Choosing these colours was harder than I thought! I had a mental picture of each group that stayed consistent with what I've written but when it came down to selection, I had to play with all the blues and how denim behaves as a textile. Great blue jeans, like gorgeous neutral tones, can add so much to a look and I looked for a wide range of options that could work in a few groups. If you're not seeing them the way I do, no worries, screens change colours, or try turning up the brightness on your monitor.
Thanks for describing the colour 'thread' that runs through each season, eg gold in Autumn palettes, even though the fabrics are blue. That helps to distinguish them.
Your videos have really helped me understand the concept better. I’m starting to understand that it’s not just ‘add a touch of yellow and it’s spring’, but it’s more about the amount of colour giving the impression of brightness. There was a blue blouse on another video that I would have put in summer, but you said it was spring, but summer could borrow it. That’s when the penny dropped. It looked as if it could be a cooler blue, yet it had no grey or muted quality to it, nor icy, and it was a blue with some brightness to it. That’s when I got it. The green videos have helped too.
Christine, your ability to see the color differences in these jeans blows my mind. I tend to have a good idea of the jeans that work in my closet, but communicating why is a whole other animal. Jeans are so hard to shop for. The right size, the right fit around the waist and hips, the right shape leg, the right light to dark range, the right warmth/coolness, the right amount of pigment, the right color in the pigment. 🥵 I hate shopping for jeans 😂 But when I find that perfect pair! What a victorious moment!
Agree, jeans are as hard as bathing suits or foundation. I also buy 2 of anything that's really good. I have little collections of work pants, casual pants, blush, eyeshadow, lipliner...Starting all over again can be exhausting. Keeping a couple of basic rules in mind helps me ignore most of what's out there so I have enough attention left for the good stuff. We only got so much attention (and time for dressing rooms) :) Jeans, think about general colour cast, amount of colour, and darkness. And never worry about perfect...those choices I discarded for Soft Autumn could have been quite ok, maybe even better for some tastes or preferences.
Hi Christine, I am a true summer. I immediately say, “ugly, muted and greyed” and I can stay on track. I fought being a true summer for years. I so wanted to be a winter, but I am who I am and have accepted my coloring. Finally I am enjoying it. It is challenging, but when all of it is done, I look in the mirror and “Wow! This all looks like it goes together and belongs, and it makes me look better than I really am.” The same with the makeup. I find this fascinating. Grey colors, in my season, look fabulous with my grey hair now! So, I kind of grew into my season, kicking and screaming, and now I accept and even like it. You have helped me so much and I thank you. I could listen to your voice all day. ❤
I'm so glad I've been able to help. Growing into our Season is something we may all experience to some degree, that moment of letting go of beliefs we're hanging on to for no particular reason, of realizing how unhelpful our hair colour has been for 20 years (this was me), of facing down choices that now have more reason to change than remain the same. Living and learning, and reaching a far better place, more beauty, no pressure :)
If it helps, summers are luminous and claim some of the most fantasy colours there are. When I thought I was a summer, I wanted to be a winter, but when I found out I was a winter, I was suddenly upset I wasn’t a summer because I lost the fantasy pastels. I feel like summers get to look very “naturally” beautiful, kind of like autumns, because of the muted feel. That’s why y’all are associated with mermaids and like, faeries and such. And looking good in grey is hard okay. But summers just look all misty and cute and glowy-remember what I said about natural beauty?
Hadn't dawned on me either. I had a conceptual idea of each one, but it was so interesting how the application had certain challenges I hadn't anticipated. The real world, when is it not that way :)
I’m a Dark Autumn and I always go for black jeans or jeans that are the darkest blue I can find with orange stitching. I always feel like my outfit MUST have something dark or else it doesn’t look right, so I just wear black jeans it’s my default but I should really try those other options that are more golden.
It's always good to have a default item as your standby, but if you love jeans in general, you might find dark olive, burgundy, or the bronze purple. The brightness of these colours in jeans might be perfect for DA. You could also branch into some of the darker neutrals, those dark golds and buckwheats. The palette already adjusts colours to be relatively dark and you don't necessarily have to take every item further than that. I know a DA who wears a soft black top and turmeric jeans, looks spectacular!
@@ChristineScaman Thank you for the tips. It’s hard to use swatches when shopping online. Im personally very sensitive to darkness level so I know I’m safe when it’s as close to black as it can get. Actually darker colors that border DA work for me so warmness is less of an issue for me. I love colors especially that have shadows in their textures that are near black I just glow and my skin is even it’s amazing how it works. Please keep making videos! You’re very helpful!
Video Idea: Best Metallics/Jewels! Because not all the gold/silver are the same! How true warms look like a goddess with 24K Gold or how there are certain seasons that look better with a glossy, pearl, matte and/or antique finishes!
@@ChristineScaman Do you think greenish yellow gold is suitable for True Winters? Every blog post about this color type advises them to wear silver, platinum or white gold metals but I don't recall them ever talking greenish gold for this season.
Good question. It seems reasonable that green gold could be better since the yellows in the palette have a green quality compared with other Seasons, whereas it's easy enough to imagine that warmer orange-leaning gold wouldn't be as appealing. Where I hesitate is that TW yellows, both in the palette and the skin tones, seem to me to have some red component, meaning they're not purely primary yellow. When I imagine green gold next to those TW yellows, that red would be missing and the green gold might look acidic or greener than it is. As ever, it would depend on the gold and the individual. Also, I can't recall a time when I've seen the combination on an actual person to have a solid opinion. I'll pay closer attention, I'd like to know the answer!
Love this video! As a soft summer, I try and thrift older pairs of jeans when I can. I'm not sure if it's natural fading over time, or if more muted denim was popular 10+ years ago, but I often find more success there than shopping in regular stores. Thank you, as always, for sharing your expertise!
Thank you, I'm glad it helped :) Most of my wardrobe comes from thrift stores and for jeans, I can see how it would be great. You have all sorts of shades of blue to compare, from various fashion eras.
Love this video! It also confirmed that I am not going crazy about how difficult jeans are to pair with your colors. I just gave up jeans personally. I think some of it is my age. Jeans feel too casual and youthful in an unflattering way. I'm in the dark autumn family and almost all of the color analysis/fashion books recommend denim/jeans for autumn types, but I am over it!
I know what you mean. At some point, I realized I found jeans bulky and heavy, even the ones that fit fairly well. They felt like workwear and I'm a dress-down person who just feels better in athletic wear. Absolutely we find entire clothing categories that we give up on, whatever the general guidelines may suggest. Nothing works equally for every person, that's called normal :)
I agree. I have on at the moment very dark navy but softness enough jcrew joggers that fit closely and do the jeans neatness but far far more flattering with a quince cashmere crew neck sweater. The Jean texture is not going to work for me I am recoiling. Velveteen jeans in dark browns are great. I know as dark autumn and I think with much towards dark winter given my silver shine on charcoal black hair when young and pale skin with golden under glow green eyes, very white teeth now with lost that pigment, always fading of anything looked terrible.
Look at all that denim colour variation! Sounds like this was an interesting challenge for you too Christine, that's nice. Thanks for the reminder of the good advice to try the jeans next a top from your season. This vid has me looking at my jeans with fresh eyes...and they don't match my palette! I'll be looking out for a replacement pair over time. Thanks Christine.
It was both interesting and a challenge! Glad you found it interesting as well :) Jeans may be the wardrobe item where perfection matters least and many of the jeans you own probably make fine combinations already. And yes, over time, your eye becomes more discriminating when presented with several choices. They start looking more and more different, as you've probably experienced just by having your palette.
Very interesting since I bought a pair of jeans at TJMax yesterday & I believe I have a winner. Now if I could only have your eyes to see the difference in all colors. Great video Christine.
Awesome job on the jeans! Jeans go along and get along. 80-20 is plenty good enough, for everything IMO :) Seeing colour differences comes with time... by next August, you'll have mastered choices that take more thinking today. And for everyone, all you need to know is whether you buy it or don't. Doesn't matter whose Season it is if it isn't yours!
That makes sense why i dont wear one pair of Jeans i have. Its too bright. I am something between true spring and true Autumn and wear the lighter of them.
Thanks, Christine for this helpful video. I am a dark autumn (who can pull off certain dark winter colors at times). Jeans have been a real struggle for me and after watching this, I can definitely see why. It continues to be an ongoing frustration. Because I can sometimes pull off winter colors (my hair, irises, eyebrows are all very very dark brown) I often pair olive tops with black jeans. It works for me and maybe others find the same to be true for them 🤷🏻♀️. The black jeans (especially high waisted ones) are also super flattering because I’ve been *blessed* with pretty full hips and just struggle with finding flattering bottoms that work with every top in the first place. I also like your idea about the golden stitching. That helps with the color balancing in many of my outfits. I also find that pairing with other elements of my outfit helps too (maybe if I wear a belt, the buckle is gold, I can choose rich brown boots, and jackets that are tan, brown, or just have those richer tones to help with balance).
I'm glad you found some answers and ideas for new ways of wearing colours. You may enjoy the most recent video on the channel, with Bilal Baig. We see them wearing several DA to DW colours with brilliant ways of combining colour, texture, style, and culture.
I’m so happy to have found your channel! I’ve been studying different color season theories for over a year now to help improve my wardrobe purchasing choices. (And to help others when I do custom sewing for.) I love your theory of color harmony and “equal energy” when choosing color combinations. As DW with “high contrast” (gray scale contrast), I was so happy to see the icy blue faded denim choice at the end of the Winter denim categories and your explanations (being far from the face, close to white)and your “blessing” for it being within bounds! 😅 I usually pair my new favorite faded wide leg jean with darker color tops to get the high contrast or a light top with a dark jacket over. Is this correct? I suddenly worried about losing harmony and disrupting energy levels? Maybe, I just overthought this?😂. I am binge watching all you previous videos to catch up on your great color advice and love when you do these “pick a color” and do an analysis for each season! Thank you so much for in depth explanations!💋💋
I'm so glad that you're finding value in the videos. Pairing faded jeans with a darker top is exactly how I'd see that colour of denim for DW. Energy levels is a term that came from my imagination, looking for a way to communicate how it feels to look at colours together. It's so personal and non-specific that it can have us all overthinking, same as 'harmony' :)
Can you do a video on elegant neutral looks? I am BW and it seems like everyone else has an elegant, understated, neutral choice. Summers and Autumns are muted enough in their pallettes to do this easily. My TSp looks like a million bucks in head to toe cream/gold neutrals. Winter neutrals are drama! Is there a way for us to give a similar effect or is it just not us?
I'd be happy to do the video, a great suggestion since there have been many requests for a Winter Progressions video but I wasn't sure how to approach the subject. Neutrals could be great, as well as jewelry. When you say 'Winter neutrals are drama!' , do you mean that as a good thing or something you want to avoid for the 'understated' look?
@@ChristineScaman i usually love drama. I wear black, white, silver, and charcoal a lot with a preference for white. I love bright colors, particulary reds and fuschias. This arose when I was hanging out with my Spring friend this weekend. She loves to wear color too but she also does this all neutral thing that looks fabulous on her. She looks understated and sophisticated. I don't feel I have that option.
I so agree about Sp and their neutrals. Vanilla cream, apricot beige, and coconut shell are so beautiful together, and these are their neutrals! I wouldn't see understated or sophisticated as out of Winter reach, but it may not have the lush or rich feeling of Sp and A. Keeping a step back from the extremes with light gray and charcoal, and adding a 'neutral' colour like navy or brown, works well. W may look polished but not dramatic in those combinations, especially if clothing styles are relaxed, in the same way that W's version of casual looks dressed up on everyone else. I'll keep the video in mind, thank you :)
I second this! I'm also very interested in winter elegant light neutrals. It would be great to watch such video from you, Christine. Meanwhile I opted for very light taupe/stone + BW azure/sapphire colour family + a bit of bright fuchsia/magenta. Basically emulating sunny Greek resorts, I was fascinated by this colour scheme belonging to BW/TW, but having nothing to do with stereotypical winter landscapes. Also it can work with or without white colour.
@@RK-qs5dy I've been thinking about this excellent topic and how to best present it. The time limit for video, finding the images, I feel unsure where to begin. I have the impression that the question is next-level, asked by people who already know how to choose their colours and would like ideas for combining them. Perhaps a podcast could solve all this. I do agree with the comment that for Winter, it's white, gray, black. Not much nuance really, and gray with gray isn't as interesting, let alone exciting, as gray with a colour, even if it's navy or Oreo cookie brown. Your colour combination sound perfect. I loved your words 'nothing to do with stereotypical Winter landscapes', so insightful and important. Inspiration can come from a butterfly and still be Winter. I do find Nature's combinations the most evocative, feeling an affinity to male mallard duck and Canada goose colours for neutral combinations, I see them every day :) Building up a bank of inspiring images to draw from could be a great tip!
Thank you, it's my own colour actually (stopped colouring around 2015). I find it looks different in every video, but that's just cameras and lighting. I began using a new camera recently and the colour looks closer to the real colour.
Hi Christine, I love your videos, they're really educational and helpful. I was wondering whether you have any books to recommend that talk about seasonal color theory ?
Thank you, I happy to know you find good information in the videos. I'm not familiar with many of the titles on the subject and those I've read have been more related to learning the history of it and a few of the perspectives about how it works. Authors that come to mind include Suzanne Caygill, Bernice Kentner, Carole Jackson, Kathryn Kalisz (book may be in print once again at Spectrafiles), Carol Tuttle, an author whose name I don't recall...Angela ?...book about colour psychology. They all added to my knowledge and help me develop my point of view. I still practice Kalisz's system today.
Also Christine, is there anything like that playing card but for SSu that you’d recommend? I know that’s what our fans are for, but sometimes I feel like it would help to have a bracelet or scarf or painting to keep in my bag to help me think outside the box (or tiny squares as the case may be 😄).
I wonder about greeting cards, you know the blank ones with artwork on the front? You could trim off the border if the edge colour isn't quite right. I'm also very big on scarves, easy to keep in a Ziploc, bigger colour area, and fabric to fabric comparison similarly affected by lighting without the sheen of paper. I use scarves with students, buy them at thrift stores, they're beautiful and cost $2-4, half of greeting cards!
I'm not familiar with other colour analysis system, but generally speaking, I think the terms are different names and mean the same thing. If you look below the surface at each system's grouping systems, analysis process, and the colour palettes, I'm sure there would be differences, but overall, they could be interchangeable titles. The more significant differences are between 4, 12, and more Season systems, since 4 Season systems may have the subgroups combined into the 4, and with higher numbers, each group is more subdivided. I use a 12-Season system called Sci\ART.
Choosing these colours was harder than I thought! I had a mental picture of each group that stayed consistent with what I've written but when it came down to selection, I had to play with all the blues and how denim behaves as a textile. Great blue jeans, like gorgeous neutral tones, can add so much to a look and I looked for a wide range of options that could work in a few groups. If you're not seeing them the way I do, no worries, screens change colours, or try turning up the brightness on your monitor.
Thanks for describing the colour 'thread' that runs through each season, eg gold in Autumn palettes, even though the fabrics are blue. That helps to distinguish them.
Your videos have really helped me understand the concept better. I’m starting to understand that it’s not just ‘add a touch of yellow and it’s spring’, but it’s more about the amount of colour giving the impression of brightness. There was a blue blouse on another video that I would have put in summer, but you said it was spring, but summer could borrow it. That’s when the penny dropped. It looked as if it could be a cooler blue, yet it had no grey or muted quality to it, nor icy, and it was a blue with some brightness to it. That’s when I got it. The green videos have helped too.
Christine, your ability to see the color differences in these jeans blows my mind. I tend to have a good idea of the jeans that work in my closet, but communicating why is a whole other animal. Jeans are so hard to shop for. The right size, the right fit around the waist and hips, the right shape leg, the right light to dark range, the right warmth/coolness, the right amount of pigment, the right color in the pigment. 🥵 I hate shopping for jeans 😂 But when I find that perfect pair! What a victorious moment!
When I find the right jeans, I often buy 2 pair because I know how hard they are to find.
Agree, jeans are as hard as bathing suits or foundation. I also buy 2 of anything that's really good. I have little collections of work pants, casual pants, blush, eyeshadow, lipliner...Starting all over again can be exhausting. Keeping a couple of basic rules in mind helps me ignore most of what's out there so I have enough attention left for the good stuff. We only got so much attention (and time for dressing rooms) :) Jeans, think about general colour cast, amount of colour, and darkness. And never worry about perfect...those choices I discarded for Soft Autumn could have been quite ok, maybe even better for some tastes or preferences.
ty for this video, i'm a shaded or deep winter and actually seeing the pics of actual jeans really helps distinguish between autum ty
You're welcome, glad it was helpful!
You have an excellent manner and voice. We value your intelligence
Thank you. It's a fine line between being yourself and speaking with a wide audience :)
Thank you Christine!
Most welcome!
As a soft autumn jean lover, probably that was the most beneficial video I've ever watch in internet !! You are amazing ! :)
I'm so glad it was useful for you, thank you!
I am glad you posted this video
I hope it's helpful!
❤ loved it
Hi Christine, I am a true summer. I immediately say, “ugly, muted and greyed” and I can stay on track. I fought being a true summer for years. I so wanted to be a winter, but I am who I am and have accepted my coloring. Finally I am enjoying it. It is challenging, but when all of it is done, I look in the mirror and “Wow! This all looks like it goes together and belongs, and it makes me look better than I really am.” The same with the makeup. I find this fascinating. Grey colors, in my season, look fabulous with my grey hair now! So, I kind of grew into my season, kicking and screaming, and now I accept and even like it. You have helped me so much and I thank you. I could listen to your voice all day. ❤
I'm so glad I've been able to help. Growing into our Season is something we may all experience to some degree, that moment of letting go of beliefs we're hanging on to for no particular reason, of realizing how unhelpful our hair colour has been for 20 years (this was me), of facing down choices that now have more reason to change than remain the same. Living and learning, and reaching a far better place, more beauty, no pressure :)
If it helps, summers are luminous and claim some of the most fantasy colours there are. When I thought I was a summer, I wanted to be a winter, but when I found out I was a winter, I was suddenly upset I wasn’t a summer because I lost the fantasy pastels. I feel like summers get to look very “naturally” beautiful, kind of like autumns, because of the muted feel. That’s why y’all are associated with mermaids and like, faeries and such. And looking good in grey is hard okay. But summers just look all misty and cute and glowy-remember what I said about natural beauty?
I am fascinated by the way you work with color. It had never dawned on me that jeans were a challenge for any group.
Hadn't dawned on me either. I had a conceptual idea of each one, but it was so interesting how the application had certain challenges I hadn't anticipated. The real world, when is it not that way :)
I’m a Dark Autumn and I always go for black jeans or jeans that are the darkest blue I can find with orange stitching. I always feel like my outfit MUST have something dark or else it doesn’t look right, so I just wear black jeans it’s my default but I should really try those other options that are more golden.
It's always good to have a default item as your standby, but if you love jeans in general, you might find dark olive, burgundy, or the bronze purple. The brightness of these colours in jeans might be perfect for DA. You could also branch into some of the darker neutrals, those dark golds and buckwheats. The palette already adjusts colours to be relatively dark and you don't necessarily have to take every item further than that. I know a DA who wears a soft black top and turmeric jeans, looks spectacular!
@@ChristineScaman Thank you for the tips. It’s hard to use swatches when shopping online. Im personally very sensitive to darkness level so I know I’m safe when it’s as close to black as it can get. Actually darker colors that border DA work for me so warmness is less of an issue for me. I love colors especially that have shadows in their textures that are near black I just glow and my skin is even it’s amazing how it works. Please keep making videos! You’re very helpful!
Sounds as though you've found some great solutions :)
Video Idea: Best Metallics/Jewels! Because not all the gold/silver are the same! How true warms look like a goddess with 24K Gold or how there are certain seasons that look better with a glossy, pearl, matte and/or antique finishes!
Yes, thank you, brilliant idea. It's on the list actually :)
Forgot to mention that there's a section on choosing gold in the Your Best Yellow video, but I agree, we need a dedicated metallics video.
@@ChristineScaman Do you think greenish yellow gold is suitable for True Winters? Every blog post about this color type advises them to wear silver, platinum or white gold metals but I don't recall them ever talking greenish gold for this season.
Good question. It seems reasonable that green gold could be better since the yellows in the palette have a green quality compared with other Seasons, whereas it's easy enough to imagine that warmer orange-leaning gold wouldn't be as appealing. Where I hesitate is that TW yellows, both in the palette and the skin tones, seem to me to have some red component, meaning they're not purely primary yellow. When I imagine green gold next to those TW yellows, that red would be missing and the green gold might look acidic or greener than it is. As ever, it would depend on the gold and the individual. Also, I can't recall a time when I've seen the combination on an actual person to have a solid opinion. I'll pay closer attention, I'd like to know the answer!
Love this video! As a soft summer, I try and thrift older pairs of jeans when I can. I'm not sure if it's natural fading over time, or if more muted denim was popular 10+ years ago, but I often find more success there than shopping in regular stores. Thank you, as always, for sharing your expertise!
Thank you, I'm glad it helped :) Most of my wardrobe comes from thrift stores and for jeans, I can see how it would be great. You have all sorts of shades of blue to compare, from various fashion eras.
Love this video! It also confirmed that I am not going crazy about how difficult jeans are to pair with your colors. I just gave up jeans personally. I think some of it is my age. Jeans feel too casual and youthful in an unflattering way. I'm in the dark autumn family and almost all of the color analysis/fashion books recommend denim/jeans for autumn types, but I am over it!
I know what you mean. At some point, I realized I found jeans bulky and heavy, even the ones that fit fairly well. They felt like workwear and I'm a dress-down person who just feels better in athletic wear. Absolutely we find entire clothing categories that we give up on, whatever the general guidelines may suggest. Nothing works equally for every person, that's called normal :)
I agree. I have on at the moment very dark navy but softness enough jcrew joggers that fit closely and do the jeans neatness but far far more flattering with a quince cashmere crew neck sweater. The Jean texture is not going to work for me I am recoiling. Velveteen jeans in dark browns are great. I know as dark autumn and I think with much towards dark winter given my silver shine on charcoal black hair when young and pale skin with golden under glow green eyes, very white teeth now with lost that pigment, always fading of anything looked terrible.
Look at all that denim colour variation! Sounds like this was an interesting challenge for you too Christine, that's nice. Thanks for the reminder of the good advice to try the jeans next a top from your season. This vid has me looking at my jeans with fresh eyes...and they don't match my palette! I'll be looking out for a replacement pair over time. Thanks Christine.
It was both interesting and a challenge! Glad you found it interesting as well :) Jeans may be the wardrobe item where perfection matters least and many of the jeans you own probably make fine combinations already. And yes, over time, your eye becomes more discriminating when presented with several choices. They start looking more and more different, as you've probably experienced just by having your palette.
Very interesting since I bought a pair of jeans at TJMax yesterday & I believe I have a winner. Now if I could only have your eyes to see the difference in all colors. Great video Christine.
Awesome job on the jeans! Jeans go along and get along. 80-20 is plenty good enough, for everything IMO :) Seeing colour differences comes with time... by next August, you'll have mastered choices that take more thinking today. And for everyone, all you need to know is whether you buy it or don't. Doesn't matter whose Season it is if it isn't yours!
Thanks, another useful post.
Glad it was helpful!
That makes sense why i dont wear one pair of Jeans i have.
Its too bright. I am something between true spring and true Autumn and wear the lighter of them.
Sounds like a good decision!
Thanks, Christine for this helpful video. I am a dark autumn (who can pull off certain dark winter colors at times). Jeans have been a real struggle for me and after watching this, I can definitely see why. It continues to be an ongoing frustration. Because I can sometimes pull off winter colors (my hair, irises, eyebrows are all very very dark brown) I often pair olive tops with black jeans. It works for me and maybe others find the same to be true for them 🤷🏻♀️. The black jeans (especially high waisted ones) are also super flattering because I’ve been *blessed* with pretty full hips and just struggle with finding flattering bottoms that work with every top in the first place. I also like your idea about the golden stitching. That helps with the color balancing in many of my outfits. I also find that pairing with other elements of my outfit helps too (maybe if I wear a belt, the buckle is gold, I can choose rich brown boots, and jackets that are tan, brown, or just have those richer tones to help with balance).
I'm glad you found some answers and ideas for new ways of wearing colours. You may enjoy the most recent video on the channel, with Bilal Baig. We see them wearing several DA to DW colours with brilliant ways of combining colour, texture, style, and culture.
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I’m so happy to have found your channel! I’ve been studying different color season theories for over a year now to help improve my wardrobe purchasing choices. (And to help others when I do custom sewing for.) I love your theory of color harmony and “equal energy” when choosing color combinations. As DW with “high contrast” (gray scale contrast), I was so happy to see the icy blue faded denim choice at the end of the Winter denim categories and your explanations (being far from the face, close to white)and your “blessing” for it being within bounds! 😅 I usually pair my new favorite faded wide leg jean with darker color tops to get the high contrast or a light top with a dark jacket over. Is this correct? I suddenly worried about losing harmony and disrupting energy levels? Maybe, I just overthought this?😂. I am binge watching all you previous videos to catch up on your great color advice and love when you do these “pick a color” and do an analysis for each season! Thank you so much for in depth explanations!💋💋
I'm so glad that you're finding value in the videos. Pairing faded jeans with a darker top is exactly how I'd see that colour of denim for DW. Energy levels is a term that came from my imagination, looking for a way to communicate how it feels to look at colours together. It's so personal and non-specific that it can have us all overthinking, same as 'harmony' :)
Can you do a video on elegant neutral looks? I am BW and it seems like everyone else has an elegant, understated, neutral choice. Summers and Autumns are muted enough in their pallettes to do this easily. My TSp looks like a million bucks in head to toe cream/gold neutrals. Winter neutrals are drama! Is there a way for us to give a similar effect or is it just not us?
I'd be happy to do the video, a great suggestion since there have been many requests for a Winter Progressions video but I wasn't sure how to approach the subject. Neutrals could be great, as well as jewelry. When you say 'Winter neutrals are drama!' , do you mean that as a good thing or something you want to avoid for the 'understated' look?
@@ChristineScaman i usually love drama. I wear black, white, silver, and charcoal a lot with a preference for white. I love bright colors, particulary reds and fuschias.
This arose when I was hanging out with my Spring friend this weekend. She loves to wear color too but she also does this all neutral thing that looks fabulous on her. She looks understated and sophisticated. I don't feel I have that option.
I so agree about Sp and their neutrals. Vanilla cream, apricot beige, and coconut shell are so beautiful together, and these are their neutrals! I wouldn't see understated or sophisticated as out of Winter reach, but it may not have the lush or rich feeling of Sp and A. Keeping a step back from the extremes with light gray and charcoal, and adding a 'neutral' colour like navy or brown, works well. W may look polished but not dramatic in those combinations, especially if clothing styles are relaxed, in the same way that W's version of casual looks dressed up on everyone else. I'll keep the video in mind, thank you :)
I second this! I'm also very interested in winter elegant light neutrals.
It would be great to watch such video from you, Christine.
Meanwhile I opted for very light taupe/stone + BW azure/sapphire colour family + a bit of bright fuchsia/magenta. Basically emulating sunny Greek resorts, I was fascinated by this colour scheme belonging to BW/TW, but having nothing to do with stereotypical winter landscapes. Also it can work with or without white colour.
@@RK-qs5dy I've been thinking about this excellent topic and how to best present it. The time limit for video, finding the images, I feel unsure where to begin. I have the impression that the question is next-level, asked by people who already know how to choose their colours and would like ideas for combining them. Perhaps a podcast could solve all this. I do agree with the comment that for Winter, it's white, gray, black. Not much nuance really, and gray with gray isn't as interesting, let alone exciting, as gray with a colour, even if it's navy or Oreo cookie brown.
Your colour combination sound perfect. I loved your words 'nothing to do with stereotypical Winter landscapes', so insightful and important. Inspiration can come from a butterfly and still be Winter. I do find Nature's combinations the most evocative, feeling an affinity to male mallard duck and Canada goose colours for neutral combinations, I see them every day :) Building up a bank of inspiring images to draw from could be a great tip!
Hi Christine. I love your hair colour. Could you pls let me know which number is it? Thank you
Thank you, it's my own colour actually (stopped colouring around 2015). I find it looks different in every video, but that's just cameras and lighting. I began using a new camera recently and the colour looks closer to the real colour.
Hi Christine,
I love your videos, they're really educational and helpful. I was wondering whether you have any books to recommend that talk about seasonal color theory ?
Thank you, I happy to know you find good information in the videos. I'm not familiar with many of the titles on the subject and those I've read have been more related to learning the history of it and a few of the perspectives about how it works. Authors that come to mind include Suzanne Caygill, Bernice Kentner, Carole Jackson, Kathryn Kalisz (book may be in print once again at Spectrafiles), Carol Tuttle, an author whose name I don't recall...Angela ?...book about colour psychology. They all added to my knowledge and help me develop my point of view. I still practice Kalisz's system today.
Also Christine, is there anything like that playing card but for SSu that you’d recommend? I know that’s what our fans are for, but sometimes I feel like it would help to have a bracelet or scarf or painting to keep in my bag to help me think outside the box (or tiny squares as the case may be 😄).
I too am a soft summer and thought the playing card trick for winters was excellent but would love something similar for us.
I wonder about greeting cards, you know the blank ones with artwork on the front? You could trim off the border if the edge colour isn't quite right. I'm also very big on scarves, easy to keep in a Ziploc, bigger colour area, and fabric to fabric comparison similarly affected by lighting without the sheen of paper. I use scarves with students, buy them at thrift stores, they're beautiful and cost $2-4, half of greeting cards!
What’s the difference between cool and true summer ????????
I'm not familiar with other colour analysis system, but generally speaking, I think the terms are different names and mean the same thing. If you look below the surface at each system's grouping systems, analysis process, and the colour palettes, I'm sure there would be differences, but overall, they could be interchangeable titles. The more significant differences are between 4, 12, and more Season systems, since 4 Season systems may have the subgroups combined into the 4, and with higher numbers, each group is more subdivided. I use a 12-Season system called Sci\ART.