Wear Your Right Colour

What if I told you that all around you is something that can increase your motivation and positively influence how you feel? It's called colour.

As we have seen, colour is our primary signalling system. It speaks to us in a language that we understand instinctively: the language of emotions. Whatever we put on makes us and other people feel something, whether it is clothes or accessories. When we wear colour, we are saying something about what we feel and think, and it has a profound effect on how other people see us- whether we are conscious of this or not.

Here I want to share my experience.

A few month ago I had virtual style session with a male client, while colour analysis session when I was sharing about the power of colour and the impact it can have on our everyday lives. He interrupted while talk, he said;

"colour had no effect on me and I had no reaction to it. Hence, I only wear white". I asked him if this is a case would you like to wear a pink shirt.

No way, he said; he would't wear pink. When I asked him why not, especially as he had said that colour meant nothing to him, he replied that he wasn't going to wear a girls' colour- that would be ridiculous.

Well, I rest my case. Every one of us responds to colour; this gentleman just didn't realise that he was doing so. If colour didn't mean something, we wouldn't have fashion or trends or wear it for special occasions or events. We wouldn't bother with it at all.

And yet we do. One of the things that is so fascinating about us as a species is that we wear colour. We can change our outer layer to any colour we want, at any time. No other creature can go to a wardrobe and take out a load of new feather or pop into a shop and buy another skin to wear. We are the only species that can get a whole new layer, and that is actually pretty amazing. We can use colour like a magic wand, to boost how we feel, wherever we are, whatever we are doing- and no other creature does that!

However, we don't always realise the astonishing power colour has to nature and support us and to make us feel good. If you have ever gone into a store having had your eye caught by a bright colour in the window, only to walk out ten minutes later with something in black, blue or white, you are not alone. There's no doubt that we love colour, but we can find it daunting. We are not sure what suits us; we worry that we'll get it wrong. Our instincts get drowned out by the endless macro and micro trends-by what call colour noise.

And there's a lot of it out there- on the catwalks, in magazines, shop windows, advertising and on social media. Some high-street weeks. We pick colours not for ourselves but to garner the approval of others, so they will like us, to be accepted or to blend in.

How to reignite your colour mojo

What's your favourite colour?

This may sound like a simple question. But there is much more to it than meets the eye. Looking at the colours we love - and, just as importantly, at the colours we dislike - is a valuable tool for understanding ourselves. Finding out about our favourite colour can reveal things about ourselves that we were not even aware of.

This is a perfect exercise for those of you who want to reignite your love of colour, or for those who are just plain curious about the power of colour to teach us about ourselves. Time and time again, I have seen clients light up with understanding when they do this

exercise.

Discovering what your favourite colour reveals about you

Step 1: Write down the name of your favourite colour. Being asked to pick a favourite colour might be like being asked to pick your favourite child! If you have more than one favourite colour, write them all down and then pick the one you like most from that list.

Step 2: Find the specific tone of the colour. If your favourite colour is blue, for example, duck egg or a pale sky blue or a deep navy or teal blue, find something in this specific tone. It might be a paint sample from a catalogue, a remnant of fabric, a feather, anything. Having

the tone in front of you will help you to connect to it emotionally.

Step 3: So, once you've found the specific colour tone you like, you can begin to look at what it means to you. Remember what we have learnt about the three ways in which we relate to colour:

1. Personal colour association a memory of an event you associate with the colour

2. Cultural or symbolic meaning - the meaning of the colour within your culture

3. Psychological meaning - how the colour makes you feel and behave

Favourite-colour exercise: troubleshooting

If you don't have a favourite colour because you love all colours, pick a colour that is at the forefront of your mind right now.

If you have more than one favourite colour, great: do this exercise with one and then you can do it with the others.

If you're someone whose favourite colour keeps changing, pick the colour you like most at the moment.

What's your least favourite colour?

Interestingly, I have found that, while many people can really struggle to come up with colour that they love, they often have no problem in identifying the colours that they don't like. So you might find this half of the exercise easier than the first half. On the other hand, the feelings that come up might be more difficult. Discovering the deep

meaning of our colour preferences shows us what is happening on a subconscious level

- a level of which we are not even aware. You may need to take your time here. If a colour brings up a memory that is difficult, allow yourself space in which to think about it. Give

yourself permission to experience the feelings that come up. From my time with my clients, I've seen that uncovering what lies behind our least favourite colour can cut through years of therapy. So, just as you did when choosing your favourite colour, now write down the colour you like least.

Discovering what your least favourite colour reveals about you

Step 1: Write down your least favourite colour.

Step 2: Find the specific tone of the colour.

Step 3: Once you've found the specific colour tone, you can begin to work out what it means to you.

Find the colours that resonate with you

Now that you are reconnected to colour, it's time for it to work its magic - to boost your confidence, your self- esteem and your self expression every time you put something on. And the first thing we need to do is find the tonal colours that resonate with you. This is

the single most effective thing we can do to help us look and feel our best. When we are connected to the best part of ourselves, we can put our best self forward, no matter what the situation.

No matter what kind of clothes you like to wear, the right colours can make the difference between looking drab and looking radiant!

Do you want to know what is your colour season

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Winter

Book my colour analysis session in-person or virtual, I will discover your colour season and provide you your colour palette.

Wearing the wrong tone of colour can create dark shadows on your face, leaving you looking washed out. Often we find ourselves applying lots of makeup to try to put back the glow that we have taken out by wearing colours that don't work for us. But when we dress in colours from our tonal colour family, we don't need much makeup at all. We will just

naturally radiate.

Hence, I look good even in my pyjama. Whenever I buy clothes I keep my seasonal colour palette along with.

I am always on the lookout for colour tones that I know suit me. Sometimes I shop for a specific colour that might be missing from my wardrobe, or for a colour I feel a particular need for at that moment. I can walk into the shop, do an initial 360-degree scan, spot that colour make a beeline for it. Then I look at the style-the fabric, the silhouette the pattern -and see if it belong to my seasonal colour palette and suits my personality type. When all of these things are right, I know I will wear it and it's not going to stay stuck at the back of my wardrobe.

I suggest going to a department store with lots of different ranges and brands. Once you are in the store, look for the colours in your seasonal colour palette. If you put all the colour in your colour palette together on the changing-room floor or hang them up, you will sense a certain vibration. There is an energy within each colour and when they totally harmonise you can feel it. When you put on those clothes, your face will light up.

However, first you need to know your seasonal colour palette. What are you waiting for, book my colour analysis session. In-person or virtual, choose what suits you best.

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My clients tell me that they will look around at what other people are wearing and try to apply that to themselves. They go out and buy an outfit they have seen look good on someone else or in a magazine, but when they get it home and put it on, they are

disappointed. They don't understand why they don't look as good.

But, just because an outfit looks amazing on someone else, doesn't mean it will look amazing on us. That will depend on what colours make up the outfit and the tonal colour palette to which it belongs. Often, what we are really saying when we see someone wearing

something fantastic is 'I want to feel as good as she looks.' But if the colours of that outfit are not in our tonal colour family, we won't be able to capture that feel-good look for ourselves. The way to do that is to dress in colours that belong to the natural colour palette that suits our personality type.

Remember that every colour has positive and adverse traits

If you are wearing a colour tone that does not resonate with your tonal colour palette, the adverse qualities of that colour will be expressed. Discord and disharmony will also be felt if you wear a mix of colour palettes - that is, a colour from your tonal colour family together with a colour that is not. And this will be particularly noticeable in the way that other people react to you.

Colour consciousness

Many of us just pull on our clothes without much thought. But knowing that every colour has its positive and adverse aspects allows us to be more mindful and consciously aware of our colour choices and what they are communicating. Whatever colour you wear will

influence how you think and feel and how other people respond to you, so why not pick colours that support you in a positive way? If you opened my wardrobe today, you would see blues, greens, yellows, pinks, peach, orange, purple - the full spectrum of

colours that I know suit me and that belong in my tonal colour family. I pick colours to wear according to how I'm feeling, what's suitable for the situation or occasion, and how I want to be perceived.

What's in your wardrobe?

How often do you find yourself standing in front of your wardrobe thinking you have nothing to wear, even though it's bursting at the seams? And how often have you gone out shopping for clothes and come home with outfits in exactly the same colours that you already have? If you are anything like my clients when they first come to me, you may well find getting dressed in the morning fraught with anxiety. Why can't you find what you need when your wardrobe is so full? Why does the problem keep happening, even though you buy so many new clothes?

So let's take a look in your wardrobe and see what's going on.

I'm here to help you unleash the most fashionable version of yourself. Get in touch with me today to learn more. Go and check it out my services.

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