Chromatic Finale

Hey There! Enough resting time! Ha ha ha Come on closer … So we have already checked about the color hue and tone and we are starting to get an idea about where should we head when picking up colors to wear. However colors aren’t that simple to just pick up for there’s another property of color quite important to consider: Chroma.

Chroma is the level of purity of a color; pure colors are those who have the less mixing possible on them and the purity goes down as the mix goes up. So the most pure colors will be Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, White and Black because they are the most basic ones. However the colors: Copper, Sand, Salmon, Eggshell, Ivory and Champagne aren’t pure colors, because in order to obtained them, a big amount of colors had to be mixed.

Those pure colors will be known as clear colors because since they are lowly mixed, the color is quite bright and intense within them. On the other hand those mixed colors will be known as the soft colors because with all the mix they have lost impact which makes them mute and a little dirty looking.

Clear colors are all those intense, pure and bright colors; they have the ability of being eye-catchers, they pop out and help make things look closer or bigger, also clear colors are very showy or flamboyant which will allow you to be the center of attention.

Soft colors are those gentle, mixed and muted colors; they have the ability of staying low and help shade and refine irregularities, they also help to reduce the appearance of things because of being so muted, soft colors will help get a very discreet look and help you pass through unnoticed.

As it happened with the two previous properties, Chroma can also be noticed into people in eye color, hair color and skin color.

Eyes that are clear will usually have bright intense color such as blue, green, black or hazel. Clear eyes have a black circle framing the iris and the presence of veins within the iris and the sclera are practically unnoticed.

Soft eyes will usually have non intense color such as brown, dark brown, gray and a mix of colors within the eye. Also soft eyes lack the black circle that frames the iris and there are usually some veins in white or yellow inside the iris and some notorious red ones in the sclera.

Clear hair is the kind of hair that reflects light and the color within it. For example the golden blonde will shine in yellow, the platinum white will shine in white, the strawberry redheaded will shine in bright red and the black hair will shine in dark blue or reflect in black. Also those four: Golden blonde, black, strawberry red and white platinum are the only clear hair colors.

Soft hair is noticeable because it has a mix of colors within itself  brown is a color that happens when others mix, that’s why some brunets shine in yellow under the sun, others shine in red but the brunet hair is a mix of several colors. Another hair that has a mix is when it gets grey-hairs in any type of hair, because the grizzly is a mix of the natural color plus the grey hairs and that mutes the shine of any clear color unless it turns entirely white platinum.

Clear skin is the kind of skin that has an inner shine within itself which looks as a kind of glow. Clear skins are able to be spotted on the areas where damage appears because damages are really noticeable like red areas, bruises, mosquito bites, pimples and any irregularities will be quickly noticed.

Soft skin is the kind of skin that seems opaque from within and gives and outer look of mate. Soft skins are able to be noticed because they have a tendency to look slightly muddy, however people with bruises mosquito bites, pimples or other type or irregularities can feel comfortable because their skin will hide those little details for them a little bit unlike clear skins, where the skin pops out all the irregularities.

Once we’ve realized the differences within the three properties of color and we’ve established to which one of the two options we belong it’s time to realize which one is our color classification and to make this classification we use the expert knowledge of Carole Jackson. She separated the colors into the four seasons and set extremely accurate color palettes to help us guide ourselves into building our own masks on the best possible way, so next time we’ll set our flag up and wide to soar hand to hand with Carole Jackson, until then, have a lovely time.

Using that Tone … on you?

Thanks for that little wait, some tech problems came along, I hope it wasn’t too boring and I truly wish that this information has been helpful to understand a little bit better how to start building your best mask.

Now, once you have noticed which color hue suits you better, it is time to check up which tone, remember that in this world there are scales, and so is with color too, it’s not the same thing a baby blue and a midnight blue.

So what is tone then? Tone is the quantity of black or white within a color and it helps to give effects of illumination or shadows on the color applied.

And since tone has two applicable options (white and black) that will modify the color’s tone there are two options to which color may move within tone that is. These two options are lightness and deepness.

Lightness is spotted when a color has white within itself; those are known as light colors. Light colors have the ability to create an effect of growth so things covered in light colors may appear bigger to the eye. Light colors also reflect light, which helps to illuminate areas near them. Also light colors help to keep things fresh because with the influence of white, these colors repel heat by nature therefore they aid on keeping things fresh.

Deepness is spotted when a color has black within itself; those are known as deep colors. Deep colors have the ability to create an effect of shrinking so things covered in deep colors may appear smaller to the eye. Deep colors absorb light, which creates shadows on areas around them. Also deep colors help to keep things warm because with the influence of black, these colors absorb heat by nature therefore they aid on keeping things warm.

But how can you tell which tone might suit you better? Should you run towards the clean and perfect white or maybe towards the elegant and mysterious black?  It is all very simple, just as it was done to discover the personal hue, now it’s time to check up to see if the balance shall bend on the light tones or the deep tones .

Let’s start scoring points to pick up the personal tone for you.

The light eyes are all those where color is more distinctive such colors are: hazel, gray, light green and light blue.

The deep eyes are all those where color is much darker such colors are: black, dark brown, dark green and dark blue.

Once we already scored the eye tone, we can move on to the hair tone.

The light hairs are all those where the amount of white over rules some color and intensifies another. Inside the light hairs we can find: Golden Blonde, Strawberry Blonde, Platinum Blonde, Ash Blonde or White.

The deep hairs are all those where the amount of black over rules some color and intensifies another. Inside the deep hairs we can find: Auburn, Chestnut, Brown, Dark Brown, Black/Brown or Jet Black.

Having settled eye tone and hair tone the only thing left to score is the skin; however some people get troubled by skin toning definition. These troubles are easily removed with a proper skin tone definition.

The light skins are all those skins that look shiny and illuminated when set before a white screen. However if placed before a black screen it will look pale and all the color will seem washed off.

The deep skins are all those that look stunning and the features become very strong and defined when set before a black screen. However if placed before a white screen it will look dirty or darkened.

Once you’ve checked the scores set before you can realize if you are a light person or a deep person (talking about color of course) and then the color picking decision will be easier for you to handle and everything will become quite simple I can guarantee you that!

Next up is checking up Chroma, but before we got on that I’ll have to move around for a little bit, but I’ll see you by the balcony in a while. Until then … have a fun time!

Hue's There?

I’m back! :D It’s so great that you’re still here! Ok now we were talking about color right? Well first of all color has many properties and one of them is Hue.

Hue means how much a color is red, yellow, green or blue. The hue will give us the reigning color within our chosen color. But we must know that color also creates a very subtle temperature and so with this temperature we can classify colors within the warmer ones and the cooler ones.

Those colors that have more yellow and red within them are known as the warm colors. Warm colors have a more motivating effect on people and are more stimulating. Also warm colors create an effect of enhancement and create closeness to the colored object.

Those colors that have more blue and green within them are known as the cool colors.  Cool colors have are more relaxing effect on people and are more calming. Also cool colors can create an effect of shrinking and they help generate visual remoteness within the viewer and the colored object.

But why is all this important to us and creating masks? Well basically because we need to know what we want to do maybe attract people to us by looking more close and appealing or by looking more remote and elite. Color helps us create all that. However not every color is suitable for every one of us. And here is where so many people panic.

Because which color should I pick to put on!?

Well that all depends on our own personal color properties. Yes people have color properties too. And according to those properties we can choose the best color to rock on the scene.

So then warm people are those who are best suited within warm colors and cool people are best suited in cool ones. How we differentiate them both? Easy as well as there are coke people there are pepsi people, and just like that we can look closely and see our colors to realize into which team we belong.

We have to look at three things, skin, eyes, and hair (natural color of course). And so we can determine which color is best suited for us by scoring points in each group and counting in the end.

The warm eyes are those eyes with more yellow in them. You will score in this group if your eyes are: hazel, brown or green.

The cool eyes are those eyes with more blue in them. You will score in this group if your eyes are: blue, gray or black.

Having checked on the eyes you have set one point, next point is the hair. Your natural hair color will help define your best colors.

The warm hair is the one with more golden or auburn in it. You will score in this group if your hair is: Golden Blonde, Strawberry Blonde, Auburn, Chestnut or Brown.

The cool hair is the one with more silver or black in it. You will score in this group if your hair is: Platinum Blonde, Ash Blonde, Dark Brown, Black / Brown or Jet Black.

So far we have two checked the final check is on skin.

The warm skin is the one that is more yellow. You will score in this group if your skin:  gets golden tan or bronzed tan. Also this skin reveals a more orange / yellow color within the hand grasp.

The cool skin is the one that is more pink. You will score in this group if your skin: burns under the sun but doesn’t shine with tan. Also this skin reveals more white / pink (or even red) within the hand grasp.

After all these checks you can realize if your colors are warm or cool and so pick the colors to look your best. Why is this important? Because if you are a cool person and you want to wear an orange color, you can pick the color that is closer to the cool zone to minimize the damage. Just the same happens on the opposite way, wanting a cool color while being a warm person.

It is kind of hard to get the grasp but with a bit of practice you will master it in no time I’m sure of it. However that’s not all there is on color, let me grab a snack and I’ll be right back. This is so cool, we’re starting on the basis of creating masks. Hang on there!

About Sight ... Entrance Into Colour

Hehe, seems someone is still dancing around :) that’s so great to notice. Follow me to the corner, your dancing partner can wait a little, there’s something I want to tell you.

Remember what I said a while ago? About us creating masks? Good, well I want to share with you the basics of how to create them. I already told you that the perfect masks bewitches all five senses, so how to make one? Pretty easy actually, in order to understand it we have to take sense by sense though. So, first of all, let’s take on the sight.

Most people heavily rely on what they see and acknowledge it at truth, that’s why sight is the first sense we’ll smash up. There are several tricks on this sense we have: color, shapes and light. We should start up with color because is the easiest way to understand them all.

Color is basically a reflection of light on an object, if there is no light, color can’t be perceived. Then again there are two kinds of color, the color known as light and the one known as pigment. Both colors are quite different, light color is produced by a ray of light smashed out into color after crossing a material, when pigment color is the color that an object has already. Bit confusing, I know, let me put it on an easier way, u can differentiate them both because when u mix light colors the mix will become a white light, contraire to what happens when you mix pigment colors because they turn black.

We will focus mostly on pigment color because, well, it’s more common to control the pigment colors we have close, in paint, clothing, make up, hair dye, and other things like that. And why do we want to control color? Well because color has properties that affect us and the way we look, therefor it is imperative that if we want to look good, we have to be aware of the colors that we choose. Such colors might help us look better or worse depending on the way we want to look.

Ok, this is very important, people usually wear the color that they like because it’s their favorite, however it might not be the best choice and not really helping them at all. Other people a bit cleverer pick up the colors they wear based on the psychology of color because they know that color says things, and they want the color they wear to say what they want. That is pretty much truth, however based on their personal color properties they might select a color rather dangerous, and by dangerous I mean a color that instead of help them look better, makes them look terrible. Yes the color does say things, but picking up the right color is of absolute importance in order to look the way we want.

Color has three columns in which it is supported, such columns are: Hue, Tone and Chroma. Those three properties will let us know how to pick up the right colors for ourselves, because just like color, we also have color properties they will let us know a thing each one: Hue will let us know which pure colors suits us best, Tone will let us know the lightness or darkness of the colors we should pick, and Chroma the intensity of the color.

Now, how to pick the exact colors to look amazing? Sit down darling, I’ll go get a drink and then I’ll come back to tell u exactly how. Hang on there.

The Dancing Continues [... Final Introductions]

Oh! Hello, there! Still in the ball? 

 

How wonderful, things are just about to get interesting. But before we begin some last why's and how's.

As a very common question, why should we manage our image?

Well, it is very simple, we all have goals in this life and image is one of our tools to achieve our goals. So the reason to manage our image or to have an image manager is to be better prepared to get our hands on our goals.

We need to manage our image as long as we need to make our dreams come true. How much do we want that to happen? That’s the answer on why manage our image.

Then, based on what can you manage image?

Now, an extremely important question to answer: Where do we begin? Managing image is very connected to the person whose image is being transformed. Therefore the base to build a good image is the person itself. Knowing who the person is and what that individual wants, gives us solid ground to scheme the structure of the image. The more we know the person, the stronger the working ground will become and with that the mightier the image we create.

Some may ask: How do we get to know an individual? That’s easy, we’ll ask a little help from psychology, and define what makes a person different: The Personality. Based on what makes a person unique we can define a strong concept to build the whole image.

Well, we shall get back into those deep waters later.

So how do you manage Image?

Now, the real fun begins when the time to create an image arrives. After we have the scheme to follow, we proceed to generate the stimulation needed. This stimulation has to go through all the senses so the receivers can picture in their minds the image we want them to picture.

Therefore our stimulation has to go directed to the 5 senses: Sight, Hearing, Smell, Touch and Taste.

Mixing them in the correct way will give us the desired image.

Hear the symphonic orchestra above your heads, starting to beat the drums and picking up the speed as the horns sound soars the room, the time has come to begin unraveling secrets.

Hello! [... About Image] Welcome To The Masquerade!

Hi everyone!

My name is Martin, I'm an image manager who is specialized on relationship development and the use of image during the course of relationships.

I would like to share with you some of the things I have realized about image so far that, well, they have been quite revealing and it seems important for me to share it with you all.

First of all … What is image?

While many people would say that image is what we see from day to day in real life. Other might say it is what we see on television, a movie screen or even a computer. While yet others may think it is what we see printed in magazines or newspapers. For those of us who study image, we have learned that contrary to what most people think, image does not exists in the material world, rather, image is something that exists on the mental realm, this is truly where image resides.
Therefore image is a mental representation of what we perceive of the world.

Image, in simple words, is what we picture in our minds of anything that exists in the world.

And how does our mind creates images?

Well, our mind receives information that is captured by our senses and then it's processed in our heads to create images, so basically, what we see, hear, taste, smell and feel will become an image in our mind, and based on those images is the way we will react and act on the world.

Okay, so now we've established that image resides within our minds, then what is Image Management?

Image Management is the art of taking care of all the stimulation we release to to create a positive image of something. When we can control that stimulation we can send an image that other people will perceive and create an image of us that we want them to have.

That is how social masks are created. Everyone is always creating masks for themselves. They create them on how they want to be perceived. Slowly society becomes a big, eternal and wonderful masquerade ball in which we all turn and dance with other masks to the rhythm of the music.


Now, allow me to invite you to come with me, on a journey to unravel some of our masks, and maybe even create a few new amazing ones for ourselves...Welcome to The Bal Masqué!