There are many ways of adding silver to your wardrobe this spring 2016. If you have a cool skin tone sill ver really flatter you – but if you have a warm skin tone – here are some ideas to add it into your wardorbe. Wear away from the face Read more…
Mustard is a dark yellow color that resembles culinary mustard – it also is similar in colour to Flax. It’s a relative newcomer as colours go and was first recorded as a colour name in English in 1886. It’s been out of favour as a fashion colour for a while Read more…
How one of our Consultants Uses Colour In Her Business… Barbara Laws qualified in Advanced Colour Analysis with Colourflair in 2013. For her it was the next step towards launching her personal colour and bespoke jewellery design company, Gem and Tonic. Barbara was born in Austria into a family of Read more…
A Grumbacher colour wheel is an essential tool when you are learning about colour. There’s one in the Colourflair Advanced Colour Analysis Training Kit. Unless people paint, relatively few people have used the colour wheel, and so are interested in finding out more. I find it a really useful tool Read more…
Each year the colour authority PANTONE decides on a colour palette for the year and chooses one to be THE colour. For 2015 it is Marsala “Much like the fortified wine that gives Marsala its name, this tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding Read more…
Spring is well and truly here in the UK and looking through my window I can see all the daffodils in my garden are in full bloom. It got me thinking about the colour yellow… Yellow is the colour of the sun, it brings happiness, it radiates Read more…
I recently received some information from another Training Provider. It made me see red…Here is what they wrote: “There are numerous ways you can charge for your services, and you will have to identify the one that works for you. Your fees will be based upon: * Nature of the Read more…
The Colour of 2014
Each year, the International colour standards authority PANTONE, announces a colour palette for the coming year – and nominate one of those colours to be THE colour for the year. For 2014 it has been named as Radiant Orchid… (more…)
“Think Pink”, which featured in the Audrey Hepburn film “Funny Face” in 1957
I’ve just finished reviewing my August copies of (Harper’s) Bazaar, Vogue and In Style magazines…and whether you call it “A Rose Bouquet” (Vogue), or “Blush Up” (In Style), what all these magazines have in common, is that they’re thinking pink for AW2013. “Think Pink” (Bazaar) is their take on THE colour for the autumn winter 2013-2014 season, from the catwalk collections. (more…)