Color Palettes

chupie

Here is a home for links/photos of color palettes that may work with your "new" hair.

chupie

Corals look good on me. I think they will after transition too. This is a great combo look in this photo that would probably look great on a BUNCH of us.

rbb

chupie wrote: »

Here is a home for links/photos of color palettes that may work with your "new" hair.

chupie -- i think you forgot the link! LOL!

i think that the color palettes would still be similar as it goes with skin tone. i'm cool, so i could never wear coral.
however, i think that it depends on how white your hair is. i know for me, i can no longer wear white (look like casper the ghost!) or pale pinks, pale blues, etc..... so colors are same, i just need to stay with medium/dark shades of those colors.

curlypearl

Link, o link, where are you??? :drunken:

chupie

I only had the photo on this one. Can you see it?

chupie

Help me find more. Of all the photos I've saved she's about the only one wearing something other than blues or gray. I don't get it.

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Seriously! That's about it for color. Well, hell, no wonder you start getting treated as a non-existent person when you go gray. I just can't believe you have to dress in gray, navy, beige etc. That's just not right.

jeepcurlygurl

Love seeing these pics with such beautiful colors.
I've always worn dark red, green, and blue along with black almost exclusively and still do. I have added chocolate brown, turquoise/teal, and coral to the mix in the last few years. I've never worn much white, beige, tan, grey, or pastels. I just don't feel good in them, no matter my hair color.
I probably get the most compliments when I wear red, coral, or turquoise.

chupie

rbb

i'm wearing green today. :-)

the right red (a cherry red) looks great on me. not so easy to find, tho.

in all of these photos these women look young, pretty with gray hair. and, you will notice not one is wearing an "old lady" style, they all have different but great styles.

Myrna

Chupie, NO, no beige! and gray doesnt look great on everyone! I love the pic of the woman with the short pixie type cut wearing purple and silver. Who said a silver fox cannot wear color??

caramix3a

These ladies look great! And proof that one doesn't have to stick with boring neutrals if one doesn't want to. I'm with jeepcurlygurl about wearing color. I haven't transitioned my grey out yet, but I won't stop wearing color once I do so. Since I had dark hair, and a light-to-medium skintone with a slight olive tone in it, I look best in rich, on the warm side colors, and warm-neutral makeup. I particularly love the first pic of the woman wearing the coral shawl and unusual printed top - she's a perfect example of someone who is warm in coloring(note how successful this is since her hair is completely light now:))who makes color work for her.
IMO, the typical advice for mature greying women to just stick with the neutrals etc. is another campaign to render us invisible as we age. Sure, some might work for some people but that can apply to just about any age, for some basic garments, but for the rest, have a little fun for goodness sakes! Even women who have cool tones in their coloring who pull off the navy, grey better, could do with some more color. After all, there are lots of gorgeous cool more interesting colors out there as there are warm ones. Push back, ladies, whatever your hair color LOL!:) Wear whatever makes you look and feel great!:)

WavyMaur

wondering about gold accessories, I have lots of gold necklaces, earrings etc, but whenever I see pics of grays, I see silver accessories, will gold still work?

chupie

Me, think that will depend on you skin tone.

rbb

i agree with chupie -- i think whatever goes with your skin tone.

Lorriej

rbb wrote: »

i agree with chupie -- i think whatever goes with your skin tone.

After going gray I decided to have my colors done. Anyone remember "Color Me Beautiful" back in the 80s? Fall, winter, etc.? Anyway, with brown hair, olive-y skin and green eyes I always assumed I was a fall.

Well...lo and behold, with my grey hair, my green eyes now pull more gray-green and my olive skin has more blue-ish undertone. The makeover person said to look at your veins and age spots. Both can pull blue under ivory skin.

So, it's more roses and blues and purples for me. Black is fine. While she said pastels are good I find they don't have the ummph I want.

Luckily she said I pull off silver or gold jewelry! Phew! I love silver now but have plenty of nice gold jewelry that I'd hate to shelve.

Anyone else have a color makeover?

Lorrie

CurlyInParadise

I have always worn jewel colors with lots of reds. But I also love pink and light blue. My gray is only grow not about four inches and will be almost a solid white. I can already tell tho that I won't need to change any of the colors I wear when fully transitioned and that includes the pink and light blue.