Skin tone, hair colour, eye colour, and what feels right – treat everyone as unique individuals, making absolutely no assumptions whatsoever.
“Kim, As I am based in Hong Kong, most of my audience have dark hair colour with dark-coloured eyes. When I tried to put them into different groups, I ended up with 1 in cool, none in warm, none in light, 1 in muted, 6 in dark. What I did is to put the tonal fabrics on each of them and let others to see. What do you do? Will the skin tone, hair colour, eye colour theory still apply to Chinese? I have never seen a Chinese with blue eyes? Any suggestions?” Clementburga, Hong Kong
Dear Clementburga, on one of my Colour Analysis courses I showed photos of 4 Japanese ladies, all with dark hair colour and brown eyes. Each one was a different season. The same will be true of clients from every part of the world
- This isn’t about diagnosing a specific hair colour
- All 4 seasons will have people with dark hair, light hair, and some will have no hair at all
- This isn’t about diagnosing a specific eye colour
- All 4 seasons will have people with blue eyes, brown eyes, green eyes…
My Colour Analysis Training in a Box course manual includes a set of guidelines, not a list of rules to stick to like glue. You use these suggestions to test your theories. This works with every skin type, skin tone, race or colour in the whole wide world. Too many training courses out there tell you that you have to treat black skin tones differently, or that orientals only have black hair and must be Deep/Dark, or that blondes can only be Springs or Summers.
Skin tone hair colour patent nonsense
and is guaranteed to make me exceedingly grumpy. There is only one way to treat your client. As a unique individual, making absolutely no assumptions whatsoever.
What do you see first?
For example if she’s got bright eyes and/or lots of sharp contrast between skin and hair colour, then she’s Bright, and she will look good in Bright colours.
Working out your season
How to check for all the other tonal directions and how to work out your client’s season – Checklists and comparison drape suggestions are all included in the Colour Analysis Training in a Box course notes. And then, if you feel so inclined, you can check your results with the drapes. What does she look good in? Beware because what she looks good in is not enough.
Make sure that your client feels good
After all, if the Brightest Spring on the planet walks in and she feels better right now in Soft-muted Summer colours, I need to get out of the way and show her how to wear what makes her feel good now. Because she is going through some emotional or spiritual stuff right now and isn’t ready to wear Bright colours.
We are not dressing a lump of meat. We are dressing a living, breathing human being who deserves to be treated with courtesy and respect.
