I’m in Autumn family and don’t really like earthy and muted colors tbh, so because my style roots are sun, I often wear Spring colors to increase my confidence haha. Pastels are my favorite too!
Same! I’m a soft autumn and I lean towards warm pastels, closer to the spring palette. My favorites to wear are sage green, teal, sky blue, buttercream yellow, peach, and rose. Colors like mustard, orange, aubergine, and warm green aren’t necessarily bad colors on me but I associate them with being dated and tacky and it’s hard for me to enjoy wearing them
I think there are light hues and dark shades that fit into each palette, though. Like, a warm peach can be a light hue that is still true to your palette, even if it is a pastel. As an example, I think I'm a dark autumn (but I prioritize more the dark aspect, rather than the warmth), which means I can accommodate the rich, vibrant tones of a dark winter into my palette pretty much as well as I can the rusty, muted tones. As a result, I tend to wear a lot of burgundy, navy blue, mustard yellow, and forest green. Any color value can fit into any color season. Whether a particular variant of a color fits into your palette depends on the undertone, saturation, and chroma.
Very relatable haha. Discovering i was a dark winter was great in so many ways - it was liberating to realize i didn't look good in certain colors because the color was wrong rather than because i was innately ugly - but i don't want to dress like a Disney villain lol!
Same! Everytime I try to mix purple and green I can help but to think about Maleficient 😅 but little by little I'm learning to embrace it. And now I can't wait to wear a fuchsia barbie core inspired outfit 😊
The disney villain reference lol 😭 despite being a dark winter I'm convinced more than half of my wardrobes are soft summer/autumn. I feel so sorry for the hours I spent over-analysing my season only for it to become a side option though 😭
I was originally typed dark autumn (darn you brown skin) but am actually cool olive undertone and when draped, dark winter is obvious. I love a good deep periwinkle with a bit of gray or a steel blue. I will avoid mid colors with too much white (stonewashed cotton for example) and instead opt for lighter colors with gray added or darker colors with only black in them. Keeps me from looking too much like a villain or goth.
I’m a dark autumn too and I’ve just recently found the perfect shade of pink for my skin tone which is not coral or salmon. It’s called “twilight rose” from lululemon. I bought a scuba hoodie in that colour once and it’s just gorgeous on me! On the lookout for more of that same colour now!
I love my rich earth colors as a dark autumn but i want to wear something light and pretty for springs and summers! This video was perfect! Im off to go buy some terracotta rose pieces now 😁
I am so happy to see a more nuanced approach to color seasons, and ways of extending that approach (i.e., David Zyla). I am pretty clearly a winter but have always shied away from the super-bright/bold palette. And I noticed that although black is a core color in my wardrobe, I reach for greys, navys a lot because they feel more authentic. Thank you!
Same, I live for more ‘dusty’ colors, but I get the most compliments in jewel tones, even though I don’t like them nearly as much. At least I love my body type lol.
I think we have a 'concept' of what black is and isn't appropriate for in English influenced western society that French/Continental European realms don't. Like black being very intense, coming on quite strong, aggressive, something of the night ,which is then associated with power suits,dates, evening concerts, but is reserved for shadows rather than worn in broad daylight except for work purposes where aggressive is appropriate. It's also difficult to keep light reflective things from showing up on it, like dust,hair,fuzz. It looks dramatic with lots of beads. I personally like velvet or velour as a softer version of blacks that's still polished. I love navy and grey best as well.
@@ingridpear1882. You just touched on why I don’t even try to wear the dark colors in my Light Spring palette. I have a white cat! If I was a Winter, I would have to invest a lot in plastic outfit protectors and change, before leaving the house! He’s a longhair, too, my cat. Of course, there was no thinking involved. He was a shelter cat and I just fell in love. He’s probably better for my wardrobe than a gray or black cat, but orange would have been more harmonious…like a marmalade. 😂
I’m a dark autumn and love alternative looks. While I will never give up black, I will definitely experiment with darker colors in my color palette to build a more unique wardrobe 🖤
Hey Ellie, just letting you know you have true winters marked as warm-toned in your booklet. Obvi I think most people know it's an error, but just bringing it to your attention in case you'd like to fix the mixup.☺️
Can you do one for kibbe types? I’m a soft dramatic, but I hate all the soft dramatic clothes. I don’t want to wear drapey, dressy clothes. I want to wear sleek, slightly edgy stuff. 😭
Could you do a video on how to dress seasonally even if it isn’t your season? I’m a spring so I’m thriving right now, but I want to dress in autumn colors for autumn without clashing with my natural colors
I’ve been wondering about this too! I’m (probably) a winter, and this year wanted to embrace the different seasons in my clothing choices but wasn’t sure how to go about that either… This video was actually really helpful for that though, like I would say the Earth style root has similarities to Autumn, going by the colour examples Ellie used, so I’m going to use those recommendations! Maybe other style roots can be related to the seasons too, like Fire and Moon seem like winter to me and maybe Flower could be summer/spring?
Yeah I have the opposite problem where I’m an autumn and I’m struggling to wear flattering colors right now in the spring. It also doesn’t help that sun is one of my style roots so I want to wear brighter colors
I'd love a video like that. I'm a dark autumn, but love the soft summer beach look that in no way I can copy paste, it's so different of my best colours. I really like the 'washed out' colours/surfer look, and tend to dislike the deep colours of my season. It is possible (like I have to find 'lighter' blues with more grey hues, which for me is more a denim blue/gray blue) but it's pretty difficult. I know I'll never really can wear those colours the same, but I'd like to try :D
Yes I would like to see that, too. As a romantic body type with mushroom, flower and earth characteristics, I am usually lost in the summer! I cannot put a beach outfit together as I always prefer to dress in deep, strong colours and heavy fabrics.
I never miss any of your videos, they are so informative and interesting! I've really grown to love the Style Root System. I've already got mine down: Sun, Flower and Mushroom. I've even tried to identity the Roots of a person when I meet them. 🤭 It was such a fun exercise to try.
@@maddiemae73 wow that's so cool! I love fun and bright patterns with simple lines and silhouettes to balance out the look. I mostly recur to the Y2K aesthetic a lot due to this. What's your look?
@@maddiemae73 another one here :) I feel like my sun root is the least of the three tho- like my bright colors are largely limited to my t-shirts and everything else is way more flower or mushroom.
@@revaconescu6120 yeah me too. I usually only like bright colors and fun details on one item of clothing. Even then it’s usually a bright pastel. I try not to do too much since I’m a soft classic, have classic essence in my mix, and I’m a soft autumn. So I can’t do too much
@@maddiemae73 i'm not entirely sure what my color season is- pretty sure i'm one of the autumns, but i agree that rly bright colors don't usually work on me. I also know i'm a kibbe romantic and i definitely have some ingenue essence and probably some classic and gamine too- altho I haven't delved too much into those..
i feel like as a winter, the amount of icy pinks and purples as well as the stronger tones help me perfectly mix sun and flower as roots nice video as always!
YES. I FEEL SEEN. I'm a light summer but my main style root is moon (followed by mountain and stone). I was totally relieved when Zyla said Sunset Summers could pull off softer blacks. Like you said with moon, look for the darker colors of your palate...but light summer is nothing but pastels. The darker colors of my palate are still super light.
This is honestly so interesting and I realised that I was already naturally gravitating towards certain colours and styles based on my my style roots but now I have a specific name for it - also I know that for sometimes their are “sister seasons” where there are certain colours in one other season that can still work - I think it’s good to look into if people are interested in expanding their range but still staying true to what works for them
If I'm hinest, the first time I watched a video about your style roots I was not rooting about it (pun intended haha), it felt like you were trying too hard to come up with some new concept and I wasn't very sure about some of the category names (like mushroom) whoever now I believe it's a very clever concept and the way you connected it with the 12 seasons here was brilliant. I really enjoy your content, keep going 😊
How would you tackle having to wear your worst colours, and what can be done to ‘harmonise’ with them? For example, if your work uniform or a bridesmaids dress was in an opposing colour season. A video of you demonstrating this would be helpful!
I think wearing makeup can help if done right. You can make yourself look a bit warmer or cooler toned with makeup. It's not going to be the most naturally flattering thing but you can neutralise the negative affect.
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts on this! I’ve been exploring and experimenting with fashion lately and it’s next to impossible to find clothing that checks all the boxes ~ I want an outfit that is in my color pallet, is comfortable & practical, a style I like, is flattering on my body, and makes me feel confidant, but that’s so unrealistic and hard to find! Then when you add in things like making sure that pieces can match with other outfits it makes me want to give up on style all together :( Now I just wear what I like and try to appreciate what I have, even if my outfits aren’t the perfect color for my face or perfect fit for my body ❤ I think fashion should be fun, not frustrating ✨
Thank you so much for this! I feel this for sure. I have been typed as a light summer but my style tends toward librarian if that makes sense... (tends to be tweedy & neutral). With your principles in mind I am going to try to practically work this out!
This might be super random but I love the editing of this video x I have just started my own RUclips channel bc you inspired me so much and now I see how hard and frustrating editing can be haha
This video is PERFECT!!! thank you so much, I discovered recently that I'm a deep autumn, kind of hard for me as I love pastel colours and my style roots are Flower and Moon
this is excellent! when you said soft autumn might struggle with sun i was like nooooo, but i think that the ways i have found to make that work are very similar to what you've suggested. i love the slightly off primary color idea! i wear a ton of burgundy, which feels somehow bold and soft at the same time. one of my favorite outfits is a burgundy sweater and a navy blue skirt with goldenrod polka dots :)
I’m going to get my colours professionally analysed soon and I can’t wait! I’m fairly sure that I’m a warm season, and my style roots are earth/sun/moon. I can’t wait to start my wardrobe transformation as soon as I know my colour season, and I’ll definitely be using the style roots system to make sure I only buy clothes that really feel like me
I do struggle as a soft summer, as my roots are moon, stone, and sun. There really aren't bright colors in my palette, and black is also not in my palette. This is very helpful, though!
I'm Dark Autumn but I filtered out any yellows and oranges (except for like, rust and gold jewelry) because I don't like them on myself or even their associations (I believe my roots are Moon, Mushroom and Fire, maybe a bit of Flower). But I got really scared when you talked about baby pink for Dark Autumns because I use lighter pinks as my white/cream (so I'm not always wearing super dark colors all the time)😥But I also I think since I based my pinks on the Dark Autumn palette I don't think they are super light (warmer peachy pinks, lighter roses, as well as darker ones) so it's probably alright lol
I'm dark autumn and do the same thing! I stay away from yellow/oranges and absolutely love antique and peachy pinks. I think we can just pull them off if like you said there is some other warm/muted color mixed in them
@@cora5525 i'm a soft autumn but same here! no yellow or orange (except for the occasional super burnt orange), but i really love how i look in a dusty or peachy pink. i don't think you've got anything to worry about!
This makes total and complete sense to the point where it seems like it should be common sense but my brain would’ve never gotten there on its own so thank you for this video! I especially liked your point about how a colour will look bright or light or even neutral, etc on a person based on their colour season
Thanks for this! As a moon and sun person who doesn’t like flower and loves bright, saturated colors and black/white, my season is tough for me. But I appreciate the advice and I love that one of the brightest light summer colors is one of my favorite colors (aqua/cyan).
This is a terrific take! I can't stop thinking about the possibilities in these ideas. As a bright spring (I think?) with some moon influence, this was so interesting to me. Thanks!
I know two of my roots are earth and mushroom but I’m really struggling to land on the third one. I had a sneaky feeling it might be fire but the typical colors for fire are not harmonious with my soft summer colors so I previously dismissed it. So that was really helpful to see you address that!
This is very helpful. I think I’m a bright spring because my features have a lot of contrast, and I also just didn’t like neutral colors for a long time. While mushroom isn’t a root I consider part of my top three, mountain is, and so the info on color you provide in this video is quite helpful. I think my top three are fire, mountain, and sun when I like to be formal or fire, moon, and sun when I like dressing more casual. Love your channel and all the platforms you share info on, Ellie-Jean! You’re a wonderful resource. ❤
I greatly appreciate this! I'm a soft autumn with the roots Sun/Flower/Moon, so I'm not obsessed with my palette lol. I'll definitely be referring to this video!
For light spring with moon style essence: you could use the darkest neutrals for pants, shoes, accessories and jackets, use the "medium" neutrals for shirts and tops and use the actual colors as accents (and maybe use the darker ones of those). We might not have actually dark colors but they feel dark on us.
I believe I’m a dark autumn, my style roots are Flower, Mushroom and Earth x mushroom and Earth work great with my palette and I love them but I am trying to lighten up my wardrobe with the Flower style root bc I feel emotionally better with light colours around me x this video was perfectly timed x
So helpful!! Edit: The trickiest thing for me is how to style Earth (Mushroom with a possible Stone or Mountain as my other roots) as a Cool Summer(?); I do love me a canadien tuxedo though which makes me feels the vibes internally at least which is the most important thing after all. Thanks for encouraging us to think outside the box!
light blue denim jeans/dungarees with a relaxed fit and maybe rips? pastel coloured chunky knitwear. linen screams earth to me and often comes in light colours. maybe try a more cool toned beige since you’re a summer or you can go for pastels. if you want to honour your other style roots, you can always elevate linen e.g pairing a linen shirt with tailored trousers. light grey suede boots are a perfect combination of summer (colour), earth (boots) and your other more polished style roots e.g mushroom (suede).
I'm pretty sure my three style roots are flower, earth, and sun. And I think flower and earth show up in my style in the shapes and patterns, but the sun comes out when it comes to color. I love bright colors so I want to be a winter even though I'm pretty sure I'm summer.
Oh wow! I rarely google people, when I watch YT, unless it’s part of my graduate homework…that keeps me pretty busy! I knew you were a professional, but I didn’t realize you wrote that book! It’s one of my favorites, since the beginning of my color analysis journey and made me feel much better about being Light Spring. I, too, thought I was resigned to a life in pastels. When I found out my palette was also full of light to medium, bright colors, I felt better. I have always been drawn to brights. My skin is bright and fair, so the lightest pastels didn’t feel right. When I tried the brightest Light Spring colors, I found my determined “best colors” were correct…lime and apple, tangerine, aqua, tomato and sunny yellow. I assumed lime and tangerine would look terrible, so I never tried those signature Spring colors…even after my analysis! Within our palettes, I think our individual best colors vary, as we have varying dominant traits. I don’t think I’m “actually a Bright Spring”, as my hair and eyes are light and I’m not high contrast. After reading your book, I saw how to make my palette work for me! P.S. I think part of the problem is the abbreviated palettes often found online. I think most color analysis pros give each individual a palette of 4 or more “best colors,” like I received. My abbreviated Light Spring palette looks different from another’s. In reality, I doubt many Springs wear the handful of pastels in “Light Spring” examples as their core wardrobe. I’m sure some do and I bet it looks good on them!
I'm cool. Some kind of winter but never knew it till I stopped dying my hair. My fav colors are in the Autumn/ Spring palette but I get more compliments in winter.
I am an Autumn but I don’t really like rich, earthy shades. I love pastels and light shades of yellow & pink. I can also pull of most shades of red very well and I absolutely detest that colour.
I guess I'm a bright winter and I love my color palette. I always loved adding some "brightness" to my looks, like neon colors or some contrast. But something I've recently noticed is that during summer, for example, I like to cool down a bit: maybe switch to more muted shades, or reduce the contrast. So, when it's summer I become a light summer
I haven’t yet analysed what season I am, but I have noticed I get SO many compliments if I wear black. The thing is: I HATE wearing black! It just doesn’t feel like me. In fact the only few black pieces I own are handed down from my sisters or friends. Thank you for this video, it was very inspirational.☀️
Bright winter earth! 🙋♀Normally I just embrace the drab khaki greens I love so much but pair them with my colors. Icy pink or magenta with olive green is one of my favorite combos. I love the colors you picked from the BW palette though!
I know you probably have a lot going on right now but I would love if you did a Pinterest board for all of the style roots with their difficult seasons. Or at least a include a Taylor Momsen on your Muse Pinterest board for us edgy, Light season girls with a Moon style root. 🖤 Love your content and your Pinterest!
I think I am a Winter and have an Earth style root. I always go for the colours you mentioned, forest green (my favourite) and neon yellow, and I love brown
This was very helpful thank you! Just opening up the idea of how to use palettes in a more nuanced, personal way is something i don't see a lot on the internet. Plus it helped to hone in on how to practically work the seasons in with you style roots nicely! 😉😁
I never liked really bright colors, what I call 'neon' colors, and I couldn't explain why. But recently I had my color analysis done and I'm a dark winter! It makes so much sense 🤣😁
I love when you combine two things you explained, together! specially style roots since they helped me a lot to combine things in my style I do wonder about how these rules could be applied to androgyny or looking masculine, with body types
This was very helpful! I’m a deep autumn and in general I would say my colour season matches my vibe but I gravitate towards black and my vibe is definitely stone moon and mountain, which shouldn’t conflict too much. I find I’ll buy black, mustard yellow, navy, and maroon tops, but they’ll be crew neck or form fitting and put together. If I had to describe my style I would say it’s timeless, appropriate for most occasions, but not casual or boring and a little bit of a sexy sophistication. Overall these videos have really helped me. I knew what I liked but it’s nice to have it put into words🙂💜
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You guuuurl! I think you just described my style roots. I’m a deep autum as well, I do feel this is my vibe, I’m also a soft classic so I kinda have to look proper. You know what’s been my favorite combo lately? Sleek bun, small hoop earings, graphic T tucked in or tied in a knot, middi skirt with nice clean sneakers. The T’s I’ve found are either cream or a warm black, so I kinda feel it brings it all together. (I have no one else to talk about this in my circle so I’m happy that if you ever read this I’ve shared some of this topic with someone that gets it 😅)
Bought the booklet, useful and super immediate! Thanks for these videos, and for the palette - roots style explanation: now it's clearer to me why I don't really feel comfortable with some colours. I'm really curious about the next videos on style roots, really interesting concept!😍
I'm a mixture of Mountain, Moon and Sun. In winter time, I tend to lean towards dark colors and high contrast, but in summer, I need more colors than usual.
I got a professional analysis and I' m no season at all. I' m soft without colour temperature. That' s actually great because i can go for cild as well as warm,as long it' s not too cool or warm. I' m a ( soft) classic in the kibbe scheme and my style roots are much mushroom, some mountain and either stone( the relaxed part) or flower ( the feminibe part) or both.
So I’ve done a combination of exercises to really pin down my style roots, and I averaged my top 3 (places) as Moon, Sun/Fire tied, and Mountain/Flower tied, which I think makes a lot of sense. So I’m wondering if my reasons for why I resonate with and don’t resonate with these roots would really determine my Big 3? -I resonate with Moon for lots of reasons. This reflects the types of music I’ve grown up with and still love, I’m quite introverted and daydreamy, and I’ve always loved most things with a Moon influence my whole life, and I think Moon has been a driving force in my style for many years. But I don’t really want to be TOO Dark and Intense, as I think it’s a little against my nature and I do like some more lighter colorful elements blended in. And with the Style Streams exercise, Moon was the one I won with, but I resonated more with words like “of the night” and “moody” and “mysterious” but not as much with words like “sharp” and “daring” and “intense”. -I definitely resonate with Sun for many reasons. I’m quite the artsy person, and this definitely would satisfy my inner child, and I tend to be drawn to things that have a Sun-influence. I also want to be an Art Teacher, which would definitely make sense for Sun. And I’d say that Sun might’ve historically been a driving force in my style longer than Moon (Moon for inner tastes, Sun for what I can get my hands on and executing my style). But I don’t really want to be too outrageous with my style, and I’m not really as Jolly and Lighthearted all the time (well I can be, but this isn’t really my dominant temperament and personality). -I resonate with Fire because I’ve always been drawn to motifs with romantic and mysterious and sensual Fire influences. This would also go in hand with my accommodating and mysterious nature, along with kind of a more quiet power. But I don’t really like being TOO overtly $3xy or too expensive as it’s against my nature. -I resonate with Mountain because I like to look mature and put together, and I scored “on top of things” and equal ways “modest” and “sensual”, and I’m quite the city person. I also feel really at home in jackets and absolutely love suits and formal-ish menswear. And Mountain would also go in hand with my smart, dedicated, and at times bad@$$ personality. But I don’t necessarily want to look FORMAL and EXPENSIVE all the time, and I don’t really like being bossy. And I think if I have Mountain in my big 3, it’s definitely the 3rd one. -I resonate with Flower as it kind of heals my inner child as well as some of my values now. I’ve always been drawn to antique and vintage everything, and of course, I’ve always had an affinity with literal flowers and gardens and plants! And it can go in hand with how I want to help and heal people more than boss people around. It also goes in hand with my strict morals and innocence I have for myself. And it also goes in hand that physically, I have a “baby face” and light coloring. But as much as I don’t want to be bossy, I don’t want to be perceived as helpless either. And I don’t really want to look too “cute” and I’m not really as much of an overly feminine or graceful person.
Wow!! You described perfectly my reasons to identify with Sun, moon, fire and flower (im even an art teacher too lol). I decided on sun moon and earth as my main roots because theyre not only strong influences but the one i want to cultivate more, but im pretty aware of my firey and flowery tendencies. It was awesome reading your comment! Also, about Fire, i realized last week that i cant hold fire on its own (extreme sexiness looks too tryhard), but when i mix it with earth or moon elements it looks so natural on me! Ever since i discovered the roots i was aware i had to build an individual system for myself, mixing different roots to find ways to describe my personal style (for ex. the mix of Moon and Earth describes PERFECTLY a certain style of mine im drawn to but never put into words before) so i shouldve realized earlier that fire on its own wasnt really my thing.
Oh, also, about not wanting to be too flowery because youre not too feminine/graceful, i always struggled with that but discovering im a soft natural helped a lot. I realized i could work with my natural femininity instead of societal expectations i absorbed, plus felt more comfortable with my natural masculinity in a way thats true to me (which even helped with my gender dysphoria). If youre interested in kibbe body types i think that would be fun to think about
This is great, Ellie! I really resisted being a dark winter and I think that the fact I’m an earth/sun dominant person is why. I love mustard yellow and rust orange and it still stings that I was told those colors make me look sick when they’re half my wardrobe. I’m still kind of figuring it out, I’ve eventually said goodbye to the most pumpkin-y and terracotta-y colored things I owned but I really dislike and feel out of place in most of my palette. Obviously it’s great to have black, navy, and white, but I am very jealous of true and soft autumns to say the least. If typing yourself is supposed to make you feel more comfortable wearing color, I’ve kind of had the opposite experience 😢
Hi, I appreciate you sharing your experience. Keep in mind that I've gotten into color seasons, kibble body types/body IDs, etc within the last few months so I'm not the most informed person on the topics. However, I do have a few things I think you should note. For starters, as Ellie has expressed, despite black not being in her color season, she continues to have those pieces and wear them. Meaning it may be possible to incorporate the mustard and rust colored pieces you mentioned. Factors like whether they're close to your face, what other items you pair them with, if they're the centerpiece of the outfit, pairing them with similar colors that are in your palette, etc do make a difference. Another thing to point out is while the recommendations can say that those kinds of colors can make you look sick, they just might dull you or not make you shine in particular. Sometimes, colors out of your season don't necessarily make you look "bad". If you like an article of clothing based on the fit, style, uniqueness, or some other quality but feel like it just wouldn't work because of your color season, have you considered fabric dying? You likely will have to do research on it of course, but it could be a way to use those same items. And just as a reminder, at the end of the day, these style systems can serve as guidelines rather than feel like strict rules. Going back to another thing Ellie mentioned, another aspect of style is creating an effect. And as we know, color can absolutely create an effect. This obviously does need to be more strategic, but when you're able to go a bit against these systems, it can appear more edgy, dramatic, give off a more "careless" feel, among others. If you chose to follow your color season more closely, that's fine as well. Just wanted to let you know. I hope this provides something different for you to think about, and again, thank you for taking the time to share this.
Hey, you know, sometimes people are wrong. Even professional color analysts have typed people incorrectly. I've certainly had a lot of folks tell me different versions of "this is what you are" that just didn't resonate with me, and I decided to let their advice go. Honestly, I feel like there is something awry if there is such an incongruence between what feels good to you and what "technically" looks good on you. If you are not seeing what they are seeing, maybe that person actually got your color season wrong. But the thing is, even if they got it right, even if your skin does indeed have cool and vibrant undertones, the color analysis thing, like you said, is supposed to be fun and interesting. Not take your joy away. You aren't just a color season, you're a whole person. And on top of that, color theory -the way colors interact with each other, is really not about "these combinations are good and those ones are bad." (I'm a visual artist and have studied color theory). When colors are juxtaposed, they bring out different things in one another. It is a shame to reduce these interactions to a judgement of good and bad. It's also like music theory. If you had to write a song that starts with a particular chord (that chord is you), you could go up the major scale from there, like they do in "doh a deer" and pick out a few other chords in that scale and write a very nice song. But a lot of the most beautiful songs ever written do not follow that logic. They use different kinds of scales. They have dissonant chords. Anyway, wear the dam pumpkin.
This is fantastic and well explained! Thanks for using Dark Autumn as the example for Flower; I’m solidly DA and Flower is my largest influence by far ❤ On that note, how do you feel about colours outside one’s seasonal palette suiting them more because their essence can pull it off? I’ve been told I can wear brighter pinks (as an ingenue/gamine essence mix) and I love them but don’t feel it entirely suits me either
I'm a dark autumn, always thought I was muted because I really liked the colors of soft autumn and soft summer. I found that I like the deep reds and blues in the dark autumn palette, but I still really like pastels and muted colors so, I just get the lightes colors in my palette and use that, it kinda works tbh.
I can see why as a Light Summer you like being blond. But I think your hair is a little too bleached. Which in turn makes the texture look dry and rough and doesn’t suit your beautiful soft classic face. You’ve definitely nailed your clothing style. But I think your hair needs a little work. I also wonder if cutting a slightly shorter layer that hits your cheekbone would flatter you more. Right now, the shortest layer hits right below your jawline. It creates width in the bottom half of your face and brings attention to it instead of your beautiful eyes.
Really informative Video, thanks. I would find it super helpful, if you could do the same with body types and style roots. Because stone will definitely look different on a dramatic than on a flamboyant natural.
Re: your Light Summer colors, I used to think, “Who looks good in these pastel colors?!?” Definitely, you! They don’t look “too girlish” if you have the complexion for them. In fact, I wear colors some think are too bright, or for “kid’s clothing”. I guess that’s the Light subtype, all around (unless we wear a lot of neutrals)! Thanks for demonstrating, once again, that there are no wrong colors…only wrong clothes. When I say that, I am speaking for myself. If someone likes a color and wants to wear it, I don’t judge!
It could look more yellow because of the lighting. And bleached hair turns a bit more yellow over time. You can use silver shampoo to give the hair a cool tone again.
It does look more Light Spring. I just wrote a comment about her hair. Blond suits her but her hair is a little too bleached. Which in turn makes the texture look dry and rough and doesn’t suit her beautiful, soft classic face. Her fashion style is so good but her hair could be better. I also wonder if cutting a slightly shorter layer that hits her cheekbone would flatter her more. Right now, the shortest layer hits right below her jawline. It creates width in the bottom half of her face and brings attention to it instead of her beautiful eyes.
As someone who might be winter, can't decide which one, I think I'm more neutral-cool overall and I'm tend to be bright but not the brightest, l think my features are a mix of bright and some soft (there's contrast between hair and skin but my eyes are soft). And I have light skin, dark hair and medium eyes so dark or light would not be my main characteristic. I do stuggle with the roots I connected to the most, which are flower, earth (more academia style rather the boho) and mushroom. Very light colors and beiges make me look pale and sick, and earth tones are tricky (unless it's a cooler deep green like Ellie mentioned) but I feel it get's very limited. I love the jewel tones of winter, blacks and crisp whites, but when I try to find my style roots items with those colors I'm afraid I look cheap, so I'm stuck between choosing safe colors like white, or picking items that have nice colors but are not my style... Also. it's hard to find those icy light winter colors in shops because it seems like pastels are more popular as light colors, and brighter colors usually match the more flamboyant type of clothes and fabrics.
This makes so much sense and yet I never took it into consideration when choosing my Style Roots. In fact, I may have swung too far in the other direction and placed too much emphasis on which colours I associated with each Style Root, such as writing off Moon entirely because I knew I didn't want to wear any black. I settled on Earth, Sun, and Fire as my top three (with Flower as a close fourth) but now I'm wondering if my top three should actually be Earth, Sun, and Moon (or maybe even Earth, Moon, and Flower?).
Love this! thank you for the video! Do you think you could possibly do a video on light summer? It is my palette and definitely challenging as we go into the darker and colder months. Thank you!
Hey Ellie!! I’ve become a MASSIVE fan of your channel & have been saving up for a consultation ever since. (Being 30 & never having that family/mother figure to help learn these things & I finally wanna start changing that. The issue is… I’m SOOO LOST when it comes to figuring ANY of this out, my colors, my silhouette …which is why I thought a consultation would be helpful. My only question is do bookings have to be made months or a good while in advance? Im all about purchasing the booklet u were talking about. (Sounds like a great thing to have on hand) But I’m worried I still wont be able to figure it out on my own. Congrats to you & ur channel! I’ve seen you popping up more & more. Glad to see the algorithm is finally giving you the the recognition u deserve. - all my love, Fil :)
I bought the guide as soon as I it released ! Mostly because I wanted to just give back from all the things I’ve learned from you. BUT. I so so wish there were word descriptors under the colors especially the neutrals. 😫🙏🏾 I think I’m a bright spring and I’ve been failing miserably at finding these not yellow, creamy not white colors that are under my best neutrals section online. Idk if ecru is eggshell or what lol. At least I know why actual beige always looks out of place on me.
Hi Ellie-Jean. I love all your videos and keen to purchase your Ultimate seasonal colour guide. But the price only shoes in USD...is there a way to change that to sterling?
I don't really understand the style roots quiz as my answer to all of these questions would be "yes" 😃😅 Would you prefer to appear… modest or sensual? - yes care free or on top of things? - yes dark or light? - yes strong or delicate? - yes experimental or timeless? - yes
I am someone who is some summer (I have no idea which one I am) but my roots are moon, fire with a touch of earth, it's hard. I hate colours in my palette so I usually just ignore them and wear whatever I want. I prefer winter colors. This might be helpful
Hi Ellie! Thanks for another great video, I really enjoy watching your content. I was curious, did you go to school to learn about body shapes, colours, fashion, styling...or are you self taught? I am very interested in learning these skills to help others professionally and was wondering how to go about it? Thanks!!
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I’m in Autumn family and don’t really like earthy and muted colors tbh, so because my style roots are sun, I often wear Spring colors to increase my confidence haha. Pastels are my favorite too!
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me too! im a true autumn leaning deep, and im in love with the spring pallet, and pastels, autumn just doesn't suit my style at all.
Whoa, me too! True autumn who doesn't like earth colors. I always choose the peach one
Same! I’m a soft autumn and I lean towards warm pastels, closer to the spring palette. My favorites to wear are sage green, teal, sky blue, buttercream yellow, peach, and rose. Colors like mustard, orange, aubergine, and warm green aren’t necessarily bad colors on me but I associate them with being dated and tacky and it’s hard for me to enjoy wearing them
I think there are light hues and dark shades that fit into each palette, though. Like, a warm peach can be a light hue that is still true to your palette, even if it is a pastel.
As an example, I think I'm a dark autumn (but I prioritize more the dark aspect, rather than the warmth), which means I can accommodate the rich, vibrant tones of a dark winter into my palette pretty much as well as I can the rusty, muted tones. As a result, I tend to wear a lot of burgundy, navy blue, mustard yellow, and forest green.
Any color value can fit into any color season. Whether a particular variant of a color fits into your palette depends on the undertone, saturation, and chroma.
You need to make a PHYSICAL BOOK! It would be so nice to own and the cutest coffee table book! Such a conversation starter too!!🙏🙏
Very relatable haha. Discovering i was a dark winter was great in so many ways - it was liberating to realize i didn't look good in certain colors because the color was wrong rather than because i was innately ugly - but i don't want to dress like a Disney villain lol!
This is so relatable, as a true winter, I'm kinda embracing the villain colours 😅
Same! Everytime I try to mix purple and green I can help but to think about Maleficient 😅 but little by little I'm learning to embrace it. And now I can't wait to wear a fuchsia barbie core inspired outfit 😊
The disney villain reference lol 😭 despite being a dark winter I'm convinced more than half of my wardrobes are soft summer/autumn. I feel so sorry for the hours I spent over-analysing my season only for it to become a side option though 😭
Haha your comment made me love the fact I’m a dark winter even more! I love that you associate it with Disney Villains 😅
I was originally typed dark autumn (darn you brown skin) but am actually cool olive undertone and when draped, dark winter is obvious. I love a good deep periwinkle with a bit of gray or a steel blue. I will avoid mid colors with too much white (stonewashed cotton for example) and instead opt for lighter colors with gray added or darker colors with only black in them. Keeps me from looking too much like a villain or goth.
As a dark autumn who’s favourite colour is pink, I super appreciate this video! Also love your new booklet :)
I’m a dark autumn too and I’ve just recently found the perfect shade of pink for my skin tone which is not coral or salmon.
It’s called “twilight rose” from lululemon. I bought a scuba hoodie in that colour once and it’s just gorgeous on me! On the lookout for more of that same colour now!
Try a chrysanthemum pink😊.
I love my rich earth colors as a dark autumn but i want to wear something light and pretty for springs and summers! This video was perfect! Im off to go buy some terracotta rose pieces now 😁
I am so happy to see a more nuanced approach to color seasons, and ways of extending that approach (i.e., David Zyla). I am pretty clearly a winter but have always shied away from the super-bright/bold palette. And I noticed that although black is a core color in my wardrobe, I reach for greys, navys a lot because they feel more authentic. Thank you!
Same, I live for more ‘dusty’ colors, but I get the most compliments in jewel tones, even though I don’t like them nearly as much. At least I love my body type lol.
I think we have a 'concept' of what black is and isn't appropriate for in English influenced western society that French/Continental European realms don't. Like black being very intense, coming on quite strong, aggressive, something of the night ,which is then associated with power suits,dates, evening concerts, but is reserved for shadows rather than worn in broad daylight except for work purposes where aggressive is appropriate. It's also difficult to keep light reflective things from showing up on it, like dust,hair,fuzz. It looks dramatic with lots of beads. I personally like velvet or velour as a softer version of blacks that's still polished. I love navy and grey best as well.
@@ingridpear1882. You just touched on why I don’t even try to wear the dark colors in my Light Spring palette. I have a white cat! If I was a Winter, I would have to invest a lot in plastic outfit protectors and change, before leaving the house! He’s a longhair, too, my cat. Of course, there was no thinking involved. He was a shelter cat and I just fell in love. He’s probably better for my wardrobe than a gray or black cat, but orange would have been more harmonious…like a marmalade. 😂
Grey and navy look amazing on winter. 😊 Isn't it even in winter palet?
I’m a dark autumn and love alternative looks. While I will never give up black, I will definitely experiment with darker colors in my color palette to build a more unique wardrobe 🖤
Hey Ellie, just letting you know you have true winters marked as warm-toned in your booklet. Obvi I think most people know it's an error, but just bringing it to your attention in case you'd like to fix the mixup.☺️
No that is super helpful thank you!!! I will go and fix that!
Will we receive an updated version? Also is dusky an error under bright spring? LOVING going through it all so pretty
Can you do one for kibbe types? I’m a soft dramatic, but I hate all the soft dramatic clothes. I don’t want to wear drapey, dressy clothes. I want to wear sleek, slightly edgy stuff. 😭
Could you do a video on how to dress seasonally even if it isn’t your season? I’m a spring so I’m thriving right now, but I want to dress in autumn colors for autumn without clashing with my natural colors
I’ve been wondering about this too! I’m (probably) a winter, and this year wanted to embrace the different seasons in my clothing choices but wasn’t sure how to go about that either… This video was actually really helpful for that though, like I would say the Earth style root has similarities to Autumn, going by the colour examples Ellie used, so I’m going to use those recommendations! Maybe other style roots can be related to the seasons too, like Fire and Moon seem like winter to me and maybe Flower could be summer/spring?
Yeah I have the opposite problem where I’m an autumn and I’m struggling to wear flattering colors right now in the spring. It also doesn’t help that sun is one of my style roots so I want to wear brighter colors
I'd love a video like that. I'm a dark autumn, but love the soft summer beach look that in no way I can copy paste, it's so different of my best colours. I really like the 'washed out' colours/surfer look, and tend to dislike the deep colours of my season. It is possible (like I have to find 'lighter' blues with more grey hues, which for me is more a denim blue/gray blue) but it's pretty difficult. I know I'll never really can wear those colours the same, but I'd like to try :D
Yes I would like to see that, too. As a romantic body type with mushroom, flower and earth characteristics, I am usually lost in the summer! I cannot put a beach outfit together as I always prefer to dress in deep, strong colours and heavy fabrics.
Also Springs and autumns naturally can get away with wearing each others colours a lot easier since both are warm.
This is SUCH a good video concept! So helpful! Especially as a dark autumn with a strong amount of flower in my style roots! Thanks so much! 💕
I never miss any of your videos, they are so informative and interesting! I've really grown to love the Style Root System. I've already got mine down: Sun, Flower and Mushroom. I've even tried to identity the Roots of a person when I meet them. 🤭 It was such a fun exercise to try.
We have the same style roots!!
@@maddiemae73 wow that's so cool! I love fun and bright patterns with simple lines and silhouettes to balance out the look. I mostly recur to the Y2K aesthetic a lot due to this. What's your look?
@@maddiemae73 another one here :) I feel like my sun root is the least of the three tho- like my bright colors are largely limited to my t-shirts and everything else is way more flower or mushroom.
@@revaconescu6120 yeah me too. I usually only like bright colors and fun details on one item of clothing. Even then it’s usually a bright pastel. I try not to do too much since I’m a soft classic, have classic essence in my mix, and I’m a soft autumn. So I can’t do too much
@@maddiemae73 i'm not entirely sure what my color season is- pretty sure i'm one of the autumns, but i agree that rly bright colors don't usually work on me. I also know i'm a kibbe romantic and i definitely have some ingenue essence and probably some classic and gamine too- altho I haven't delved too much into those..
i feel like as a winter, the amount of icy pinks and purples as well as the stronger tones help me perfectly mix sun and flower as roots
nice video as always!
Same. I'm not a fan of those strong winter colors, but I'm glad there is icy colors in our palette as well.. because i love them
YES. I FEEL SEEN. I'm a light summer but my main style root is moon (followed by mountain and stone).
I was totally relieved when Zyla said Sunset Summers could pull off softer blacks. Like you said with moon, look for the darker colors of your palate...but light summer is nothing but pastels. The darker colors of my palate are still super light.
When you don't hate your colour season but it's a new video so...🤷♀️
Lol yes
This is honestly so interesting and I realised that I was already naturally gravitating towards certain colours and styles based on my my style roots but now I have a specific name for it - also I know that for sometimes their are “sister seasons” where there are certain colours in one other season that can still work - I think it’s good to look into if people are interested in expanding their range but still staying true to what works for them
If I'm hinest, the first time I watched a video about your style roots I was not rooting about it (pun intended haha), it felt like you were trying too hard to come up with some new concept and I wasn't very sure about some of the category names (like mushroom) whoever now I believe it's a very clever concept and the way you connected it with the 12 seasons here was brilliant. I really enjoy your content, keep going 😊
This is great! I’m a soft summer, and fire is one of my style roots. I’m really glad you used that example
How would you tackle having to wear your worst colours, and what can be done to ‘harmonise’ with them? For example, if your work uniform or a bridesmaids dress was in an opposing colour season. A video of you demonstrating this would be helpful!
I think wearing makeup can help if done right. You can make yourself look a bit warmer or cooler toned with makeup. It's not going to be the most naturally flattering thing but you can neutralise the negative affect.
I’ve heard you can wear a necklace near your face like gold silver or pearls that complement you’re skin tone
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts on this! I’ve been exploring and experimenting with fashion lately and it’s next to impossible to find clothing that checks all the boxes ~ I want an outfit that is in my color pallet, is comfortable & practical, a style I like, is flattering on my body, and makes me feel confidant, but that’s so unrealistic and hard to find! Then when you add in things like making sure that pieces can match with other outfits it makes me want to give up on style all together :(
Now I just wear what I like and try to appreciate what I have, even if my outfits aren’t the perfect color for my face or perfect fit for my body ❤ I think fashion should be fun, not frustrating ✨
Thank you so much for this! I feel this for sure. I have been typed as a light summer but my style tends toward librarian if that makes sense... (tends to be tweedy & neutral). With your principles in mind I am going to try to practically work this out!
This might be super random but I love the editing of this video x I have just started my own RUclips channel bc you inspired me so much and now I see how hard and frustrating editing can be haha
As a deep autumn with Sun being one of my style roops. cardinal red is my go to bright color
This video is PERFECT!!! thank you so much, I discovered recently that I'm a deep autumn, kind of hard for me as I love pastel colours and my style roots are Flower and Moon
this is excellent!
when you said soft autumn might struggle with sun i was like nooooo, but i think that the ways i have found to make that work are very similar to what you've suggested. i love the slightly off primary color idea! i wear a ton of burgundy, which feels somehow bold and soft at the same time. one of my favorite outfits is a burgundy sweater and a navy blue skirt with goldenrod polka dots :)
I’m going to get my colours professionally analysed soon and I can’t wait! I’m fairly sure that I’m a warm season, and my style roots are earth/sun/moon. I can’t wait to start my wardrobe transformation as soon as I know my colour season, and I’ll definitely be using the style roots system to make sure I only buy clothes that really feel like me
I do struggle as a soft summer, as my roots are moon, stone, and sun. There really aren't bright colors in my palette, and black is also not in my palette. This is very helpful, though!
I'm Dark Autumn but I filtered out any yellows and oranges (except for like, rust and gold jewelry) because I don't like them on myself or even their associations (I believe my roots are Moon, Mushroom and Fire, maybe a bit of Flower).
But I got really scared when you talked about baby pink for Dark Autumns because I use lighter pinks as my white/cream (so I'm not always wearing super dark colors all the time)😥But I also I think since I based my pinks on the Dark Autumn palette I don't think they are super light (warmer peachy pinks, lighter roses, as well as darker ones) so it's probably alright lol
I'm dark autumn and do the same thing! I stay away from yellow/oranges and absolutely love antique and peachy pinks. I think we can just pull them off if like you said there is some other warm/muted color mixed in them
@@cora5525 i'm a soft autumn but same here! no yellow or orange (except for the occasional super burnt orange), but i really love how i look in a dusty or peachy pink. i don't think you've got anything to worry about!
Your videos are my favorite!
This makes total and complete sense to the point where it seems like it should be common sense but my brain would’ve never gotten there on its own so thank you for this video! I especially liked your point about how a colour will look bright or light or even neutral, etc on a person based on their colour season
Thanks for this! As a moon and sun person who doesn’t like flower and loves bright, saturated colors and black/white, my season is tough for me. But I appreciate the advice and I love that one of the brightest light summer colors is one of my favorite colors (aqua/cyan).
This is a terrific take! I can't stop thinking about the possibilities in these ideas. As a bright spring (I think?) with some moon influence, this was so interesting to me. Thanks!
I know two of my roots are earth and mushroom but I’m really struggling to land on the third one. I had a sneaky feeling it might be fire but the typical colors for fire are not harmonious with my soft summer colors so I previously dismissed it. So that was really helpful to see you address that!
This is very helpful. I think I’m a bright spring because my features have a lot of contrast, and I also just didn’t like neutral colors for a long time. While mushroom isn’t a root I consider part of my top three, mountain is, and so the info on color you provide in this video is quite helpful. I think my top three are fire, mountain, and sun when I like to be formal or fire, moon, and sun when I like dressing more casual.
Love your channel and all the platforms you share info on, Ellie-Jean! You’re a wonderful resource. ❤
I would love to see a series of videos about how to combine colors for each of the roots that are season informed!
I greatly appreciate this! I'm a soft autumn with the roots Sun/Flower/Moon, so I'm not obsessed with my palette lol. I'll definitely be referring to this video!
For light spring with moon style essence: you could use the darkest neutrals for pants, shoes, accessories and jackets, use the "medium" neutrals for shirts and tops and use the actual colors as accents (and maybe use the darker ones of those). We might not have actually dark colors but they feel dark on us.
I believe I’m a dark autumn, my style roots are Flower, Mushroom and Earth x mushroom and Earth work great with my palette and I love them but I am trying to lighten up my wardrobe with the Flower style root bc I feel emotionally better with light colours around me x this video was perfectly timed x
As a cool summer, I actually love my pallet, only issue is most of my wardrobe is black... 🙃
you can also borrow colors from sister palettes, if the darkest light spring is not enough for you, take something from true spring or light summer
Ok, this is the video I was looking for. I’m fairly certain I’m some form of summer, but I tend towards earthy boho and moon mystical.
So helpful!! Edit: The trickiest thing for me is how to style Earth (Mushroom with a possible Stone or Mountain as my other roots) as a Cool Summer(?); I do love me a canadien tuxedo though which makes me feels the vibes internally at least which is the most important thing after all. Thanks for encouraging us to think outside the box!
light blue denim jeans/dungarees with a relaxed fit and maybe rips? pastel coloured chunky knitwear. linen screams earth to me and often comes in light colours. maybe try a more cool toned beige since you’re a summer or you can go for pastels. if you want to honour your other style roots, you can always elevate linen e.g pairing a linen shirt with tailored trousers.
light grey suede boots are a perfect combination of summer (colour), earth (boots) and your other more polished style roots e.g mushroom (suede).
I'm pretty sure my three style roots are flower, earth, and sun. And I think flower and earth show up in my style in the shapes and patterns, but the sun comes out when it comes to color. I love bright colors so I want to be a winter even though I'm pretty sure I'm summer.
This is such a great video and concept to talk about!!
Oh wow! I rarely google people, when I watch YT, unless it’s part of my graduate homework…that keeps me pretty busy! I knew you were a professional, but I didn’t realize you wrote that book! It’s one of my favorites, since the beginning of my color analysis journey and made me feel much better about being Light Spring. I, too, thought I was resigned to a life in pastels. When I found out my palette was also full of light to medium, bright colors, I felt better. I have always been drawn to brights. My skin is bright and fair, so the lightest pastels didn’t feel right. When I tried the brightest Light Spring colors, I found my determined “best colors” were correct…lime and apple, tangerine, aqua, tomato and sunny yellow. I assumed lime and tangerine would look terrible, so I never tried those signature Spring colors…even after my analysis! Within our palettes, I think our individual best colors vary, as we have varying dominant traits. I don’t think I’m “actually a Bright Spring”, as my hair and eyes are light and I’m not high contrast. After reading your book, I saw how to make my palette work for me!
P.S. I think part of the problem is the abbreviated palettes often found online. I think most color analysis pros give each individual a palette of 4 or more “best colors,” like I received. My abbreviated Light Spring palette looks different from another’s. In reality, I doubt many Springs wear the handful of pastels in “Light Spring” examples as their core wardrobe. I’m sure some do and I bet it looks good on them!
I'm cool. Some kind of winter but never knew it till I stopped dying my hair. My fav colors are in the Autumn/ Spring palette but I get more compliments in winter.
I am an Autumn but I don’t really like rich, earthy shades. I love pastels and light shades of yellow & pink. I can also pull of most shades of red very well and I absolutely detest that colour.
Ive always loved my colors of winters then i wanna wear something cool and bright for personal mood . This video is perfect ❤
I guess I'm a bright winter and I love my color palette. I always loved adding some "brightness" to my looks, like neon colors or some contrast. But something I've recently noticed is that during summer, for example, I like to cool down a bit: maybe switch to more muted shades, or reduce the contrast. So, when it's summer I become a light summer
I haven’t yet analysed what season I am, but I have noticed I get SO many compliments if I wear black.
The thing is: I HATE wearing black!
It just doesn’t feel like me.
In fact the only few black pieces I own are handed down from my sisters or friends.
Thank you for this video, it was very inspirational.☀️
Bright winter earth! 🙋♀Normally I just embrace the drab khaki greens I love so much but pair them with my colors. Icy pink or magenta with olive green is one of my favorite combos. I love the colors you picked from the BW palette though!
I am obsessed with your content, thank you!
I know you probably have a lot going on right now but I would love if you did a Pinterest board for all of the style roots with their difficult seasons. Or at least a include a Taylor Momsen on your Muse Pinterest board for us edgy, Light season girls with a Moon style root. 🖤
Love your content and your Pinterest!
I think I am a Winter and have an Earth style root. I always go for the colours you mentioned, forest green (my favourite) and neon yellow, and I love brown
I really need this video! Thank you soo much ❤❤❤
This was very helpful thank you! Just opening up the idea of how to use palettes in a more nuanced, personal way is something i don't see a lot on the internet. Plus it helped to hone in on how to practically work the seasons in with you style roots nicely! 😉😁
I never liked really bright colors, what I call 'neon' colors, and I couldn't explain why. But recently I had my color analysis done and I'm a dark winter! It makes so much sense 🤣😁
Such an interesting video, thank you Ellie-Jean !
I love when you combine two things you explained, together! specially style roots since they helped me a lot to combine things in my style
I do wonder about how these rules could be applied to androgyny or looking masculine, with body types
This was very helpful! I’m a deep autumn and in general I would say my colour season matches my vibe but I gravitate towards black and my vibe is definitely stone moon and mountain, which shouldn’t conflict too much. I find I’ll buy black, mustard yellow, navy, and maroon tops, but they’ll be crew neck or form fitting and put together. If I had to describe my style I would say it’s timeless, appropriate for most occasions, but not casual or boring and a little bit of a sexy sophistication. Overall these videos have really helped me. I knew what I liked but it’s nice to have it put into words🙂💜
You guuuurl! I think you just described my style roots. I’m a deep autum as well, I do feel this is my vibe, I’m also a soft classic so I kinda have to look proper. You know what’s been my favorite combo lately? Sleek bun, small hoop earings, graphic T tucked in or tied in a knot, middi skirt with nice clean sneakers. The T’s I’ve found are either cream or a warm black, so I kinda feel it brings it all together. (I have no one else to talk about this in my circle so I’m happy that if you ever read this I’ve shared some of this topic with someone that gets it 😅)
You're the best, very interesting and helpful video, as always ❤
You offer a lot of content. Thanks you, I am discovering another reality that converts mind sets into shapes.
Bought the booklet, useful and super immediate! Thanks for these videos, and for the palette - roots style explanation: now it's clearer to me why I don't really feel comfortable with some colours. I'm really curious about the next videos on style roots, really interesting concept!😍
I'm a mixture of Mountain, Moon and Sun. In winter time, I tend to lean towards dark colors and high contrast, but in summer, I need more colors than usual.
Im a soft summer and love it
I got a professional analysis and I' m no season at all. I' m soft without colour temperature.
That' s actually great because i can go for cild as well as warm,as long it' s not too cool or warm.
I' m a ( soft) classic in the kibbe scheme and my style roots are much mushroom, some mountain and either stone( the relaxed part) or flower ( the feminibe part) or both.
So I’ve done a combination of exercises to really pin down my style roots, and I averaged my top 3 (places) as Moon, Sun/Fire tied, and Mountain/Flower tied, which I think makes a lot of sense. So I’m wondering if my reasons for why I resonate with and don’t resonate with these roots would really determine my Big 3?
-I resonate with Moon for lots of reasons. This reflects the types of music I’ve grown up with and still love, I’m quite introverted and daydreamy, and I’ve always loved most things with a Moon influence my whole life, and I think Moon has been a driving force in my style for many years. But I don’t really want to be TOO Dark and Intense, as I think it’s a little against my nature and I do like some more lighter colorful elements blended in. And with the Style Streams exercise, Moon was the one I won with, but I resonated more with words like “of the night” and “moody” and “mysterious” but not as much with words like “sharp” and “daring” and “intense”.
-I definitely resonate with Sun for many reasons. I’m quite the artsy person, and this definitely would satisfy my inner child, and I tend to be drawn to things that have a Sun-influence. I also want to be an Art Teacher, which would definitely make sense for Sun. And I’d say that Sun might’ve historically been a driving force in my style longer than Moon (Moon for inner tastes, Sun for what I can get my hands on and executing my style). But I don’t really want to be too outrageous with my style, and I’m not really as Jolly and Lighthearted all the time (well I can be, but this isn’t really my dominant temperament and personality).
-I resonate with Fire because I’ve always been drawn to motifs with romantic and mysterious and sensual Fire influences. This would also go in hand with my accommodating and mysterious nature, along with kind of a more quiet power. But I don’t really like being TOO overtly $3xy or too expensive as it’s against my nature.
-I resonate with Mountain because I like to look mature and put together, and I scored “on top of things” and equal ways “modest” and “sensual”, and I’m quite the city person. I also feel really at home in jackets and absolutely love suits and formal-ish menswear. And Mountain would also go in hand with my smart, dedicated, and at times bad@$$ personality. But I don’t necessarily want to look FORMAL and EXPENSIVE all the time, and I don’t really like being bossy. And I think if I have Mountain in my big 3, it’s definitely the 3rd one.
-I resonate with Flower as it kind of heals my inner child as well as some of my values now. I’ve always been drawn to antique and vintage everything, and of course, I’ve always had an affinity with literal flowers and gardens and plants! And it can go in hand with how I want to help and heal people more than boss people around. It also goes in hand with my strict morals and innocence I have for myself. And it also goes in hand that physically, I have a “baby face” and light coloring. But as much as I don’t want to be bossy, I don’t want to be perceived as helpless either. And I don’t really want to look too “cute” and I’m not really as much of an overly feminine or graceful person.
Wow!! You described perfectly my reasons to identify with Sun, moon, fire and flower (im even an art teacher too lol). I decided on sun moon and earth as my main roots because theyre not only strong influences but the one i want to cultivate more, but im pretty aware of my firey and flowery tendencies. It was awesome reading your comment!
Also, about Fire, i realized last week that i cant hold fire on its own (extreme sexiness looks too tryhard), but when i mix it with earth or moon elements it looks so natural on me! Ever since i discovered the roots i was aware i had to build an individual system for myself, mixing different roots to find ways to describe my personal style (for ex. the mix of Moon and Earth describes PERFECTLY a certain style of mine im drawn to but never put into words before) so i shouldve realized earlier that fire on its own wasnt really my thing.
Oh, also, about not wanting to be too flowery because youre not too feminine/graceful, i always struggled with that but discovering im a soft natural helped a lot. I realized i could work with my natural femininity instead of societal expectations i absorbed, plus felt more comfortable with my natural masculinity in a way thats true to me (which even helped with my gender dysphoria). If youre interested in kibbe body types i think that would be fun to think about
This is great, Ellie! I really resisted being a dark winter and I think that the fact I’m an earth/sun dominant person is why. I love mustard yellow and rust orange and it still stings that I was told those colors make me look sick when they’re half my wardrobe. I’m still kind of figuring it out, I’ve eventually said goodbye to the most pumpkin-y and terracotta-y colored things I owned but I really dislike and feel out of place in most of my palette. Obviously it’s great to have black, navy, and white, but I am very jealous of true and soft autumns to say the least. If typing yourself is supposed to make you feel more comfortable wearing color, I’ve kind of had the opposite experience 😢
Hi, I appreciate you sharing your experience. Keep in mind that I've gotten into color seasons, kibble body types/body IDs, etc within the last few months so I'm not the most informed person on the topics. However, I do have a few things I think you should note.
For starters, as Ellie has expressed, despite black not being in her color season, she continues to have those pieces and wear them. Meaning it may be possible to incorporate the mustard and rust colored pieces you mentioned. Factors like whether they're close to your face, what other items you pair them with, if they're the centerpiece of the outfit, pairing them with similar colors that are in your palette, etc do make a difference.
Another thing to point out is while the recommendations can say that those kinds of colors can make you look sick, they just might dull you or not make you shine in particular. Sometimes, colors out of your season don't necessarily make you look "bad".
If you like an article of clothing based on the fit, style, uniqueness, or some other quality but feel like it just wouldn't work because of your color season, have you considered fabric dying? You likely will have to do research on it of course, but it could be a way to use those same items.
And just as a reminder, at the end of the day, these style systems can serve as guidelines rather than feel like strict rules. Going back to another thing Ellie mentioned, another aspect of style is creating an effect. And as we know, color can absolutely create an effect. This obviously does need to be more strategic, but when you're able to go a bit against these systems, it can appear more edgy, dramatic, give off a more "careless" feel, among others. If you chose to follow your color season more closely, that's fine as well. Just wanted to let you know.
I hope this provides something different for you to think about, and again, thank you for taking the time to share this.
Hey, you know, sometimes people are wrong. Even professional color analysts have typed people incorrectly. I've certainly had a lot of folks tell me different versions of "this is what you are" that just didn't resonate with me, and I decided to let their advice go. Honestly, I feel like there is something awry if there is such an incongruence between what feels good to you and what "technically" looks good on you. If you are not seeing what they are seeing, maybe that person actually got your color season wrong.
But the thing is, even if they got it right, even if your skin does indeed have cool and vibrant undertones, the color analysis thing, like you said, is supposed to be fun and interesting. Not take your joy away. You aren't just a color season, you're a whole person. And on top of that, color theory -the way colors interact with each other, is really not about "these combinations are good and those ones are bad." (I'm a visual artist and have studied color theory). When colors are juxtaposed, they bring out different things in one another. It is a shame to reduce these interactions to a judgement of good and bad. It's also like music theory. If you had to write a song that starts with a particular chord (that chord is you), you could go up the major scale from there, like they do in "doh a deer" and pick out a few other chords in that scale and write a very nice song. But a lot of the most beautiful songs ever written do not follow that logic. They use different kinds of scales. They have dissonant chords. Anyway, wear the dam pumpkin.
This is so smart! Thank you 🙏👏
This is fantastic and well explained! Thanks for using Dark Autumn as the example for Flower; I’m solidly DA and Flower is my largest influence by far ❤
On that note, how do you feel about colours outside one’s seasonal palette suiting them more because their essence can pull it off? I’ve been told I can wear brighter pinks (as an ingenue/gamine essence mix) and I love them but don’t feel it entirely suits me either
Love this video! This is super helpful and veryyy aesthetically pleasing
I'm a dark autumn, always thought I was muted because I really liked the colors of soft autumn and soft summer. I found that I like the deep reds and blues in the dark autumn palette, but I still really like pastels and muted colors so, I just get the lightes colors in my palette and use that, it kinda works tbh.
I love this video so much, I’m a Spring/Sun and I do really love the brightest of my palette, I feel very uncomfortable in the lightest
I can see why as a Light Summer you like being blond. But I think your hair is a little too bleached. Which in turn makes the texture look dry and rough and doesn’t suit your beautiful soft classic face.
You’ve definitely nailed your clothing style. But I think your hair needs a little work.
I also wonder if cutting a slightly shorter layer that hits your cheekbone would flatter you more. Right now, the shortest layer hits right below your jawline. It creates width in the bottom half of your face and brings attention to it instead of your beautiful eyes.
I'm so excited for this.
A lot of people in the comments say they are winter but arent winters the rarest ? I think i am a spring
Really informative Video, thanks. I would find it super helpful, if you could do the same with body types and style roots. Because stone will definitely look different on a dramatic than on a flamboyant natural.
Gracias por la guía! Ya la compré! Todo bien explicado
Re: your Light Summer colors, I used to think, “Who looks good in these pastel colors?!?” Definitely, you! They don’t look “too girlish” if you have the complexion for them. In fact, I wear colors some think are too bright, or for “kid’s clothing”. I guess that’s the Light subtype, all around (unless we wear a lot of neutrals)! Thanks for demonstrating, once again, that there are no wrong colors…only wrong clothes. When I say that, I am speaking for myself. If someone likes a color and wants to wear it, I don’t judge!
Would love to see you combine colour seasons with Kitchener Essences or Style Essences.
Hello ,
Thak You so much for this video , it's helpful and interesting!!!🩷💕✨️☺️
You look amazing with this new hairstyle!!!🩷✨️💕😍
Isn’t your hair colour more light spring than light summer? It’s more yellowy blonde
It could look more yellow because of the lighting. And bleached hair turns a bit more yellow over time. You can use silver shampoo to give the hair a cool tone again.
but light spring would also need a warm skin tone :) I got the same problem: my hair is golden blond, my skin is cool pink
@@Katriicat Same! As a child I had platinum blonde hair but it darkened to a golden blonde. Genetics are weird sometimes ;)
It does look more Light Spring. I just wrote a comment about her hair. Blond suits her but her hair is a little too bleached. Which in turn makes the texture look dry and rough and doesn’t suit her beautiful, soft classic face.
Her fashion style is so good but her hair could be better.
I also wonder if cutting a slightly shorter layer that hits her cheekbone would flatter her more. Right now, the shortest layer hits right below her jawline. It creates width in the bottom half of her face and brings attention to it instead of her beautiful eyes.
@@nienkeachternaam2938 good idea, I need to do this actually
As someone who might be winter, can't decide which one, I think I'm more neutral-cool overall and I'm tend to be bright but not the brightest, l think my features are a mix of bright and some soft (there's contrast between hair and skin but my eyes are soft). And I have light skin, dark hair and medium eyes so dark or light would not be my main characteristic. I do stuggle with the roots I connected to the most, which are flower, earth (more academia style rather the boho) and mushroom. Very light colors and beiges make me look pale and sick, and earth tones are tricky (unless it's a cooler deep green like Ellie mentioned) but I feel it get's very limited. I love the jewel tones of winter, blacks and crisp whites, but when I try to find my style roots items with those colors I'm afraid I look cheap, so I'm stuck between choosing safe colors like white, or picking items that have nice colors but are not my style... Also. it's hard to find those icy light winter colors in shops because it seems like pastels are more popular as light colors, and brighter colors usually match the more flamboyant type of clothes and fabrics.
This makes so much sense and yet I never took it into consideration when choosing my Style Roots. In fact, I may have swung too far in the other direction and placed too much emphasis on which colours I associated with each Style Root, such as writing off Moon entirely because I knew I didn't want to wear any black. I settled on Earth, Sun, and Fire as my top three (with Flower as a close fourth) but now I'm wondering if my top three should actually be Earth, Sun, and Moon (or maybe even Earth, Moon, and Flower?).
This makes sense! Thank you!
Love this! thank you for the video! Do you think you could possibly do a video on light summer? It is my palette and definitely challenging as we go into the darker and colder months. Thank you!
Absoluty loved this❤❤ and I get very excited when I Mach te example. I’m a flower dark autumn
I learned a lot! Thank you ❤️
I'm a soft summer and I love my palette but not looking good in black is painful.
Hey Ellie!! I’ve become a MASSIVE fan of your channel & have been saving up for a consultation ever since. (Being 30 & never having that family/mother figure to help learn these things & I finally wanna start changing that.
The issue is… I’m SOOO LOST when it comes to figuring ANY of this out, my colors, my silhouette …which is why I thought a consultation would be helpful.
My only question is do bookings have to be made months or a good while in advance?
Im all about purchasing the booklet u were talking about. (Sounds like a great thing to have on hand) But I’m worried I still wont be able to figure it out on my own.
Congrats to you & ur channel! I’ve seen you popping up more & more. Glad to see the algorithm is finally giving you the the recognition u deserve.
- all my love, Fil :)
I bought the guide as soon as I it released ! Mostly because I wanted to just give back from all the things I’ve learned from you. BUT. I so so wish there were word descriptors under the colors especially the neutrals. 😫🙏🏾 I think I’m a bright spring and I’ve been failing miserably at finding these not yellow, creamy not white colors that are under my best neutrals section online. Idk if ecru is eggshell or what lol. At least I know why actual beige always looks out of place on me.
Hi Ellie-Jean. I love all your videos and keen to purchase your Ultimate seasonal colour guide. But the price only shoes in USD...is there a way to change that to sterling?
I don't really understand the style roots quiz as my answer to all of these questions would be "yes" 😃😅
Would you prefer to appear…
modest or sensual? - yes
care free or on top of things? - yes
dark or light? - yes
strong or delicate? - yes
experimental or timeless? - yes
This makes so much sense!!!
I am someone who is some summer (I have no idea which one I am) but my roots are moon, fire with a touch of earth, it's hard. I hate colours in my palette so I usually just ignore them and wear whatever I want. I prefer winter colors. This might be helpful
Hi Ellie! Thanks for another great video, I really enjoy watching your content. I was curious, did you go to school to learn about body shapes, colours, fashion, styling...or are you self taught? I am very interested in learning these skills to help others professionally and was wondering how to go about it? Thanks!!
Love your videos! ❤
New mic? Or closer to the camera? I love it💞💞💞
Can you please make a similar video that looks at how each season could work for each of the kibbe body types?
This is SO helpful!