Seasons of Color
Winter
Winter colors are clear, vibrant and electric. They have the highest amount of chroma and are pure pigments. The colors have a blue base, and are bright and radiate intense energy. Winter people look best in solids and wear contrasting colors beautifully, especially with dramatic accents. When Winters wear their colors, they become show stoppers!
Translated into fabrics, the qualities of Winter are elegance and allure, such as silk, soft wool, satin and charmeuse. When you look for Winter fabrics imagine them as fluid as mercury.
For you, the predominant silhouette shapes are the oval and sleek S-lines. Asymmetrical balance brings out the exotic quality of a striking Winter who loves allure.
Winter: Aloofness, Elegance, and Sophistication.
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The qualities of the colors for Spring people are bright, clear, and intense, yet are toned with white in the pigment. The skin complexion qualities of a Spring person are usually pinkish red with golden sunshiny radiance, and a healthy glow. Springs can also effectively wear playful color combinations like those we see at Easter time, such as mint greens, with pink and lavender.
Translated into fabrics, the qualities of Spring are a crisp smooth texture, such as cotton, twills, gabardine, crepe de chine, taffeta, and cotton jersey. The main quality that you want to have in your fabric is “crispness”.
For you, the predominant silhouette shapes are the circle and triangle. The prints will be small in scale, usually having a busy feeling to them, like calico, floral and plaid. The most important style quality it to appear lively!
Spring: Youthful, Mischievous, and Light-hearted.
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The colors on the Summer Palette have a muted pastel quality, somewhat grayed and sometimes translucent looking. Not being intense, the colors have a quite energy, giving a feeling of gentleness. The colors have a blue cast which means that the reds are bluish, the lavenders have more blue than red in them, and skin tones have bluish undertones.
The combination of colors that best enhance you, as a person with the Summer palette, are subtle blended colors. A high contrast evokes a hardness which contradicts your graceful gentleness.
Translated into fabrics, the qualities of Summer are soft and flowing, such as chiffon, wool crepe, cotton gauze and voile. In the line of knits, cashmere, angora and mohair are very becoming.
For you, the predominant silhouette shapes are simple and flowing lines, uninterrupted by extraneous details.
Summer: Serenity, Grace, and Gentleness.
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For Autumn people, the colors that best express their qualities are rich earth tones: rust reds, forest greens, mustard yellows and brilliant teals. The colors will have depth with yellow or warm under-tones. The skin complexion of an Autumn person is warm based and sometimes ruddy. They have a handsome quality. The colors of this season suggest a regality and opulence.
Translated into fabrics, the qualities of Autumn are substance, texture, and durability. Natural fibers are best, such as wool, raw silk, suede, leather, linen, velvet, corduroy and hand loomed fabrics. When choosing your fabrics, you want to be able to feel the texture and the substance.
For you, the predominant silhouette shapes are the rectangle and symmetrical balance. The look is tailored and simple.
Autumn: Rich, Bold, and Vibrant.
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