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.