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Color Me, Color My Home
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LIFE
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2 / 1986 |
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Dawn Speth White
Dawn White is a freelance writer who lives in Fort Lauderdale
and specializes in interior decorating. |
In her 1980 best-selling book, Color Me Beautiful, Carole Jackson adapted Johannes Itten's 1920s theory of color to fashion. Itten had held that everyone belongs to one of four color groups: summer, fall, winter or spring, as dictated by their skin, natural hair and eye color. Jackson takes the four seasons theory further as a guide for clothing, make-up and wardrobe, and helps people discern the most flattering colors for their wardrobe. She used the four seasons as guides for clothing, makeup and wardrobe planning to help people discover their own personal fashion statement.
Color analysts or color consultants are now applying this same theory of personal color to living spaces. Just as color seasons in fashion give you more freedom and saves you time shopping for clothing, so with interior design, it also helps remove doubt from difficult color and style purchases for the interior of your home. This can also make you feel more peaceful and in harmony with your surroundings.
If you have had your colors analyzed by a professional color consultant, then you know your season. Knowing what colors make you most attractive gives you an advantage with your wardrobe and also in decorating your living space.
"You'll feel wonderful in your colors," says Nancy McDow, certified consultant for Color Me Beautiful and Color For Men in Orange Park, Florida. Ms. McDow, who has a bachelor's degree in psychology, a master's in psychiatric social work, and clinical experience as a psychiatric social worker, says, "I am basically a social worker, a humanist at heart, and I've always wanted to help people feel better about themselves. That's my value system in doing this, not just because people look better, but because they really do feel better."
If you are planning new home construction or redecorating in the near future, you will find that, just like shopping for clothing, the home furnishings selections available to you, based on your own color season, are easier to narrow down. If you know what your own colors are, you will find that they are not only the most flattering to you, but also most comfortable as well.
After helping you determine your color season, your color consultant will teach you how to choose the right clothes, makeup and home furnishings.
"We deal with the person's mood/clothing personality and body line," McDow said.
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