by Tracy Kay (West Virginia, US) Why Neutrals Are the Trickiest Colors in Your Palette When most people think about seasonal color analysis, they imagine the beautiful chromatic colors — the blues, greens, pinks, and corals that make their complexion come alive. These colors are often the easiest to evaluate because their hue, chroma, and
Category: Colour theory
What is ‘Contrast Level’?
by Terry Wildfong (California/Michigan) We often hear analysts and clients say that people are low, medium, or high contrast in explaining how to wear their clothing colors. But what does that really mean? Value What I learned it to mean in the ’90’s, and how I still use the terms today, contrast levels are determined
The Importance of Hue, Value and Chroma
by Cate Linden (Kentucky) Understanding the Munsell system of Hue, Value, and Chroma is crucial to understanding Personal Color Analysis and how the 12 seasonal tones differ from one another. Whether you know it or not, you already use these attributes to describe color, and they’re really very basic. The Munsell System Hue distinguishes one