Some of our consultants choose to expand their training to
incorporate our House of Colour in
Business material, enabling them to deliver bespoke or tailored workshops
into the full range of business environments. From Schools and charities,
self-employed, sole traders through to SME’s and Blue chip organisations there
is something relevant for everyone who has an area of their life where they
want to be taken seriously. I suspect
this applies to most people out of full time education, many still in it and
clearly brings homemakers and carers into the remit – don’t we all want to be
taken seriously? In a blog last year, I touched on what was possible; One of the tools to achieve this, is understanding our individual colour rating.
For clarity and to enable you to use your colour analysis
effectively, at House of Colour we use the tried and tested system of splitting
the colour wheel into four quarters or distinct families called seasons and we refer
to them by name; Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Each season represents a quarter of all the
colours in the universe, so to further aid everyone, we identified 36 colours
which represent the various points and extremes on the continuum of each
season. Evaluating these 36 colours
against your unique skin tone and colouring, enables us to identify more
precisely which are your best, most complementary and most flattering colours
in the spectrum. Some colours clearly
work best as foundations, others as a big block, some next to your face and
others provide amazing accents to punctuate and define your outfit. This is your ‘colour rating’.
We know just how powerful this work is if you use it but having
Quality as one of our core values
keeps us looking at how we can refine and enhance this offering for your
benefit. We discovered that what works
best for us in our everyday lives doesn’t always serve us so powerfully in a
business environment and vice versa.
Consequently, all Consultants
attending our annual conference were introduced to the concept of Business
Ratings as used in HOC in Business.
What a revelation for many. Mary (HoC Huntingdon and sometimes contributor to this blog - left) wrote a great review of her experience and discoveries in her blog and provided some
great images of how the colours were working. After 13 years, an experienced consultant there's still more to learn! Generally, although not exclusively, this is about using your neutrals (see table) – at the heart of our colour wheel - more powerfully.
Autumn
|
Spring
|
·
Oyster
·
Khaki
·
Beige
·
Lizard Grey
·
Coffee
·
Camel
·
Bronze
·
Dark Brown
·
Navy
|
·
Cream
·
Oatmeal
·
Light Peach
·
Shell Pink
·
Dove Greys
·
Beige
·
Chocolate
·
Bright Navy
·
Oxford Blue
|
Winter
|
Summer
|
·
White
·
Silver
·
Greys
·
Stone
·
Mole
·
Charcoal
·
Black
·
Indigo
·
Navy
|
·
Winter White
·
Pink Beige
·
Dusty Pink
·
Mushroom
·
Rose Brown
·
Blue Greys
·
French Navy
·
Airforce
|
.. And of course, all those shades that live in the gaps on the continuum between these colours! (If you have any questions about this, please review your colour notebook and get in touch with your consultant, they’ll be happy to explain it to you.)
Business ratings are about using your neutrals to greatest
effect; this Wyse
Women article refers to neutral as a 'centred place', so next week I
will expand on this with another analogy and look at the Power of
Neutrals. In following weeks, look out for entries on individual colours using the rainbow
as my route guide!
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