The SUMMER Man

The Summer Man...

• The SUMMER man has a blue undertone to his skin with blue tinted veins.
  

• This, strangely, translates into a pink toned complexion, although it's not always initially obvious!
  

• Your skin may be fair through to mid beige and, even if you take a tan, the underlying pink tone will continue.  
  

• Your eyes will be quite light; Blue, Gray Blue or Gray Brown, light hazel or even a clear Green. Eyes will often have a deeper grey rim around the iris. 
  

• Your hair will have been fair to Light Brown as a child, perhaps even white blonde, but is likely to have deepened to Light to Medium Ash Brown.
  

• All the shades in this palette have the same characteristics as your own and will harmonize with and complement your coloring and complexion.

Some familiar faces

Why you should choose SUMMER colors

• The colors that suit you best will have a COOL undertone (blue undertone) but a LIGHT intensity.
  

• Wearing these colors echoes your natural coloring creating harmony and balance so you look your best.

• You can use this color palette to build a co-ordinated wardrobe saving TIME and MONEY!

• You'll probably to have an affinity with this color palette. 
  

Summer for Men color swatch and the Seasonal color swatch.

The SUMMER man will look his best in:

• Light to medium colors with a slight blue undertone.

• Your neutral tones for suits and jackets are based mostly on shades of blue and grey, also cool toned taupe and cocoa - all with a light to medium intensity.

• Shirts and casual wear bring in the more colorful shades of blues, greens, pinks and purples.
  

• All these colors have the same color characteristics as your own. 

Lighter colors are useful for shirts and casual wear

Neutrals...

• Neutrals form the backbone of your wardrobe - the investment pieces such as coats jackets, trousers etc. which take you from season to season
  

• These colors are great for accessories too
  

• Neutrals create the perfect foil for your strong accent colors

• Your best neutrals are all COOL, lighter navy and all shades of cool gray, cool taupe and cocoa pictured above
  

• Your best lights neutrals are white, off white and bright ivory
  

• Black is in your palette and a useful neutral but it can be quite harsh against your complexion particularly if you are fair, so keep it away from your face
  

• Avoid rich cream and most shades of yellow and brown as they have a Warm undertone and may 'throw' your complexion and make you look yellow

How to wear your LIGHT COOL colors

It's difficult to visualize how an outfit should look. But your primary consideration is a COOL undertone with a LIGHT intensity. You can wear and enjoy all the colors in the SUMMER color palette. 

There are soft and brighter shades allowing choice according to mood and occasion.

For casual wear you can introduce any of the colors in the Summer swatch knowing you will always look your best. 

Make Shopping Simple! Save Time and Money! 

When his natural coloring is echoed in the clothes he wears, a man will always look his best however formal or casual the outfit. 

Shopping is not high on the list of priorities for most men so I've kept it simple.

A slim pocket sized wallet showing colors and fabrics for shirts, jackets, ties, casualwear etc. will save time putting outfits together and ensure that his money is spent wisely.

The men’s swatch is pictured here and you can see how cut-outs for ties etc. make it easy to co-ordinate the different colors.