If variety is the spice of life, then that makes color the paprika. With it, life is more invigorating. Color has so many abilities from setting our mood to elevating our appetite. It often has more power in your everyday life by altering your mood and setting your perceptions than you might think. So let’s use this opportunity to look at the most popular Spring colors for 2019.
When I was younger (before I had the understanding of seasonal color analysis), I used to just buy whatever I saw that I liked regardless of color or how it would fit into my existing wardrobe. I ended up with a lot of pieces that could only be worn with certain other pieces. Some times, I’ve even had items that I didn’t have ANYTHING to go with, so they just sat in my closet unworn. . . beautiful, but unworn. What good are clothes if you don’t wear them? How useful is a jacket if you can only wear it with one of pants? If you’re in the same clothing rut that I was in, I feel for you and I can help. Using a defined wardrobe color palette will help you make the most out of your clothing purchases. No longer will clothes hang lonely by themselves. Having a wardrobe color palette creates versatility in your wardrobe so that you can do more with less.
The most popular color of the year is Living Coral. It’s a super bright, red-orange, full intensity hue.
In the practice of color forecasting, it is said that we, as a society, choose to surround ourselves with colors based on how we feel and our future outlook. For example, years where the economy is down and people are discouraged, we gravitate to more subdued or neutral colors. As you can see, this year is quite the opposite. This year’s most popular color, living coral, is everything but subdued and neutral!
The bright and youthfulness of the color expresses our optimistic outlook of the future. This popular color embodies our need for joyful experiences. It also offers a medium for playful expressions via social media while still maintaining a sense of authenticity in face to face interactions as well. Because living coral is found in nature, it provides feelings of nourishment and liveliness as well.
Many of these images are created with the sole purpose of making you feel inadequate so that you’ll buy their product. In light of that, it’s so important to surround yourself with body positive quotes and images and positive self-talk.
. . .or at least head in the body positivity direction. What if, instead of focusing on what you don’t like, you focus on what you DO like?
Are you looking to bring some life to your wardrobe by adding color but not sure where to start? Do you find yourself wondering what color(s) you could add to reinvent your wardrobe and ramp up your style without spending a bunch of money? You may ask, “What color am I?” You’re not alone, and people are turning to the internet to take an online color analysis test to answer those questions. Like many of us, after completing a color analysis quiz online, you find that you still aren’t sure what […]
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