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...first step, Thomson explains, is to classify the person as either a "spring," a "summer," a "fall," or a "winter." The categories have nothing to do with the four seasons or the hues traditionally associated with them, but instead classify colors into those based on blue and those based on gold...

Author: By Catherine L. Schmidt, | Title: An Eye For Color | 3/9/1984 | See Source »

...just another form of teaching, only now I'm teaching people how they should look instead of how they should write," Thomson says...

Author: By Catherine L. Schmidt, | Title: An Eye For Color | 3/9/1984 | See Source »

...color consultant, Thomson examines her clients' skin and hair tones to select the colors that are best for them to wear...

Author: By Catherine L. Schmidt, | Title: An Eye For Color | 3/9/1984 | See Source »

People with fair complexions fall under the spring or summer rubrics, while their counterparts with dark complexions fall under either fall or winter. Once she finds the subject's general categories. Thomson uses both personal preference and trial and error to further narrow the selection, draping swatches of cloth around the client's shoulders in front of a full-length mirror...

Author: By Catherine L. Schmidt, | Title: An Eye For Color | 3/9/1984 | See Source »

Within each "season" come about 35 colors. Some, however, look better than others on the individual clients, so Thomson tries them...

Author: By Catherine L. Schmidt, | Title: An Eye For Color | 3/9/1984 | See Source »

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