Clare Maxfield

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Personality of Cool and Bright Colouring

Cool & Bright Colouring

As discussed last week, there are many personality styles attributed to your personal colouring. Should you be bright, then these are some traits that you may possess.

One thing I have noticed is that the personality you have had for most of your formative years will remain into your later years. So if you were bright in your teens and twenties, then, even if you are 80, and your personal colouring has softened, you will still have elements of the bright person within you.

Read on and let me know if this resonates with you. The Brights that I have met in my life have gravitated to careers in modelling and the airlines.

Characteristics of Bright

The personality of men and women who are cool and BRIGHT cool are:

~ Outgoing
~ Gregarious but needs alone time to regroup
~ Friendly
~ Spontaneous
~ Big Visioned/Farsighted
~ Leaders
~ Likes things orderly
~ Loyal
~ Good Listener
~ Perfectionist

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It’s truly amazing how a person’s personal colouring can be a reflection of their personality, past and present.

A personal colour analysis brings with it so many benefits, from discovering which colours suit you best for clothing, hair colour and makeup to insights into personality and even how to dress to make the best of your shape – yes all via colour.

In fact, knowing your style without being aware of your personal colours is like watching a silent movie without subtitles – you can miss the message completely.

Let’s find your best colours – Comment “Yes Please’ below and I’ll message you to find a time we can chat.

Cool and Muted Colour Personality

Cool & Muted Personality

Hippocrates discovered that people fall into the 4 humours or personalities. They were Phlegmatic, Sanguine, Choleric and Melancholic. They typically were represented by 4 colour groups. Fast forward to 2018 and those colour groups and personalities have expanded out to 12. You can take it with a grain of salt if you wish but it still amazes me how we do tend to live up to the personalities our natural colouring displays.

Let’s start with Cool and Muted.

Personality Traits

The personality of men and women who are COOL muted are:

~ Detail orientated
~ Outgoing but most comfortable in the company of friends
~ Organised
~ Dependable
~ Gentle
~ Sensitive
~ Patient
~ Diplomatic
~ Courteous
~ Great Listener
~ Forgiving
~ Diplomatic
~ Peacemaker
~ Gracious
~ Likes perfection
~ Can be critical

~ Procrastinator

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It’s truly amazing how a person’s colouring can be a reflection of their personality.

A colour analysis brings will it so many benefits, from discovering which colours suit you best for clothing, hair colour and makeup to insights into personality and even how to dress to make the best of your shape – yes all via colour.

In fact, knowing your style without your colours is like watching a silent movie without subtitles – you can miss the message completely.

The Colour Teal

The colour Teal - showing a boat on a teal oceanTeal is a blend of blue and green.

Together blue’s tranquil stability melds with green’s optimism and healing properties. In deep shades, teal has a natural dignity that is not contrived or “in your face.” Its understated elegance encourages a calm, reflective mood. Brighter shades are unique and smart.

The lover of teal often has an even temper and a thoughtful disposition while also having a talent for mediation and finding a compromise. With the trusting combination of blue and the natural tones of green teal is easily liked and trusted by most.

Individuals who wear teal are naturally creative and think for themselves and are perceived seen as reliable and independent.

Teal is a natural skin intensifier and as such will suit most women and men. It can be used in large or small amounts to make anyone look fresh and alive.

A colour analysis will discover all the colours that suit you best.

Book your colour discovery session today.

What the colour of your tie says about you

The meaning behind your tie

 

There is no denying that colour speaks volumes that language alone cannot.
Did you know that the colour tie that you chose to wear is communicating exactly what your intentions are whether you do it consciously or subconsciously. In fact, the meaning of all of these ties can extend into all garments.
The basic rules when it comes to colour are
  1. The lighter a colour is the friendlier it is
  2. The darker a colour is the more serious or formal it is.
  3. Neutral colours are the easiest to wear and co-ordinate with all other colours- Black, grey, navy, charcoal, chocolate and denim.
  4. Primary colours are the most acceptable and easy to wear-Red, Yellow and Blue
  5. Secondary colours are playful, creative and often mistrusted – Purple, Orange and Green
  6. Bright colours are playful and soft colours are relaxing
  7. Never wear more than two colours with a neutral to look and feel balanced.

Colour Meanings

Black – formal and intense. Black suits are good but dark navy and charcoal are better.

White – Professional and formal. With white shirts buy the best you can afford in a thick rich fabric. A flimsy white shirt will always look cheap.

Red – Powerful – Wear a red tie to be taken notice of.

Light blue – Friendly and approachable. blue collar shirts stand for someone who is a team player.

Dark blue – A good navy suit will make you look professional, trustworthy and respectable.

Yellow – is a fun ad playful colour. It is also a colour which connects men and sales.

Orange – Another fun colour – nothing serious here folks.

Pink – When you want to communicate with women, pink will have them listening. It is soft communication colour.

Purple – So you might chose lilac or lavender in a  shirt or purple stripes in a tie. It says you are modern, fashionable and progressive.

Green -Deep greens are old worldly, bright greens are fun and creative. Deep greens are OK for knits and polos, not ties.

Brown – What are you thinking of old man. Get some colour. Brown will work in a leather jacket or rugged jumper…not in the office.

Grey – Can be exciting as you rise above the mainstream or really dull as you hide away. Greys must be in great fabrics for suits, the darker the more serious. Light grey will work in summer, and when worn in a tie, it had better be really good quality to make you shine.

Don’t let colour scare you. Consider the event, the people you are meeting and the impact that you want to have. It can be the difference of supporting everything you have to say and winning that contract or competing with your words and losing credibility.

Should you want to know more about what colours suit you call Clare to organise your own colour analysis session. these can be done in person or via skype. Discover for yourself the colours that will ensure you win that contract, that promotion or that girl.

If you would like to know more about your clothing style and personality do the quiz here.

#fakenews, Even TimeLife got it wrong. Jackie wore Beige

Jackie Kennedy wore beige not blue to President Kennedy's inauguration
Jackie Kennedy wore beige not blue to President Kennedy’s inauguration.

After the hoo ha over the weekend of Melania Trump channelling Jackie Kennedy a colleague commented that Jackie’s blue suit was in fact white.

Upon digging a bit further I discovered that it was kind of true, the Suit is described on the JFK presidential library site as greige, not white. “The surprising choice of greige was a brilliant one, for in this neutral color, Mrs. Kennedy stood out from all the other women swathed in jewel-colored coats and dark furs.” Somehow I feel this is a typo as beige is a dull enough colour as it is. To call it greige, literally kills the colour.

It was not uncommon in the day for black and white photos to be ‘colored’ and it my guess that a well meaning person decided that Jackie would look better in a powder blue suit to match, which I hope is correct, JFK’s blue tie. What is interesting is that this image is in the Time Life files so one would expect it to be true.  Sadly, the work of one well meaning person has literally ‘coloured’ our view of history. The actual jacket exists in a the presidential library along with other of the former first ladies outfits.

We have all heard the new term #fakenews and it appears, that again, fakenews has reared its ugly head. So, if in fact she was channelling Jackie, this is more likely her inspiration.

How Jackie influenced Melania
How Jackie influenced Melania

The image of jackie in her pink suit, of which she was fond of pink, is depicted here in an image from a wax work model of her which can be found on multiple websites.

I am looking forward to seeing Melania’s fashion choices in the future. Nothing original has happened in fashion since the 1970’s everything is a rehash or a reworking of something that has already existed. Let’s see where inspiration comes from and who it is accredited to.

The original jacket can be found online here https://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/f2k6CQ8f9UCHVvH85LVKYA.aspx