COLOUR

THE BASICS OF COLOUR ANALYSIS…

COLOUR CAN EVOKE A WIDE RANGE OF EMOTIONAL RESPONSES… COLOURGIVES US FEELING, BOTH IN OUR ENVIRONMENTS AND ALSO IN OUR CLOTHES. THAT’S WHY, UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD OF COLOUR CAN BE IMPACTFUL AND TRANSFORMATIVE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING DRESSED EVERY DAY.

I WORK WITH A 12-POINT COLOUR ANALYSIS SYSTEM TO DETERMINE WHERE YOU SIT ON THE COLOUR SPECTRUM.

ASSESSMENTS ARE MADE OF YOUR UNIQUE SURFACE COLOURING - SKIN, HAIR AND EYE COLOUR - THIS MAKES UP YOUR OVERTONE. THIS IS THE PART OF COLOUR ANALYSIS THAT CAN BE CHANGEABLE OVER TIME - EXAMPLE - WHEN WE CHANGE OUR HAIR COLOUR. THIS SIMPLE CHANGE CAN HAVE AN IMPACT ON SOME OF THE COLOURS THAT WE USED TO WEAR THAT NO LONGER WORK SO WELL. AS WE JOURNEY DOWN THE PATH OF LIFE, OUR HAIR WILL GREY (AT LEAST FOR MOST OF US) AND ALSO OUR EYE COLOUR INTENSITY CAN FADE. THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS IT IS GOOD TO DO A COLOUR ANALYSIS EVERY 7-8 YEARS, AS OUR BODY CYCLES THROUGH DECADES.

WHAT NEVER CHANGES, HOWEVER, IS OUR UNDERTONE. THIS IS THE COLOURING THAT LIES BENEATH THE SURFACE AND IS WHAT HELPS US TO DETERMINE IF YOU ARE COOL OR WARM. THIS COLOURING IS DETERMINED BY YOUR GENETICS AND THE MEASURABLE ELEMENTS OF MELANIN (BROWN PIGMENT FOUND IN THE DEEPEST LAYER OF THE DERMIS/HYPODERMIS) AND HAEMOGLOBIN (THE IRON-CONTAINING, OXYGEN TRANSPORT PROTEIN PRESENT IN RED BLOOD CELLS.

FINDING YOUR MOST COMPLIMENTARY COLOURS COMES FROM ASSESSING BOTH OF THESE ELEMENTS TO FIND THE COLOURS THAT SIT MOST HARMONIOUSLY WITH YOUR INDIVIDUAL COLOUR.