Do you really know the colours that suit you?

Agree with you jaxie so many florals around this last year.Think the tide may be turning on that fashion now, hopefully.

GrandmaH I'm a 'Deep Autumn' from CMB years ago. However, they have now changed categories to Cool, Warm, etc. and I am now 'Soft & Warm'. This is probably equivalent to 'Warm Autumn' as skin tone a hair colour changes over the years, so our make-up and wardrobe needs change as we get older!! I do find the strong jewel colours that I loved as a 'Deep Autumn' no longer do me any favours!

Very interesting posts. But why is it that so many clothes on sale are well-styled, except for the patterns - hectic florals that make me look like a set of vulgar curtains?

I had a colour consultation years ago and was amazed to be told to wear pink. (I'd never worn pink in my life.) She was right though, I do look better in a clear bright pink. There is also turquoise on my palette and I like that very much. We had another colour consultant who came to WI and I was the chosen guinea pig. She put different coloured scarves around my face and confirmed what the other lady had said. All the others at WI agreed that they could see the difference.

Hmmn, bottle green( like school uniform) a hard colour for anyone to wear!

I once bought a bottle green suit and it looked quite dreadful on me.

In an attempt to not make the same mistake again I paid for a 'Colour me Beautiful' consultation,

What did she tell me to wear? Bottle green.

Complete and utter waste of money,

This was, however many years ago so perhaps they're better at it now.

That's fine kitty ? I only started the thread because I was amazed at finding the olive colour suited me, and wondered if anyone else had noticed a similar thing, now we are older, and I have enjoyed reading everyones comments.

I too had my colours done as a treat from my friend for our 50th birthdays, we had a fun day out and gained some useful tips.
I'm a 'winter jewel' so bright clear colours suit me but they often brighten up a basic black outfit in the form of a scarf or top.
I have always had a natural aversion to all shades of brown, orange, yellow and green! I have brown eyes though and always use shades of blue in my eye make-up.
It makes shopping for clothes easier when you have a strong colour preference, I can discount half the rails in a shop that is colour co-ordinated!

I love colour! Bright clothes cheer me up and are often commented on. I am glad older women do not have to stick to dark or boring colours anymore!

Many years ago a friend did a make up course and she told me I was best suited to winter colours, so I stuck to them and changed all my gold jewellery to silver and mostly stuck to the suggested colours. A while back someone else told me I was Autumn but I was possibly in between colours! This would mean I'm probably better suited to gold tones. So I'm totally confused. I think in most cases you can tell immediately which colours suit a person. However I'm not one of those.
I would love to have a professional colour class and am very envious of kittylester and very much hope that you report back to see if your investment was worthwhile.

I tend to be black, black or black but always with a soft material scarf for a splash of colour. Also denim jeans and casual smart top. I do get a bit more colourful in the spring and summer when I favour mauves, burnt orange , purple shades.

I avoid yellow and red like the plague, bleach blond hair and a good old peasant ruddy complexion. Too much information

Anything with a large flower is a practical no goer with my height and size, I look like a walking garden.

Sorry, roses, my post seemed to hijack your thread.

Having my colours 'done'- a good many years ago was one of the best things I have ever done. It was part of a self assurance weekend course- it wasn't Colour me Beautiful but something similar I think- they also did the styles of clothes that suited our frames.
I used to wear a lot of black & vivid pink. Turns out I am 'warm Autumn' & need warm colours- never black or white or vivid pink but soft greens peacock blue, oranges ,warm yellows, browns & creams.
It makes clothes shopping s much easier- I just only look at the colours I know are good on me. I take my colour swatch everywhere with me. I was amazed at how much softer my face looked in the right colours n& how black or white against my skin drained it. Nothing to do with hair colour.
My wardrobe is much more lively & I get gold jewellery ( If I'm lucky!)
Buying a posh frock for Christmas is a real pain though- please can we have less BLACK!

Kittlester, I treated myself to this as a treat for paying off the mortgage a few years ago and it was money very well spent. My wardrobe was mostly blacks and whites but it now it is full of coral and red! It is amazing how much difference the right colours make. I also did the make up colours as well and definitely am much better now with lipsticks! I always thought I dressed fairly well and love clothes but now I am much more confident at choosing clothes and black is a minimal part of my wardrobe! Enjoy!

A kind and generous friend bought me a 'colour me' session for my 40th (26 years ago!) and it was great! One of the best things I found out was that I looked awful in gold jewellery but fine in silver......that saved a lot of money over the years ( though white gold seems OK now ). Have fun Kitty!

Annifrance, I read an article about synaesthesic in a paper years ago and it said that they were looking for people to do the tests. I followed a link. There were online tests to check if you are really synaesthesic and then I was invited to have the scans and tests at York University. Don't know if they are still doing the research. It was interesting and also meant that I had my brain checked out as a side benefit!

PPP that was interesting in the neurological research - were you approached or did you apply somewhere? Mine came out when I was doing my late degree in History and Theory of Art and my tutor picked it up when I was talking about a painting by Kandinsky who also had synaesthesia.

I too love and wear bright jewel colours and live most of the year in the sun, and yes these are not right in winter, so I go for the darker colours like teal and burgundy, plus grey black and white which are all 'clear'.

I once in January got ready to go to a wedding in India wearing pale pink - it looked totally wrong and so did I under an Indian sun! So I changed into a dress of multi bright colours and felt really happy that I had done so.

I have always liked blue - I am dark haired and brown eyed and it always seemed to look nice on me. I have, very rarely, bought other colours. I do like dark copper as well as that always seems to look nice on me too. Decades ago we had been invited to a friend's evening 'do' after their wedding and I had been into town and chosen a dress (in blue). My husband promised to pick it up (they had to order my size in from another shop) on the day before the party. I had already sorted out my shoes etc to match the dress. Hubby arrived home with the dress in a bag. I just hung it in the wardrobe as it was without looking at it. On the Saturday evening I went to get ready to go out, pulled the dress out of the bag and it was green! Asked hubby if he had picked up the wrong dress and he replied 'they had the blue one as well but I thought this was nicer, you suit green and you always wear blue'. Would have helped if he had mentioned the change of colour the day before! Whenever I bought any clothing he would just grin and say 'Blue?' before I even showed it to him

No need to pay for an expensive consultation! Any decent personal shopper will be able to tell you what suits you well. Debenhams in Preston did a great job on me, though I could do with an update now I'm 10 years older/greyer.

Grey,especially a sort of pearly grey ( a colour I would never have worn years ago) is now one of my fave colours.

I know I am ann - DH not quite so, I think, when the credit card bills appear because that's his department. Mine is just to look attractive in the lovely colours! (and if you believe that, you'll believe anything!)

Actually, it's been a bit of a hindrance (and probably a good ploy on DH's part) as I haven't really bought anything since our anniversary (October) in case I got it wrong.

And another thing? I think it depends on your character to an extent I love colour with a capital C and wouldn't dream of welcoming the day especially the summer with something dull like beige. Black looks dreadful on me but grey is ok.

Yes, we need a 'Style Me' as well really.?

Hey you don't need to pay to be told something you can easily find in a book.

I'm a spring so clear blues and turquoise , yellows, reds, peach - all those sort of colours and gold jewellery.

The most difficult thing for me is style -it was so easy when I was slim but now? Haven't a clue really. The trouble is everything I put on at the most is acceptable never ever divine or even quite nice. Oh well.