At a conservative estimate, there will probably be millions of different shades of Grey out there in the world.....picture courtesy of www.danalee.ca
Also, there will be equally as many shades of Red, Green, Blue, Pink, Yellow, Purple, Brown and every other colour you can think of under the sun to confuse and beguile us!
picture courtesy of www.plus.maths.org
The trick is knowing which are the right ones to look fabulous on you!
This is where the colour swatch fan you receive as part of your Colour Consultation is invaluable, because our brains just don't retain different variations and shades of colour.
So, because we can't just rely on memory to guide us in choosing what's right for us, your colour swatches will act as an Aide Memoire for your own perfect looks.
They are a guide though - not set in tablets of stone!
Looking back to my own first colour consultation back in the 1980s, when the concept of Colour Analysis was in its infancy, I realise now how little help I was given to understand my own best colours and how to use my colour swatches. I was just handed a selection of swatches and told that these were 'my' colours - so I assumed if something wasn't a perfect match for one of the fabric swatches, I shouldn't buy it. The colour swatches provided were in a nice ring-bound folder but this was quite large and too bulky to carry round in my handbag so it was usually left in a drawer and gradually got forgotten.
After a while, I discovered that almost nothing in the shops was a perfect match anyway and, disheartened by the seeming impossibility of finding anything suitable, I began to neglect my best colours. Darker shades which were really too strong for my colouring started to creep into my wardrobe and once you have got some 'wrong' colours, you often start buying others just to have something to wear with them.....
It wasn't until years later when I went through my Colour Analysis training that I discovered a much better style of colour swatch wallet which can easily be carried in your handbag so it's readily on hand whenever you want to buy something new.. And of course most importantly I learned that the swatches are simply a guide to the millions of colours which you can wear - you don't have to search for a perfect match!
The essential thing is that the colour of the garment you which are thinking of buying blends harmoniously with your colour swatches and looks as if it belongs with them. How does it look with your best neutral colours? If it looks too bright, too pale, too dark or simply clashes when compared against your colour swatch fan, then it's not for you. But if it sits comfortably alongside your swatches, then go ahead and buy!
I've met quite a few ladies who, like me, had a Colour Analysis done many years ago and but never really benefited they should have done, because their colour swatches weren't in a handy practical format to keep with them and they didn't have a proper explanation of how to use them - so they stopped bothering... That's a shame, but it's not too late to try again.
All my clients get either a ladies' or men's colour swatch fan as part of their Colour consultation - easy to fold up and carry in your handbag or inside pocket, so it's always with you!
Examples of colour swatch wallets from www.styleandimage.co.uk
After all, you never know when you'll be tempted by something gorgeous in a shop window, and having your colour swatches handy to check the colour is right for you will stop you making an expensive mistake!
Equally, when you know it's right for you, you can really buy with confidence and pleasure and enjoy trying your new piece out with lots of other clothes in your wardrobe.
To find which shades of grey - and every other colour! -will look fabulous on you, just call and book your consultation.
Best Wishes
Cass
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