If style is above all a personal matter, it is nevertheless important to master two important elements:

The first is knowing your body shape. As we saw in a previous post, knowing your figure allows you to know your strengths and weaknesses in order to choose the clothes that flatter you the most. The second thing to master is the harmony of colors and which shades are right for us. Mademoiselle Grenade gives you here some elements, which will certainly allow you to understand why certain colors suit you wonderfully and why when you wear certain shades, your loved ones point out to you that you look bad or appear tired.

Did you know that the colors of the clothes you wear have a direct effect on the complexion of your skin, eyes and hair? The brilliance of its colors reflects on you and creates harmony. When the tones of these colors match ours, our features soften and our eyes light up. On the other hand, tones that are not appropriate for our complexion can give us a bad look, make us appear tired, or even older by accentuating our dark circles and/or wrinkles.

How to find the colors you should wear?

There are several methods to determine which shades make you beautiful. However, the principle always remains the same: group colors according to warm or cold reflections and according to the intensity of the contrast: bright or dark.

The most widespread method remains that of seasonal classification (spring, summer, autumn, winter). This theory classifies colors according to their tone, cold or warm, as well as their brightness, from bright to dark contrast.

Thus, the summer and winter palette contains colors with cold reflections, based on blue and pink. The glow of summer is very gentle, while that of winter is more distinct.

The spring and autumn palette is made up of warm highlights, based on orange and gold. The glow of spring is soft and luminous, that of autumn is dense and sometimes dark.

To find the shades that make you beautiful, nothing could be simpler: Look at yourself in a mirror. Your hair, your eyes and your skin have a tone and reflections: They are warm (peach, orange, golden) and cold (bluish, pink, silver). Some people have predominantly cool tones while others have more warm tones.

If you have difficulty finding your tone, you can analyze the skin on your wrist or another part of your body less exposed to the sun. Don't hesitate to compare your complexion to that of a friend, this will help you determine if your complexion is pink or peach.

Once you have found the tone of your skin, you will be able to determine the season to which you belong and thus achieve the perfect balance. Because if all the colors suit you, only the tone and its intensity count.

Determine the season to which you belong among the following 4 profiles:

You are a “spring” woman if:

- Your complexion is: light golden, golden, ivory, peach, light beige, yellow beige. - Your hair is: blonde (light, golden, honey, Venetian, red), light to medium and golden brown, light red. - Your eyes are: blue, steel blue, blue gray, amber, light green, golden green, green and gold, hazel, light brown, golden brown.

If you recognize yourself in this description, your color palette is as follows:

You are a “summer” woman if:

- Your complexion is: pink, pink ivory, yellow ivory, light beige, pink beige, porcelain... - Your hair is: Very light white, platinum, dark ash, ash, chestnut, dark brown, ash brown, gray brown, brown, gray brown, soft gray, silver gray, white. - Your eyes are: blue, intense blue, blue gray, gray green, golden gray, soft gray, green, olive green, hazel, cold brown, black.

If you recognize yourself in this description, your color palette is as follows:

You are an “autumn” woman if:

- Your complexion is: pink, golden, ivory, peach beige, yellow and dark beige, bronze... - Your hair is: golden blonde, Venetian blonde, brown (light, golden, dark, coppery), hot chocolate, soft red , Venetian red, flamboyant red, pepper and salt... - Your eyes are: brown (light, golden, green, dark), hazel, pale green, green and gold, olive green, blue...

If you recognize yourself in this description, your color palette is as follows:

You are a “winter” woman if:

- Your complexion is: pink, reddish, bluish pink, matte, light olive, dark olive, ivory, beige, peach... - Your hair is: dark brown, dark brown, black, bluish black, white gray... - Your eyes are: brown (light, dark, green, black), black, blue, blue gray, blue green, gray green, olive green, purple...

If you recognize yourself in this description, your color palette is as follows:

The origin of the theory of the four seasons:

The theory of “four seasons of color” is not new. It is based on the work of the Swiss painter Johannes Itten, who in 1928 made a connection between colors and the seasons. By observing his students, he discovered that the colors chosen intuitively by a student are those that best match the color of his skin, eyes and hair.

So, a dark-haired person has a natural penchant for cool, contrasting base colors. Another person with blonde highlights likes to use pastel tones. People with golden hair prefer warm and sunny colors, while palettes of warm and spicy shades are chosen by people with red highlights.

The theory of “four seasons of color” really took off in the 1970s, thanks to Carole Jackson, who published it in the best-selling book Color me beautiful . Since then, the seasonal method has been adapted to fashion as well as the art of makeup.