https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sci-art-consultation-soim-a-bright-spring-what Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 02 May 2026 04:06:06 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sci-art-consultation-soim-a-bright-spring-what#post-1357665 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 19:26:16 +0000 Kristin 1357665@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I know I'm super late chiming in, but I'm a new member primarily interacted in conversations around color analysis and all the posts I'm finding so far are rather old! But I'm encouraged/nervous by your analysis revelation. I think I'm a soft summer or autumn, and am afraid I'm a spring!! I say afraid because I've always been drawn to soft, muted colors (with the exception of turquoise - I love turquoise &amp; all things aqua) and find it easiest to dress that way. I fear that being a spring will be much more work and I'm too lazy...but I want to look my very best! How has being a spring for a whole year been going, I wonder? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sci-art-consultation-soim-a-bright-spring-what#post-1016490 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 03:02:07 +0000 nancylee 1016490@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for weighing in, everyone. &nbsp;It's Day Two of my diagnosis as a Bright Spring...haha....and I'm moving out of shock and into a more reasoned acceptance of this whole thing. &nbsp;I have to say I'm still really stunned that I was able&nbsp;to <b><i>fool myself into believing</i></b> that I was a Soft Autumn, largely because I love those colors and prefer a muted, low-key appearance vs. bright colors. &nbsp;That said, I'm also&nbsp;energized and happy to know that bright colors are available to me if I so choose to wear them.&nbsp;</p> <p>You have all given me a lot of support, therapy, and wisdom through your comments. &nbsp;I do think that I'll have to process this and play around with my closet to see what works and what doesn't rather than toss everything out wholesale and start again. &nbsp;</p> <p>Angie, thanks for reminding me that&nbsp;color analysis is more of a jumping-off point. &nbsp;Ultimately, it&nbsp;is a matter of knowing myself and my own preferences rather than letting a color diagnosis dictate my wardrobe. &nbsp;</p> <p>Suz, Angie, Janet, Caro, thanks for the support and letting me know that <b><i>I do indeed look good in color</i></b>...even if I've resisted it! &nbsp;There will be a lot of fashion soul searching (and probably shopping, Suz!)&nbsp;&nbsp;in the weeks ahead that's for sure. :)</p> <p>Rachy, PPrints, Adelfa, Deborah, ManidipaM, VC...thanks for being as shocked and/or excited as I was. It remains to be seen how I move forward with my closet now...stay tuned.</p> <p>Claire, <b><i>I KNOW</i></b>! &nbsp;I'm so surprised, too. &nbsp;Clearly, my judgment is not to be trusted! &nbsp;(And I love the soft, muted colors of Autumn for my home decoration as well. &nbsp;I always thought that was a good guideline for your own wardrobe. &nbsp;Hm.) &nbsp;</p> <p>I'm visiting at my mom's until Friday, so right now&nbsp;I'm <i><b>dying</b></i> to get home and tear apart my closet looking for what does and doesn't work for Bright Spring. &nbsp;I honestly don't ever see my self dressing in brights from head to toe, but I can surely make room for more color in light of all my new information. &nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sci-art-consultation-soim-a-bright-spring-what#post-1015829 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 15:13:24 +0000 Angie 1015829@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Makes sense. You look beautiful in bright colours, Nancylee. And in Autumnal shades. </p> <p>I'm a Warm Bright Spring in that kind of colour analysis terminology. Although I do not stick to the prescribed spectrum of colours. There is no black, hardly any blue, and no pink either. I wear pink and shades of blue all the time - and lots of black and white. I'm supposed to wear taupe and light grey - putrid on me, unless mixed with lots of acidic citron, tomato red or bright turquoise. They are right in that I can wear shades of white, bright yellows, lime greens, peaches and orange-y reds. But I am so throwing in the pink and the blue. </p> <p>You might find this thread interesting: </p> <p><a href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/second-guessing-my-color-palette" rel="nofollow">http://youlookfab.com/welookfa.....or-palette</a></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sci-art-consultation-soim-a-bright-spring-what#post-1015806 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 14:41:20 +0000 Anonymous 1015806@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Honestly Nancy, I am every bit as shocked as you are! I felt sure you were right in thinking you were a Soft Autumn. Well I guess&nbsp;<i>my&nbsp;</i>eye isn't very good! Although I really did love you in that bright coral dress that you got last summer. Maybe it's just that I have a sugar eye for the soft Autumn Palette. My house is decorated in those colors, after all! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sci-art-consultation-soim-a-bright-spring-what#post-1015720 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 13:16:39 +0000 velvetychocolate 1015720@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh&nbsp; wow - now this is exciting! A big surprise, to be sure, but it sounds like when you went to try a few things on, the brighter colours looked beautiful on you. </p> <p>Interesting that your consultant suggested that we sometimes dress for our personality. </p> <p>Can't wait to see what you come up with! What a great excuse to try a bunch of new things </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sci-art-consultation-soim-a-bright-spring-what#post-1015682 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 12:22:17 +0000 Janet 1015682@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That must be disconcerting at first! I don't even know what I am (some kind of winter according to an evaluation 20+ years ago?) but if someone told me I was a fall or spring instead, I'd be pretty shocked too. </p> <p>That said, you *do* look wonderful in color! I'm excited to see what your new color experiments bring. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sci-art-consultation-soim-a-bright-spring-what#post-1015673 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 12:14:00 +0000 ManidipaM 1015673@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very interesting. Nodding along to Suz's observations too. Your closet revamp will be one I watch as I struggle with feeling muted and suiting brights too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sci-art-consultation-soim-a-bright-spring-what#post-1015606 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 08:32:04 +0000 Caro in Oz 1015606@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think Suz is absolutely right colour is only one aspect of how we dress. Proportion, line etc &amp; our personalities are other really&nbsp;important aspects. I think it great that you were open to this experience &amp; look forward to see how it influences your choices </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sci-art-consultation-soim-a-bright-spring-what#post-1015507 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 04:00:47 +0000 Deborah 1015507@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I find this all so interesting and I am thrilled you have shared this with us. So what does this mean for your current wardrobe and will a lot of shopping being involved? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sci-art-consultation-soim-a-bright-spring-what#post-1015484 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 03:15:29 +0000 Adelfa 1015484@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am just *desperately* excited for you! Hooray! It's a very precious thing, to get input or feedback that suddenly highlights something one can recognize as&nbsp;very important--important but unacknowledged. So happy for you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sci-art-consultation-soim-a-bright-spring-what#post-1015468 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 02:58:44 +0000 Pawprints 1015468@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congrats on a whole new window of your style to explore! Sounds like it will be as fun as it is liberating and grounding. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sci-art-consultation-soim-a-bright-spring-what#post-1015464 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 02:53:53 +0000 rachylou 1015464@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, how eye opening! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sci-art-consultation-soim-a-bright-spring-what#post-1015451 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 02:36:30 +0000 Jaime 1015451@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am very excited for you and understand just how liberating it can be when one of our long held assumptions about ourselves is confronted with opposing information! I can't wait to see where you go with this! (And, just btw, I love your muted style too.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sci-art-consultation-soim-a-bright-spring-what#post-1015375 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 01:36:45 +0000 Suz 1015375@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nancy...I have to say...<b>YAY!!!!&nbsp;</b></p> <p>In all seriousness, I didn't like to argue with your self-identification. And it is undeniably true that you are low-contrast in your colouring. Yet every time you put on something bright (like a few of the tops that frightened you last year) I thought you looked sensational. Whereas in the beiges and muted autumn colours....not so much. Then I thought maybe it was just my monitor. Colour values are so hard to translate especially when the light is often not the greatest for our photos. So I figured I just wasn't seeing the whole picture.&nbsp;</p> <p>Now, those bright tops in your closet&nbsp;may or may not have been in your best colours...but they really did bring you alive.&nbsp;</p> <p>Hmmm. I sense a shopping spree to come! Luckily you can still wear most of your bottoms, right? Right.&nbsp;</p> <p>Also -- this would explain why you really, really, <b>REALLY</b> do not like grey on yourself. True, grey isn't great for soft autumn either, unless it is a greenish olive grey, I suppose....but still.&nbsp;</p> <p>You know, Angie has been telling you for a long time that you look great in colour. Heheheheh.&nbsp;</p> <p>Having said all that -- I think it's important to pay attention to personality when we get dressed, too. Even if a bright colour brings out your eyes or makes your skin glow, if it also makes you feel so conspicuous that you're uncomfortable, you won't walk or move with confidence.&nbsp;</p> <p>Colour analysis can be a tool in finding our best style, but I think it's only one aspect and needs to be weighed with others, such as line, and pattern and so on -- and yes, personality, too, because even if fuchsia is great on me, it is <b>not </b>going to look good in a frilly mini. If you get my drift.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sci-art-consultation-soim-a-bright-spring-what#post-1015371 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 01:29:03 +0000 nancylee 1015371@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So, I'm visiting my mom and we had a joint Sci-Art color consultation today to find out just what our colors/seasons are....and to my <b>SHOCK</b>....I was identified as a Bright Spring. &nbsp;Coral, Yellow, Pink, Green! &nbsp;Bright vibrant color!</p> <p><b><i>Huh?</i></b> &nbsp;I have spent that past year&nbsp;convincing myself that I was a Soft Autumn: &nbsp;Olive green, burgundy, copper, browns.<b><i> &nbsp;Nope! </i></b>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>I'm so shocked, and confused....but &nbsp;intrigued and liberated, too.&nbsp;&nbsp;I can wear color! &nbsp;The woman who did my analysis is well-regarded and&nbsp;Sci-Art certified so I really &nbsp;believe&nbsp;she know what she's doing. &nbsp;I went in thinking I was a Soft Autumn...or <b><i>maybe</i></b> a Soft Summer...and I was very resistant to her initial read on me as a Bright Spring. &nbsp;She was very gentle with me and patient as she redid and re-draped me to show me how the brighter colors actually brought out my features better than the muted fall colors I'd convinced myself were the best for me. &nbsp;And I think she's right.&nbsp;</p> <p>My mom and I headed straight to the mall after our analyses to try on the colors suggested for us, and I have to admit: &nbsp;I look good in these bright colors that I've been rejecting. &nbsp;:)</p> <p>The color analyst said that&nbsp;we often dress for our <b><i>personality</i></b> rather than the <b><i>colors</i></b> that suit us...and that maybe since I can sometimes&nbsp;be a little shy I've wanted to wear muted colors because they feel more comfortable to me. &nbsp;So, I'm thinking: &nbsp;maybe&nbsp;I need to embrace the bright vibrancy that really <i><b>is me</b>.</i>&nbsp;Huh. &nbsp;Lots to think about. &nbsp;</p> <p>Just laying all this out there. I know that a lot of you are non-believers in color analysis, and I also know that you have to take advice like this and combine it with your own comfort level and self-knowledge to make the best color decisions. &nbsp;But I have to say, I feel both gobsmacked and liberated. &nbsp;I'm glad I went for the analysis because it's opened my eyes to new possibilities of color.</p> <p>More later! &nbsp;</p> <p> </p>