“Wow, you look great in yellow”, “this blue earring makes your eyes brighter”… who has never heard a compliment when using a certain color, right? This may seem just a kindness, but this observation is well founded – and personal coloring is there to make you understand the influence of colors on you.
A recurring topic in recent years, the analysis of personal color is a real trend in social networks, but many people still do not understand what it means to have a “winter personal color”.
If you haven’t explored this universe yet, now is the time! Learn all about personal coloring, what a personal color chart is and how to do this analysis.
What is personal coloring?
Personal coloring, also known as colorimetry, is an analysis that consists in understanding how our colors (skin, hair, eyes) can match external colors (clothes, accessories).
This test seeks to assess the temperature and saturation of the skin to discover the tone and undertone and, thus, determine the personal color chart, that is, the ideal one. For the analysis of personal color, some elements of our colors are considered, such as:
- the temperature (hot, neutral or cold);
- the depth (light, medium or dark);
- the intensity (opaque, medium or bright);
- the contrast (high, medium or low).
This method aims to show how much the colors of the pieces we use can reflect on our own colors, especially the face, which can reinforce positive points or highlight undesirable points.
How is the personal color analysis performed?
Although today there are applications that indicate a possible ideal color chart, it is recommended that the personal color analysis be carried out by a professional in the image and style consulting area..
This specialist will be able to assess, through the use of fabrics, mirrors and natural light, the impact of each color on you and how much each one enhances or lightens the contour of the face, dark circles and expression marks, for example.
To perform the test, the person must have a clean face, that is, without makeup and with a band in the hair to isolate the face from its surroundings, such as hair
You should sit in front of the mirror and, at neck level, the professional will position the fabrics of different colors and tones to observe any possible interference that each one of them has on the person – what works or not.
It is also at this moment that it is possible to understand if the analyzed person is better with looks that contrast more with the skin tone or if it is preferable to use combinations in shades closer to her.
What are the personal color chart options?
After the evaluation of colorimetry, the image and style consultant will be able to determine which is your personal color palette, that is, those colors that favor you the most.
There are 12 possible results of the personal color chart and all are based on the seasons of the year. Know the predominant colors in each of them:
Spring
Pure: warm, luminous and light colors such as yellow, orange, salmon, leaf green, tomato red and turquoise blue.
Bright or Warm: vibrant colors such as neon, turquoise, bright yellow, emerald green and violet.
Clear or soft: warmer, lighter and brighter colors such as beige, brown, mustard, coral, tangerine, tomato red and bubblegum pink.
Summer
Pure cold: cooler, lighter, lighter and low saturation colors such as grey, bluish, lilac, rose, mint, wine and cherry.
Sure: light, delicate and luminous colors, such as light blue, lilac, corals and peach pinks.
Mild or Neutral: softer, faded, opaque and low contrast colors such as cappuccino, denim blue, ice, mint green and bubblegum pink.
Fall
Pure or hot: earthy, warm, intense and medium contrast colors such as peach, orange, coral, brown, red, mustard, leaf green.
Deep: warm, vibrant, deep, medium contrast colors such as coffee brown, petroleum, military green and navy blue.
Mild or Neutral: earthy and warm colors, but with less saturation, such as beige, cream, brown, light pinks and opaque mint.
Winter
Pure or cold: cool, high contrast colors such as black, white, gray, magenta red, and emerald green.
Deep: cool, opaque colors such as blue, pink, tomato red, wine reds, and black.
Bright or clear: intense, vivid and high contrast colors such as bic blue, bright yellow, pink, emerald green and pure white.
What are the advantages of knowing your personal color palette?
Doing a personal color analysis goes far beyond knowing which colors do or don’t suit you. Having your personal color palette at hand will provide you with:
- create a more harmonious image;
- smooth dark circles;
- disguising blemishes;
- leave the skin brighter;
- discover the best hair color and makeup options;
- build a more functional and economical closet.
However, the result of the consultancy does not have to become a limiting element that prevents you from using one or another color. THE personal coloring it must be a guide, never a rule. Make her your ally and use whatever colors you want.
