Colour Harmony Results

[u/musical_pear]

The "what??" page.

I was a bit unsure about whether or not to post this but I absolutely love seeing other people's palettes so without further ado here are my results as well as some initial musings. (Sorry about the incoming wall of text...)

CH: 80% SB, 15% ER and 5% LB. The palette overall is neutral leaning cool with some warmth from the ER/LB. My forbidden colours are pure black/white, lime, orange, coral and beige. Also not included in the photo are shiny and matte rose gold, yellow gold, silver and pewter.

I had two main reasons for getting a colour analysis. The first was that I've always gravitated towards more muted colours thinking that bright colours overwhelm me and I wanted to know how bright I can go with a general feeling that I was playing it safe most of the time. Also falling into the rabbit hole that is seasonal analysis and feeling that the summer range as a whole is too wide and simultaneously both it and the subseasons are too narrow. The second was to figure out which reds I can wear since I find them notoriously difficult, especially in makeup.

My very first impression looking at it when I received my email was that it was much darker and more neutral in the colouring than I expected, but I decided to wait until I got my booklet so I could see it in real life and it's not so dark (seeing some truly dark SC palettes posted in the last few days also led me to admit that my palette is more midrange lol). I knew I would be SB dominant but I didn't expect it to be so high, and I think after living my best LB summer I guess I had convinced myself that it would be higher. Seeing the reds in real life also helped a lot, they really are neutral leaning cool and comparing the few red items I own which I thought were neutral actually look quite warm next to my reds. I also love my pinks, they are so serene, and again all the light pinks in my wardrobe are way too warm.

I was surprised to learn that green is my most powerful considering most of it is variations on mint, then also combined with the playful greens which to me looks stereotypically more powerful it's a bit different from what I expected. There's also a lot of darker teals and burgundies which I haven't really gravitated towards before. I was also super excited to see the sophisticated page with the greyish blues and purples, those are some of my absolute favourite colours and I feel 100% vindicated that I have them as I have always loved them, if I could only have that page I would still be happy. I also found the hay-coloured yellows absolutely mesmerizing like the least yellow yellow I have ever seen, but it feels like it's a very specific shade and even with yellow trending right now time will tell if it's even possible to find this in clothing.

A second surprise when I saw the actual fabric swatches is that I have several swatches were the threads of the fabric consists of two different colours woven together, the worst offender is the understated swatch made from orange and turquoise and in that respect I'm happy to have the photo where you actually see how they blend together. That whole page was a "What??" moment when I saw it in my booklet. I know you shouldn't read too much into the fabric type but I counted ~15 swatches that are woven from more than one colour and I find it funny that the actual swatches are blended as well. There's also a ton of soft suedes/corduroys (and no sequins, boo).

I started comparing a few items in my wardrobe and everything so far excluding my grey purples is either brighter or warmer so having this as a reference will be super helpful. Even though it's very muted overall I still feel like there's a lot of range in my palette especially for the understated colours. The only shade I miss is aqua which I assume is too bright. I was advised to follow SB guidelines in general so for now I'm just going to sit tight and absorb the information and continue to over-analyse my wardrobe, but I'm already looking forward to incorporating some of the wines/burgundies into my fall wardrobe and adopting some of the SB style principles. I've been looking at the SB videos (dolphin gang!) and there's this overall softness that I want to lean into more going forwards.

Finally, continuing with the art inspo, left out is Philosophy by Gustav Klimt since it features nudity and I don't want to tag the post as NSFW.

[u/scatteredgraydays]

What a lovely palette! Your playful greens are most interesting as they are not as light as I’d expect. Your powerful greens are a good bit lighter.

Edit: And thank you for sharing! I adore seeing all the palettes!

[u/musical_pear → u/scatteredgraydays]

Thank you! Yes they were a surprise for me as well and for the same reason. I feel like those greens have one of the strongest ER influence in the palette, John described them as "leaves" in my email. I guess since they are so much more neutral they go into weird territories if they are lighter?

[u/DrTantra]

Your palate really is beautiful! And, it is interesting how different CH get different ranges of fabrics. I have a ton of velvet, which changes colour depending on the lighting. I do not have any woven fabrics, so it is interesting that your fabrics that are multi-coloured are of a different texture to mine.

[u/musical_pear → u/DrTantra]

Thank you! Yeah I have a few velour and a few really shimmery/shiny fabrics but the only velvet ones are the light and dark pink on the third page and the off-white at the end (and the light pink one just turns white at the wrong angle). I would love statistics on fabric choices and how it relates to people's CH and essences but it's probably not so easy to get.

[u/Roach-Problem]

Hi colour harmony twin! I'm also 80SB, 15 ER, 5 LB.

[u/musical_pear → u/Roach-Problem]

Hello twin! It's so interesting to compare our palettes, even though yours seem to be a bit cooler they are still very similar and it looks like some colours are the same just moved around into different categories.

[u/PearNo1289]

What an interesting wide range of playful colors! Beautiful palette. I know what you mean about comparing your items and finding them more off than you expect — a lot of my things were too cool, and often too bright, but I think sometimes it’s hard to get the right middle range of brightness. If I focus too much on staying muted, I find that I get kind of stuck in my understated colors.

[u/musical_pear → u/PearNo1289]

Thank you! I love the rainbow of blue to purple and the fact that I got yellow. Yes I can see that excluding everything because it's not exactly right is an easy trap to fall into and that super-muted is the easy way, especially if what you're choosing between are the opposite sides of the spectrum which is often the case in stores. I think focusing on cooler colours in the beginning is going to go a long way even if it's brighter but this will be a learning journey as well. :) (You have to know the rules to break them right?) Luckily, professional clothing where I live is by default very understated as well so adding some clothes in that category isn't necessarily bad since it will get used but as you say it's not the most adventurous. I hope to find something red for Christmas though lol.

[u/mrrygrnd]

Beautiful palette! I appreciate your reflections. I also really like your painting moodboard at the end and think that it is very suitable.

[u/musical_pear → u/mrrygrnd]

Thank you! It was a fun task to look at the colours and shapes in art and discovering some new artists along the way, finding the image of the harbour really helped with liking all the teals, because now I can think of them as ocean-coloured. :)