Now that I have learned so much about value contrast and color contrast, I would like to apply this information to further improve my style. I am therefore challenging myself to come up with ensembles on a daily basis that fulfill the medium value contrast (MVC) Low to medium Color Contrast (LCC) paramaters which I determined to best for me.

I will then see how I feel with these changes, especially because my more typical ensemble has both low value and color contrast. I am aware that my analytic approach is not helpful for everyone, but for the purpose of working on my closet, it has served me well so far.

Today, my medium contrast is formed by my dark blue J Crew Matchstick jeans and my grey J Crew Cashmere Waffle henley. I am considering both of these to be neutrals, denim can count as a neutral. The grey is a mid tone grey and the denim is dark making the medium contrast.

The color is clearly pink. (Two neutrals and a color) I kept it in a mid range. I did a grey scale on it and it is exactly the same value as the sweater. I couldn't figure out how to transfer it to the web or I would show you. In my case, I actually have pink nail polish, eye shadow, blush and lip gloss. It's a lot of pink, in several different shades but they seem to complement each other.

I added a pair of silver earring with white opals. I think this works ok. It adds a very small amount of high contrast, and I have a very little bit of high contrast going on in my hair where there are some very light parts compared to the rest. The close up is so you can see the earrings.

What do you think? Did I get the concepts right?