Your Perfect Colors

It is felt by many authorities that color is quite a personal thing. Perfumes and colognes are the same. No one color or perfume is suitable for everyone. You should also remember when you select a color, that all colors are relative. No color is always what it seems to be. If you were to put on black garments and adorn them with red accessories, then change to yellow, change to silver, change to blue and then to gold, you would discover that the illusion of the black garments change with each change of accessory color.

Colors change with the lighting that they are subject to. If you place a garment of any color under an incandescent light and then place it under a fluorescent light, you will find that each of the lightings changes the color appearance.

Colors always change their character or appearance when they are affected by another color. This is equally true when a person is wearing a garment of a certain color. Colors do not appear to be the same when they are on two different people. The color of the garment appears to be affected by the color of the person's hair, skin tones and even eye color. Just as the person wearing the color seems to affect the color and make a change in it, so the color appears to affect the person and almost changes the whole personality. A color standing alone is an entirely different color that one that is worn by a person, or mixed with or surrounded by other colors.

There is no set rule that says a certain color belongs to a certain type of person. There are no rules that ascribe certain colors to redheads, blondes or brunettes. Of course, certain colors go better with certain hair colors or eye colors than other, but his is not to say that you must wear only those colors. Color is actually a very personal thing.

When testing out colors to see how they affect you, always test them out without makeup. If a color does something to improve your appearance without makeup, imagine what it can do when you add a complimentary makeup.

Any person who has a complexion problem must be aware of color and what it may do to your skin. There are a few colors that will actually make the problem appear worse to other people. These colors should be carefully avoided . Some of these colors are muddy or pasty greens, dark plum colors, all shades of purple, and dull or mustard gold colors.

The problem with these colors is they lack luminosity. Luminosity is the endowing qualities that make other colors appear so rich. If one of these colors happens to be a particular favorite of your and you simply must wear it, do so only in your accessories.

You will certainly want to know what colors look best on you, and which colors do what you want them to do for you. The easiest test you can make for this is to simply drape the cloth containing that color over your shoulders so you can see it against your face. Stand before a mirror and study yourself with the color draped over the shoulders and then again without it. Is there an improvement in your complexion?

Does the color do something for you? You should take a little time and try this over with many different colors. You will have fun doing it, but most important you will discover some interesting things about color and you will probably find that there are certain colors that are able to do things for you and your appearance that you never expected of them.