It started with a buttery yellow top I couldn’t resist trying on. It was the piece I had been looking for — or so I thought. I stood in front of the dressing room mirror, hoping to see the best version of me staring back. What I saw looked like a tired and dull me.

It occurred to me in that moment that maybe it wasn’t the style but the color . Selecting color has always been a little about trends and a lot about what speaks to me in the moment -- without stopping to consider how that color of choice actually looked on me.

So, that moment of self-doubt sent me down a rabbit hole into the world of color analysis — where fortunately, I found the services of Celia Ridley Simmons, a trained color consultant and stylist with House of Colour. The company began in London over 40 years ago and

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