Words like creative and freedom are interpreted differently by each of us. For appearance, I prefer creative freedom to look under our control, planned or intentional in some way. As ever, hearing your thoughts is my highest incentive. Thank you for watching :)
My first though about look 4 was that the darkness level was a relief after the previous too-light outfits. Yes, he looked grey, but there was substance. In look 12, I really like the necklace he chose from a styling perspective. It echoed his colors, yes, but it also matched the texture of his hair and beard. Did you see Aquaman? I like the outfit that he wears in the desert. The colors, fibers, and textures look easy on him.
Thank you for these observations! Yes, very true that the gray suit put a body under his head. The first pink suit might be quite ok as a neutral but head to toe didn't make a statement, or not the one I thought it could have...possibly a good colour for a shirt to replace white. Also yes to the necklace, what surprised me was how visible the colours were. I did see Aquaman, the look was oxymoronic in a way, iridescent turquoise brought home the costume and Jason's body said 'superhero'. (I found the white of Nicole Kidman's suit was beautiful, as was her hair colour.)
You mean the necklace with the rose gold suit, Look 12 as you said? That was the one I was thinking of as well. Or did I get confused, not sure which the traveling costume was.
I meant in Aquaman he spends a lot of time traveling to all these different destinations. I like the outfit he wears in those scenes 😂 Sure wish RUclips allowed for pictures in the comments. That would make things easier to explain.
I am continuously impressed by your grace, eloquence, and kindness. I have learned so much by viewing your videos, and not just about color analysis, but also about how to present one's point of view with thoughtful restraint and intelligence. You truly elevate this platform! Thank you!
Many thanks :) My background is not in fashion and when I began thinking about appearance, it was how to apply structured thinking systems rather than all the rest of it, if you know what I mean. It took a couple of years and my theme question seemed to keep coming back to "OK, what are we really talking about here?" Thankfully, I've found an answer that's working for now :)
You're spot on. Jason is a stunning man but those winter colours are too contrasted for his colouring. As you pointed out the price tag doesn't matter. If you're wearing something that is not in harmony with your natural colours it is not going to do you justice. It's interesting how the grey gave his amazing skin a gray cast. I'm a winter and I have notice I get this grey cast when I wear golden yellow or a warm brown.
Glad we're on the same page with Jason. Interesting about the gray cast in warm colour, it may be related to the person I mention in the video who has darker skin tones and finds they look gray with a tan. A thing I often notice is how Winters look yellow when they wear soft colours, and there, I imagine it's that their natural yellows are so much more saturated that they go out of balance.
OK, I know the purple pyjamas are not his colour, but I love them! Can't see me wearing them to work, though. Lol. You really have found your voice with these videos, Christine. It is nice to see you so much in your element. You are a great teacher. :)
The purple satin PJs are excellent, he probably kept them. You could change into them as soon as you walk in your front door. Thank you about the videos, I really do enjoy thinking about how others see things and how to explain my own ideas better.
I have some thoughts on Jason and not just because he is easy on the eyes. I don't think there is anything particularly creative in the design, cut or silhouette of his style. It comes across as the typical boho, earthy, rugged and relaxed genre. I swear, just do a google image search on men's boho fashion or even rugged men's fashion and they look similar to Jason's sense of style. I do believe it works well for him though. However, the uniqueness may show more through his one-of-a-kind custom jewelry or the messages behind articles of clothing he wears. So it is more so the little things or unseen things that express his creativity. I find the outfits of the character Penny from the tv show The Magicians have a similar vibe. I think in his younger years he was pushed to wear more structured outfits to fit a pretty-boy look. I remember listening to an interview where he said he was glad to get in a fight that left a scar above his eye. Marring his pretty-boy image allowed him to not be seen as flawless and let him be more in his element. I personally started paying attention to his fashion style when I noticed he wore a lot of custom and handmade rings from many of my favorite indie jewelry designers. What stood out to me more than our kindred taste in jewelry is his love for blush tones. What I mean by blush tones are the pinks, berries and plums that match the natural color of lips and flushed cheeks. After seeing him in over 10 outfits of these types of colors, I think he just enjoys wearing them more than trying to give a friendly vibe impression. I noticed that men who wear their colors or are close to finding their season look so much in harmony when wearing blush tones. It's definitely a sight to be seen. As a woman, we are often NOT privy of seeing women with bare faces wearing pinks that truly match. Makeup goes a long way to make women look more cohesive with colors that are off. I have naturally purplish toned lips and have been told I'm some type of Autumn by multiple online analysts. Outside of not necessarily matching my warm appearing skin, my lips look out of place with no makeup on. It seems asinine to say orange, rust, and brown lipstick gives a natural appearance when my two toned lips are naturally soft aubergine and dusty cedar in color. At one point I found myself wearing Jason's type of muted and murky colors for it to make more sense. We sense he has depth, yet the darkest of colors can be too deep. We sense he is muted, but without some richness he appears to be brighter than his clothes and sometimes even drained. He appears very warm toned, but clothes can easily be too many octaves higher than his personal warmth range. I have these same sort of challenges. So his color story is appealing to me. Thanks for putting a spotlight on his color and style evolution. He is one of the few you have mentioned that I'm actually familiar with.
I appreciate what you say. Like all celebrities, especially in their younger years, their appearance is marketed. At least with Jason, he seems to have evolved back to himself and the person he wants to be, which some are never able to do. Thank you for the reminder, I forgot to mention, that my focus is always colour. It's impossible to discuss appearance without style and design being relevant but they're not my field of expertise. You know the look where I most wondered about style? The cut of the pants in the all-brown Best look, the first Best in the video. Although I couldn't say what the right cut would be, I'd prefer one I didn't react to with the ? and wondered if a line analyst might consider it a good choice. I agree about the custom jewelry, it really seemed to suit him (as did the motorcycle at the end), and wondered how you might see the 'things seen and unseen' (loved that) applied to clothing. You summarized his colouring so well ("We sense he has depth...warmth range.") He creates so much presence in appearance with colours that are fairly medium.
Wow, this was a fun one! He really does look so true to himself in that desert setting. Really stunning. I gotta learn how a summer season can do that. What’s my scenery? I imagine a forest. But how do I echo the colors and textures of that? Christine, I have one specific question, and then several video ideas that I’d love to hear your perspective on. My question: Why do SSu purples seem so scattered? All of the other strips in my fan are gradated. But the purples seem so scattered. It’s hard for me to wrap my brain around them. Video ideas: Natural materials (straw hats, wicker handbags, espadrilles shoes) for the 12 seasons Blue-green for the 12 seasons Taupe (grey-brown) for the 12 seasons Exploring the darkest colors for the light seasons (they are in the center of my fan, and I find them hard to see and therefore hard to understand) Exploring the lightest colors for the dark seasons Trinny Woodall’s color evolution Hugh Jackman’s color evolution
I also loved spending time with Jason, his colouring was so interesting, more so than I expected, very reactive to colour and nuanced. I think of forests for SSu as well, with water somewhere and a touch of earth element somewhere. If you look on my website, the picture on the cover of the e-book. We did a podcast about texture recently (maybe late 2022) if you have a look through the directory at Chrysalis. About SSu purples, I'm not sure which palette you have, but I agree that SSu has more pink-berry-red-nude options that one might expect. I imagine it's because they have latitude on the warm cool scale as well as light dark. Soft Seasons could have so many steps between colours that would still qualify as soft and be visible on the person (as we saw on Jason in that softer tux) that they have a lot of choice in reds as well as neutrals. About purples, your original question :) , there will be blue and red violets (neutral Season) and for me, I find they could be a little brighter actually. I'm not quite sure what you meant by scattered though. Did you know about the new palettes from Terry and Larell, look at nducolors dot com. They're quite brilliant and available in so many options. Today's podcast is an interview with them. Great ideas for videos. A few thoughts...I'll think about natural materials, new and interesting idea. Blue-green and taupe are on the list. Darker colours are always harder to understand, harder to see colour in the dark and the darkness becomes more prominent than the pigment, and video might not help since those obstacles would still be true, you may find the NDU palettes or having the actual fabrics (sets on my website) boost your understanding better and faster. Light colours for darks, yes, with yellow and pink already on the channel. Trinny, interesting person but I steer clear of people whose business might be affected by these videos. Hugh, yes, could be great, my memory is a Winter and we have so many of those, I'm looking for a Spring man (maybe the Doc Martin actor) and an Autumn woman with natural hair colour (maybe Eva Mendes). Thank you for the suggestions!
I love your concept of creative director rather than creative freedom. What you are describing is really knowing and owning yourself vs being a rebellious teen trying to get a reaction.
I think about all these words a lot. Reaching past our limits is encouraged and is great advice, but you need a plan. It's like getting in your car and driving wherever the road takes you compared with having a destination and a plan when you arrive (efficiency is another of my favourite words). I hadn't thought of the rebellious teen analogy exactly, but there are overtones of that for sure, something around not letting go of the past, a false sort of security.
Glad you enjoyed it! I looked up Hayley and I agree, she's interesting in how she reacts to colour. She was wearing black in many pictures and despite that, how well it looked was more Yes/No than most people. Same with slight variations in hair colour, the better choice wasn't in question. Thank you for the suggestion :)
I'd love to do those videos :) You'd think there would be plenty to choose from, even with my selection steps (natural or close enough hair colour, person wears many colours, person's business wouldn't be affected, etc.). I've learned it isn't quite the case although I'm always looking.
[7:58] To my eye this is actually his very best look. The colors actually draw my eye to his face in a positive manner versus the warmer colors which actually bring out flaws in his skin and makes him more textured and coarse. The colors at 7:58 also seem to blend beautifully with his hair and skin tones. So, sometimes despite all the research and practice beauty (aka color effects on same), similar to art, is really only “ in the eye of the beholder” and not in science, system, etc. That said, I truly enjoy watching Christine’s videos. Thank you, Christine.
At [19:21] the rose gold is a big nope because it appears sort of clownish, as if he is wearing his child’s pjs. This outfit is too light, monotone and shiny/airy for the depth and substance of his facial hair and overall coloring; he also needs more contrast for the same reasons imo. It might have looked fine with at least a different jacket that had more texture with a stronger depth of color.
Hi Christine, Thank you for your insight on creative expression at the end of this video. It is a philosophical idea applicable to many other areas of life.. :-) I wanted to ask - how do you know what kind of jewelry harmonizes with you, especially metals? As in, with colour, we can tell if a certain colour is too bright or dull for your complexion. With metals, we have both light and dark together which gives you that metal quality. I am unable to gauge what amount of metal brightness is good for my skin tone. Hence the question..
A good question. Gauging metals next to our skin tone or overall presentation is harder because the areas are smaller and the effect is more decorative than clothing, as you say. One idea might be to follow the guidelines for the Season, which you might find in the Your Best Silver video on this channel, or videos like Jason, and extend the principles to other metals ( A video about gold will be made eventually.) You can find information about jewelry in the e-books for each Season on my website (links in Desc. box), and the new palettes from nducolors dot com include metals. You might also compare metals with the clothing colour(s). If you have clothes of a colour you know is good, and possibly an iconic colour for the Season in a matte texture to make things easier, the clothing can act as your 'skin tone' to help guide the choices.
Thank you! Bob Ross has been mentioned, which seems so funny to me and possibly you if we met in person :) It's a bit intentional to keep emotion from clouding our judgment, something that happens naturally when we talk about appearance and a real human being.
Hi Christine. Thank you for all your interesting videos and the podcasts with Jorun. I love all of them. I have a question. I know for sure I am a summer. I am though in doubt if I am a true summer or a soft summer. I am more muted than clear, but as I have blue eyes I am very attracted to light blue and pastel colors in general. I have seen a lot of different videos about finding your season, but sometimes I end up with true summer and other times soft summer. But one analyzer said if you have freckles you are most likely a soft summer. And I do have freckles. Can I conclude I am a soft summer then??
It sounds as though you've narrowed down your colour Season quite well. Different systems have their own beliefs and methods, as you may have noticed from watching videos. As for myself, freckles are irrelevant to the Season, I've seen them in all 12 groups. Taking note of their particular colour is not information I find useful or reliable, a bit like colours of veins. In the analysis process, the appearance of freckles may factor into certain decisions as another feature of the face, but not in their own right, as in 'you have freckles, therefore the Season is...'. It might be too broad a decision, like 'green eyes mean you can't be ...', and I prefer to make every decision based in a combination of observations or effects.
I've thought about Drew many times, she really has had an evolution of looks. What holds me back, true with many women I'd love to feature, is that I have no idea what her natural hair colour has been since her childhood days. If the colour were her own even from the cheekbones up, there would be something worth saying, and though the dye may be very close, something is off. In looking at the images, the hair says one thing and the person another, the eyes are influenced by both, none of which helps our viewers with their own situations. Like many natural blondes as children, I'm sure the natural hair is darker these days and she can look decent in Autumn hair colours, but with that facial geometry and personality, I'd have to see it to believe it. Very good suggestion though :)
@@ChristineScaman I’ve seen photos of her as a teenager with natural colored hair. I’ve also seen her with ombré coloring where her roots are very visible. What did you mean by facial geometry and personality? Is there really something to that?
Yes, if you search long enough, these images can be found. What we need though is to have hair without dye or in a harmonious colour with around half the hair colour natural, alongside the clothes we're discussing. Otherwise, there are effects in the skin and we can't be sure what's causing them, and as often happens when makeup is worn, you can end up analyzing the makeup or hair colour and clothing relationship. The hair colour is usually in the way of seeing Drew's colours in some way or other. About facial geometry and personality, there can be associations, some people are quite aligned and some not related at all in these ways, so we'd never factor them into a real analysis, but they contribute to an overall picture, which is really what we're discussing in these videos. The specifics of a live and true analysis are not available from pictures so we use what we have to show viewers what colour analysis can offer, rather than how it's actually done. Autumns exist with round edges, dramatic angles, or pointed features as Drew has, and many body types, but in the video format, nothing reliable can be said about those related to the colours themselves.
@@ChristineScaman that’s a shame, I’d really love to see a video on her. She’s definitely made some interesting choices over the years. I just found an old photo of her in the most gorgeous dress. I’ll send it to you. I’d love to know more about the facial geometry in relation to season, even if it doesn’t always correlate. Is there a website with that information?
Thank you for sending the picture. The dress is a dream, no question. Something in the magnificent fairytale styling seems to align with her, but if I think only about the colours, I wonder if they're a little soft. In a print, some colours may be fine and when styling is complex, with gathers and details, colour is yet harder to see. I'm fairly sure the blue where the skirt opens is too soft; the sparkles help bring the blue nearer to Drew but now we're talking about sparkle. Her own colours seem more than that blue, from what's visible in evening light, with makeup and darker lipstick, and so they'd be more than the colours that blue harmonizes with, maybe a Soft Season? (not at all saying she's not a Soft, I really don't know.) The sheen on the entire dress seems to help, which doesn't help us at all. The bows on the hip seem in harmony with the dress colours but I wonder if they'd be too earthy as blush or lips...or maybe they'd be great if the hair colour were natural and the dark lipstick removed. And on we go in this twisty-turny what-if situation I always come back to with Drew. Some things work, some don't, we see that often with everyone, but with Drew, they're hard to unwind. Reminds me of that colouring book game where you see 5 fishing lines all tangled together under the water and you have to match the line with the fish. For your other question, I'm not familiar with a resource for reading about facial geometry related to colour. Like personality and other things, and I'm sure it appears in all professions, people who work in the field recognize certain patterns knowing that they're vague. Without context to define what really matters, they might be used in ways that were never intended. We see it already with Season, the blurred line between 'these traits go well with Spring' and 'these observations mean you are a Spring'. A colour analysis is like a big experiment, how do you choose tests with results you trust, how do know if you trust them, in what order do you do them, what data would change the hypothesis, ... Good choice to picture to send, you have good awareness when things resonate :)
Words like creative and freedom are interpreted differently by each of us. For appearance, I prefer creative freedom to look under our control, planned or intentional in some way. As ever, hearing your thoughts is my highest incentive. Thank you for watching :)
My first though about look 4 was that the darkness level was a relief after the previous too-light outfits. Yes, he looked grey, but there was substance.
In look 12, I really like the necklace he chose from a styling perspective. It echoed his colors, yes, but it also matched the texture of his hair and beard.
Did you see Aquaman? I like the outfit that he wears in the desert. The colors, fibers, and textures look easy on him.
Thank you for these observations! Yes, very true that the gray suit put a body under his head. The first pink suit might be quite ok as a neutral but head to toe didn't make a statement, or not the one I thought it could have...possibly a good colour for a shirt to replace white. Also yes to the necklace, what surprised me was how visible the colours were. I did see Aquaman, the look was oxymoronic in a way, iridescent turquoise brought home the costume and Jason's body said 'superhero'. (I found the white of Nicole Kidman's suit was beautiful, as was her hair colour.)
I’m sorry, I was referring to his traveling costume. The linen clothes and rustic jewelry.
You mean the necklace with the rose gold suit, Look 12 as you said? That was the one I was thinking of as well. Or did I get confused, not sure which the traveling costume was.
I meant in Aquaman he spends a lot of time traveling to all these different destinations. I like the outfit he wears in those scenes 😂 Sure wish RUclips allowed for pictures in the comments. That would make things easier to explain.
I am continuously impressed by your grace, eloquence, and kindness. I have learned so much by viewing your videos, and not just about color analysis, but also about how to present one's point of view with thoughtful restraint and intelligence. You truly elevate this platform! Thank you!
Many thanks :) My background is not in fashion and when I began thinking about appearance, it was how to apply structured thinking systems rather than all the rest of it, if you know what I mean. It took a couple of years and my theme question seemed to keep coming back to "OK, what are we really talking about here?" Thankfully, I've found an answer that's working for now :)
You're spot on. Jason is a stunning man but those winter colours are too contrasted for his colouring. As you pointed out the price tag doesn't matter. If you're wearing something that is not in harmony with your natural colours it is not going to do you justice. It's interesting how the grey gave his amazing skin a gray cast. I'm a winter and I have notice I get this grey cast when I wear golden yellow or a warm brown.
Glad we're on the same page with Jason. Interesting about the gray cast in warm colour, it may be related to the person I mention in the video who has darker skin tones and finds they look gray with a tan. A thing I often notice is how Winters look yellow when they wear soft colours, and there, I imagine it's that their natural yellows are so much more saturated that they go out of balance.
@@ChristineScamanyellow is more forgiving on brown or darker skin tones than orange.
OK, I know the purple pyjamas are not his colour, but I love them! Can't see me wearing them to work, though. Lol. You really have found your voice with these videos, Christine. It is nice to see you so much in your element. You are a great teacher. :)
The purple satin PJs are excellent, he probably kept them. You could change into them as soon as you walk in your front door. Thank you about the videos, I really do enjoy thinking about how others see things and how to explain my own ideas better.
Brilliant, Christine, as usual… thank you 🙏🏼✨❤
So glad you enjoyed it, thank you!
I'm always so excited when I see a new video from you!! Amazing stuff!
I appreciate you being here :)
I have some thoughts on Jason and not just because he is easy on the eyes. I don't think there is anything particularly creative in the design, cut or silhouette of his style. It comes across as the typical boho, earthy, rugged and relaxed genre. I swear, just do a google image search on men's boho fashion or even rugged men's fashion and they look similar to Jason's sense of style. I do believe it works well for him though. However, the uniqueness may show more through his one-of-a-kind custom jewelry or the messages behind articles of clothing he wears. So it is more so the little things or unseen things that express his creativity. I find the outfits of the character Penny from the tv show The Magicians have a similar vibe.
I think in his younger years he was pushed to wear more structured outfits to fit a pretty-boy look. I remember listening to an interview where he said he was glad to get in a fight that left a scar above his eye. Marring his pretty-boy image allowed him to not be seen as flawless and let him be more in his element.
I personally started paying attention to his fashion style when I noticed he wore a lot of custom and handmade rings from many of my favorite indie jewelry designers. What stood out to me more than our kindred taste in jewelry is his love for blush tones. What I mean by blush tones are the pinks, berries and plums that match the natural color of lips and flushed cheeks. After seeing him in over 10 outfits of these types of colors, I think he just enjoys wearing them more than trying to give a friendly vibe impression. I noticed that men who wear their colors or are close to finding their season look so much in harmony when wearing blush tones. It's definitely a sight to be seen. As a woman, we are often NOT privy of seeing women with bare faces wearing pinks that truly match. Makeup goes a long way to make women look more cohesive with colors that are off.
I have naturally purplish toned lips and have been told I'm some type of Autumn by multiple online analysts. Outside of not necessarily matching my warm appearing skin, my lips look out of place with no makeup on. It seems asinine to say orange, rust, and brown lipstick gives a natural appearance when my two toned lips are naturally soft aubergine and dusty cedar in color. At one point I found myself wearing Jason's type of muted and murky colors for it to make more sense. We sense he has depth, yet the darkest of colors can be too deep. We sense he is muted, but without some richness he appears to be brighter than his clothes and sometimes even drained. He appears very warm toned, but clothes can easily be too many octaves higher than his personal warmth range. I have these same sort of challenges. So his color story is appealing to me.
Thanks for putting a spotlight on his color and style evolution. He is one of the few you have mentioned that I'm actually familiar with.
I appreciate what you say. Like all celebrities, especially in their younger years, their appearance is marketed. At least with Jason, he seems to have evolved back to himself and the person he wants to be, which some are never able to do.
Thank you for the reminder, I forgot to mention, that my focus is always colour. It's impossible to discuss appearance without style and design being relevant but they're not my field of expertise. You know the look where I most wondered about style? The cut of the pants in the all-brown Best look, the first Best in the video. Although I couldn't say what the right cut would be, I'd prefer one I didn't react to with the ? and wondered if a line analyst might consider it a good choice. I agree about the custom jewelry, it really seemed to suit him (as did the motorcycle at the end), and wondered how you might see the 'things seen and unseen' (loved that) applied to clothing.
You summarized his colouring so well ("We sense he has depth...warmth range.") He creates so much presence in appearance with colours that are fairly medium.
Missed you & your videos Christine. Really interesting info.
Hi, so glad you're here :)
Wow, this was a fun one! He really does look so true to himself in that desert setting. Really stunning. I gotta learn how a summer season can do that. What’s my scenery? I imagine a forest. But how do I echo the colors and textures of that?
Christine, I have one specific question, and then several video ideas that I’d love to hear your perspective on.
My question: Why do SSu purples seem so scattered? All of the other strips in my fan are gradated. But the purples seem so scattered. It’s hard for me to wrap my brain around them.
Video ideas:
Natural materials (straw hats, wicker handbags, espadrilles shoes) for the 12 seasons
Blue-green for the 12 seasons
Taupe (grey-brown) for the 12 seasons
Exploring the darkest colors for the light seasons (they are in the center of my fan, and I find them hard to see and therefore hard to understand)
Exploring the lightest colors for the dark seasons
Trinny Woodall’s color evolution
Hugh Jackman’s color evolution
I also loved spending time with Jason, his colouring was so interesting, more so than I expected, very reactive to colour and nuanced. I think of forests for SSu as well, with water somewhere and a touch of earth element somewhere. If you look on my website, the picture on the cover of the e-book. We did a podcast about texture recently (maybe late 2022) if you have a look through the directory at Chrysalis.
About SSu purples, I'm not sure which palette you have, but I agree that SSu has more pink-berry-red-nude options that one might expect. I imagine it's because they have latitude on the warm cool scale as well as light dark. Soft Seasons could have so many steps between colours that would still qualify as soft and be visible on the person (as we saw on Jason in that softer tux) that they have a lot of choice in reds as well as neutrals. About purples, your original question :) , there will be blue and red violets (neutral Season) and for me, I find they could be a little brighter actually. I'm not quite sure what you meant by scattered though. Did you know about the new palettes from Terry and Larell, look at nducolors dot com. They're quite brilliant and available in so many options. Today's podcast is an interview with them.
Great ideas for videos. A few thoughts...I'll think about natural materials, new and interesting idea. Blue-green and taupe are on the list. Darker colours are always harder to understand, harder to see colour in the dark and the darkness becomes more prominent than the pigment, and video might not help since those obstacles would still be true, you may find the NDU palettes or having the actual fabrics (sets on my website) boost your understanding better and faster. Light colours for darks, yes, with yellow and pink already on the channel. Trinny, interesting person but I steer clear of people whose business might be affected by these videos. Hugh, yes, could be great, my memory is a Winter and we have so many of those, I'm looking for a Spring man (maybe the Doc Martin actor) and an Autumn woman with natural hair colour (maybe Eva Mendes). Thank you for the suggestions!
@@ChristineScaman Could you do the actor Matt Smith? Very fashionable guy!
I love your concept of creative director rather than creative freedom. What you are describing is really knowing and owning yourself vs being a rebellious teen trying to get a reaction.
I think about all these words a lot. Reaching past our limits is encouraged and is great advice, but you need a plan. It's like getting in your car and driving wherever the road takes you compared with having a destination and a plan when you arrive (efficiency is another of my favourite words). I hadn't thought of the rebellious teen analogy exactly, but there are overtones of that for sure, something around not letting go of the past, a false sort of security.
Really enjoyed watching this, I learned a lot :) Hope to see your reaction to the actress Hayley Atwell someday. Thanks for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it! I looked up Hayley and I agree, she's interesting in how she reacts to colour. She was wearing black in many pictures and despite that, how well it looked was more Yes/No than most people. Same with slight variations in hair colour, the better choice wasn't in question. Thank you for the suggestion :)
I would love to see examples for all skin types, in celebrities. For example, one per season
I'd love to do those videos :) You'd think there would be plenty to choose from, even with my selection steps (natural or close enough hair colour, person wears many colours, person's business wouldn't be affected, etc.). I've learned it isn't quite the case although I'm always looking.
[7:58] To my eye this is actually his very best look. The colors actually draw my eye to his face in a positive manner versus the warmer colors which actually bring out flaws in his skin and makes him more textured and coarse. The colors at 7:58 also seem to blend beautifully with his hair and skin tones.
So, sometimes despite all the research and practice beauty (aka color effects on same), similar to art, is really only “ in the eye of the beholder” and not in science, system, etc. That said, I truly enjoy watching Christine’s videos. Thank you, Christine.
At [19:21] the rose gold is a big nope because it appears sort of clownish, as if he is wearing his child’s pjs. This outfit is too light, monotone and shiny/airy for the depth and substance of his facial hair and overall coloring; he also needs more contrast for the same reasons imo. It might have looked fine with at least a different jacket that had more texture with a stronger depth of color.
Agree about the rose gold, the colour on its own may be quite wearable, though a softer textile and smaller area might be better.
Omg new video❤❤❤❤
I hope you enjoy it :)
Hi Christine, Thank you for your insight on creative expression at the end of this video. It is a philosophical idea applicable to many other areas of life.. :-) I wanted to ask - how do you know what kind of jewelry harmonizes with you, especially metals? As in, with colour, we can tell if a certain colour is too bright or dull for your complexion. With metals, we have both light and dark together which gives you that metal quality. I am unable to gauge what amount of metal brightness is good for my skin tone. Hence the question..
A good question. Gauging metals next to our skin tone or overall presentation is harder because the areas are smaller and the effect is more decorative than clothing, as you say. One idea might be to follow the guidelines for the Season, which you might find in the Your Best Silver video on this channel, or videos like Jason, and extend the principles to other metals ( A video about gold will be made eventually.) You can find information about jewelry in the e-books for each Season on my website (links in Desc. box), and the new palettes from nducolors dot com include metals. You might also compare metals with the clothing colour(s). If you have clothes of a colour you know is good, and possibly an iconic colour for the Season in a matte texture to make things easier, the clothing can act as your 'skin tone' to help guide the choices.
@@ChristineScaman Thank you :-) I will check them out
Love this video! So relaxing, engaging and informative. You’re like a female (and more fashionable, lol) Bob Ross ❤️
Thank you! Bob Ross has been mentioned, which seems so funny to me and possibly you if we met in person :) It's a bit intentional to keep emotion from clouding our judgment, something that happens naturally when we talk about appearance and a real human being.
Hi Christine. Thank you for all your interesting videos and the podcasts with Jorun. I love all of them. I have a question. I know for sure I am a summer. I am though in doubt if I am a true summer or a soft summer. I am more muted than clear, but as I have blue eyes I am very attracted to light blue and pastel colors in general.
I have seen a lot of different videos about finding your season, but sometimes I end up with true summer and other times soft summer. But one analyzer said if you have freckles you are most likely a soft summer. And I do have freckles. Can I conclude I am a soft summer then??
It sounds as though you've narrowed down your colour Season quite well. Different systems have their own beliefs and methods, as you may have noticed from watching videos. As for myself, freckles are irrelevant to the Season, I've seen them in all 12 groups. Taking note of their particular colour is not information I find useful or reliable, a bit like colours of veins. In the analysis process, the appearance of freckles may factor into certain decisions as another feature of the face, but not in their own right, as in 'you have freckles, therefore the Season is...'. It might be too broad a decision, like 'green eyes mean you can't be ...', and I prefer to make every decision based in a combination of observations or effects.
I really hope you do Drew Barrymore one day.
I've thought about Drew many times, she really has had an evolution of looks. What holds me back, true with many women I'd love to feature, is that I have no idea what her natural hair colour has been since her childhood days. If the colour were her own even from the cheekbones up, there would be something worth saying, and though the dye may be very close, something is off. In looking at the images, the hair says one thing and the person another, the eyes are influenced by both, none of which helps our viewers with their own situations. Like many natural blondes as children, I'm sure the natural hair is darker these days and she can look decent in Autumn hair colours, but with that facial geometry and personality, I'd have to see it to believe it. Very good suggestion though :)
@@ChristineScaman I’ve seen photos of her as a teenager with natural colored hair. I’ve also seen her with ombré coloring where her roots are very visible. What did you mean by facial geometry and personality? Is there really something to that?
Yes, if you search long enough, these images can be found. What we need though is to have hair without dye or in a harmonious colour with around half the hair colour natural, alongside the clothes we're discussing. Otherwise, there are effects in the skin and we can't be sure what's causing them, and as often happens when makeup is worn, you can end up analyzing the makeup or hair colour and clothing relationship. The hair colour is usually in the way of seeing Drew's colours in some way or other. About facial geometry and personality, there can be associations, some people are quite aligned and some not related at all in these ways, so we'd never factor them into a real analysis, but they contribute to an overall picture, which is really what we're discussing in these videos. The specifics of a live and true analysis are not available from pictures so we use what we have to show viewers what colour analysis can offer, rather than how it's actually done. Autumns exist with round edges, dramatic angles, or pointed features as Drew has, and many body types, but in the video format, nothing reliable can be said about those related to the colours themselves.
@@ChristineScaman that’s a shame, I’d really love to see a video on her. She’s definitely made some interesting choices over the years. I just found an old photo of her in the most gorgeous dress. I’ll send it to you. I’d love to know more about the facial geometry in relation to season, even if it doesn’t always correlate. Is there a website with that information?
Thank you for sending the picture. The dress is a dream, no question. Something in the magnificent fairytale styling seems to align with her, but if I think only about the colours, I wonder if they're a little soft. In a print, some colours may be fine and when styling is complex, with gathers and details, colour is yet harder to see. I'm fairly sure the blue where the skirt opens is too soft; the sparkles help bring the blue nearer to Drew but now we're talking about sparkle. Her own colours seem more than that blue, from what's visible in evening light, with makeup and darker lipstick, and so they'd be more than the colours that blue harmonizes with, maybe a Soft Season? (not at all saying she's not a Soft, I really don't know.) The sheen on the entire dress seems to help, which doesn't help us at all.
The bows on the hip seem in harmony with the dress colours but I wonder if they'd be too earthy as blush or lips...or maybe they'd be great if the hair colour were natural and the dark lipstick removed. And on we go in this twisty-turny what-if situation I always come back to with Drew. Some things work, some don't, we see that often with everyone, but with Drew, they're hard to unwind. Reminds me of that colouring book game where you see 5 fishing lines all tangled together under the water and you have to match the line with the fish.
For your other question, I'm not familiar with a resource for reading about facial geometry related to colour. Like personality and other things, and I'm sure it appears in all professions, people who work in the field recognize certain patterns knowing that they're vague. Without context to define what really matters, they might be used in ways that were never intended. We see it already with Season, the blurred line between 'these traits go well with Spring' and 'these observations mean you are a Spring'. A colour analysis is like a big experiment, how do you choose tests with results you trust, how do know if you trust them, in what order do you do them, what data would change the hypothesis, ...
Good choice to picture to send, you have good awareness when things resonate :)