LOL! I’m so sorry that I confused you. I confused me, too! It’s just too much information to really compress into a blog post. And that’s the problem I ran into. Hopefully you at least got the info at the end of the post about how we are wise to tone it down a little as we age. I think that’s the most profound and practical bit of info in this post. Thanks for your honesty, Arna! 🙂

And you always dress so beautifully, Jodie. I agree that you seem to use your colors so well. I think that perhaps while we can certainly throw most “fashion rules” out the window, we really do look our best when we choose colors that look good with our coloring, especially for around the face. Thanks for reading and sharing!

Hi Mary, yes I think I will definitely do some more posts really applying the information about coloring. I’m sorry I wasn’t able to do more as far as actually analyzing your coloring, but honestly that’s just something that has to be done one-on-one, don’t you think? So that’s why I decided to just explain the science best I could and then jump into the applications. And I felt like understanding the “greying” effect as far as intensity was perhaps the most relevant for all us gals in our 50s and up.

So, long answer! But yes, I’ll definitely eventually post about wearing the more intense shades for older women. You know, one of the things that occurred to me today as I was absorbing all of this a little more is that most of the stores that cater toward older women really do a very good job of providing colorful, beautiful clothing, but in more muted intensity. If you look over Talbots, J.Jill and Ann Taylor’s clothing, you see a lot of color, but they’re all lower intensity. I found that interesting…and helpful.

Hi Kara, Well you’re doing better with this than I am! I know I’m cool, but I really don’t know about the intensity. I’m thinking medium, too. But my eyes are light green, so I don’t really know. 🙂