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What Colors Should I Wear? - Skin, Hair and Eye Color

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What Colors Should I Wear? - Skin, Hair and Eye Color By Jan Hawken "What colors should I wear?" This is a basic question asked by style-conscious women. The field of color analysis strives to offer useful and practical answers. Several philosophies coexist about how best to respond to this question. Should skin, and/or hair, and/or eye color be considered when seeking to determine one's palette of best colors to wear? The majority of analysts believe that skin tone must be the major consideration. The first step is to determine the "warmth," "coolness," or "neutrality" of one's skin tone. The second step is to then identify the depth of tone on a scale that measures skin tone from lightness to darkness. Your answers to these steps will determine the correct category of colors that will most flatter your complexion. Additionally, some color analysts believe that one's hair, and perhaps also eye color, should be considered for the...

What Colors Should I Wear for a Romantic Effect?

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What Colors Should I Wear for a Romantic Effect? By Jan Hawken What are the most romantic colors, and which ones will be harmonious with your skin tone? You're right to ask, "What colors should I wear?" Out of the millions of visible colors, a very particular group of those will be right for you, and from your personal palette, some of those colors will say, "Romance." Romance is sensuous, passionate, seductive and glamorous. So are the colors that convey romance. The first thing that makes a color romantic is its deep, dark intense color. Reds and red-violets, black, deep pinks, even dark reddish brown can be romantic. These are blood-deep colors; jewel tones. Romanticism can also be conveyed with some of the soft, pastel versions of the colors mentioned above. Pink or peach especially stand out. With pink as the central color, and when it is accompanied by smaller amounts of pastel blue or pastel purple, it looks especially beautiful and romantic. Curves, the ...