The Colour In Your Personality….

Discover Your True Colours

We are all searching for an understanding of SELF, but we obscure and distort it before we have even begun if we allow the opinions and perceptions of others to eclipse our own unique view, and determine how we should present ourselves to the rest of the world.

Nature has provided us with a set of colour standards, and through identifying the essence of our true colours, it will be possible to use these standards in the search for SELF. The struggle to make sense of this life, and one’s own place in it, to learn its lessons and make some progress towards enlightenment, is a strange process.

The search for SELF in us is rather like peeling an onion, as we work our way through layer after layer of conditioning. The colours you wear in your clothing are less likely to be an accurate expression of yourself than the colours you prefer for your home, your jewellery, pictures and other expressions less susceptible to fashion. The conditioning in fashion is very strong but essentially short-lived. Let’s leave for now the outer layers of the onion and concentrate on the truer indications of the REAL PERSON.

People who’ve had their colours analysis done say that it has made their shopping easier, many men and women find that it’s given them more fashion confidence, garnered compliments not only on the colours of their clothes but on their overall looks – professionally and personally.

Men do not have the advantage of smoothing out an uneven complexion or adding colour to a pale face with cosmetics, but through colour analysis and the selection of the right colours in clothing, they can considerably camouflage an uneven skin tone, minor imperfections and even blemishes.

There is confusion about the criteria for choosing a career. No account is taken of personality type and the fundamental needs and interests (which drive ability and success) of each individual. It is generally thought that the best way to decide is by simple equation worked out on the basis if money, hours, status availability of jobs. All of these are relevant, but the really important factors are job content, natural ability, satisfaction, personal growth and genuine contribution to society and your country.

To compound the problem, society generally classify and value people solely on the basis of their jobs. One of the first questions we ask each other when we introduced is “ What do you do” rather then “ How do you do”.

Discover the “right” colours to recognize your personality type and its implications and how to use it:

SPRING:

Try relating the essence of springtime as the return of sunshine, and warmth after a long, dark months. It is about high energy and excitement. People linked to SPRING Season are essentially an extrovert. You may be rather shy, and consider yourself introvert, but it is not so-you will always be externally motivated. You respond quickly to external circumstances and other people. You have great charm and you like to be popular. You lighten the atmosphere and you like to have fun. Have great sense of humour.

Best areas to be in: Hotel industry, leisure and tourism.

Every company reception area should be ideally staffed by a SPRING person. Spring smile through thick and thin.

In terms of their wardrobe, a Spring woman has so many BRIGHT and exciting colours in her palette that when comes to professional business dressing, he or she must be careful not to overdo it unless you are in the advertising or film industry.

SUMMER:

You are quiet and gentle, rather shy but basically cool, calm and collected. A natural peacemaker and good arbitrater. In business arena, personnel department suits you. In politics, international diplomacy , e.g foreign affairs would benefit from your talents. Your innate sense of balance would benefit accounting work or legal field.

You always keep your cool and your sensitivity would be of enormous help to the distressed.

Because of their soft hearts and fluid personalities, a summer person makes a good doctor and nurse, editors , and public relation.

You are artistically gifted. A summer person have no wish for limelight and prefer to work quietly behind the scenes, where your strong nurturing instinct can sustain and balance the whole enterprise.

In term of appearance, summers are altogether softer, dreamier, more flexible and less formal who prefer a casual but sophisticated look. She wants to be able to change with her moods when wearing her strongest colours of charcoal, navy and deep rose.

AUTUMN:

With autumn comes renewed vigor after the summer heat and the need to prepare for winter. In autumn, we are ready to abandon the capriciousness of summer and to get serious.

With autumn comes a need to get back to business. The autumn men women is earthy, sensuous for women and with great sophistication for men. Autumn people makes great impact on those around them. An Autumn person is normally the one who closes the deal, anchors the evening news with colour and excitement, or provides psychological therapy who finds the autumn person both knowledgeable and strong.

Their best career and profession : Engineer, an investigative journalist, a psychologist or anything that require in depth analysis and research would be good for this colour personality.

Autumn person wears browns and orange-red better than any other season, using browns to accentuate her strength and orange-reds for additional flair to reflect her vigor and energy.

WINTER:

A Winter person is firmly grounded, and essentially internally motivated. The drama of a winter is inherent. When a winter person walks into the room, everyone is aware of his or her arrival. She has great presence and charisma.

Your ideal living area will be impressively designed, and you have a well-developed instinct for the most stylish presentation. You are an arbiter of fashion, rather than a follower. In business or political arena, you are a born leader, with an ability to remain detached and objective.

Because of Winters’ colour personality, they are dramatic. You find them as sales and marketing people, restaurant owners and television personalities etc. You shine in the world of finance or politics, and you have a star quality in you on the catwalk, films, TV or theatre. Being naturally forthright and dramatic, they can mesmerize their audiences.

A Winter person express their self control through their simple wardrobe organization. Their wardrobe is about minimalism , simplicity with sophistication and they never over-accessorize.

Teresa is principal and founder of Image Consultant, Teresa Chew International (M) Sdn Bhd. Readers are encouraged to send queries in Image related topics to Teresa at teresa@teresachew.com.

Questions from Readers:

Ask Teresa:

Ques 1) Dear Teresa.,

Is it true that white works best for people with a certain physique and complexion?

John, white works well with most skin complexions. However, if you do not have a tan skin, then wearing all white might not be the most flattering option for your skin tone. I suggest you try to contrast your lighter features with brighter colours like red, pale blue, yellow, light orange, and even some earth tones like beige.

In terms of physique, white tends to emphasize most parts of the body, so if you are on the heavy side, then you might want to wear less white, especially near your concern areas. So, for example, if you’re heavier around the waist, then avoid wearing white pants because they will make your bottom look larger, drawing people’s eyes away from your charming smile and straight to your belly.

Ques 2) Dear Teresa,

I am a bachelor of 42 years old and I have recently met a girl of my dream. I wish to impress and create an impact on my first date with her, please assist on what colours to wear.

Keep it clean and simple. Be conservative and avoid extremes. Do not wear any fleshy of distracting designs. Avoid wearing bright yellow ( too intense, may irritate the eyes), bright green or olive green (it creates too much of a calming and relax effect, save it for another occasion) , grey (not friendly), and brown ( too boring for a special event).

It is best to wear colours that you feel good in as well as colours that express your personality. It’s important that you feel relaxed and friendly- not contrived or phony.

If you are uncertain about what colour to wear, consider red. It gives you courage, vitality and self-confidence and most of all, will mark your sex appeal. Red is a commanding colour that should be worn once in a while and special event, for those times when you really want to make a statement and be different. A nice shade of turquoise blue is also a great colour for a positive ( and more subtle) effect- and it flatters all skin-tones.

Ques 3) Dear Teresa,

For years I was a very successful entrepreneur, but my life changed dramatically with the passing of my husband. It’s been two and half years now, and I’m trying to find myself again. My two daughters both got married last year, few months apart. Please advise.

Cassandra, I reckon you were overwhelmed by your busy life and now you might wish to consider taking on a self immersion thirty-day program. The last thing I want you to do is to take on something that feels like more stress. The self indulgent 30 days program is totally loving and fun project for your client, the is YOU. Let’s talk about money first. This program does not require spending your savings on ball gowns or list of essentials that are requisite to your lifestyle. But it does require making a list of needs and allocating funds for them. These may include a long overdue haircut of colouring, start investing in quality things that you’ll wear for several seasons instead of spending impulsively on trendy items that will be “out” in few months. You will end up saving money.

Break old habits and create new ones by listing and placing yourself in a unique setting for a while. There’s a lot more to you than you may think. Beyond your family and loved ones, there is a seed inside of you. To find yourself, you need to separate yourself from day-to-day concerns so you can get to the wholeness that lies within. To find it, you have to be more engaged with yourself.