For some of you, this is so clear...Winter, dark and Muted. I assume that's the most likely answer, but I wish it were more clear to me;-).
Beth Ann...always full of good questions! I do think our coloring is very similar. You can take more contrast and brightness than I can though. At least when you were here, your hair was a couple shades darker than your profile picture. Oddly, I'm not wearing much color at all these days because I'm not loving color with intense black at the moment. No clue why...
Also, you've hit on another issue...the move to the beach. My beach vacation (even during the Winter) wear has always been lighter and brighter, with very little black and no gray. I really have no idea how my current wardrobe of black, gray and deep, dark colors will feel when we're there full-time. As far as changes over time...tons! I used to wear lots of brights...lime green, orange, hot pink. Also brown, rust, khaki and olive. Red and Pink became more prevalent for me in my 40s, and black finally pushed out brown. Until the last year or two, I NEVER wore any shade of blue (except for denim). I have now find a few shades I like, but they're difficult to find.