Something that effects many (8+%) men is color blindness, most commonly red-green, but there are other variants. I'm wondering how color blind people out there handle fashion.
Personally, my case is not that severe (and I got better night / distance vision in compensation, more rods, less cones), but I'm still aware that 95+% of people see colors differently. This leads me to conservative choices, neutral + one color generally, perhaps with shades. Generally that means black + dark peacock tones + silver in my case, gothic tendencies, and I dress mostly to please myself, but still, one wonders how it's seen.
Those with it, what are your strategies ? Are there trust worthy guides that don't look bad to you? I find some color combinations that are usually considered good pretty off. Perhaps a list of color combinations that the general population finds bad to avoid?
Those without it, what are your thoughts?
What am I missing?
7 Comments
felsiq@piefed.zip · 5 pts · 17h
I’m in the same boat as you, with worse color vision and better night vision than average, and so far my solution has just been to wear whatever I want without thinking about how it looks to others lol. Interested to see what kind of advice we might get from this, thank you for thinking to ask this
PromKingJosh@tarte.nuage-libre.fr · 4 pts · 9h
I'm not colourblind, but being a man you are "lucky" the societal expectation is that you'll dress conservatively, which includes colours. One could say your colour choices are not that much your own as you think.
One time I was walking around Matera in Italy and there were lots of clothes drying on clotheslines outside people's windows. I was thinking maybe they should change the colours on the flag to black, brown and navy, because that's all they wear.
daggermoon@piefed.world · 4 pts · 9h
I'm not color blind but I mostly wear black. I like gothic and punk fashion. I only recently started experimenting with color. Just out of curiosity, what's your favorite color?
MalReynolds@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 9h
By peacock I meant jewel tones, ruby, emerald, sapphire, tending to the deeper. The favoured changes on a whim, perhaps ruby comes up most often.
daggermoon@piefed.world · 4 pts · 9h
Oh cool. Is there any color combinations you've been thinking of trying out but are maybe on the fence about? I used to be afraid to wear pink but pink and black is a great combination imo.
OryxAndCake@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 8h
The only colour combinations I find ugly on most people, are when muted/dusty shades are paired with vibrant ones.
Light blue jeans with dark (un-scuffed) black footwear is a good example of this, and the only people who can make this combination look flattering have very cool and very bright complexions.
Speaking of this, get someone you trust and who can see colour well, to tell you whether you have a warm, neutral, or cool undertone to your complexion because wearing the wrong colours will clash with your undertone and this will make you look disheveled or unwell, depending on how badly you're clashing.
So for white guys (which I'm assuming most of you are) your undertome is whether your skin looks more pink, more yellow, or if it's neutral/neither.
If you're more pink you're cool toned, so stay away from warm colours.
More yellow and you should stay away from cool colours.
Neutral/neither most often comes with a more muted complexion but you will probably lean slightly warm or cool too, so mostly bright/vivid colours should be avoided and then which ever way you lean, avoid it's opposite.
For other ethnicities, deeper complexions are not automatically 'warm' and your respective undertones will usually be different from pink/yellow, but the warm/cool/neutral is still how it works.
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If anybody is does not have someone to ask about their undertone, if you share a picture (taken in natural lighting!) of your lower face and neck down to the collarbone, one side is fine, I should be able to tell you.
Obviously though if you have a beard or skin condition like intense rosacia or heavy port wine markings, I won't be able to see through that.
Grass@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 12h
I don't know any colourblind people in real life but I've been waiting to ask someone to pick their favourite colour schemes as they see it and see how it looks to me. I am tentatively thinking it will still look good but maybe I'll eventually see examples.