The American Carole Jackson is the most famous trailblazer of colour consultation. She studied psychology and pedagogy, arts, colour theory and fashion, and she was a student of Johannes Itten’s, a Swiss painter and arts pedagogue, who intensively occupied himself with colour consultation.
Carole Jackson made colour consultation accessible to the public. She founded the international corporation “Color me Beautiful” in 1974 and wrote a book with the same title as well as a book titled “Make-up with Color me Beautiful”.
Her goal was to bring out the individual attractiveness of every man and woman by choosing the right colours for their clothing. A quote from the blurb of her book “Color Me Beautiful”: “What is so fantastic about the colour palettes is that the personality they bring to light is genuine. Your new image doesn’t twist the facts or make use of beauty tricks, but emphasizes your natural traits.”
Carole Jackson’s system of colour consultation distinguishes clearly between the four seasonal types spring, summer, autumn and winter, but mixed types are not taken into consideration. In contrast to Suzanne Caygill’s method, types are allocated solely according to external factors of colour schemes, the skin’s undertone having a special importance: every human being has a natural skin undertone, which is either yellowish (spring or autumn) or bluish (summer or winter). That tone isn’t always very obvious, but it is determined by holding pieces of fabric in different colours next to the face. When the colour is “right”, the skin seems smoother and fresher, the eyes shine. When the colour is “wrong”, the skin seems pale, skin blemishes and wrinkles become more visible.
Carole Jackson characterized the colours of the seasons like this:
Spring: clear, warm (yellow), fresh
Summer: blue, pink, soft
Autumn: warm, rich, earth- and gold-coloured
Winter: clear, blue, lively, icy, bright
Carole Jackson’s method is applied by most colour consultants in the German-speaking area, just as her four seasons system is still the most widespread and famous.
Carole Jackson eventually sold her corporation “Color me Beautiful”. The colour consultation system within the corporation was expanded and added to several times, mixed types were included, and eventually the season names were dropped completely.
The American Carole Jackson is the most famous trailblazer of colour consultation. She studied psychology and pedagogy, arts, colour theory and fashion, and she was a student of Johannes Itten’s, a Swiss painter and arts pedagogue, who intensively occupied himself with colour consultation.
Carole Jackson made colour consultation accessible to the public. She founded the international corporation “Color me Beautiful” in 1974 and wrote a book with the same title as well as a book titled “Make-up with Color me Beautiful”.
Her goal was to bring out the individual attractiveness of every man and woman by choosing the right colours for their clothing. A quote from the blurb of her book “Color Me Beautiful”: “What is so fantastic about the colour palettes is that the personality they bring to light is genuine. Your new image doesn’t twist the facts or make use of beauty tricks, but emphasizes your natural traits.”
Carole Jackson’s system of colour consultation distinguishes clearly between the four seasonal types spring, summer, autumn and winter, but mixed types are not taken into consideration. In contrast to Suzanne Caygill’s method, types are allocated solely according to external factors of colour schemes, the skin’s undertone having a special importance: every human being has a natural skin undertone, which is either yellowish (spring or autumn) or bluish (summer or winter). That tone isn’t always very obvious, but it is determined by holding pieces of fabric in different colours next to the face. When the colour is “right”, the skin seems smoother and fresher, the eyes shine. When the colour is “wrong”, the skin seems pale, skin blemishes and wrinkles become more visible.
Carole Jackson characterized the colours of the seasons like this:
Spring: clear, warm (yellow), fresh
Summer: blue, pink, soft
Autumn: warm, rich, earth- and gold-coloured
Winter: clear, blue, lively, icy, bright
Carole Jackson’s method is applied by most colour consultants in the German-speaking area, just as her four seasons system is still the most widespread and famous.
Carole Jackson eventually sold her corporation “Color me Beautiful”. The colour consultation system within the corporation was expanded and added to several times, mixed types were included, and eventually the season names were dropped completely.
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