Olive green near my face. And rust and most of the other earthy colors.

Janet, the worst possible colour on me is ochre, like the swatch below and colours that have a muddy undertone. It makes me look pale and brings out panda circles under my eyes. When I see others wear this, I think it looks fabulous but it has to be the absolute worst shade ever on me. I had a t-shirt that I bought, thinking it was so great with denim and a navy blue jacket. Without fail, whenever I wore it I was asked if I was OK. When it comes to autumn and earth tones, I have to be very careful.

My taboo color that I wish I could wear is a deep teal. I admire it on others but look like I have a disease if I wear it myself.

I love colours, so unfortunately that means there are a lot of colours out there that don't love me back lol;

~ Wish I could look ethereal & floaty in pastels but I look like a ghost instead

~ The graphic effect of modern black & white looks modern on others but I need black & cream instead (very difficult to find such prints at retail).

~ Burgundy & deep purple are very difficult to get right - I need the burgundy to be more purple than red, & for the deep purple to be more warm.

~ As an autumn, greens are also surprisingly difficult - I'm drawn to emerald but I actually need a warm, hunter green. And there's a *very* fine line between chartreuse & puke green!

~ Wish I could do an easy, conservative outfit in blue & grey but my navy blue needs to be more of an inky blue-black (also difficult to find, especially when online shopping) & grey is just my absolute no-no colour all around.

Come to think of it, this is probably why I find it so hard to shop for conservative clothing altogether (like suits/ shirts)

Camel! It's such a great neutral and looks so nice in a light neutral outfit but it just doesn't work near my face. I look ill! I could try it for trousers or skirts only, but for some reason I don't find them very appealing.

I think coral would work beautifully with all your blues!

Black, camel and white!

Red. I love it but the only shade that doesn't exaggerate my pinkish complexion is burgundy, which I find lovely to look at but gloom inducing to wear.

Navy! I love navy but it doesn't love me back. It is not my worst color (my worst are a very pale yellow, mustard, and most browns, but I am not attracted to those colors), but it is not the best on me either. I wear it anyways, I try to wear it away from my face (jeans, pants, skirts), in accessories (shoes and bags), as part of a print with other more flattering colors, or if I am going to wear solid navy close to my face (navy top or dress) I try to pair it with accessories (scarves and/or jewerly) in one of the colors that are more flattering on me (white, red, fucshia, or other clear bright colors). I can wear a navy topper if I wear a top in a more flattering color, but in my climate I can only wear toppers about half the year.

Anything warm, really, but the one I always fall for and then regret is an olive green that has more yellow in it than silver.

This here dress was the latest one that I talked myself out of.

Besides, it hardly seems cruelty free and that's becoming more important to me.

Not for me: I am an indiscriminate color-wearer :)! If I like a color or pattern I will wear it.

Gosh, not in a way that bothers me because I can wear all my favoritecolors. But I am pretty reliably drawn to that cinnamon/rust color that Suntiger wears so well, and I can only do a muted version on my bottom half or use it in accessories. I also like cobalt blue but that's too harsh on me.

Black,dark burgundy anything dark or dusty.l need bright,clear colours but it would be very useful to be able to suit black,it’s so ubiquitous.Also whist “my”colours are cheerful they do lack a certain seriousness which can be helpful in clothing on occasion.

For me it’s more that I do wear the tempting colors even though I don’t always look my best in them! Neons are tough, but I still try. I look best in earth tones but hate wearing them. And my close loved ones can concede that even when they prefer something less eye-popping on me, it doesn’t suit my personality.

Joining in the camel chorus. Blush, too. I really like them until I put them on, and then I don't like them anymore.

I love a really bright orange— like blaze orange- but it doesn’t look good on me

@Gillian I think neon is particularly tough for anyone - is there actually anyone out there who truly suits neons?

I mean, I've seen plenty of people wear neon colours, but never in a way where I think 'Oh, that looks harmonious/ like *they're* wearing the neon (rather than the other way around)'. Would love to be proven wrong, though

My two closest friends growing up had very similar skin tone — a bit olive (one was of Lebanese-German descent) and the kind of skin that tans deeply in no time and never burns (I, on the other hand, was pale and freckle and burned and then peeled in the sun, much to my disappointment — it was the era of fashionable tan!). They looked amazing in neon bright colors when they trended hard in the 80s. I looked ill. Even though we were all pegged as “winters” at the time, it was the first time I thought that the four-season system of color was insufficient — clearly my friends’ “winter” coloring and mine were not the same!

I'd think bright spring or bright winter could carry neons. Angie could get away with them!

I am blessed that I can wear almost any colors. I can’t wear yellow, but I’m not a huge fan anyway, so it works out. Other colors I avoid because I just don’t like them, period. Like tan.

Yes, Janet. I know what you mean. A more red-orange is better than a yellow orange for your complexion.

Like Jonesy, I wear the colours I love!

My worst colors are pastels, especially pink. There’s not one shade of pink that looks good on me.

For me, it's red. I very rarely manage to find one that looks truly good on me. I'm cool winter, so it shouldn't have no orange tone, can't be too dark, can't be too light... I always have better luck with different tones of bold pink (which I prefer anyway).

What Helena and shevia said.
Most olives are not good near my face. I have kept a Talbots cotton utility jacket cool- olive- maybe tending towards dark sage- works with a lot of other summer colors and is just so darn useful as a breathable casual summer jacket for a/c.
Rich camel in luxurious fabrics- wool coats and cashmere- so timeless but not a good color for me. Have not been able to part with a camel hair blazer yet so I work around it with other colors..

Re: neon, I suppose I have very specific shades in mind. Like those neon pink tank tops that you'd expect to see at those full moon raves on the beach, which sort of straddle that middle ground between coral & hot pink without actually being either. Anyone know what I'm talking about, lol?

When I see @Angie's colours, for some reason they don't register as neon to me - but could that be because they suit her colouring so well that you see Angie first (rather than the colour wearing her)? Like it reads as chartreuse rather than 'neon green/ yellow'. Maybe that also has to do with Angie's earlier point though, about colours looking different depending on the other colours they're placed with?

@Janet I know exactly the sort of undertone you mean - for me, it's one of the ways I can usually spot someone of Arab/ Middle Eastern heritage vs South Asian heritage a mile away (even if, to some other folk, we all look the same lol). Going back to the point above though, I'd wager the neons create a different effect on your friends vs on Angie - on them, it helps emphasise their tans (by lending depth), whereas on Angie it harmonises with her overall value & chroma. Nothing 'right' or 'wrong' with either approach, just that they create different results.

Does that make any sense, or am I just rambling at this point lol? What I'm trying to say is that each of us can make the same colours work for us but in different ways, depending on our goals.

I’ve always liked the luxe look of camel hair coats but my skin is rather camel colored. Good thing my climate isn’t coat friendly either so I’m never tempted.

Corals tend to look breathtakingly good on me, but they (and reds and oranges which also look pretty good on me) embody so much energy that I feel comfortable wearing them only occasionally.

taupe or a pinky beige is not good. mr bj1111 also does not like beiges/camels in general as he thinks my face is lost in all that brown.

mr bj1111 has excellent color sense.