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Four Season Colour Analysis – how to tell if you are a Summer, Autumn, Winter or Spring Type<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Some of you may have already heard of the four different seasons in regards to skin, eye and hair colour. \u00a0It was a clever person who thought of this colour theory. \u00a0There are many people have written about this subject mainly in the late 1970s to the present day. \u00a0Check out Wikipedia<\/a> for the different books on the subject and the history of colour theory.<\/p>\n

Some of you may already have had your colours done by an expert! \u00a0If you have, please let me know your colour type so I can plan the shoot!<\/p>\n

Autumn Type<\/h5>\n

One day a friend had booked a colour session for herself. \u00a0She also booked a friend in and chose me to take to the session. \u00a0The consultations were free in our local mall (Northlands Mall<\/a> – look out for the occasional free colour consultant). \u00a0The consultant would take you to shops with clothing that suited your colour type and body shape.<\/p>\n

I ended up buying a brown leather jacket which I still wear a lot. \u00a0The tones in the jacket are autumn which match my warm skin tone, which has warm yellow undertones, and my red (dyed) hair (see photo below) and green\/hazel eyes.<\/p>\n

I also suit russet colours, maroon, browns and warm greens. \u00a0Here I’m wearing two of my autumn colours, brown and green, with blue jeans which are ok because they are further away from my face than the warm tones. \u00a0It all works with my skin tone and I look pretty good here.<\/p>\n

The green of my top could be a bit warmer – more tending toward khaki. \u00a0If you put me in a cool coloured white top with blue jacket – it may not work as well – I would need to add a warm colour in there somewhere with a mustard yellow scarf maybe. (Thanks Craig from Furtography<\/a> for my profile shot)<\/p>\n

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Ragni is also an Autumn but with darker hair and skin tonings. \u00a0Her overall skin tone and hair colour is warm and she suits the \u00a0yellow jumpsuit beautifully in this picture! \u00a0The yellow backdrop from the tree just sets off the photo beautifully and the khaki green of the trees is also in her colour range.<\/p>\n

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Winter Type<\/h5>\n

I haven’t had many clients who are a winter type as I think it is a bit more rare. \u00a0They have a cool skin tone, dark hair and dark eyes and they can wear clear sharp colours, pure white, black, navy blue, red and shocking pink. \u00a0Any lighter colours should be icy in colour rather than pastel.<\/p>\n

As an easy example, think of Disney’s Snow White! \u00a0She has fairly cool skin, dark hair and eyes and really suits her red lips. \u00a0She also wears jewel colours in yellow, red and blue which are sharp and clear.<\/p>\n

Spring Type<\/h5>\n

Hazel is a Spring type. \u00a0She has light eyes and warm blonde hair. \u00a0Here she suits the beautiful pale pink maternity dress and also suits the warm gold maternity dress. \u00a0I put her on a the green grey backdrop because this backdrop has warm undertones.<\/p>\n

If I had put her in silver on a blue backdrop – it would not have worked as well. \u00a0After learning about all these different colour types, I’m definitely going to make a silver dress to cater for cooler skin tones. \u00a0As a general rule, Hazel should wear gold jewellery and suits pale colours more than dark colours.<\/p>\n

The green maternity dress is maybe a little dark for her, but I think we get away with it because it is the correct colour palette for her tonings.<\/p>\n

If anyone is interested, Hazel has a website Tiki Touring Twins<\/a> which follows her travels with her partner George and two cute little twins!<\/p>\n

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Summer<\/h5>\n

My friend Jacque has a totally different colour palette to me. \u00a0She has cool blonde hair and light blue eyes. \u00a0She is wearing blue here and my blue denim backdrop which I hand painted recently, really sets off the whole image.<\/p>\n

Jacque mainly suits silver jewellery. \u00a0She told me she wears a lot of blues and purples which is exactly what will suit her colouring. \u00a0Her favourite colour is also the name of her business Royal Blue Beauty<\/a>! \u00a0Go Jacque!<\/p>\n

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To do a colour analysis on yourself, this website Colour Me Pretty<\/a> is really helpful. \u00a0I used it to guess the colours for a couple of people I have photographed recently and got it bang on.<\/p>\n

If you are having a headshot, or a shoot with me please think about doing this quick analysis because it will really help you to choose the colours of clothes that will suit you, if you don’t know already.<\/p>\n

In saying all this, this is just a guide. \u00a0One expert states that you can wear any colour, it’s just the way you put the colours together. \u00a0This is a bit of an elusive statement, but you can check out her theory here if you are interested in learning more.<\/a><\/p>\n

If you would like a headshot or photoshoot and haven’t booked with me yet, please ring or text on 021 180 8928 or fill in my fun questionnaire and I will ring you back shortly.<\/p>\n

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GO ON! \u00a0Fill in my headshot questionnaire now!<\/a><\/h5>\n
To book a portrait shoot or family shoot fill in my fun questionnaire!<\/a><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Four Season Colour Analysis – how to tell if you are a Summer, Autumn, Winter or Spring Type Some of you may have already heard of the four different seasons in regards to skin, eye and hair colour. \u00a0It was a clever person who thought of this colour theory. \u00a0There are many people have written […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nWhat colours to wear to flatter skin tones. - Belinda Lansley Photography<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Belinda Lansley Photography will help you choose clothes for your photo shoot that will flatter your skin tones and help you look amazing!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/belindalansleyphotography.co.nz\/2019\/08\/19\/what-colours-to-wear-to-flatter-skin-tones\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What colours to wear to flatter skin tones. - 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