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The journal.
Considered writing on personal colour analysis, the science of perception, and the craft of dressing well. By Rebecca Sells.
One piece of writing a month, on personal colour, perception, and the craft of dressing well. Posted here and to subscribers.
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What's the difference between colour analysis and armocromia?
Colour analysis, armocromia, personal color, Farbberatung, colorimétrie — the same practice in different languages. A short atlas of where it took off, who made it famous, and what it actually is.
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Why your phone can't tell you your colour season.
AI colour analysis tools have become popular. A colour practitioner explains what they can and cannot do — and why the gap between camera and drape matters.
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The twelve seasons are not sub-seasons.
A widespread misunderstanding about the twelve-season system, and why it matters for how you find your colours.
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On neutrals.
Black, white, and grey are widely considered the safe choice. From a colour theory perspective, they are anything but.
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What your contrast level actually means.
Why some people look striking in stark black and white, while others are better served by softer tonal combinations — and what contrast level has to do with it.
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The wrist test does not work.
The vein-colour method for finding your undertone is everywhere. It is also wrong — and colour theory explains precisely why.
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The practitioner watches the drape, not you.
Personal colour analysis is a discipline of perception, not preference. Here is what that distinction actually means in practice.
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