And to compare…

Not sure if this would be Dark or Soft Autumn. I’m inclined to trust the palette I made more than someone else’s. I’m going to check out a few more, too, like maybe even Dark Winter or Soft Summer, and see how the comparison goes.

Dark Winter (which at one time I thought yes to) seems like a definite nope!

This is VERY close…but I think it’s a smidgen too cool. The grays here are fabulous, and the 2nd Base is *almost* there, but I lose some of the greens which are so essential to my palette (since they’re my eye colors). So, hmmn.

Sci-art AHA! moment

I’ve been really struggling with sci-art and traditional color theory. I’ve posted photos with photoshopped drapes on facebook groups and got varying results and opinions from people. Some say Bright Winter (ha, no!) or Soft Autumn (sure, if you get rid of about half the colors…) and some have even claimed me for a Bright Spring (even more no!). A couple have suggested Dark/Deep Winter, and it felt kind of like the closest to what I could get.

For myself personally, I vacillate between Dark Winter and Soft Summer Deep, meaning that I want only the darkest of the Soft Summer colors, but I can take a little more contrast than Summer gives me. I think that when all things are said and done, Zyla’s Soft Winter type will be a good match. Why?

• Pale, sallow skin with dark hair and eyes equals a winter type.
• Winters, I’m told, tend to have pale, pale low-contrast lips unless they put some color on them.
• Bright colors and highly saturated colors overwhelm me. Think anything royal and I disappear.
• Light colors tend to wash me out.
• Colors with too much warmth (ie: yellows and oranges) make me look physically sick to my stomach.
• I cannot wear true black or true white (True Winter colors), but I can easily handle white slightly grayed and “old, faded black tee-shirt” black well.
• My skin likes darker, muted colors the most, ie: navy, burgundy, plum, forest green, charcoal. All of these are best when a touch of gray is added to desaturate them.

I saw an article today when reading on the 12Blueprints site: http://12blueprints.com/pam-is-a-dark-winter/

I can’t post the photos on here because of copyright, but you can click the link and see it just fine.

…and that was kind of my AHA! moment. My coloring is SOOOO similar to this girl’s. My hair and skin tones are almost exactly the same. The only difference is my eyes are mossy green hazel while hers are more straight brown. Still…this is as close as it gets in 12 seasons, I think.

I’m going to spend some time delving deeper into the Dark Winter category on Pinterest and the like now. I still suspect I’m a bit softer than Dark Winter, but I cannot confirm if I’m Soft Winter until I get Zyla’s book, which should be sometime between now and a couple weeks hence.

But yey! I almost kinda sorta figured some of this out.

Off to pin! 🙂