Scanning for color is one of my best time-saving shopping strategies, but I am afraid my color-scanner needs a tune-up. After living these many years thinking I was a “soft autumn”, I need to retrain my eye to notice lighter, brighter colors.
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When, the other day, the hero and I were out doing some Christmas shopping – ’cause who doesn’t look just a little for themselves? 😉 – this orange tank top, $7 on clearance at Kohls, caught my eye. In a solid fabric, it might (or might not) be too intense for me, but in mesh the color is softened by what I wear under. As I retrain my color sensibility, I am finding that the bigger problem (than intensity) is actually mutedness. Sticking to my David Zyla colors simplifies everything.
I haven’t fully decided how I will incorporate this piece into my exercise wardrobe. One thought:
swim shorts + bikini top + mesh tank
The YMCA requires, but does not define, modest swimwear. Thoughts?
So Orange is one of your David Zyla colors? (I’m the same Amy that’s linked to in that post, btw). I haven’t thought about those for a while now, and this winter restricted my colors to reds, blues and white/gray/black. According to his colors I should add back in a chocolate brown (second base and energy) and a caramel color (tranquil). I’ll have to play with that.
Lol. I am such a space! In trying to produce my posts faster, I am cutting way back on my anal editing process. I didn’t even notice that I was saying orange was one of my David Zyla colors!
Consciously, that is. But then, yesterday, as I was just moving through my day, it popped into my head that it must be my essence color. That is the one color I had not been able to identify. Clear peach (orange tint) was one that I had considered.
See, I was wondering why, in the post with the 1970 pic, I felt it necessary to include the personality description for orange. From the perspective of, say, essay writing, that wasn’t strictly necessary. But I am afraid I am over-sensitive about not being understood, so I included it for the parts which I think describe me WAY better than the description of who likes pink. 😉
The one thing I am confused about with the David Zyla colors is whether they are just the hue (which I think is the case) or whether we are supposed to match the value as well. And, to be honest, I don’t really wear what I think I am seeing as my “tranquil color”, instead I use the green in my eyes: a beautiful OD green.
The other problem, which I think I have mentioned before, is that it is not always possible to find the right pieces in the specified colors. Lol. I have mainly workout clothes in my “first base” color 😉