Color Me Beautiful

This is me in spring colors minus the trousers.

I said I had been reading Color Me Beautiful by Carolyn Jackson. If I identified my season correctly, I'm a spring. I usually don't buy clothes in the spring which incidentally is the best time to find spring colors. I finally purged my closet of ratty clothes that weren't in my season anyway. The clothes ended up at Goodwill, but I doubt anyway would want them as they were not in the best condition.

I think picking my clothes by the color season will make shopping easier and I won't buy duds. Is the book still relevant? I thought the book addressed some issues I have when shopping. I like a certain color, but then it doesn't look great on me. I end up not reaching for that clothing item in my closet.  Like the colors black and white for instance, I have known don't look good on me, but I never had a tangible reason as to why those colors didn't work for me. If I was a winter, then they would look great. I actually look good in the color ivory, but I don't think I have ever owned an ivory shirt. The sad news for me is springs have to be picky about the shade of a color so it's not overpowering.

Some people naturally know what colors look good on them. I knew I looked good in greens and blues. You will know if a color isn't working for you if the color makes you look pale or overpowers you so you just see the color and not your face.

I purchased online color swatches for spring with thirty-six colors. I was disappointed when I found that the swatches were not fabric swatches, but just printed paper.  I did decide to keep them for a reference when I go shopping. I still might wear the wrong color until I built up my closet with spring colors. I know this book was popular in the 80s and became a fad. I still believe at least for clueless me that I will start buying only things that look good on me not someone else.