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Category: Color Combos

How to Use Colors That Will Make You Get in the Fall Spirit

From the beginning of autumn when it’s still sunny and warm ’til the end of the season when it may even snow, the feeling of fall is in the colors of the earth and the trees.  So in the spirit of autumn leaves falling, if we surround ourselves in the changing colors that we see around us we feel in sync with nature.  Age doesn’t matter.  These colors are a gift to us from our Mother Earth.

Even if the weather is still hot, you can wear your lightweight, cool summer clothes in fall hues, such as:  orange, red, rust, mustard yellow, navy, teal, purple, gray and burgundy.  The neutral fall colors are the earth tones, such as:  chocolate brown, olive green, sage green and camel.  These are the colors — from brights to neutrals — to wear all season long.

Navy can take the place of black in your fall outfits.  Pantone Color Institute’s executive director Leatrice Eiseman said, “When you move into the classic colors, we know that classics don’t change all that much. Yet we will see or expect a preponderance of certain colors. Sargasso Sea is that staple fall color. Navy is like the new black so to speak. It doesn’t replace black, of course. As navy blues have gained in recent seasons, this is an acknowledgement that this is the mooring of our entire palette.”  (For more about Pantone’s A/W 2018 color palettes, read my post “How to Update Your Look with Color in the Fall.”)

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What follows is:  1) The meanings of colors; 2) Autumn color combinations; and 3) Outfit ideas using fall colors.

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How to Have More to Wear for Free

Today I have a color tip for you.  Let’s have fun and mix and match all of your clothes to come up with new outfit combinations.  You’ll get more outfits out of what you have so you won’t have to spend as much money, and you won’t get bored with your clothes.  Age doesn’t matter; use what you already have!

Here is the tip:

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Want to Know How to Use Spring Colors Now?

It’s March, on its way to spring, and there’s a feeling of anticipation for the warm weather and colors that are soon to come.  Using spring colors in your wardrobe is an easy way to get that spring feeling while still keeping warm and cozy.  Age doesn’t matter.  Wearing the right colors for you can give a youthful glow and a fresh new feeling. Continue Reading

How to Dress in the Colors of Winter

In the Winter, the colors of the natural world we live in become cloudy, with stark black and brown branches covered in glistening silvery white snow. It’s not the most colorful season. That lack of color tends to cause melancholy (or the blues, which tinge the cold season in a wide range of hues). Blue tends to also a give us a calm and peaceful feeling, so it definitely has it’s upside. As the daylight shines through the clouds, there are other subtle colors of the rainbow that can shine through the ice, especially at dawn and dusk. So there is a lot of beauty in the colors of Winter.

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