Comments on: The Value of Contrast http://betweenmypeers.com/2008/11/19/the-value-of-contrast/ from the bottom of the fashion food chain, a conversation about what to wear. Thu, 17 May 2012 07:59:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Rebecca http://betweenmypeers.com/2008/11/19/the-value-of-contrast/#comment-56112 Rebecca Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:02:50 +0000 http://betweenmypeers.com/2008/11/19/the-value-of-contrast/#comment-56112 What fun, Karen! I wish I could have been there to go with you! What fun, Karen! I wish I could have been there to go with you!

]]> By: karen K http://betweenmypeers.com/2008/11/19/the-value-of-contrast/#comment-56038 karen K Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:48:23 +0000 http://betweenmypeers.com/2008/11/19/the-value-of-contrast/#comment-56038 Rebecca, I ALWAYS noticed your brown eyes, never mistook them for blue. I went to a wardrobe sale at a Hollywood studio today. It was a zoo, but yours truly was FIRST in line at 6:30 a.m. so had my pick. I ended up spending ten bucks on a gorgeous Isabella Fiore bag and I also got three sparkly brooches. The clothing was just too over whelming. And too small!!! I better post about it. What an experience! Rebecca, I ALWAYS noticed your brown eyes, never mistook them for blue.

I went to a wardrobe sale at a Hollywood studio today. It was a zoo, but yours truly was FIRST in line at 6:30 a.m. so had my pick. I ended up spending ten bucks on a gorgeous Isabella Fiore bag and I also got three sparkly brooches. The clothing was just too over whelming. And too small!!! I better post about it. What an experience!

]]> By: Rebecca http://betweenmypeers.com/2008/11/19/the-value-of-contrast/#comment-56023 Rebecca Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:39:44 +0000 http://betweenmypeers.com/2008/11/19/the-value-of-contrast/#comment-56023 Imogen - thanks. That makes sense. Now I just have to think through how that fits with what I wear. MellaDP - I guess we've established what color glasses people with your coloring should get. :) I still don't get why American Girls doesn't offer a doll with red hair and green eyes. That, to me, seems a "standard" combination. Oh well! Imogen - thanks. That makes sense. Now I just have to think through how that fits with what I wear.

MellaDP - I guess we’ve established what color glasses people with your coloring should get. :)

I still don’t get why American Girls doesn’t offer a doll with red hair and green eyes. That, to me, seems a “standard” combination. Oh well!

]]> By: Mella DP http://betweenmypeers.com/2008/11/19/the-value-of-contrast/#comment-56004 Mella DP Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:18:11 +0000 http://betweenmypeers.com/2008/11/19/the-value-of-contrast/#comment-56004 Rebecca - that's so funny. Purple *is* a good color and I wear a ton of it, though it would be the wrong choice for glasses for me (too conservative - I'd feel like I was wearing a costume) unless maybe it was very dark. I don't wear my glasses often, but my frames are copper. Rebecca - that’s so funny. Purple *is* a good color and I wear a ton of it, though it would be the wrong choice for glasses for me (too conservative - I’d feel like I was wearing a costume) unless maybe it was very dark. I don’t wear my glasses often, but my frames are copper.

]]> By: Imogen Lamport http://betweenmypeers.com/2008/11/19/the-value-of-contrast/#comment-55995 Imogen Lamport Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:14:02 +0000 http://betweenmypeers.com/2008/11/19/the-value-of-contrast/#comment-55995 Rebecca you have a very light value overall, but your dark eyes add some contrast - but because it's such a small percentage of you - rather than being a high contrast, it lowers your contrast down to medium (or low contrast, but with tiny splashes of high contrast, to harmonise with your eyes). Rebecca you have a very light value overall, but your dark eyes add some contrast - but because it’s such a small percentage of you - rather than being a high contrast, it lowers your contrast down to medium (or low contrast, but with tiny splashes of high contrast, to harmonise with your eyes).

]]> By: Rebecca http://betweenmypeers.com/2008/11/19/the-value-of-contrast/#comment-55974 Rebecca Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:34:09 +0000 http://betweenmypeers.com/2008/11/19/the-value-of-contrast/#comment-55974 Why I wear darker rimmed glasses: to counter-act the glasses causing the dark brown to disappear. What color glasses I'd get if I had your coloring? Grape! My daughter with the auburn hair and soft green eyes was looking for purple glasses a few years ago, but ended up with kind of a copper color with sparkles. Still fun! On the last one, I think it's just the contrast setting the garment apart from the face, but maybe there's more to it. Why I wear darker rimmed glasses: to counter-act the glasses causing the dark brown to disappear.

What color glasses I’d get if I had your coloring? Grape! My daughter with the auburn hair and soft green eyes was looking for purple glasses a few years ago, but ended up with kind of a copper color with sparkles. Still fun!

On the last one, I think it’s just the contrast setting the garment apart from the face, but maybe there’s more to it.

]]> By: Mella DP http://betweenmypeers.com/2008/11/19/the-value-of-contrast/#comment-55966 Mella DP Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:14:52 +0000 http://betweenmypeers.com/2008/11/19/the-value-of-contrast/#comment-55966 a) Because unless one has an eye-fetish, eyes are hard to notice in photos unless they're quite close-up and/or portrait lit, particularly with the distraction of glasses, and b) People expect fair eyes in the fair-skinned and -haired. Anyhow, c) yes, she has nice glasses, and d) this is probably why I've been gravitating more and more to very strong jewel tones in recent years - boldly colored hair (emphatically red) and eyes (emphatically green). Interested in that last bullet item - it makes sense when I visualize it, but I can't figure out why. a) Because unless one has an eye-fetish, eyes are hard to notice in photos unless they’re quite close-up and/or portrait lit, particularly with the distraction of glasses, and
b) People expect fair eyes in the fair-skinned and -haired.

Anyhow,
c) yes, she has nice glasses, and
d) this is probably why I’ve been gravitating more and more to very strong jewel tones in recent years - boldly colored hair (emphatically red) and eyes (emphatically green).

Interested in that last bullet item - it makes sense when I visualize it, but I can’t figure out why.

]]> By: Rebecca http://betweenmypeers.com/2008/11/19/the-value-of-contrast/#comment-55949 Rebecca Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:32:48 +0000 http://betweenmypeers.com/2008/11/19/the-value-of-contrast/#comment-55949 You're right about black and white photography: in our painting class, we start with five weeks of only black and white. After that, we can use a black and white copy of a color picture to help get the values right in a color picture. But why does everybody online think I have pale eyes? You’re right about black and white photography: in our painting class, we start with five weeks of only black and white. After that, we can use a black and white copy of a color picture to help get the values right in a color picture.

But why does everybody online think I have pale eyes?

]]> By: karen K http://betweenmypeers.com/2008/11/19/the-value-of-contrast/#comment-55922 karen K Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:15:28 +0000 http://betweenmypeers.com/2008/11/19/the-value-of-contrast/#comment-55922 cool post, Rebecca. I am thinking a lot about this now, and am really getting it finally. I am like you; pale hair, pale skin, pale eyes pale lips. I'm a washout basically. I look good in lighter values of things I suppose, with dark to add emphasis. Like punctuation. You know what REALLY helps you see this? Black and white photography. If you have that function on your camera or PC, you can see if you like your contrast levels, etc. This same principal helps me in color too. Sometimes I get dressed, have my kid take a photo, then I realize, "Oooooh, I need an ANCHOR of dark at the bottom here," or something similar like that. cool post, Rebecca. I am thinking a lot about this now, and am really getting it finally. I am like you; pale hair, pale skin, pale eyes pale lips. I’m a washout basically. I look good in lighter values of things I suppose, with dark to add emphasis. Like punctuation.

You know what REALLY helps you see this? Black and white photography. If you have that function on your camera or PC, you can see if you like your contrast levels, etc. This same principal helps me in color too. Sometimes I get dressed, have my kid take a photo, then I realize, “Oooooh, I need an ANCHOR of dark at the bottom here,” or something similar like that.

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