Thanks Aida! So much great information - I think it's a really interesting concept. I agree that it allows for more freedom, which might be a very good idea - or tricky. The only problem I see, at least for myself, is that I have a hard time judging which colors look good on me, or better than others. Maybe this could be explained with the 'Soft Summer' idea, what I need in my colors is softness, the aspect of 'cool' comes second. That's why I have warm, but soft colors in my wardrobe that clash with the cooler tones to my eye. I'm not sure which ones look better on me, but I think the cooler tones. And there are the colors that fall somewhere in between.

I have a hard time judging what colors are best for me too, actually. I just know that they need to be clean and very saturated. Narrowing down my neutrals was more helpful than anything, especially since I also wear both warm and cool shades. Since I stick to black, gray, taupe, cream, and white I can always use those to ground whatever oddball color pairing I have going. If I'm mixing warm/cool colors, I'll often also mix warm/cool neutrals in the same outfit to make it look more purposeful (like black with brown leather when wearing both turquoise and tomato red).

I wonder if choosing to pick soft colors mixed with either brown OR gray would solve your problem? The brown shades would likely be more warm, the gray more cool.

Yes, that makes sense. I'm going to think about this some more, and about possible ways to implement this in a way that could work for me. Thanks!