How to wear colour

Tips on choosing colours if you haven’t had a Colour Analysis. And is there a colour that suits everyone?

Colour, Personal Style, Personal ExpressionDonna Cameron4 April 2024colour coordination, colour analysis, colour theoryComment

Peach Fuzz: do we care?

How relevant is the Pantone colour of 2024 (Peach Fuzz)? And if you like it, how can you wear it to best effect?

ColourDonna Cameron20 December 2023colour of the year, colour coordination, colour theory, colour analysisComment

AI vs personal style consultants

If you want to wear mainstream trends, use AI. But if you want to develop style that is personal, you’ll need personal attention.

Colour, Body ShapeDonna Cameron9 August 2023colour analysis, colour coordination, colour theory, colour analysis app, colour analysis online Comments

Very Peri - an analysis of the colour of 2022

My take on the Pantone colour of the year for 2022. Have we seen this one before?? I’m struggling to find this fresh. Or warm…

Colour, FashionDonna Cameron19 December 2021colour coordination, Colour of the Year, colour theory, colour analysisComment

Why Classic Blue is the perfect colour for 2020

Classic Blue is good for all of us

Colour, Wardrobe, FashionDonna Cameron30 December 2019co-ordination, colour wheel, colour coordination, colour theory, Colour of the Year, colour analysis, fashion coloursComment

How to combine prints

Lots of people have warmed to combining prints these days, but what is the key to doing it well..? Carly Findlay helps us out here.

Colour, FashionDonna Cameron25 July 2019colour, colour wheel, colour theory, colour coordination, colour analysis, personal style, co-ordination, fashion, contrast levels, creative Comments

The significance of colour

Living Coral; authentic and immersive, connection and intimacy, sociable and spirited…

Colour, Personal Style, Fashion, Self Confidence, Ethical and Sustainable FashionDonna Cameron13 December 2018Donna CameronPantone, Living Coral, Colour of the Year, branding, messages, image, colour, colour theory, image consultant, personal style, Advanced StyleComment

Breathing colour

The Design Museum, London – notes for other hardcore colour enthusiasts from Hella Jongerius’s exhibition and research. An object’s colour only becomes tangible through its material. Objects absorb, reflect and resonate colour and are influenced by the colours of surrounding objects.

Wardrobe, Colour, FashionLaura Coutts15 July 2017colour theory, colour

What colour is that dress???

Colour lesson 101: colour is relative. Whether I’m conducting a personal colour analysis or talking to groups about how colour works, this is the first thing I like to emphasise. And this is absolutely why there was so much debate about whether the dress chosen by Scottish mother of the bride, Cecilia Bleasdale, was gold and white or black and blue.

Colour, Self ConfidenceLaura Coutts28 February 2015colour, colour theory, dress, optical illusion, phenomenon, white balance

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