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December 17, 2009
Many of you know my friend, Lora Alexander, at Pretty Your World. Lora is a Colour Analyst who shares my passion, enthusiasm, and curiosity for all things colour.
Lora follows a slightly different analysis process than I do, but many of the concepts and palettes are very similar.
This is an announcement for the release of her new book.
It is available from Amazon or from the publisher.
The quote from the publisher is as follows:
Color Revival aims to simplify the advanced 12 Season Color Analysis system. Easy to understand charts and photos help explain it in its simplest terms. Included are full palettes for each of the 12 seasons, as well as plenty of case studies of ‘real people’ who have been successfully color analyzed by the author. Besides understanding the principles behind it, people will see how color analysis in general will help one save time and money while always looking their best.
I am in the process of buying my copy. Having seen some of the preliminary work, I know that it will provide a modern and comprehensive explanation of the topic. Lora has the experience to know where people get tangled and what the most common questions are. She will address those, and more, in this book.
I love the title she chose. The time is right for the next wave of Colour Analysis for the year 2010.
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Hi Christine!
Love your site! I tried to contact you via e-mail with my photos, but I received my e-mail back… I was hoping that you could help me with finding my season for colors. Don’t know what to do…
Anna
Hi, Anna,
I can’t do Colour Analysis by photo. I only do it in person. Lora at http://www.prettyyourworld.com was doing online analyses, probably still is. You might check with her. She’s very good.
Not sure where the emails went. I seem to be getting them, though I did have another one recently that seemed to bounce. Did you send them via gmail?
Hi Christine,
Just wondering if you are going to review this book (assuming you have your copy)? Would love to hear your thoughts.
Hi,
I bought this book about a month ago. I enjoyed reading it, and found that it succinctly communicated most of the principles of colour analysis that I have found in other books and on the web. I wouldn’t say it took me to any new and startling revelations. I think it would make an excellent gift to someone who wanted to learn about colour analysis from scratch.
The best parts (IMO) are where each season’s basic swatch is shown, with a brief description of the seasonal characteristics, on successive pages. You can take in the essential nature of the season at a glance, and compare seasons by simply flicking over the page. This would be invaluable if you were trying to self-diagnose between light and true Summer, or clear and deep Winter…
The worst part (IMO) is the colour reproduction. The book has obviously been self-edited by the author, and the range of colours shown on the seasonal palettes are limited by either the printer used, or the colour selection of the monitor, during editing. Several of the colours in the swatches are indistinguishable. For example, in my copy, on p44, in the Cool Summer palette, the shades True Green and Blue Green have printed out EXACTLY the same colour. On p51, in the Clear Spring palette, Icy Pink and Icy Violet are also EXACTLY the same.
Overall, I found the explanations clear and the information accessible, and consider the book a useful addition to my bookshelf. I have already used it to try and explain the subtle differences in seasonal palettes to a friend.
Thanks for this review, Jo. I trust that I would write the same words.
Kathy – I don’t own the book because of the shipping fees to Canada, almost as much as the book itself. I’ve heard many good things. Lora and I are friends and I am proud of her achievement. I know that Jo will be fair and has enough background in this topic to be a good comparison judge.
Hi Jo and Christine, thank you for your feedback! This is indeed a very good resource for anyone wanting more detail on the 12 Season system.
Jo, much as I like this book I have to agree with your comments on the color reproduction. Unfortunately this seems to be a problem in most books on color analysis – so ironic since the reason we are buying these books is to get more detailed information on color! I really like the information in the 12 Season book “Color Me Beautiful’s Looking Your Best” but the color palettes are a joke – as reviewer after reviewer complains on Amazon.com, they look like they were drawn with crayons.