• When choosing the colours of your clothes, think of the image that wish to convey and make sure the colours complement this image.
  
  
• You also need to consider your own colouring - skin, hair and eyes. There are colours that are naturally easier for you to wear than others and you probably already know instinctively what some of these are.
  
  
• Check out your wardrobe - what is the dominant colour? Do you ever get positive comments on a particular outfit that you wear?
  
  
• If you have answered yes, then you are on the right track when choosing your colours. Your personality plays a major role in the success of the colours which you wear. For example, if you are shy and retiring - avoid dazzling prints.
  
  
• Colour should not be so strong that it dominates you.
  

The meaning of colours

red       red         red        redee
Positive characteristics: contemporary, inhibited, confident, exciting, assertive
Negative characteristics: threatening, bossy, aggressive, and domineering

pink    pink    pink    pink    pink
Positive characteristics: non-threatening, soft, feminine
Negative characteristics: not serious, unimportant, easy to dominate


yellow      yellow      yellow      yellow
Positive characteristics: happy, active, positive
Negative characteristics: impulsive, frivolous, bold


blue    blue    blue    blue    blue
Positive characteristics: stable, peaceful, authority, loyal
Negative characteristics: conservative, safe


brown    brown    brown    brown
Positive characteristics: non-threatening, homely, earthy
Negative characteristics: boring, safe, non-adventurous


orange    orange    orange    orange
Positive characteristics: enthusiastic, uninhibited, fun
Negative characteristics: bold, faddish, and superficial


purple   purple    purple    purple
Positive characteristics: professional, imaginative, charming
Negative characteristics: individualistic, non-conformist


grey       grey         grey         grey eee
Positive characteristics: neutral, respectable
Negative characteristics: safe, non-memorable


black       black      black      blacke
Positive characteristics: strong, authority, formal, sophisticated, conservative
Negative characteristics: aloof, safe, sombre