RSSColor Analysis Help Needed in UK
June 11, 2010
Hi, everyone.
Sarah lives in the SE of England. She is a True Summer, and wondering how to purchase the swatches for the Seasons. The Sci\ART system that I use, and the personal colour palettes, are an ocean away.
I know that many of you are reading from the UK, and have good knowledge and experience with Seasonal color analysis. Can anyone help?
Also, do any of you know of any available alternatives to CMB that does not use the “Cool, Soft, Deep, etc.” designations? (Sarah – If no, then True Summer is fairly equivalent to Cool Summer).
Thanks for the help.
Do you still check in at 12 Blueprints now and again? Today’s post contains a lot of beautiful photos, in Valeria Is A Dark Autumn.
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Hi Christine,
I live in South East England and can highly recommend the colour consultant I went to see in Cheltenham. She is a CMB consultant, and I was a bit dubious of this at first as had not had good “reading” from them years ago. However, Sue is trained at Master level, so teaches other ladies and trained in the USA as well. She teaches at the local college in Cheltenham and has advised film companies, etc as well as working large organisations. She is also very friendly, open and so helpful on a one to one basis. Having visited a number of colour consultants over the years, I would say she is definately the best I have ever known, and not regid about the CMB system either, she adapts it to her take and the clients personality and own preferences to a position that feels right as well as looks right for them. I can’t say more!
Her details are -
Sue Trevaskis,
4 Charlton Kings,
Cheltenham,
Gloustershire,
GL53 8DJ
Phone/Fax 01242 577688
Mobile 07798 746572
website http://www.st-image-consultant.co.uk
Hope this helps, she can always get in touch with me if she wishes to ask me any questions before she contacts Sue, I am happy to do so.
Trisha Goodwin
email- trishagoodwin@btinternet.com
Phone 01993 868046
When I was first analysed (by CMB) was was rather unimpressed with the swatch I was given – 42 colours, all rather ‘synthetic’ in look. It was a book format with a pull out folded sheet.
I later ordered a swatch from prettyyourworld.com and was very pleased. It was sent from America, and I think the company that actually makes the swatch is Australia, so it is a very well travelled swatch, but the range is fantastic – 60 colours. It is in the fan format.
Comparing the two, I much prefer the one I got from prettyyourworld.com – the colours are subtler (or maybe that is the 18 extra colours), the muted/clear qualities are present without being overpowering – and it is easier to keep neat and tidy in my bag.
I know that when I was looking for a good swatch I looked on eBay, and found lots, but most are a fairly restricted number of colours – 30 or 42. The colour reproduction needs to be excellent, and stable – and having the surface laminated makes it really easy to keep clean. Buying them unseen is risky because of this.
So I’m afraid I can’t make any concrete suggestions for swatches available in the UK, but I can suggest that it is worth bearing these things in mind when making your choice.
Hope this helps.
Jo
taji.the.bd8@gmail.com
this is my new email–please update your contacts—-thanks
I would second Jo’s recommendation. I have seen these swatches and they are all gorgeous, imaginative and even daring, showing a great understanding of the nuances of each type. Also, Laura’s shipping charges are the same whether she’s shipping to the US or internationally, and you’ll have the option of doing the color analysis with her “long distance”. Or you could look in The Australian Image Company (TAIC) website to see whether there are any consultants near you.
Angela Wright is another “Color Goddess” based in London. She has a studio in London where she works and teaches (and does color analyses). Her book is “The Beginner’s Guide to Colour Psychology”. It is not a typical color analysis book in which she also discusses color in the home, work environment and commerce/marketting. With regards to color analysis, she has the 4 seasons and a dozen or more “sub-types” under each season, for example, Serene Summer, Jewel Summer, Heather Summer, Platinum Summer, English Summer, etc., etc.
Yes, I second both Jo and Fil’s comments (and Hi to both of you again, by the way). Angela Wright is also very good, I was diagnosed by her at an event in the 90s for a quick, rather public consultation. She picked me out from an audience (I nearly died) to go onto the stage and be “done”. She made it a very comfortable experience in the end. I have some swatches from her which are a bit softer than the CMB ones. Apparently I was a good example of dark Firelight an Autumn type and she was very perceptive. As I was diagnosed as a Deep Autumn by Sue too (CMB) I have to conclude that I am this dark autumn colour type. Lora Alexander at Pretty my World is fabulous too, but a bit difficult to get a full consultation from her as she lives in the USA. I’ve had some email correspondance with her and she is a wonderfully warm person. Her book is well worth purchasing, you can get it from Amazon in the UK now as well.
Hi Trisha,
What a great experience that must have been! I’ll be very tempted to stop by one of these days and perhaps take one of her classes… I just love people taking color analysis in all these interesting directions. Hope your classes at OU are going well also.
). The swatches are indeed very special.]
[Yes, the "Laura" I mentioned above is Lora Alexander at Pretty Your World (the trials of English as a second language
Hi,
Thanks for the feedback.
I also wonder if anyone has found a company that sells clothes and make up in a range of colours for different seasons.
I have seen the Kettlewell brochure but it misses some of the colours and can be costly. So I have never bought from them.
Find it hard to get lipstick for true summer.
lol
S
I know of no other seller for Seasons. CMB may still sell makeup and if you’re a True Season, they may have a good color. Boots Silk is nice on True Summer. Gosh Perfect Plum if you’re darker. Lancome Provocative very good too.
I am off to be analysed I think. There is somebody locally who has a studio.
The system I am looking at divides each of the four seasons into 4 subtypes and one of the names used to describe the spring section is a blue spring – but she would not give any more details abour the other names. She will diagnose whereabouts on the wheel I fall and if there are any odd colours I might also be able to wear. So this should be interesting anyway and I will keep you posted. The swatches will be fabric and there will be advice on how to wear neutrals and combine colours. It is not the same as the cmb system that they use. They also sell cosmetics but very expensive.
So I will look into Christine’s suggestions.
btw does anyone have any advice about teal on a summer,
Just purchased a beautiful plum maxi dress and cream shrug from a shop called Kew – not cheap but very nice material and colours etc…. – I avoided the beige and grey shrugs they suggested to go with it !!
Sarah Willis-Owen: thank you so much for the Kettlewells reference – I’ve never heard of them but I’ve found some fabulous basic t-shirts in my colours! Very happy! Thank you!
Hello. I wonder if anyone can help me. I want to get a colour analysis for my brother as a present. I take it that there is nothing based on the Sci\Art model in the UK? From the list on the Kettlewell site it seems that everything is based on CMB, with the possible exception of Federation of Image Consultants. Here is my problem with CMB:
1) It seems to take a mix and match approach, that is, they have a relatively small amount of colours which they repeat in many different groups. As an example, my Light Spring mother shares several colours with me, a Cool Winter. The list of Clear Winter Colours was in fact almost identical to the Cool, with the exception of some very warm colours like gold, mango, clear golden yellow. There wasn’t the subtle blending of the Winter with the Spring yellow light in the colours that Sci\Art offers. As a disclaimer, I should say that this was the Nineties. However, from what I’ve seen on the internet, they haven’t changed this aspect of it. In fact the lady from CMB that I spoke to offered 42 colours which is 6 less than we got in the Nineties!
2) One size fits all. There don’t seem to be allowances made when one doesn’t fit the palette exactly. Some of the comments in our colour books are things like “accent”, “away from the face” or even “don’t bother”. Not really good enough when you’re still paying for the colours in the book. My mother has very delicate colouring and between points 1 & 2 plus the lack of Light Spring colours in the shops it’s quite hard for her to find her colours.
3) One way in which CMB has changed since the Nineties is to change from whatever Winter, Spring etc. to Soft , Clear, Warm etc. with a secondary descriptor – a Warm Spring, for example, is now Warm, Clear. Looking at it from a Sci\Art perspective this creates a problem for the True Seasons – and I suspect my bro is a True Summer. Even In the Nineties they were merging the True Seasons to some extent – I’ve got a colour called Dusty Rose that I wouldn’t feel confident wearing. Given that I believe in the Sci\Art way of doing things I think this is a problem.
Anyway, any advice would be appreciated. I’m a bit hopeful about Federation of Image Consultants after speaking on the phone, although it’s quite a bit more expensive than CMB. Thanks in advance.
Sam,
I’ll post this and hopefully someone can help. I don’t believe there is Sci\ART in the UK. I’ve no idea what CMB is using these days, but TAIC (Australia) use a similar system and they’re very good. They are probably more liberal than Sci\ART in some ways, but the results will still help your brother a lot.
You might be interested in a discussion going on now at 12blueprints.com (the more accurate PCA website), after the Recent Post
http://12blueprints.com/no-summerwinter-or-springautumn-blends/