My Review
I think this book provides a great way to begin to identify your own coloring. Using the book, which targets eight essence colors, I was able to identify over 30 colors, which made it easy to confirm my season as a warm autumn.
What's helpful is that he suggests colors for each of the 8 essence colors he wants you to find, and they include warm colors and cool ones. After you have identified several colors, he helps you figure out which of the four is your season.
The 8 Colors Are:
The Essence Color
The Romantic Color
The Dramatic Color
The Energy Color
The Tranquil Color
The First Base Color
The Second Base Color
The Third Base Color
What's helpful is that he suggests colors for each of the 8 essence colors he wants you to find, and they include warm colors and cool ones. After you have identified several colors, he helps you figure out which of the four is your season.
The 8 Colors Are:
The Essence Color
The Romantic Color
The Dramatic Color
The Energy Color
The Tranquil Color
The First Base Color
The Second Base Color
The Third Base Color
Color Your Style
Color Your Style: How to Wear Your True Colors
Amazon Price: $4.65 (as of 05/31/2012)
“This book promises to help you create your own style renaissance!”
My Color Your Style 8 Essence Colors
Essence Color: IvoryRomantic Color: Brick Red
Dramatic Color: Cypress
Energy Color: Dark Chocolate Brown
Tranquil Color: Apple Cider/Antique Cherry
First Base Color: Dark Olive
Second Base Color: Espresso Brown
Third Base Color: Wheat
In the book, he gives you suggestions for when and how to wear each color. For instance, one way you can wear your energy color is when you are planning to spend time with a child.
Well, without even knowing it, I was already doing that with my loungewear (see pic) that I wear around the house. What a great discovery that when I am hanging out with my son, I am already wearing my best color to do so!
Which Autumn Am I?
In his book, David Zyla restricts the seasonal color analysis exploration to the four main seasons, but then, for each one gives 6 archetypes.
I had some trouble determining mine, but then decided to add up points for the descriptions in each one that I could relate to and see which one had the most. There were two that were close, but the one that edged out slightly ahead (by one point), also had the words "vivid" and "contrast" in its description.
That fits me perfectly in terms of what I need to create with my outfits! So I settled on high autumn.
Here are some capsule wardrobe, high autumn outfit ideas I came up with while playing around on Polyvore...
I had some trouble determining mine, but then decided to add up points for the descriptions in each one that I could relate to and see which one had the most. There were two that were close, but the one that edged out slightly ahead (by one point), also had the words "vivid" and "contrast" in its description.
That fits me perfectly in terms of what I need to create with my outfits! So I settled on high autumn.
Here are some capsule wardrobe, high autumn outfit ideas I came up with while playing around on Polyvore...
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"Authentic style: An integral, personal style that allows you to attract love, claim your power, balance your energy, and reveal who you truly are by choosing the colors, clothes and objects that express your authentic self." ~~David Zyla
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