Comments on: Using Contrast with the Personal Color Palette http://betweenmypeers.com/2007/09/10/using-contrast-with-the-personal-color-palette/ from the bottom of the fashion food chain, a conversation about what to wear. Thu, 17 May 2012 07:18:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: The Space Between My Peers » 2008 » May » 05 http://betweenmypeers.com/2007/09/10/using-contrast-with-the-personal-color-palette/#comment-39582 The Space Between My Peers » 2008 » May » 05 Mon, 05 May 2008 20:09:09 +0000 http://betweenmypeers.com/2007/09/10/using-contrast-with-the-personal-color-palette/#comment-39582 [...] is, of course, the danger of being washed out by not using enough contrast in your color scheme. To combat that [...] […] is, of course, the danger of being washed out by not using enough contrast in your color scheme. To combat that […]

]]> By: The Space Between My Peers » The Fabulous! Festival Color Edition http://betweenmypeers.com/2007/09/10/using-contrast-with-the-personal-color-palette/#comment-10182 The Space Between My Peers » The Fabulous! Festival Color Edition Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:08:28 +0000 http://betweenmypeers.com/2007/09/10/using-contrast-with-the-personal-color-palette/#comment-10182 [...] Dean at Office Hair mentioning “beige people”. He hee. Fits right in with my entry, Using Contrast With the Personal Color Palette, but from a different angle (copper hair and fake tan? one of them just has to [...] […] Dean at Office Hair mentioning “beige people”. He hee. Fits right in with my entry, Using Contrast With the Personal Color Palette, but from a different angle (copper hair and fake tan? one of them just has to […]

]]> By: The Fabulous! Festival, 09/17/07 | All About Appearances http://betweenmypeers.com/2007/09/10/using-contrast-with-the-personal-color-palette/#comment-10101 The Fabulous! Festival, 09/17/07 | All About Appearances Mon, 17 Sep 2007 02:11:04 +0000 http://betweenmypeers.com/2007/09/10/using-contrast-with-the-personal-color-palette/#comment-10101 [...] What if your skin tone and hair color are the similar? Rebecca from The Space Between My Peers presents Using Contrast with the Personal Color Palette. [...] […] What if your skin tone and hair color are the similar? Rebecca from The Space Between My Peers presents Using Contrast with the Personal Color Palette. […]

]]> By: Meg http://betweenmypeers.com/2007/09/10/using-contrast-with-the-personal-color-palette/#comment-9904 Meg Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:19:56 +0000 http://betweenmypeers.com/2007/09/10/using-contrast-with-the-personal-color-palette/#comment-9904 Interesting... I'm very pale, but the dark colors I get away with well are dark greens (like my eyes) and dark, blue reds. Dark blue also works very well. I guess you could say in general that cool colors work on me. I read somewhere that I should go for warm colors with my coloring, but it doesn't really work that well. Interesting… I’m very pale, but the dark colors I get away with well are dark greens (like my eyes) and dark, blue reds. Dark blue also works very well. I guess you could say in general that cool colors work on me. I read somewhere that I should go for warm colors with my coloring, but it doesn’t really work that well.

]]> By: Katie http://betweenmypeers.com/2007/09/10/using-contrast-with-the-personal-color-palette/#comment-9830 Katie Tue, 11 Sep 2007 04:07:45 +0000 http://betweenmypeers.com/2007/09/10/using-contrast-with-the-personal-color-palette/#comment-9830 I wear scarves. I would wear them more if I knew the best ways to wear them.... :) I wear scarves. I would wear them more if I knew the best ways to wear them…. :)

]]> By: Queen of Carrots http://betweenmypeers.com/2007/09/10/using-contrast-with-the-personal-color-palette/#comment-9807 Queen of Carrots Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:14:43 +0000 http://betweenmypeers.com/2007/09/10/using-contrast-with-the-personal-color-palette/#comment-9807 What sort of things are suitable for fashion labs? Do you need some overarching question to do? I'm kind of curious about whether the scarves I like to wear work as well as I think they do, or if they're too much over-the-top, but I'm not sure how to frame it or whether it would be of interest to anyone else. (I don't ever see other people wearing scarves. :-) ) What sort of things are suitable for fashion labs? Do you need some overarching question to do? I’m kind of curious about whether the scarves I like to wear work as well as I think they do, or if they’re too much over-the-top, but I’m not sure how to frame it or whether it would be of interest to anyone else. (I don’t ever see other people wearing scarves. :-) )

]]> By: Rebecca http://betweenmypeers.com/2007/09/10/using-contrast-with-the-personal-color-palette/#comment-9800 Rebecca Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:15:12 +0000 http://betweenmypeers.com/2007/09/10/using-contrast-with-the-personal-color-palette/#comment-9800 I need photoshop, don't I? Although anybody who just got the JCPenney mail-out can see that black slacks aren't always the most flattering. On the first page, there's a model in pale gray plaid (is it windowpane?) trousers with white blouse and black belt, next to one in a colored print blouse with black trousers. The black looks at least two sizes bigger. I guess I still think there's a difference between a softer dark and black. Black draws such an intense outline! And I agree you can get away with alot more color in a sundress, for the reason you mentioned, but also I think because of the light. I even had a high neck black dress which I could wear quite easily because it was sleeveless, which brought more skin close to the face. I need photoshop, don’t I? Although anybody who just got the JCPenney mail-out can see that black slacks aren’t always the most flattering. On the first page, there’s a model in pale gray plaid (is it windowpane?) trousers with white blouse and black belt, next to one in a colored print blouse with black trousers. The black looks at least two sizes bigger.

I guess I still think there’s a difference between a softer dark and black. Black draws such an intense outline! And I agree you can get away with alot more color in a sundress, for the reason you mentioned, but also I think because of the light. I even had a high neck black dress which I could wear quite easily because it was sleeveless, which brought more skin close to the face.

]]> By: Vildy http://betweenmypeers.com/2007/09/10/using-contrast-with-the-personal-color-palette/#comment-9798 Vildy Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:23:40 +0000 http://betweenmypeers.com/2007/09/10/using-contrast-with-the-personal-color-palette/#comment-9798 I recently looked at photos on a website where the author was demonstrating a principle you had discussed: black is not always the most slimming. She used a set of 4 photos of a woman with medium light coloring who wore a top consistant with that but slacks in black and progessively lighter shades of gray (photoshopped). It's true your eye was drawn to the black slacks and stayed there. This was a larger woman so it wasn't a case of twin black sticks. This discouraged me since I very much like dark colors and I am of medium fair coloring. Her theory would have it that such a person should avoid dark colors. But I think that dark or bright colors that are not in one's palette can still be worn if there is a fair bit of skin showing. They are not so near the face. I'm very happy with 2 cotton gauze sundresses I bought recently just because I loved the colors, they allowed for a bra to be worn, they were fitted through the waist, I have concluded that wovens are cooler than knits. A bright orange and a saturated yellow. Neither would work in a high neck blouse. I have a very old wardrobe book, something about Style and Line, that addressed just this case of having low-contrast coloring where everything about you looks blended. She suggests intensifying somewhat the colors of what you wear I recently looked at photos on a website where the author was demonstrating a principle you had discussed: black is not always the most slimming. She used a set of 4 photos of a woman with medium light coloring who wore a top consistant with that but slacks in black and progessively lighter shades of gray (photoshopped). It’s true your eye was drawn to the black slacks and stayed there. This was a larger woman so it wasn’t a case of twin black sticks.

This discouraged me since I very much like dark colors and I am of medium fair coloring. Her theory would have it that such a person should avoid dark colors.

But I think that dark or bright colors that are not in one’s palette can still be worn if there is a fair bit of skin showing. They are not so near the face. I’m very happy with 2 cotton gauze sundresses I bought recently just because I loved the colors, they allowed for a bra to be worn, they were fitted through the waist, I have concluded that wovens are cooler than knits.
A bright orange and a saturated yellow. Neither would work in a high neck blouse.

I have a very old wardrobe book, something about Style and Line, that addressed just this case of having low-contrast coloring where everything about you looks blended. She suggests intensifying somewhat the colors of what you wear

]]> By: Rebecca http://betweenmypeers.com/2007/09/10/using-contrast-with-the-personal-color-palette/#comment-9797 Rebecca Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:10:47 +0000 http://betweenmypeers.com/2007/09/10/using-contrast-with-the-personal-color-palette/#comment-9797 Carrie ~ at least you have the sense to know it doesn't look good. Most women just think because it's in style that it does! Your Majesty ~ Sounds like you are combining your colors artistically, not boring. Wouldn't you like to do a fashion lab (on any subject) sometime? btw, did you two notice the similarity between your names (carrot, carrie)? lol Carrie ~ at least you have the sense to know it doesn’t look good. Most women just think because it’s in style that it does!

Your Majesty ~ Sounds like you are combining your colors artistically, not boring. Wouldn’t you like to do a fashion lab (on any subject) sometime?

btw, did you two notice the similarity between your names (carrot, carrie)? lol

]]> By: Queen of Carrots http://betweenmypeers.com/2007/09/10/using-contrast-with-the-personal-color-palette/#comment-9792 Queen of Carrots Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:59:23 +0000 http://betweenmypeers.com/2007/09/10/using-contrast-with-the-personal-color-palette/#comment-9792 Hmm--I think this is true of me--I have olive-toned skin, light brown hair, hazel eyes--all sort of medium tones. And I gravitate towards deep or bright greens (blend with eye color), dark reds (complementary of eye color) and muted orange (not sure where that fits!). I use light browns and tans as neutrals, but always with a color. Lately I've experimented some with a dark brown as the sole color, but with a strong geometric presence of white and/or black. Hmm–I think this is true of me–I have olive-toned skin, light brown hair, hazel eyes–all sort of medium tones. And I gravitate towards deep or bright greens (blend with eye color), dark reds (complementary of eye color) and muted orange (not sure where that fits!). I use light browns and tans as neutrals, but always with a color. Lately I’ve experimented some with a dark brown as the sole color, but with a strong geometric presence of white and/or black.

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