There is no
one rule on how our colors change as we age. When we are young, our colors have
more warm tones in the even though our dominant color characteristic is not
warm. In the late years of our life we have lost most of the warm tones (not
necessarily if our dominant color characteristic is warm) and our coloring
becomes more and more cool. Having cool as the dominant color characteristic is
not only for elderly people. Young people can also have cool colors as their
dominant color characteristic. People seem to understand that either cool or
warm colors work for them. It is a good start but just as important dominant
color characteristics are light, deep, soft and clear. It is best to find out your dominant characteristic
and slide your colors from there. This way you make fewer mistakes in choosing
colors at every age.
For
example, when I was very young, my hair and skin were very light but my eyes
were very dark. In those days nobody paid any attention to color. Right after
the war, it was very fortunate to have clothes! Anyway, in my teens, my hair
was brown, skin light and eyes dark brown. When I went to my first color
training, my hair was dark brown, skin light and dark brown eyes. At that time
I was told that I need to wear deep colors that were also clear and cool to
match my deep coloring. My hair began to
change white when I was in my 30ies. It was only in my late 50ies that I finally
let my gray hair take center stage in my appearance. By this time the coolness
of my skin had also become cooler to match the white hair. Therefore my
dominant color characteristic is now cool while the colors must still be clear
and deep. The dominant color characteristic switched from one to the other
while the others are still in the picture but with a lesser role.
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| Me today with my white hair |
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