Theresa and I sound like Yin and Yang! I'm so glad to see the color discussions this morning, and feel so on top of things because I went through exactly this analysis before ordering my Laurel! I'm the one with the pale, almost transparent skin with the pink and blue undertones -- the one who can and SHOULD wear the Shreky green and the tomato red. They used to turn me off on the hanger, but they do light up my face, so now I know right where to go! In the color range of Calmer, the best colors for me would be the Laurel, the coral, the peacock, or the coffee bean. I'm already working on a sweater that is salmon pink or close to coral, so I put that off my list. To go for the evening glam, one might think black, and therefore my closest choice would be the dark brown. However, I thought that would, as Becky points out, downplay the lovely lace at the collar. I wasn't sure if the red was a blue-red or an orange-red, so therefore did not dare to order it. I'm so glad to see the color cards that Theresa posted, because it seems to confirm that it's more of a blue-red and therefore would have been horrid on me. There is one more color that supposedly "everyone" can wear -- but I've found that it's a hard color to define, or to get people to agree on what it is -- periwinkle. I actually don't see anything that's quite "periwinkle" in the Calmer color range, but I thought I'd mention it in case it helps anyone decide. So............I'll "calmerly" await my Laurel. And what's up with them discontinuing that beautiful Night Sky color, anyway?!
Posted by at April 2, 2004 06:55 AM