Do you really know what colour suits you?

Soutra I think we have the same gloves. I have plum ,orange and pale blue suede ones as well as the multi coloured ones which my grandson preferred as he didn't like holding hands but would hold onto a certain colour. It's worth remembering that skin colour changes.. I have a friend who had her colours done about 40years ago and she is still wearing those colours, bright greens and reds which now drain her face.

White and pale pink/lilac are my two favourite colours. Never black (unless concert dress). I have very dark hair and a sallow skin and I look seriously ill without some white near my face.

I think I'm summer. Tend to wear blues a lot but not pink.

ANA , Thanks however whether they will be here in the "sticks" is a different matter !

I can't wear black unless I have a scarf to take it away from my face, and the same goes for pure white, but I can wear any grey, navy or dark brown or cream. I am quite fair and used to be a strawberry blonde. However I did once go to a market, about fifteen years ago, in a new charcoal wool coat (also with bright scarf) and a woman rushed over to me from her stall and said 'You must never wear grey! All your friends won't like you on the days when you wear grey!' so I have worn it just as much, but wait for someone to tell me that they don't like me in it. It still hasn't happened.

I think different colours suit me on different days. I love grey-blues and soft aquas, all pinks and purples and mauves, soft and lime greens but not emerald, bright reds and clear pale blues. Not orange or yellow or bright greens, but my mother, who is dark, kept on trying to dress me in them when I was young and then would look at me in a puzzled fashion, she just couldn't understand why the colours she loved looked so wrong on me.

I once had my colours "done" which was a pleasant experience but told me little I didn't know already. However I was told in no uncertain terms that the 3 colours I should NOT wear next to my face are grey, black and "sludge" - guess what colours I am drawn to in shops and wear a lot of?
I am trying to make a real effort to wear more bright colours this winter and lots of scarves. I love coloured gloves (red leather mostly but also a very posh pair of royal blue leather with red, orange and bright blue gussets between the fingers) and when it gets cold enough to get the boots out, they are red too.
I think you can tell what suits you or rather what doesn't as those are the clothes that sit in the wardrobe unworn.

I never wear black. It makes me look as if I am attending my own funeral, likewise green and purple and, often blue. Look best in rich autumn colour, browns and yellows and jewel bright colours like cherry, scarlet and fuchsia

Colour me Beautiful still seems to be going strong, Nonu.

just musing, do they still DO colours ?

I had mycolours 'done' many years ago. All the things in my wardrobe that I loved were the 'right' colours, all those amazingly cheap sale buys that I never seemed to wear were the wrong colours. It was a real eye opener and a good excuse to purge a lot of mistakes. I think I have avoided making as many disasters since then.

Agreed. My accessories are what change my outfits. I'm sure it would have been worth it to get 'my colours done' about 20 years ago but not sure if there's much point now. No doubt I'd end up having to throw out half my wardrobe! I think a good hairdo helps 'make' most outfits anyway. Would rather spend time and money on that.

I too have loads of black clothes with scarves, beads and cardigans to 'lift them'. I would love to have my colours done but live in fear of finding that the pinks and purples that I have are all wrong.

Most of my clothes are black but I have a vast amount of brightly coloured scarves which ring the changes,I did the scarf test a few years ago and worked out the colours that suit me and it seems that cerise/red/deep oranges go well for me.I change the tone of my moisturiser/foundation according to the time of year along with my eyeliner/lipsticks lighter shades in summer and darker in winter and it seems to suit me fine.