Overview
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.
Synopsis
New colors . . . new palettes . . . a new you! The world’s leading color expert shows you how to achieve personal fashion style through the colors that will energize your wardrobe, flatter your face, and make shopping easy.
Allure Magazine - Elizabeth Einstein
"Lee Eiseman is the person I call for help in decoding color trends. She knows the 'why' behind what people want from season to season."
Editorials
From the Publisher
“The warm golds of the current fashion season fit nicely into what color expert Leatrice Eiseman, calls the ‘sunset’ color palette in her latest book, More Alive With Color (Capital Books; March 2006; $30). Eiseman organizes colors into palettes of morning, noon and night. The ‘earthy’ colors so popular now blend right into the ‘sunset.’“The elements of fire and earth underscore the sunset (p.m.) palette and speak of a mellowed, golden evening,” says Eiseman. “Warm tones prevail, as they light up your predominantly golden undertones.”“Using hair, eye and skin color as a guide, she designates categories such as sunrise, sunlight and sunset. Then she adds “crossover colors,” which she says are those most often found in nature and work well for accessories ... she addresses a wide range of issues including proper makeup, hair coloring, men’s business attire (subtle) and a personal quiz...And the most interesting chapter is about what your favorite color says about you. Green, for instance, implies stability, balance, a good listener and a tendency to gossip.”
“Leatrice Eiseman, author of More Alive with Color(Capital Books, 2006), said the CTA should choose hot pink, because it's more vibrant and attention-getting than the color's softer, more complacent shades. ‘That's going to make all the difference in the world,’ she said. Indeed, the vibrancy of such shades of pink has made the color appealing to both men and women, Eiseman said.”
“Milk white is pretty much the standard white, says Leatrice Eiseman, author of "More Alive With Color," but there are dozens of other shades. Milk white likely stands out because it's a bright white.”
“Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute and author of More Alive With Color: ‘The biggest change is a calming down of color and more integration of neutrals, yarn dyes and garment washes,’ Eiseman says. ‘We're also seeing more white and off-white. The newer direction is softened. Times are tumultuous. So much is happening that we want our colors to be calmer and more muted.’”
"Consumers are less intimidated by color than ever before, says author Leatrice Eiseman, also a Color Marketing Group member. She has written several books on color, including ‘More Alive With Color,’ being released next month by Capital Books."
“Find the right shade of a color you thought you could never wear. Believe it or not, there is a red for everyone as well as a green, a yellow and an orange. The trick is to find the hue for you, and to do that you need to understand the undertones in your skin, explained Leatrice Eiseman, author of More Alive With Color (Capital Books, $29.95).”
"Both books are based on Eiseman's three Colortime concepts: Sunrise, Sunlight and Sunset. Each is represented by a different palette, and derived by eye, hair and skin tones....Eiseman updated the trio of palettes for her second book with what she describes as more current shades and tones."
"'More Alive with Color' by Leatrice Eiseman explains how to be stylish by using a diverse palette."
Elizabeth Einstein
"Lee Eiseman is the person I call for help in decoding color trends. She knows the 'why' behind what people want from season to season."—Allure Magazine