find the colours that truly make them shine is something I’ve been doing for the past 14 years (or so) and I know just how much wearing colours that harmonise with your natural colouring really makes a massive difference to how you look and feel. The…
How do you know if your contrast is working? If your outfit focal points are in the right places for you? Or if you’re wearing your outfit, rather than your clothes wearing you? There is a simple way to do it, and it takes, literally, 3 seconds!It’s called The Blink Test. How to Do the…
How to lighten up a colourful, but medium to dark wardrobe for low/medium contrast value. Help Please! If you have overall lighter colouring but you’ve got an overall darker wardrobe, and realise that to look your best you need to lighten up your outfits – but you only have a medium value contrast – how…
What’s ideal value and how to figure out your ideal value? This is a concept is one that I’ve come to realise as really valuable the longer I’ve been doing personal colour analysis (right now that’s over 14 years, so just a little experienced!). Whatever palette you have (from whatever system it comes from), there…
A while back I created my outfit formula to help you think about the different elements you need in an outfit. There is no single formula that works for everyone (such as a dark , a light, colour and a print which I’ve seen claimed as the ultimate outfit formula that works for everyone) as…
Accessories can be a great way of adding contrast in your outfit. You can add interest with pops of colour in accessories and create focal points for which to draw attention and encourage the eye to linger. You can raise your colour contrast. You can raise or lower your value contrast. This is why accessories…
