My Gamine Autumn Palette Extension

Right after Christmas, just a week ago or so, I sat down with David Zyla, author of Color Your Style, for a palette extension. I had a great time and will be posting a bit of the write-up when I get that done.

But meanwhile, here is the outfit I wore, which he complimented me on, and my gamine autumn extended palette. If you decide to pin either one, please attribute them to me and to this blog. Thanks! :)

My Gamine Autumn Romantic Color

In these pics, I am wearing my Romantic color in the cardigan, which I love! The orange jewelry is a color from my palette, too (a pastel).

But the tank top and leggings are "cheats." There is a purple in my eye (the outer ring) so I have given it to myself as a color I can wear, but it is not Zyla-approved.

It is a deep autumn color, though.

And I think the style of the outfit would work with my style recommendations.

(pardon my slippers, btw)

Hope you are having a great weekend!

Jeanine

Gamine Autumn Outfit

 

Again, I am posting after a long absence, and a lot has happened since I last posted. I am still using my Gamine Autumn palette but I cheat on it quite regularly.

Light Autumn

I found out this past summer that I was anemic, and I believe that changed my coloring just enough to make Light Autumn make sense. To be sure, a few of my Gamine Autumn colors are indeed in the Light Autumn color palette.

But there are more in the Deep Autumn color palette.

I think I am an Intense Autumn, which is basically the same as the Vivid Autumn designation in Color Alliance. So I've added more color, which means a wider range of color than my GA palette offers. I love the DA palette, too, but am softening a bit and can't wear its deepest colors.

Gamine Autumn

I can wear these colors, though, and I think I am going to do a palette extension with David Zyla to see what else I might be able to wear under the Gamine Autumn heading.

This picture is of me wearing my Energy color and my 2nd Base color. These colors also can be found both in Light Autumn & in Deep Autumn.

Gamine Autumn Personality

I have been thinking a lot about whether what I wear expresses who I am as a Gamine Autumn and even when I cheat, and trying to make sure it does.

How about you? Does what you wear fully express who you are?

Have a wonderful weekend!

Jeanine

Gamine Autumn Colors Matched with Light Autumn Palette

Gamine Autumn or Light Autumn Outfit Idea

Gamine Autumn on Date Night

Gamine Autumn Outfit: Essence & Third Base

Trying to Create My Own Gamine Autumn Palette Extension

Gamine Autumn Outfit Idea

Gamine Autumn Outfit

Gamine Autumn on St. Patrick's Day

Desperate for Peach! My Gamine Autumn Essence Color ...

Sheesh, I was frustrated! I had a catalog that seemed to have several items in one of my peachy Essence colors. I was planning to buy both the blouse and the shoes. And was pretty excited about it.

But when I pulled them up online, they were too pink. Not close enough to my palette to go for it, either!

Quite the discrepancy between what I saw in the catalog and the way it looked online. In the past, when I have called to check on things like that, I have been encouraged to believe what I see online more than I believe the catalog pic.

So I didn't buy them!

And I did a Google search for peach tops online and bought this instead...

Now that is not a perfect match, either! But it is pretty close. A bit more saturated, but hopefully not too much. I won't know for sure until I get it, but fingers crossed!!

Seems to match the Light Autumn color palette, but it may be even more saturated than that is. If so, I suppose I'll send it back.

Gamine Autumn Outfit

Gamine Autumn or Light Autumn Outfit Possibility

Gamine Autumn Birthday Celebration

I spent the weekend hanging out with my mom and my son, and I also went to a Steeped Tea/Pampered Chef party. It was a great weekend for trying out Gamine Autumn outfits!

I think they all worked fairly well. At least one of the shirts I chose is more B-plus than A-plus (possibly two of them) as a match to my Zyla color palette, but I still felt good in them. One of the things I am noticing is that it feels like I see myself more than I see the outfit now.

I'm linking up with Bon Bon Rose Girls today for Monday Mingle!

Metallic Wood Nymph Autumn

Saw this palette in a group on Facebook and was struck by its name and the similarity of its colors to my own Gamine Autumn color palette. And I asked one of the women who owns Divine Color & Style, the custom color analysis service, to describe the personality and really resonated with it as well...

"tenacity, truth-telling, aligned with forest, bark, moss and nature spirits, tender-hearted, service to womankind." 

Yep! Sounds like me.

Gamine Autumn Outfit: Essence & Third Base

Gamine Autumn Casual Outfit

Gamine Autumn Outfit Idea

The Lightness of Gamine Autumn

One of the things I have mentioned here is that I believe that my Gamine Autumn color palette is a Light Autumn palette, and I theorized that Gamine Autumn might be a light autumn, in general.

Well, apparently, I am having some difficulty understanding just how light it is. Every time I go through my closet again, to make sure that what I have grouped together is really the very best combination of colors from the clothes I currently own, I realize that at least one or two things I have thrown into the mix is too dark!

I just did that again today.

In his book, Color Your Style, David says that when we look in our closets, the colors we see should tell a story about who we are. Finally, today, in the grouping I arrived at after yet another culling, I felt like I might be seeing myself in the clothes that were left.

(linking up this week with Monday Mingle)