Your best color?

[Liz Goguen]

DancingZooTV wrote in ...
> After reading the "Colors you never wear'' thread, I was surprised to see
so
> many people agree on colors that make them look bad: browns, beiges,
orange,
> neons...

I don't wear neon or orange, but brown and beige are staples in my wardrobe.
My staples are:

beige, taupe, brown, black, ice blue ( when I can find it), grey, white and
cream. I have a couple of pieces in red, some pastels and blues, but I
pretty much stick to the formula above so I know that I'll match, at least.
I have more colors in my accessories, like a turquoise necklace or a bright
green scarf, but I'm pretty conservative in clothing colors.

Liz Goguen
www.jean-pierre-creations.com

[Fiona Webster]

I wrote:
> Black. Because I have naturally blonde hair, and the older
> I get (46 now), the more of an asset that is. I keep it long,
> and display it on black.

Cyn replied:
> Amen, sister! At 58 I've got a lot of silver in my ash blonde, and
> my skin has held up well, and deep jewel colors are good but black
> is the best of all.

Amen back at ya! I'm actually looking forward to getting some
silver in mine. I think the silver-plus-ash-blonde hair look
is great. I fantasize about living to 90 years old, at which
time I'll keep my hair in a long thick silvery blonde braid going
down my back. And besides, once I have some identifiable gray, people
will stop asking me where I get my bleach job done! And I look
good in jewel tones, too, especially emerald green and deep turquoise.

--Fiona

[Fiona Webster]

Any natural redheads here? I adore natural redheads in
pale blue...

--Fiona

[Danielle]

"Fiona Webster" <f...@oceanstar.com> wrote in message
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> Any natural redheads here? I adore natural redheads in
> pale blue...
>
> --Fiona

I'm a natural redhead (not a carrot top redhead though)
I adore just about any shade of blue...

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Danielle
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In article <20010315125254...@ng-fk1.news.cs.com>, DancingZooTV

<dancin...@cs.com> writes:
>After reading the "Colors you never wear'' thread, I was surprised to see so
>many people agree on colors that make them look bad: browns, beiges, orange,

>neons...These are awful on me too.. So what colors DO flatter you most? I
was
>thinking about this as I was getting dressed yesterday.. what is your most
>reliable color, the one you know you'll always look great in?
>
>Mine would have to be black..people always ask me "why do you always wear
>black?" I just don't feel 100% comfortable wearing an entire outfit with NO
>black. I feel boring and washed out. But when I pull on a black top or
dress,
>I'm confident I'll look and feel good.
>
>Navy also works on me
>(I have black hair, light (almost pale) olive skin, and brown eyes)

Blue - bright, electric blue. Never fails to make my eyes stand out. Also,
Maroon, burgundy, wine colors too. I tend to stay with earthy colors, though
-browns, grays, muted greens. If I have any really bright colors in my
wardrobe, they are blue and red. I have reddish-brown hair, paler than pale
skin, freckles, bright/dark blue eyes.
shanihn

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[RebeccaB]

DancingZooTV wrote:

> what is your most
> reliable color, the one you know you'll always look great in?
>

The one I feel great in has always been black... I'm sure it's because it makes
me feel chic and grownup.. always appropriate. A security blanket color for
sure.. I rely on it for many occasions. I'm not certain I look the best in
it... but I like it. At the moment, I get the most compliments when wearing
white and pastels.
RebeccaB

[DancingZooTV]

After reading the "Colors you never wear'' thread, I was surprised to see so
many people agree on colors that make them look bad: browns, beiges, orange,
neons...These are awful on me too.. So what colors DO flatter you most? I was

thinking about this as I was getting dressed yesterday.. what is your most

reliable color, the one you know you'll always look great in?

Mine would have to be black..people always ask me "why do you always wear

[3d...@qlink.queensu.canada.invalid]

A jewel-toned shade halfway between blue and green--the gold standard ;)
Jewel tones in general look good on me, especially blues and purples. And
of course, I have a lot of black. ;)

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Doris Ostendorf
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will cure him for you." than a thesis."
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[the Wicked Witch]

DancingZooTV wrote:
> what is your most
> reliable color, the one you know you'll always look great in?

Well, I think black, and jewel tones (I especially love deep red,
purple, blue, and green on the bluer side). Generally I get the most
compliments when wearing blue, deep red, purple, and fuschia. I don't
really like fuschia clothes, but I'll wear a fuschia-ish lisptick with
all black, it looks really nice.

I have black hair, dark brown eyes, pale (lightest shade in most
foundations) olivey-toned skin.

--
the Wicked Witch
"Oh, boy! Sleep! That's where I'm a Viking!" --Ralph Wiggum

[AJ]

Black, black and black.

When I wear something in another color and then the
next day put black back on, I realize how much better
I look in black.

Tonight I'm wearing black (Eileen Fisher suit) out to
dinner with something not black:

My new Hermes scarf (anniversary present). It's called
Jungle Love and has tigers on it and other jungle animals,
lovely wine border.

Really the most beautiful thing in the world!

--AJ

[sk wilson]

I love to wear gray, navy, black.. then spark them with vibrant color like
bright pinks and raspberrys, wines, royal blues, lemon yellow, turquoise
and silver
;-)
those are the shades I tend to wear most often
Stevie

"DancingZooTV" <dancin...@cs.com> wrote in message
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[Kathy]

I love black too and I also wear a lot of red. I was born a white blond but
now my hair is a medium brown. I have olive skin and brown, and sometimes very
green eyes. They are never really a hazel, either one or the other. I also
like light blue.

[Laurie0512]

I'm a winter with dark brown hair and fair, cool toned skin. The colors
that look best on me are black, deeper blue-based reds, and deep pinks.

Laurie

[Fiona Webster]

Black. Because I have naturally blonde hair, and the older
I get (46 now), the more of an asset that is. I keep it long,
and display it on black.

--Fiona

[Jules]

Red, all the way. Black, grey, and purple as well.

Never pastels. Always make me looked washed out.

jules

[ronda]

i think camel, cream, beige and brown. i also like a creamy light
yellow, true apricot and periwinkle.

ronda

[KMS]

Apparently the colors that look good on me look like death on everyone else and
vice-versa! My best colors are brown, creamy ivory, bronze/copper, burnt
orange/cinnamon/nutmeg, mustardy yellow-golds, etc., certain shades of olive
green, very warm dusty (but not pastel) blues.

I look awful in black, red, white, pink, most blues, purple, all pastels, etc.

Brown is "my" black. It's the basic color that I build up from, and the color
that I always fall back on when I can't decide what other color to try. It's the
color I look best in, and the one that makes me feel most confident.

Unfortunately, it means I can mostly only shop for clothes in the Fall. :p

-KMS

[head...@coming.uprosesnet]

True red, wine, fuschia, navy.

[readandpost rosie]

deep chocolate brown
black
red

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[rjk]

Deep lilac and then orange - by all conventions orange is not my color -
NW15, freckles, can be ruddy, gray eyes with gold flecks and Swedish blonde
hair. To me personality enters into this and I just can not dress all in
black very often. At my last job, my assistant would always say she could
tell when I was in a bad mood since I'd be wearing black. rjudith

[Saul & Diane]

white, pink, royal blue, and navy, oh yeah, dark green

Diane

[Trilby]

Now that's what I call the voice of a rugged individualist! All the colors
that make me look recently exhumed ...

Priscilla

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[Trilby]

Red. By a landslide.

Priscilla the fair-skinned brunette

[Go-Away Bird]

I get compliments on: aqua, celadon, burgundy, and carnation (medium warm)
pink. There really aren't too many colors I won't wear -- the ones I
generally avoid are royal blue, fuschia (I do have one tank top in this
color though: I guess I don't hate it as much as I used to), salmon, gold,
mustard and brownish shades when they're near my face.

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as a distinct order, Musophagiformes. Certain of the grayish species are
called go-away birds, in imitation of their calls.

[CynW514]

Amen, sister! At 58 I've got a lot of silver in my ash blonde, and my skin has

held up well, and deep jewel colors are good but black is the best of all.

Cyn

[george wehrenberg]

Strangely enough, orange brings the most compliments. I have a 3 piece short set
in orange, --excuse me, persimmon I imagine they called it at the time-- and many
have said "That's your color."
White I can wear, but off white is better.
Have dark brown with grey hair, hazel eyes, real peachy complexion. Autumn was by
"type".
I can get away with just about anything, except grey which does nada.
Val

[Laura]

Cool shades of blues. My second choice would be cool reds/wines

Laura
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[Kirsty Taylor]

Navy is the staple of my wardrobe. I do have a lot of beigey/ natural chino
style pants as well.

KT
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Email: k.ta...@astracon.com.au

[JulieB]

strawberry <please...@on.news.grp> wrote in message
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> I have rich warm red hair, dark green eyes and milky white skin and thus
vivids
> look magnificent on me.
>
> Cream, warm beige, tourquoise, azzure, celeste, navy blue, electric blue,
teal,
> any blue, tan, sienna, rust, brick, mustard, yellow (cool or warm),
orange,
> mango, coral, tomato red, peach, apricot, olive, emeral green, seamfoam
green,
> pea green, apple green and did I mention green? I occasionally wear black
> because it accentuates my pale skin, although I think green does a better
job.
> Looove browns.
>
> I cannot wear pink, fuschia, burgundy, wine, true red, purples, lilac,
cool
> browns, white and especially gray. I do have items of these colours but I
keep
> them away from my face.

Wow, that's it, that's my list of perfect colours/awful colours! I'm a
natural blonde with red (well, more orange) hightlights, green eyes and pale
skin (with more freckles than is good for it), and all of those autumn
colours are perfect. Finally someone else on AF that doesn't wear white
(and black?)!

Julie.