Color Analysis BRIGHT or CLEAR ...

Is Color Analysis BRIGHT your Color Family?

Perhaps you know it as CLEAR because it's all about CLARITY.

Looking your best starts with understanding your natural coloring and echoing it with the the colors you wear. Translate it further still into the colors you use for your hair and makeup.

Match your natural coloring ...

Your Hair: will be from mid to the darkest of browns or black and will eventually turn to the richest of steel gray. But: it can be Red or even clear blonde - it's always intense! 

Your Skin tone: will be from the most delicate ivory through to olive or dark ash brown depending on your ethnicity.

In fact, it is difficult to accurately describe the coloring of the BRIGHT/CLEAR color family and it is often your beautiful eyes which set you apart! 

Your Eyes: Jewel-like eyes, clear and bright, they could be bright twinkling blue, steel gray, green or even bright hazel. 

It is usually your jewel-like eyes that initially attract attention with brilliant natural color contrast between your eyes, skin and hair overall. And a dramatic sparkle!

Your hair is always a much stronger color than your skin tone and this high contrast in your natural coloring demands a high contrast in the colors you wear. 

Although most people with BRIGHT coloring will have quite deep toned hair and fair skin with their beautiful eyes, occasionally this can occur with a natural blonde.

See left below where the brilliance of Laura's eyes can only be matched and echoed with complete clarity.    

Women of Color can also fall into this category if there is high contrast between bright eyes, hair and skin tones.

You'll always look your best...

With BRIGHT coloring you will always look your best when you're wearing pure colors i.e. colors with complete clarity that have little or no undertone.  

Your colors have elements of both Warm and Cool which balance each other out. Warm colors will look too 'yellow' and Cool colors will look too cold.  

Each of the colors in the BRIGHT color swatch has the same Primary Color Characteristic as your own and will complement your natural coloring - creating harmony!

You can see here how clear colors echo the clarity of Juliette's own features; eyes skin, hair even her teeth all become more defined! (This is one step in a Color Analysis process). 

Seasonal Analysis would not work - you would be wrongly restricted to either SPRING or WINTER

It would be easy to say that you are halfway between SPRING and WINTER but this is not strictly true. Although they both have Bright in their makeup it is only the TRUE BRIGHT shades of each that are included in the BRIGHT color swatch.

Other elements that appear in the Spring and Winter swatches are excluded because they do not relate to your overall BRIGHT clear coloring. 

A complete spectrum of CLEAR colors

There is a whole spectrum of colors from light and fresh through to bold and deep - all with complete CLARITY. So whether your natural coloring leads you to the lighter brighter shades or the bolder more dramatic colors, it is the clear BRIGHT characteristic which always dominates.

The BRIGHT color swatch has 45 brilliant shades encompassing the brightest and clearest tones. 

There is no need to ever feel limited with colors. Wear whatever color you like - red, blue, green, purple - BUT - the BRIGHT color swatch will direct you to the very best shade of each to flatter your natural high contrast.

How to wear your BRIGHT/CLEAR colors

And of course you have NEUTRALS!

Wearing the Bright/Clear palette doesn't mean that you need to wear VIVID COLORS all the time just that your colors are clear and true.

As with any other color palette, accent colors and neutrals have exactly the same color characteristics. They have little to no undertone i.e. they do not lean heavily towards either Warm or Cool.

All of the colors echo your own clear skin and high contrast. 

How to wear Neutrals

Being Bright does not mean you have to live in bright colors! Your neutrals - black, white, charcoal gray - are all Brights too and create clear contrast against themselves as well as against the brighter colors. 

Choose to wear neutrals alone and you will still look amazing if you choose CLEAR colors - you will still be creating balance and color contrast.

Wear just one bold neutral alone or, even better, choose light and dark colors together - stripes make for a snappy contrast.

Add just one burst of Color for Magic!

BUT add just one burst of color and MAGIC happens!

However fabulous the neutrals are, adding color is even better and makes for a dramatic contrast. If you're wary try just one bright color close to your face to really wake up your complexion; a scarf or blouse in gorgeous shades of hot pink or fuchsia for femininity and the deeper shades for drama. 

To add to the bold contrast ensure that your makeup is crisp, your nails spot on and feel free to add some bold jewelry. 

How to cope with the 'wrong' colors

I shouldn't use that word really because all color is glorious but we know that some colors are more flattering than others!! 

But any colors that are dull, dusky or pastel will not do you justice so it's best to avoid.  And you may have garments in your closet that you're suddenly going to question!

But don't worry, all you have to do is just introduce some of your new striking shades close to your face to introduce some magic! It's easy... a scarf, a collar over a jacket, even a pair of earrings will bring color, light and contrast to your complexion. 

Ready to enjoy your BRIGHT colors? 

The DEEP Color Brief   £4   digital

Ready to download and print all the concise information you need to start wearing and enjoying the DEEP Color Family. 

With 45 colors, advice for makeup, hair, jewelry and glasses frames. This is a digital product!

This is special! 45 fabulous shades in an attractive suedette covered fan, handbag size 12.5 x 6.5 cm. With a wealth of information about how to wear and co-ordinate your colors.  

No more mistakes, save TIME and MONEY!  Your colors are yours for LIFE!

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