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Katie is a DEEP. But which one: deep winter or deep autumn?
I think the deep autumn, but as always Katie should have a look
at those colors to see if they work best for her.
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Darren, you say folks tell you that they believe you’re a winter.
What I’ve done is altered the original photo you sent (at top) and inserted
some colors from various palettes:
The original photo at the top reminds me very much of the summer palette
colors. Deep winter colors are to the right, soft autumn below, and finally
deep autumn are at the bottom. Which do you like?
My favorites are the autumn palettes. One of the differences between the
soft and deep is the level of contrast that they provide. I like you in the
lower-contrast combination of soft autumn. Plus you look softer to me
rather than deep overall.
You said you’ve been wondering about this since the ’80s. . .hope this
gives you a fresh new direction!
I resist the temptation to break out in Rod Stewart song
here, so I shall just agree with you, Maggie, that you are a deep
autumn. I tried warm autumn (bottom) just for kicks but I think
the deep autumn colors on the top work better ;~)
Sometimes there is some aspect of someone’s coloring
that falls outside of the color boundaries. It doesn’t happen
too often, but it does occasionally happen.
You have an unusual eye color, Ondina, when we finally
realize to which palette you belong. Given your eye color,
I first I tried warm and deep autumn, but if you look
at the photos you see that these colors don’t flatter your skintone,
and ’skin flattery’ is of the utmost importance.
I tried deep winter and, like you, found these colors a little too vivid.
Next I looked at cool summer (below). I like the way these colors
bring out the pink in your beige skintone.
I also tried soft summer thinking that may work
with your eye color, but I didn’t find that those
colors flattered your skin as much as does the cool summer palette.
I do see your dilemma with eye color, but I think the skintone issue
is much more important. And all of these colors flatter your skin.
Once that is established, you can look within the palette to see
which work with your eye color best (the browns in this palette, for
instance, would work well as neutrals).
I wasn’t sure if you were a warm spring or warm autumn,
Jennifer, until I put some colors on you. I think you’re right.
Warm autumn seems to fit better than warm spring:
