Color Analysis: Cool and Delicate

Grace Kelly

Somewhere in the middle of the chart, but slightly to the chilled left, is the delicate blend of cool and delicate. Without the extreme disparity of vivid features and alabaster skin, these mildly hued sirens have a low contrast between their softly rosed lips, ashy hued hair, and mildly-toned skin.


Their eyes have the texture of crackled glass, glinting and catching the colors of the sun. And while they may have some warm features, the overall effect is still dominantly cool.

These lambs look best in pastel or sun-drenched colors, anything too intense will overwhelm their subtle color harmony.

Yup	Nope
Lavender	Pumpkin Orange
Dusty Rose	Rusty Wine
Pale Citrus Yellow	Gold Chartreuse
Powder Blue	Warm Beige/Camel
Sage/Mint Green	Olive Green
Blush Pink	Terracotta
Watermelon Red	Black

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Color Analysis: Warm & Rich

Rita Hayworth

Swinging to the warm side of the chart is a population of peaches & cream faces mingling with visages of olive and sunny brown, copper or amber tinged locks, and golden flecked eyes.


Softly swirling borders embrace the pupils of their eyes while erratic flecks glint towards the edges of their irises.

This group blooms in earthy hues while withering in pastels and unadulterated primaries. Warm complexions whose hair and skin create a strong comparison can wear black, but it should be deliberately coupled with appropriately fiery cosmetics.

Uh'Huh	Uh-Uh
Tobacco Brown	Dark/Dove Grey
Green Gold/Mustard	Lemon Yellow
Rust Red	Hot Pink
Teal Blue	Periwinkle/Sky Blue
Wine Purple	Lavender
Warm Beige	Dusty Rose
Olive Green	Navy

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Color Analysis: Cool and Brilliant

Hugging the cool side of the chart is Snow White incarnate, with ethereal, moonlit skin and deep, dark locks (or possibly dark ebony skin and inky black tresses).
A dark ring rims your iris while spokes of glinting color radiate from the pupil.

The intense contrast between your translucent skin and pigment soaked hair and eyes foretells of personal radiance in pure, crisp colors, like those following on the left. Wearing the warm colors in the right forebodes of epidermal infirmity.

Yes Ma'am	No Sir
Bright Emerald	Olive Green
Lemon/Canary Yellow	Mustard
Cherry Red	Brick Red
Schiaparelli Pink/Fuchsia	Apricot
Dark/Dove Grey	Tobacco Brown
Navy	Rusty Orange
Pure White	Camel/Beige

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Color Theory: Warm vs. Cool

Wearing the wrong color can make you ill. Sallow, ashen, and muddy complexions are all signs of color contamination. And the only protection against chromatism allergies is color composition cognizance, specifically, knowledge of the amount of warmth and coolness in your hair, skin, and eyes.

So, as you are now asking, what makes the blue sky cool and the yellow sun warm? I answer, the warm nucleus is embodied by: red, orange, and yellow. The cool core embraces: blue, green, and violet. Additional combinations of these primary and secondary founders births a brood of warm and cool tertiary creations. Your eyes, hair, and skin included. Now follow me down below for a warm and cool dichotomy of your chromatic features.

Cool	Warm
Eyes
Pure, clear blue (light to mid)	Mid to deep blue with golden flecks
Gray Hazel	Golden hazel
Rosy brown to jet black	Golden brown
Bright blue-green	Green with golden flecks
Skin
Rosy (red or blue undertones)	Peachy (yellow or golden undertones)
Green olive	Golden olive
Blue-black or rosy brown	Golden honey brown
Veins (look at the underside of your forearm)
Blueish	Greenish
Hair
Ash, sandy, or platinum blonde	Honey, golden, or strawberry blonde
Violet or bordeaux red	Copper or rust wine red
Ash brown	Golden brown
Salt & pepper gray	Ginger gray
Deep blue black	Warm deep brown/black

If you hugged the left side of the chart, that means something. If you veered far right, that also means something. And if you switched sides like a campaigning politician, or fell in the middle like a dedicated swing group, that means something to.

But I won't tell you what it means until tomorrow.

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The Color Series

This week on Cardigan Empire we will be immersing ourselves in decadent chromasity. The classification of whether your complexion will thrive under periwinkle or indigo, is cardinal (not as in red, but as in vital and fundamental). So enjoy your Labor Day and come back tomorrow for color analysis.

Children's Fashion: Cloth Diaper Winner Announced

Cloth Diaper Winner Announced!

Time for a visit to Your Natural Baby & More

Children's Fashion: Paper Wings

Once upon a time there was a handsome knight named Jason Gibaud & a beautiful maid called Michelle Fallon. Love and marriage ensued as well as magical amounts of costume design for theatre and movies like: Mouline Rouge, Star Wars, and Peter Pan.








As they loved and sewed they had two lovely little children: Vevette & Esther. And soon the delights of Paper Wings was born too.

They wanted to celebrate the freedom of being children, looking like children, and most importantly feeling like children.

Something that could be worn everyday, loved, and worn out before it was grown out.

"So if you were a costume designer for childhood, what would it look and feel like?"


Let us know in the comments.