More Alive With Color: Personal Colors - Personal Style (Capital Lifestyles) [Hardcover]

Leatrice Eiseman (Author)

Book Description

Series: Capital Lifestyles | Publication Date: February 28, 2006

What is the best thing you can do when you don’t have a thing to wear? What’s the secret ingredient that can instantly improve the way you look and feel? It’s simple - discover your personal colors! America’s color guru Leatrice Eiseman will show you how in her fun and practical new book, More Alive with Color! Here Lee will introduce you to her original, easy-to-follow "Color Clock" system - the quick way to find and use the colors that reflect your personal style and transform the way you look. Based on the colors of your eyes, hair and skin and your psyche-discover your personal range of beautiful colors in Leatrice’s "colortimes": Sunrise with the sparkling jewel tones of dawn, Sunlight with the soft pastels and fruit shades of noon, or Sunset with the fiery hues that mellow into dusk. Then add those natural yet practical Crossover colors to expand your wardrobe without breaking your budget. Choosing clothes, hair color, and makeup has never been easier. Leatrice will show you how to pull your wardrobe together with your personal colors - which are sexy, which are powerful for interviews and such; which accessories will magnify your personal style; and which cosmetic and hair colors will make your skin glow and flatter your natural coloring. More than any other color system, More Alive with Color will give you the freedom to use color in your wardrobe with self-confidence, add trends without losing your style, plan a wedding where you are surrounded by your best colors, organize your closet and mix colors with ease; and set out for office, party, or lunch with friends knowing you look your best. Includes removable color palette's to detach and take shopping for clothes, cosmetics and accessories!

Editorial Reviews

Review

Lee is the person I call for help in decoding color trends. She knows the ‘why’ behind what people want. --Allure Magazine

For those who are intimidated by color or choosing colors, Eiseman’s books provide plenty of reassurance --Washington Post

About the Author

Leatrice Eiseman is founder and director of the Eiseman Center for Color Information and Training, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, and spokesperson for Pantone, Inc. - the source of the world's most used color specification system. For the last twenty-five years she has been consulted by manufacturers, businesses, and designers on how to make the best and most educated color choices for their new products, logos and identification symbols, interior and exterior designs. Ms. Eiseman travels 160 days a year speaking on color at consumer art shows, trade shows, design centers, schools, and conventions. Previous titles include "Alive with Color" (Acropolis Books, 1983) and "The Pantone Book of Color" (Harry Abrams, 1990).

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Capital Books (VA) (February 28, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1933102098
• ISBN-13: 978-1933102092
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #854,114 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Leader at the Eiseman Center for Color Information and Training and also executive director of the Pantone® Color Institute. I am the author of seven books on color, among them:  Colors For Your Every Mood which was chosen as a Book of the Month Club selection and received an award from the Independent Publisher's Association, thePantone® Guide to Communicating With Color, Color Answer Book, More Alive With Color, and my most recent book, Color:   Messages & Meanings, a Pantone® Color Resource which won the Create Awards' Best of Industry award. I have also written chapters in one of web page flash guru Hillman Curtis' works as well as in a book published in Japan titled the Power of Color, written by Kaori Mukawa.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

40 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and usable color advice!!!, April 7, 2006

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Makalaka (East Coast USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: More Alive With Color: Personal Colors - Personal Style (Capital Lifestyles) (Hardcover)

This latest entry in the color for people books written over the years is without a doubt the easiest and most sensible to date. The author divides colors into sunrise, sunset and sunlight groups with an additional group of neutral colors including black, gray, navy, true red, sunny yellow, khaki and several more that go with all three color families. The advantage of this method is that there are both warm and cool shades in all three of her divisions - instead of a regimented cool only for certain complexions and warm only for other complexions as was the case with the seasons method of color management. She is also much more supportive of using colors that are "outside" your color family and explains how to make a color choice from outside your color family work with your complexion and correct color family.

In the book she extensively covers everything from clothes to accessories to makeup to hair color choices for women and as well - includes a very helpful section for men in which she makes recommendations that are realistic for the average non-metrosexual guy as well as being useful for a very fashion concious and elegant gentleman.

Included in the book are tear-out pages for each color group and for the neutral family making it extremely easy to choose flattering colors that coordinate with your complexion and existing wardrobe.

The best thing about this book is it not only beautifully takes into consideration coloring to choose correct colors - it also takes into consideration personality - and allows one to choose colors that both look beautiful on and make you feel wonderful! No more choosing colors you don't like because they are the correct warm or cool shade! Anyone can wear pink, blue, green, purple, red, brown, - or whatever color you choose - as every color group has shades of every color in it! No longer are you told you cannot wear black as if it isn't your season! The only thing wrong with this book is that it didn't come out years ago!!!

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Choosing Colors That Are Flattering and Communicate Your Personal Style Has Never Been Easier or More Enjoyable!, April 25, 2006

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Kate Smith "of www.sensationalcolor.com" - See all my reviews

This review is from: More Alive With Color: Personal Colors - Personal Style (Capital Lifestyles) (Hardcover)

Have you ever noticed that wearing a particular outfit makes you feel extra confident? Or that when you wear a blouse of a certain color you receive more complements because you look especially attractive in it? Would you like to look in the mirror everyday and see a reflection that says "I look and feel great"? More Alive With Color by Leatrice Eiseman reveals how to discover your personal colors and build your wardrobe around them so that you look and feel sensational whether kicking back at home or kicking up your heels out on the town.

The Colortime system organizes colors by how they appear during different times of the day: at sunrise, at sunset or in the sunlight at midday. Rather than dictate a particular set of hues as some other books do, Leatrice offers you a system to identify your best colors allowing you to build a versatile wardrobe that reflects you taste and personal style.

Leatrice incorporates crossover colors that work across all palettes and shares tips on how you can wear a favorite color even if it doesn't fall within your personal palette. The book includes removable pages for each color palette and the crossover color so that you can see how the colors work together and makes it easy to choose new colors to add to your current wardrobe. Best of all Leatrice shares a wealth of information on putting color together and includes her guide for goof-proof combinations.

Once you have an understanding of your personal colors Leatrice gives you the secrets to putting together a perfect look for any occasion. She also offers sound solutions for building a wardrobe and packing for a trip. One chapter offers practical advice especially for men that any man will be able to use regardless of his level of fashion sophistication.

Leatrice who has assisted corporations worldwide to choose colors to communicate a particular brand or product message distills her extensive knowledge into two information packed chapters that explain what the colors you wear say about you and how colors influence others. This information alone could change the way you think about what you wear.

This book is beautifully illustrated and Leatrice's timeless wisdom takes the guess work out of selecting clothes, accessories, hair color and cosmetics. Choosing colors that are flattering and communicate your personal style has never been easier or more enjoyable.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Resource For Color Information, May 27, 2006

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NewGrad 2010 "Confirmed Book Worm" (Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: More Alive With Color: Personal Colors - Personal Style (Capital Lifestyles) (Hardcover)

This was the best book since the now badly outdated Color Me Beautiful (they really need to update that thing; it too was great in its day).

Ms. Eiseman provides three different palettes: Sunrise, a collection of clear, bright colors which occur naturally at dawn; Sunlight, the more muted colors of midday, and Sunset, which includes the vibrant oranges and reds seen at the end of the day.

These palettes are perforated, for easy removal when shopping. The quiz in the book makes it fairly easy to determine which palette is yours, but she has advice if you are stuck between two palettes.

Really enjoying this book, and highly recommend it.