Many of you now know that I am writing a sequel to my book, Shopping for the Real You, with “Dr. Colors,” John Kitchener. (That’s why you haven’t heard from me for a while.) I wanted to share a brief excerpt from our Chapter 1, Choosing Color Accurately. It describes the precision with which John and his trainees select color palettes for their clients. Check it out!
Chart 1.1
“Color selection is both an art, and an exact science. Artist Ron Sackman, who took over the color portion of the Personal Style Counselors training program in 1971, understood this. Sackman studied the Munsell
For example, in describing the reds for an archetypal Subtle Blended color palette (what most people call “summer”) Sackman would say, “If someone has Subtle Blended as their primary coloring, their reds would start at 10 red-purple and go to 2.5 red, but very rarely would they ever go into 5.0 red…if they have an Earthy Rich (autumn) secondary it would go into 5 red but would be more muted…”
I find this so fascinating. So stay tuned for more! And on this subject, John has just announced that Hella Tsaconas [on the left] who has had 27 years of experience with this work, will now be the PSC representative for the West Coast. Hella is already seeing color and style clients and can be reached at this link.
And, he is training Brook Mercer and Mariah Bishop, a wonderful mother/daughter team in Centerville, Utah (just outside of Salt Lake City) for the Mountain states. Sometime next year John will be heading out to Atlanta to offer his services to the South and East. I am thrilled about this because it tells me that the legacy of PSC will live on accurately and how it was intended. I feel privileged to be a part of preserving that legacy.
If you haven’t yet seen it, my first book, Shopping for the Real You is now available on Kindle! You can purchase it here.
Talk again very soon!
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