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Join us on Beyond the Headlines as we sit down with Cara Durano, a professional color analyst, to unpack how understanding color can boost confidence, strengthen self-expression, and elevate personal branding.
This insightful conversation goes beyond aesthetics, exploring how color analysis empowers individuals to embrace their identity and show up as their most authentic selves.
📍 Tune in live and discover how the right colors can change the way you show up—inside and out.
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02:47So,
02:48the colors are not supposed to fight them,
02:50but they're merely supposed to support.
02:52So how did you get into this field?
02:56So for those who don't know,
02:58I'm a mom, right?
03:00And like a lot of moms,
03:02especially first-time moms,
03:04when we pour so much of ourselves into the child, or even just the process of being pregnant and then giving birth, you kind of lose yourself in the process.
03:12And so for me,
03:14And so for me, I came to a point when I was looking at myself in the mirror, I couldn't recognize who I was.
03:20And like you mentioned a while ago, I look tired. I felt tired.
03:24Not today.
03:26So I wanted a quick fix.
03:28I was looking for ways to feel better, to feel more like myself.
03:32And then luckily, color analysis just popped on my social media feed.
03:36So I did a lot of research.
03:38I DIY'd it.
03:39I tried to analyze myself.
03:41But then a Japanese lady came to Cebu to learn English, and I said, oh, you know, I might as well try it.
03:47And then when I did, I applied the lessons that she taught me, and I saw the difference.
03:53And because of that, my confidence grew.
03:55I feel like I became overall a better person.
03:57And then I realized, it's not yet in Cebu. Why don't I bring it?
04:01And I've always been looking for something that could be mine, like a business that I start, but at the same time, helping other people.
04:08So to me, everything just clicked and it aligned.
04:10It really felt like me.
04:12So that's why I brought TrueHue.
04:14Sige, let's try it now.
04:18Although it's also for my benefit.
04:20Sige.
04:21Sige.
04:22So can you explain to me the process?
04:24Okay.
04:25And walk me through it as if I'm your client.
04:28So it's not possible to do everything now because I have…
04:31We only have limited time.
04:32And the tools.
04:33And the tools, Sige.
04:34So but usually when I start off, I do have a lecture.
04:37Like I want to make sure that the person understands the concepts.
04:40Because when I got my color analysis and I didn't really know or understand, even after getting my results, I didn't know how to use it.
04:49So I was really confused which is why I decided to study it because I really wanted to understand what was happening.
04:54So I do that lecture.
04:56I explain the different palettes.
04:57You can do it now.
04:58Okay.
04:59So when we're doing a color analysis, the main things we're looking at are three characteristics of color.
05:04So we have your undertone, right?
05:06So that's where people are saying, are you warm or are you cool?
05:10Right?
05:11So every color will have that warm and cool version.
05:14The easiest way to think of it is that your warmer colors have that yellowish orange tone and the cooler colors are blue.
05:20Blueish based.
05:21And then we do your value which is how light or dark the color is.
05:27A lot of people get lost here but the easiest way to think about this is it relates to your hair.
05:33Right.
05:34And the lack of?
05:35Eyebrows.
05:36Eyebrows.
05:37Yeah.
05:38Okay.
05:39And we have our intensity which is essentially how bright your colors or how vivid they are versus how muted down or grayish they are.
05:47So after I explain all of that, we move on to like my mirror which we don't have right now.
05:53And then we start looking at the colors through these color drapes which is what you see all over like social media, right?
06:00So the drapes that I have, you'll have one side is a warm side and then the opposite side is the cool side.
06:08So the moment I shift from color to color, that's when usually you will see where your face is bright or where your face is dark or tired.
06:18Should I go over there?
06:20Should I go over there?
06:21Try it on your toes.
06:22Yeah, yeah.
06:23So where should we?
06:24You can sit there.
06:25Okay.
06:26So let's just bring this like medium tone one.
06:28Oh no.
06:29So this is like kind of easy.
06:33So this is basically the kind of mid tone.
06:36It's not too bright, not too dark.
06:38The reason why I won't start with anything too bright is because some people get really overwhelmed with the colors.
06:43So I'm just going to do like this mid tone one.
06:46I will just put this over here.
06:48So maybe other people here can help but if you'll see this side, so I don't know if you can tell it on camera.
06:55Yes.
06:56Okay.
06:57And then I will shift to two.
07:00And then I don't know if you can see that your face got pale.
07:03Ahh.
07:04Okay.
07:05And then I go back here and we'll kind of see that you flow with these colors.
07:12I'll line a little bit better.
07:15But again, lighting here may be washing things out.
07:18Yes.
07:19But essentially, that's what happened.
07:21We go through so many colors.
07:23Mm-hmm.
07:24Ah, using all these.
07:26And a lot more in the studio.
07:28Ah, a lot more.
07:29So I use this as my initial assessment.
07:31So it's more for my purpose.
07:33Because?
07:34With these drapes, you're comparing and isolating each factor individually.
07:38Ah, okay.
07:39Versus the drapes you normally see on social media just one color at a time.
07:42You're shifting so fast, people don't know what's happening.
07:46They're like, oh, from a light color to a dark color to a bright color.
07:49And like, people really can't process.
07:51Versus this, we're only comparing.
07:53Warm versus cool.
07:54Like a bright versus muted.
07:56It's just one factor at a time.
07:58So it's more systematic.
07:59Mm-hmm.
08:00Yeah.
08:01So I'm afraid you cannot make a complete...
08:04No, I cannot.
08:05Initial.
08:06No, no, no.
08:07That's fine.
08:08You'd rather not.
08:09Okay.
08:10I don't like to judge when I'm not in the studio.
08:13Which is very true.
08:15Yeah.
08:16That's right.
08:17When you...
08:18And this is also just for fun, no?
08:20And if it may become even serious so that our viewers can also learn from it, then why not?
08:27But I have certain phrases here.
08:30And then these are impressions, no?
08:33That people would get every time they see a person.
08:36Okay.
08:37And then on a color analysis perspective, maybe you can comment about what could have gone wrong.
08:42Okay.
08:43And what could get right.
08:44Okay.
08:45So when people...
08:46Some people I would hear, they would say mukhang pagod or haggard.
08:48No.
08:49What's that...
08:50What does that mean in color analysis, no?
08:53Aside from what if they're really not?
08:55I mean, first off, maybe that person didn't have enough sleep.
08:59But color does really play a role.
09:02And I think for the most part, it's black that is doing a lot of bad.
09:08You'll notice a lot of people wear black.
09:10Like almost everybody who comes into my studio, I ask, what do you normally wear?
09:14The answer is black.
09:15Same here.
09:16And I do black aversion therapy in the studio because black is actually a very difficult color to wear.
09:23It's one that emphasizes all the shadows.
09:26It makes you look more tired.
09:28So it's not only black that will do that.
09:30But if it's not your color, it will emphasize like under eyes, all the shadows.
09:37But for women, we're actually lucky.
09:42I can wear black even if it's not my color because I have makeup.
09:46Unless you want to wear makeup, then black will really emphasize all the shadows in your face.
09:52And the reason why our director agreed because I always look haggard.
09:55And he laughed.
09:57Maybe you want to come in red now or maybe blue might be safer.
10:02Maybe they've been trying to adjust the lighting, trying to make me look fresh.
10:06But now they know the root cause.
10:08That's why they're laughing.
10:09Okay.
10:10This one is, it's like a pain.
10:14I think it's similar.
10:15Yeah, similar.
10:16It's very big.
10:17But the pain, maybe some people look more sallow.
10:20Right?
10:21The yellowish.
10:22They look sickly like you're in a hospital bed or been in a hospital.
10:26That one, you see quite commonly when someone is cool-toned and they've been wearing colors that are too warm for them.
10:32So colors are reflected light.
10:34Like too yellow.
10:35Yeah.
10:36So they start to look more yellow because the warm colors are reflecting the yellowness onto them.
10:40And their skin doesn't have that coloring.
10:43So instead of enhancing them.
10:45So warm people, when you put the yellow tones on them, they look golden.
10:49They look healthy and fresh.
10:50Cool-toned people look sick.
10:51They look sallow.
10:52They look sallow.
10:53Yeah.
10:54So there's that aspect to it as well.
10:56So it looks like...
10:57They're seasick.
10:58Oh.
10:59So it looks like it's not, it doesn't follow what you are wearing.
11:05Sorry.
11:06It doesn't follow that if a person wears the same thing.
11:10I see.
11:11Kenneth and I would be wearing the same thing.
11:13The effect would not be the same.
11:14No, no.
11:15It depends on person to person.
11:16Yeah.
11:17So I think that's what I'm getting now based on your analysis.
11:20Which is why also it's...
11:21Because some people tell me they'll be, look at me.
11:23What season do you think I am?
11:24And I'm like, I really can't say because you can be the exact same like look on the surface, but you might react to color differently.
11:32Or it can be like I might see somebody wearing the shirt and then I would say, oh, that's a nice shirt.
11:38And then I would try it on and then it's not.
11:41That's what happens all the time.
11:43Yeah.
11:44I have so many clients who go, you know, I'm so frustrated with the fashion industry.
11:48I buy something that looks great on an influencer, on a model, and then I put it on myself and I look so tired.
11:53I look like it just doesn't look good on me.
11:55And it's because it doesn't fit them.
11:58Correct.
11:59Yeah.
12:00Okay.
12:01This one is positive.
12:02It's like a cleanest look.
12:05Also color.
12:06Also color.
12:07When you're wearing the right colors, your skin can look smoother.
12:12It can look brighter, fresher.
12:14And then it, the right colors will bring out that like healthy flush on your face.
12:18The good coloring.
12:19Ah.
12:20And then I think related to this, and this is my final con for this segment, may dating kahit plain.
12:27This is positive, right?
12:28Positive and also possible because this is not just color analysis.
12:33Okay.
12:34Maybe even including like facial features and the body analysis.
12:37Some people do look better with things that are more plain.
12:40Other people look better with more colorful printed items.
12:44So again, it depends on the person.
12:46Okay.
12:47Okay.
12:48Now, I'll be more specific.
12:50Yeah.
12:51The risk of putting myself on the spot.
12:54So if I'll tell you that all my clothes, for example, are either black or midnight blue, which is also close to black.
13:01Can you still help me?
13:03Yes.
13:04I have a lot of clients with the same problem.
13:06Okay.
13:07They say, my cabinet is just all black.
13:09Or some people, all white.
13:10Right?
13:11The good thing about black, it is a neutral color.
13:14A chromatic color.
13:15So it's the basis of your other wardrobe.
13:18So you don't have to get rid of black, but maybe add more color other than black.
13:23Yeah.
13:24Okay.
13:25So now, I have here, we will also see here on screen, but this time is, I know that, yeah, you already set the expectation that you're not supposed to do it if it's outside your studio, upper lighting, and then you should see the real features.
13:39But this, people unfortunately may have their makeup.
13:42Yeah.
13:43Maybe you can comment on some of these photos.
13:45We'll see.
13:46Yeah, we'll see.
13:47Let's see with the first one.
13:48This is a very popular and well-admired celebrity in Sabu and the Philippines.
13:58My dad.
13:59And he's wearing white.
14:01You know, it's so funny because he's my dad, but I've never analyzed him before.
14:05I've never gotten him to come to the studio because he's so busy.
14:09Yeah.
14:10But I do think he looks good in blues.
14:14So I think he's also okay with whites.
14:17I do like him with whites rather than black.
14:20Another thing, though, that I do want to put out there is it could be a personality thing.
14:26For me, I also find that it's difficult to analyze people I really know because I can't take away the image I see them as.
14:34And the colors relate to certain images.
14:36So like maybe for my dad, you know, I see him as someone who is kind, gentle, so the lighter colors or those more calm colors fit him.
14:45But if maybe someone who has zero knowledge of him analyzes him, it's, you know, it might result in something different.
14:52Yeah.
14:53Yeah.
14:54So that's why it's different when clients come to the studio because I know nothing about them.
14:57Yeah.
14:58So it's just really the objective.
14:59What does the color look like on you?
15:01Yeah.
15:02Yeah.
15:03So hopefully the second one, but I suspect she's also your close friend.
15:07Let's see.
15:11This one.
15:12I'm sure she's your best friend.
15:13Yeah.
15:14So Heart is a fashion icon, right?
15:17Yeah.
15:18Another thing that is probably difficult for me to analyze Heart or models, social media influencers, is they have a lot of makeup on.
15:26And so I can't see their true color.
15:29And I don't know if it's common in the Philippines, but when you look at models like in America, they have a lot of bronzer.
15:35Like they tan themselves.
15:37So I don't know what their coloring is.
15:39And I mean, but people like Heart too, they have an edgy personality.
15:43They're very bold.
15:44So even if technically the color is not their natural palette, they can make it work because it's now their personality carrying the outfit.
15:54And also there are ways to make your not so best colors work.
15:58And they do it a lot.
15:59They do like, it's called sandwich dressing.
16:01So they just make sure every part of their outfit is all throughout the body.
16:08Like every color is represented like on the face, on the pants and the arms and things like that.
16:13So everything still flows together.
16:15I've heard about comments now because you've mentioned something related to that.
16:20I've heard comments when people would say it's not about the clothes, it's the person.
16:24Does that, is that also true in her case?
16:29I think, I think for Heart, yes.
16:31Okay.
16:32But that's more of an exception.
16:33Yeah.
16:34It's not the, it's not a common thing.
16:35It doesn't work for people like me.
16:37But I think the people who have the bolder personalities, brighter personalities, they are really able to carry a wider range.
16:48Just because their presence is kind of more like filling.
16:52Versus maybe someone like me, who's more introverted.
16:55If I try to wear something really out of my palate, very bold, people will feel it.
17:00They'll see that it feels off.
17:02Okay.
17:03How about the next one?
17:05So I think for this, it's a pretty common like Filipino skin tone, like the Marenas.
17:13A lot of times people will put Marenas always as a warm skin, which a lot of the times they are.
17:21So the theory behind that is because we live near the equator, our skin naturally produces the pigment that is warm, but not all Marenas are warm.
17:30But in her case, I do think she is warm.
17:32She does have that flow with the gold, but she could also be wearing a lot of bronzer, which is why it's hard for me to really say.
17:40So it might be the case also, like for example.
17:45And her hair is colored warm too.
17:47So for example, if the person is light colored and then would want to wear clothes like this, then that's when the person would also have to paint.
17:58Play around with their hair and things like that.
18:00Yes, to make them more suitable to the clothes.
18:04Yeah, it's exactly that.
18:05So like you'll see K-pop idols bleaching their hair blonde, pink, and then you're like, their outfits look really good on them and they can go to black hair again and they look good.
18:14It's really just about balancing everything.
18:16But for color analysis, a lot of the people who come in, their main goal is so they don't have to put in the effort.
18:23So that's why I ask people to come in as much as possible with your natural hair color, no makeup, so you get that baseline.
18:31That's a good point because we cannot look like this every day.
18:35Yeah, especially for me as a mom, I do not have the time.
18:38Even as an image consultant, if you see me out and about on a daily basis, I'm not all dressed up.
18:43I'm not fully made up with makeup and everything.
18:47It's about being intentional for me.
18:50Correct.
18:51So that's why for an everyday person, then it's important also for them to understand what color works for them every day.
18:59Yes.
19:00Okay.
19:01Next one.
19:02Gabby.
19:03Yes.
19:04She was our guest two episodes ago.
19:07Yeah.
19:08So she was my client too.
19:10I was able to analyze her.
19:11And if I remember correctly, she was a deep autumn.
19:15So for those who don't know, deep autumns have a warm undertone.
19:19They need deeper colors as well.
19:21So for Gabby, I was a little bit upset with how she was dressing because she got a color analysis.
19:29And I expected like, okay, I can help.
19:31She can wear her colors.
19:33She'll be glowing.
19:34And then when I see her gowns, they're not in her colors.
19:38So for me, I just found like it's a missed opportunity.
19:42What color?
19:43So Gabby, she was in a silver gown, if I remember correctly.
19:48And I was really saying, why did they not put her in gold?
19:51She really glows in like those deeper golds, like vintage golds.
19:56Yeah.
19:57So it happens a lot.
20:01And I think a lot of people comment too with all like Miss Universe and things like that.
20:06I wish the stylists would consult.
20:09Because even if Gabby got a color analysis, she had a stylist who probably didn't know her results.
20:17So which reminds me of another question.
20:20So for celebrities, for example, or for models, I know models.
20:26I see if every day, no?
20:27When models would want to look good every day, no?
20:30Not necessarily on a particular shoot.
20:32It also works that they work with a color analyst, no?
20:36Instead of just them being asked to wear a certain trend.
20:40Yeah.
20:41So I actually had a model come in once.
20:43And she was wearing completely different colors from her natural.
20:47Because I think when you go to shoots, they should always be in like a white or a black tank top or something like that.
20:53And she was warm-toned.
20:55And so when she saw all the warmer colors on her skin, she was like,
20:58Oh, I never saw myself like in these colors and how bright I could be.
21:03But she saw that these were the colors she could wear daily.
21:06Like when she wanted to be the star.
21:08Because a lot of times for models, they need the shirt, the clothes to look good, to stand out.
21:12So it makes sense that the models, the designers are putting them in things that don't match them.
21:18But that do stand out.
21:20Yeah.
21:21Yeah.
21:22Now I'm becoming more like an expert.
21:25I'm just kidding.
21:27Now let's move.
21:28Let's move to another photo.
21:30The governor.
21:31Yeah.
21:32I also analyzed her.
21:34Hers was quite interesting to do because when I started out, I was just using the popular seasonal color analysis.
21:41What you see right here, the winter, spring, summer, autumn.
21:43Oh, can you elaborate more on the seasonal part?
21:45Okay.
21:46So the seasonal palette, this is what you see on social media, like Korea.
21:50You're either going to be a winter, a spring, a summer, an autumn.
21:53And each palette is representative of the colors you see in nature.
21:57And they say every person can be put into one of these four.
22:01But when I started using this, the more I was doing it, I realized that not everybody fits in.
22:06Like I personally do not fit in here.
22:08And so that's why I studied a new system, the one from Australia.
22:12And Gov Pam did not fit in.
22:14She could be like in between a spring and an autumn.
22:19She's technically warm toned, but she's brighter than an autumn.
22:23So that's why you mentioned Gabi autumn earlier.
22:27Because it was a season.
22:28Yeah.
22:29So Gabi fit in.
22:30She was deep autumn.
22:31And Gov Pam, I couldn't really put her into any.
22:34Like she was not quite an autumn.
22:36She was not quite a spring.
22:38Which here, she was considered the rich palette.
22:42So it's deep warm but bright.
22:44How about those who would travel to Japan, for example, and then they're thinking about their OOTD.
22:51Will this help also?
22:53Yeah, it does.
22:54Common misconception, people think if they travel to a place with different seasons, their outfits will change every season.
23:01Or their colors will change every season.
23:03It's not true.
23:04No, it's not that in winter, your winter, you will be one season.
23:08So you will be a spring.
23:10And then based on your colors in spring, you can choose which colors will work for winter, for autumn.
23:16Yeah.
23:17Got it.
23:18Next photo.
23:19Oh, sorry.
23:20Oh yeah, you mentioned already a very analyzed Gov Pam.
23:22Yeah.
23:23At least this one without makeup, I hope.
23:27Yes.
23:28I can see that there's maybe a gray cast on his skin in this photo.
23:33Could be the shadowing.
23:34But if I'm just gonna base it off of color, I would say he's probably warm too.
23:39Because he's wearing gray, which is a cool color.
23:41And the gray is reflecting on his face, meaning it's not his color.
23:46Ah.
23:47So he's looking gray because of the gray.
23:49The same with the yellow earlier.
23:52Yeah.
23:53So when warm-toned people wear cool-toned colors, we look gray, tired, sad.
24:00When cool-toned people wear warm colors, they look yellow, sick.
24:04Sick.
24:05Yeah.
24:06Seeing the pattern now.
24:07Yeah.
24:08It's all about the patterns.
24:09Yeah.
24:10Now, the next one.
24:15I would like to say she is also warm, I think.
24:18If you'll see that middle shirt, she is in like a yellow-green.
24:21So yellowish color is on the warmer side.
24:24Maybe it is a little bit bright for her, but the tone is not distracting too much.
24:30Meaning she can handle the warmth of the color.
24:32Maybe it's just not the right depth and intensity.
24:35But color-wise, I think she can do warm.
24:37Especially also on the beige.
24:39I was about to ask.
24:40Yeah.
24:41She's okay with the beige.
24:42Or the creams, which is a warm tone color.
24:45Mmm.
24:46Yeah.
24:47So it's matching.
24:48It's matching.
24:49She's flowing through with the outfit rather than it like just jumping forward.
24:53Okay.
24:54Next one.
24:55So this is another example of personality will outshine the outfit.
25:01Mmm.
25:02Because she has a strong personality.
25:03And she's also blonde, which is not her natural hair color.
25:06And so I think that was purposefully done to give her an edgier look.
25:10I feel like she would be like Lady Gaga of the US.
25:14You know, like purposefully really trying to look edgier.
25:17And so the outfits, the colors that she will wear will always be out of her natural.
25:23So for example, if somebody who is not necessarily outgoing.
25:30But wants to be edgy.
25:32Mmm.
25:33Do you recommend that they also try these colors?
25:36No.
25:37If they want.
25:38Because it's already like becoming somebody else.
25:40Yeah.
25:41I mean, if it's what they want.
25:43If it's the image they see of themselves, then they can try.
25:46But I think they'd still need guidance.
25:48Because it doesn't mean everything bold will now work.
25:51You still need to choose the right bold colors.
25:53Yeah.
25:54And if it's not them.
25:55It's also possible that they are dressed like this.
25:58But they're timid.
25:59Yeah.
26:00So the thing also.
26:01And the outfit will eat them.
26:03Yes.
26:04Exactly that.
26:05So if there's somebody who has a more muted down personality.
26:07So even for example, if I have clients.
26:10And they end up being.
26:11They need very bright colors.
26:13But their personality is very muted down.
26:15They're never gonna wear the bright colors.
26:17So I will tone it down to a level that they're still bright.
26:21But the color is not overshadowing them anymore.
26:23Yeah.
26:24Then.
26:25Ah.
26:26Do you see that the white shirt stands out before you see him?
26:33Like you see the shirt.
26:34Yeah.
26:35That's a sign that the color is not his color.
26:37Ah.
26:38What we want is for the person and the color to align.
26:41To be supported.
26:42The person's face should be the first thing we see.
26:45But in this case, you can't help but look at the white shirt.
26:48It's a white shirt.
26:49And by the way, so maybe you can comment on the misconception also that I heard that the
26:54reason why people would wear a certain color like neon green, it's for them supposedly to
27:00stand out.
27:01No?
27:02But what happens is the shirt already that's standing.
27:05Standing out.
27:06It's not them.
27:07Yeah.
27:08This is helpful.
27:09Yeah.
27:10Because some people, they make a shortcut by wearing something bright.
27:13So I don't know if it might interest you.
27:15It's a misconception.
27:16So I do have a lot of cases where I have clients, they've been wearing very muted down
27:23colors thinking it's safe, but actually it's been making them disappear.
27:27So like you're saying, there are some people who wear brighter colors to be seen.
27:30There are people who also wear colors that are too muted for them because they don't want
27:34to be seen.
27:35So like these are usually people when I get to know them, maybe they're depressed or they
27:40have low self-esteem.
27:41So by kind of bringing the colors up a bit, like brighter a bit, they'll notice that their
27:46mood will also be brighter.
27:48Like colors have not just a physical effect, but because colors are like wavelengths, our
27:55energy gets affected by the colors as well.
27:57Like I know when I want to feel happy, I'll wear yellow, pink, or when I'm feeling like not
28:02so in the mood, then I'll wear like a darker color.
28:05Right?
28:06Things like that.
28:07So there's, because it's energy, there's also like an alignment.
28:10Yeah.
28:11So for me, like a true hue, I don't want to just focus on color for being color itself.
28:18I really focus on people aligning with the color.
28:23It's not just, oh, I want to look good, but I want to feel like myself.
28:27So bringing back to, I mentioned I studied in like Japan and Korea for the seasonal.
28:32And then I also studied in the Australian system.
28:36I have different results in both of the systems.
28:39And I wouldn't say one is better than the other, but depending on my mood, I do play
28:44from one palette over the other.
28:46But this one will give the person or a client like me a wider range.
28:52Yeah.
28:53So misconception is that they will be very limited.
28:55People come in scared.
28:56Like one, they're scared.
28:57I'll tell them never wear black.
28:58I will not do that.
28:59And two, they think I'll only give them your best color is red.
29:03So now all you have to do is wear red.
29:05You'll get every color on the rainbow in a specific shade.
29:09Or there are some people who don't look good, for example, in green, but generally speaking,
29:14you will get a really wide range of colors to work with.
29:17What if now, which reminds me to the question.
29:20What if my favorite color is not the color that suits me or my personality?
29:26You can wear it far from your face.
29:28So technically color analysis, if you'll notice, I put the drapes very high up.
29:33So it's only here that reflects your face.
29:36Anything below the waist technically does not affect your face.
29:39So I can wear black.
29:40Black hats.
29:41But now the thing is, if you end up being warm and then you wear black pants, the whole
29:46outfit will now clash.
29:47So that's why you still have to consider the whole outfit.
29:50Yeah.
29:51Got it.
29:52But I think that's a good point now away from the face.
29:54So if you want to wear orange and it's not your color, you can wear it like with a bag,
29:58a belt, a shoe.
29:59Yeah.
30:00I can imagine myself wearing orange pants.
30:02The next photo.
30:03So in this photo, again, you'll see what I mentioned, the creams, the beige.
30:14These are warmer versions of white.
30:16And you can see it flows with her.
30:18The beige is not really jumping forward.
30:20So most likely she does belong to a warmer palette.
30:24Her hair is also warm and it doesn't really look like a wig.
30:26So I think it flows through.
30:29When I say flow through, it's harmonizing with the person.
30:32Yeah.
30:33Now I'm reminded when you made the analysis for her,
30:39somebody advised me in the past because she noticed that I was wearing black and dark blue.
30:47And then she said that if I wanted to let other people see my non-serious side,
30:53I should wear something light.
30:56It's true.
30:57It's true.
30:58So the colors that you wear, even if it's not necessarily in your palette,
31:02you could use to give a certain effect or image.
31:05So lighter colors, they are naturally perceived as more youthful, friendlier.
31:10Yeah.
31:11Because I don't look friendly.
31:12Yeah.
31:13So the lighter colors do that.
31:14And then the darker colors, they're more authoritative.
31:17They're more serious, more strict.
31:20But the thing is, if you don't look good in lighter colors and you wear lighter colors,
31:26you will look sick, right?
31:27You will look pale.
31:28So you don't force something if it really doesn't work.
31:31You have to know your range.
31:32And it doesn't mean like, I mean a very light pink.
31:35If someone is telling you to wear a lighter color, you might not wear this light pink.
31:41Just slightly, maybe somewhere like that.
31:44It could be a mid pink, just not a very dark black.
31:47Any kind of pink.
31:48Yeah.
31:49Or any kind of pink.
31:50Yeah.
31:51Now, this is the final photo now.
31:53Okay.
31:54So in this case, if you just look at the skin, I don't know if this is enhanced probably is, but can you see that his skin looks a bit orangey?
32:03Yes.
32:04In skin tones, the only time a skin is truly considered warm is if you see the orange.
32:09So people think, I look at my skin, I'm yellow.
32:12Or I look at my skin, I'm brown.
32:13They think I must be warm.
32:15Not true.
32:16Yellow can be cool.
32:18Brown can be cool.
32:19It's the orange that determines the warmth in the skin.
32:23So in this case, if I'm just looking at his skin, I see the orange, I see the warmth, he's warm.
32:28Okay.
32:29Now, as we can see there, these are actually photos of men and women.
32:36Now, in your case, for your clients, which profile do you normally have as a client?
32:46Are there more men or are there more women?
32:49Definitely more women.
32:50Yeah.
32:51Maybe like 95% women.
32:53So for your male clients, what do they normally consult you for?
32:58The girlfriends, the wives, bring them in and they're forced to sit on my chair.
33:05And usually they're helpless.
33:07They're like, what's happening?
33:09Help me please.
33:10But at the end of it, they do appreciate it.
33:15They see the difference.
33:16So even if they came in there thinking like, oh, this is a scam.
33:21This doesn't do anything.
33:22Once you sit on the chair and you see the colors yourself, you'll be like, ah, okay.
33:27It does make a difference.
33:28Because they connect.
33:29Yeah.
33:30The energy is matching.
33:31I also think that's why, because there's online color analysis, right?
33:34And a lot of people ask me, can you do an online analysis for me?
33:38Because I can't go to Cebu.
33:40But I always say no, only if it's your only option.
33:43Because the experience is different.
33:45You'll never 100% believe your colors unless you see the change yourself in the mirror.
33:51So now going back to, are there any other color analysis experts also who are based in Cebu?
34:00Or are they primarily in Manila?
34:02In Cebu, I'm not sure.
34:04There was another, but I think they flew to Manila.
34:09So I'm not sure if I'm the only one left in Cebu.
34:12But what differentiates you rather than going to Manila?
34:16Well, the number one thing I would say that differentiates is because I'm the only one in the Philippines.
34:21Not in Cebu, but Philippines that uses both a seasonal system and this new absolute system.
34:26So it's a wider range.
34:28So you're covering two different systems, not just one.
34:32And then other than that, for me personally, this is more than a business.
34:38It's a movement for me to help people see themselves clearly or like better.
34:45Because a lot of times, you know, growing up, I was always very insecure about the way I looked.
34:50We're always told, wear this, wear that.
34:52And then somewhere along the way, you don't know what looks good.
34:55And it happens to so many women, so many of my clients.
34:58They start to say something is wrong with me because nothing looks good on me.
35:04But they just never learn to see what looks good on them.
35:07And so for me, it's about letting people understand that they are beautiful the way they are.
35:14They just need to learn how to see that and then learn how to dress for that.
35:18And this probably explains, correct me if I'm wrong,
35:21this probably explains also when people have better financial standing already or economic standing that they can afford to buy more clothes and they end up maybe not buying the right colors for them.
35:33That's why they would still think like, how come nothing changed?
35:36Even if I have more already, I can afford.
35:38So a lot of the times too, after my sessions, I tell people because people get so excited like, oh, I'm ready to shop, buy my new colors.
35:45I always say, no, wait, work with your closet first.
35:48Try to see what you already have.
35:50Experiment.
35:51And then once you know it's really working for you, that's when you can like really start buying the things.
35:57It's also better to work with a smaller closet first so you can experiment.
36:02Because if you have too many options, you just don't know how to work with it.
36:06What about for people like me who lost their hair?
36:10Or for those with hair, it's already from whatever color it is to gray.
36:16So for people with no hair, like I mentioned, the eyebrows will still give you that kind of coloring.
36:23For people who are graying their hair, I don't think a lot of people realize this, but when your hair is starting to gray, your skin is also starting to gray.
36:32And so your coloring is softening.
36:35I think it was a common misconception.
36:38Color analysts were saying you only need to get a color analysis once and it's your color for life.
36:43But it's not true because your coloring changes through different seasons.
36:47They actually say you should get your colors to recheck about every 10 years because your skin starts to soften down.
36:55So usually, maybe when you hit 50 or older, that's when you might notice what if I, you know,
37:01if I can wear bright colors, one day I look at myself, I'm like, this bright color is too bright.
37:07Then you'll know my coloring has changed.
37:10Yeah, I've softened down.
37:12What about, Kenan, what are your thoughts also when people would say,
37:16this particular color will add five years or will subtract five years?
37:22Yeah, it's true.
37:24It does make a difference.
37:26I mean, personally for me, features wise, you can say that I have like a baby face.
37:31I think growing up, I've always been considered like looking younger.
37:35And when I want to enhance that babyness, I will wear lighter colors, brighter colors, more youthful colors.
37:42But like today, when I want to look more serious, I have to add in darker elements so that it ages me.
37:49Now it makes sense because I know somebody who is into politics, but he's still in his twenties.
37:55Maybe you could help him because he was actually trying to, he was, he doesn't like people to highlight his being in his twenties and he would rather be seen more much.
38:04Sure.
38:05Yeah.
38:06So this might be something that could also help him.
38:08So I use color analysis, not just for the physical look, but a lot of people are more conscious about their image, the way they're perceived, the way people receive them.
38:19And you can use color analysis to do just that.
38:21Yeah.
38:22And what about for, I think we covered this a little bit earlier, but what about for those clients who have difficulty letting go of their preferred colors?
38:30Like they go to you, but okay, I still wear black.
38:34You can, you can still wear your colors.
38:37Um, well for women, you can wear makeup to balance it out, right?
38:42Or change the color.
38:45You can change the hair.
38:46Although that's already like not everyday look.
38:48Yeah.
38:49So you can change things, but it's going to be more work, right?
38:53You can choose to wear the colors that are not your colors, but it's going to be more work.
38:57And like, again, like I mentioned for me and like everyday people, moms, business women who don't want to spend so much time getting ready, then using your colors will help.
39:09I mean, if you have a hard time letting go, you can use it in furniture.
39:12You can use it in accessories.
39:14Why right next to your face?
39:16No, sorry.
39:17I laugh.
39:18But yeah, it really makes so much sense.
39:20And I like it when you highlight that it will also require more work.
39:24And we can do more work on special occasions.
39:27Yeah.
39:28But not every day.
39:29Maybe not every day.
39:30There are more important things.
39:31Yeah.
39:32So yeah, that's a very good point, no?
39:35So what can you say also about our viewers who are shy in terms of experimenting in several colors?
39:43I would say don't be.
39:45Everyone will always look brighter wearing a color rather than being in white, black, gray.
39:52So I mean, what's the worst that could really happen?
39:56If you wear a bright color, your energy, your mood will feel uplifted.
40:00If you're wearing a color that's too bright for you, people will see the shirt.
40:04It's not going to be, you're not going to die or anything.
40:07It's not so bad.
40:08And I think the experimenting, especially for those who are younger, like below 30s, it's good to experiment.
40:15Because when you experiment, the more you'll realize, oh, I want to be perceived in this way.
40:21Or, you know, they'll start to develop that sense of self.
40:26And down to my last two questions.
40:28I'm enjoying this so much.
40:29So if there's something that you want the viewers to remember about color analysis, what would that be?
40:39Not to be afraid of getting a color analysis.
40:43It's meant to help.
40:45It's meant to be a tool.
40:46I think so many people think it is rules that they're so scared.
40:50They have to follow for the rest of their lives.
40:53At the end of the day, you're the one making the choice.
40:56There's no police that's going to say, ah, stop, you're wearing black.
40:59You know, it's just a guide, a language for you to dress in a way that you look good, you feel good,
41:08and you're presenting yourself in a way that, you know, when you walk into a room, people feel like, ah, I know this person is an authority
41:15or this person, she's the kind, you know, things like that.
41:18It's just about being intentional.
41:20It allows you to choose who you want to be.
41:23And finally, because 90% of your clients are women now, so for the men out there, who would want…
41:31Get a color analysis.
41:32Yeah.
41:33Okay, go.
41:34It will help you more.
41:35Yeah.
41:36Because women, we have makeup.
41:38We can work away.
41:39We can wear other colors and just balance it.
41:42For you, for men, the color you wear is the color you wear.
41:46Your face will really, you know, absorb, reflect the color.
41:51Very good point.
41:52So that even makes it necessary.
41:54More necessary for men than for women.
41:56Very good point.
41:57So I'm sure our director, Kenneth, is already going to see you at the studio by this afternoon.
42:04So thank you very much for your time and thank you very much also for sharing your expertise with our viewers.
42:16I'm sure it is also educational for them as it is for me.
42:22And I would agree with what you're saying.
42:24It's not like we just choose a particular color to be different from who we are.
42:31But the color actually is supposed to be…
42:33So complimenting you.
42:35Enhancing you.
42:37Yeah.
42:38So thank you once again for joining us today and for helping us understand that the right colors don't change our identity.
42:45They reveal it, as you said.
42:48So maybe the next time we look in the mirror, the question is not, what's wrong with me?
42:53But is this color working for me?
42:57So I'm DJ Moises and this has been Beyond the Headlines.
43:00See you again tomorrow.
43:02Have a good afternoon.
43:18Bye.
43:19Bye.
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