Struggling with outfits? It could be a color crisis!

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Let's cut right to it... having a cohesive color palette in your wardrobe will make getting dressed so much easier! When your closet is filled with lots of random, one-off colors, creating a great outfit can feel frustrating. If deciding what to wear every day is taking longer than you'd like... it could be a color-palette problem. Today, we solve that!
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[@pammalin9188]

This is so helpful, thank you. I am enjoying your videos so much and editing my closet which feels so good. I am buying so much less and finding it easier to get dressed. Just purchased the quince blouse and a quince cashmere neutral sweater. Thank you for explaining things so well, and showing examples. 😁

[@KristenCainStyle]

You’re welcome! Glad you’re finding it helpful!

[@kittyclerico18]

I love your emphasis on “what feels authentic to you”. I also like the idea of wearing what makes me happy. So glad I found your channel. It is helping me - at 74 yrs old to make getting dressed a much easier task 😊

[@KristenCainStyle]

Yay! Welcome. Thanks for being here!

[@luluandmeow]

74 years young! 70 is the new 50

[@ladonnabarker2983]

And wearing clothes for your lifestyle. There are no heels in my wardrobe!

[@laurahayden5000]

Thanks for all your videos, they really help! I have a different color palette based on the season - clearer and brighter in spring and summer, more neutral and muted in fall and winter. I dont tan in summer but just gravitate to those colors.

[@KristenCainStyle]

That makes so much sense, and I love how you embrace a seasonal color approach!

Hi! I’m new(ish) to your videos, and I’m enjoying them. I’m fortunate in that I have coloring that works with many colors and I’ve always felt comfortable with choosing colors. One thing I have found - and I’d like to know what you think about it - is that if there’s a color I like, but feel it washes me out or doesn’t do me any big favors, if I have a different color near my face, for instance a scarf, sometimes that’s all I need to do to wear that color. Thank you for your style encouragement.

[@karenleigh2138]

I came into this video thinking I wouldn't learn anything new to me, but boy, was I wrong! What a great and inspirational video! Thank you so much for such helpful information. Also, I absolutely love your hair! As a fellow curly girl, I'd so appreciate if you ever felt inclined to share your hair routine in a video.

[@KristenCainStyle]

Thank you for watching! I'm so happy you found the video helpful! I'll keep the curls video in mind. ;-)

[@BarbSterk]

I agree with you about wearing the colors we gravitate towards. I think we instinctively know which colors work well on us. At least I feel that. Great video.

[@alittlebitlaura]

Great video. I loved what you said about wearing what you feel good in, even if it “washes you out”. I love camel and olive green, though they don’t love my neutral olive skin, so I just add a red lip, a scarf or a white shirt underneath voila. :)

[@KristenCainStyle]

You’ve got it! A little pop of color always works!

[@Margriet811]

Thanks for this video, Kristen! I have lots of (denim) blues, greens, offwhites, greys and pinks and purples for accent colors ❤

[@margheritap.1187]

Totally agree. Getting my colour analysis done was the best thing. Now I'm confident I'll look good in all my clothes. Everything goes well with anything, and packing for a trip is so much easier than before. Also shopping is so much more straightforward

[@jenniec3924]

I love your wisdom and teaching style, thanks!

[@lynneross319]

Fabulous video. I had my colours done years ago and it was life changing. It helped me to pair back my wardrobe. I have always used patterned coloured scarves to add texture to my outfits. You’ve inspired me to have a play in my wardrobe tomorrow and see what other combos I can come up with. 👏 👏 👏

[@dehaan714]

Great tips! Endless combinations😍

[@christry1]

Great video really honing in to why a colour pallet works. I have used a limited colour pallet for years and find it easy to cooordinate everything in my closet from the days of working now into a retirement lifestyle.

[@luluandmeow]

it's colour palette, pallet is something else

[@marnilove7942]

Love your content Kristen! I learn so much every time I watch. I’d love more visuals to help me process all of the great ideas you are sharing. Photos of you in these different outfits or pictures of outfits to go along with each concept would make it stick for me. I love what you share, visuals would just take it up a level. Thanks for sharing so much great content!

[@michelehamby9821]

Love the jeans you’re wearing in this video what brand and model are they please most helpful video thank you

[@ConsterL]

My question, exactly!

[@marysmith9320]

I love that you talked about our color palette changing. In my younger years, I wore a lot of bright florals and patterns. I’m in a different stage of life and neutrals just make me happy. ❤

[@AlexLouiseWest]

Great video. As you say, I could easily pick out my best and worst colours, but a professional analysis many years ago was helpful for finding some of the others, including neutrals. This matters because I’m petite, so the options are reduced, and I quite often use second best colours with accessories which really suit me. I’m slightly anomalous ( cool pale skin, mixed mouse hair which bleaches in sun and sea, but darker greyish brown eyes) so some of the standardised advice wasn’t helping. Eg wearing my eye colour looks truly awful 😂

[@BarbSterk]

I have that same coloring and can wear a lot of colors. As I’m aging past 60, that may change my ability to wear or enjoy so many colors.

[@stalkingcrane]

Color pallets also reduce the number of different colored bags and shoes that are necessary. Everything goes with everything when your colors work together. I buy neutral shoes that go with my entire wardrobe. I once had a beautiful blouse I loved, I called it a closet blouse. I’d constantly try it on and then put it back in the closet. After five years I had my colors done and realized it was the wrong white for me and that’s why I never felt comfortable in it. Most people have a large number of their favorite palette colors already in their closet. I agree with the ‘check your closet’ tactic.

[@kathystclair9485]

I love watching you and Alison Lumbatis. Your methods are simple and doable. I usually know what I feel good in. For example, I had a long sleeve top that was a color I never felt good in when I wore it. After I had my color analysis done, I knew why. It was a cool burgundy, and I have been typed as a warm undertone. My husband liked it, but I had to donate it. I have been recently getting dressed in the clothes in my closet everyday even though I may not be going anywhere. It has been a game changer. Not only do I feel better about myself, but it is helping me to see what colors I feel good in. Actually, the less I have in my closet the simpler it is getting dressed. Getting dressed seemed so much easier when I wore only dresses and skirts and had less in my 20's through 40's. You look great in gray where I feel washed out. I loved the last scarf you showed us as an example. I love scarfs. They can brighten up an ordinary outfit. Also, I love the colors in your home which are the colors I have in mine, and I would feel very good wearing those colors for tops, not in pants. I always default back to jeans.

[@rs968]

Great content! I’ve learned so much from you! I’d love to know more about your skirts! And your grey trousers! Did you thrift them? Would you, please, share the brands with us? Please know your videos are so helpful and empowering!

[@maryrose7842]

This was a very helpful video. I gravitate toward certain colours but it has come with maturity. I have many items that are only worn occasionally and some never 🫤. This is probably due to lifestyle since I am retired. I have a nice burgundy pair of legging type pants but very little to go with them. I think probably a cream sweater would look good. I like to wear warm clothes during the winter.

[@KristenCainStyle]

Glad it was helpful!

[@lose999]

I also decorate my home in beachy blues and greens but have two Tiffany blue sweaters that I love but rarely wear. I wear a lot of black (my mom told me to never wear it) but some of my favorite items are black. Your pallet is very similar to mine without the tans and orange. I have a hot pink top now because of you.

[@tamarahogan3912]

I really enjoyed this video. I have created my color palette and I still need to work on it, but man it makes getting dressed easy. My neutrals are gray, olive and blush pink. I love blush pink and seems like a weird neutral but it works for me. Olive green just goes with everything. I also love lavender and will be looking for a few pieces this season as it seems to be trending. The biggest thing I might try and do is get rid of most of the black in my wardrobe. I love navy instead, but again it can be difficult to find except now. You will see no orange or yellow in my closet. Every thing just goes together. I really love our thoughtful approach to dressing. Thanks.

[@kimmyers9170]

Great video! I've had several color analyses, which all agreed that I'm a jewel tone summer. Those were already colors I gravitated to. I like to wear color in my tops and neutrals in bottoms. I've narrowed down my neutrals to navy, cream, soft white, all shades of denim, and a cool olive green. The colors are all cool tone shades of green and plums and blues, varying from light to dark in all. One color that is great on me is grey but I find it depressing and don't like it on myself so I don't wear it. Having a really tight palette definitely does make it easier to dress and shop.

[@debbieleverne170]

Very helpful ❤

[@KristenCainStyle]

I'm so glad!

[@NancyTawil-c3h]

This is so informative! 🥰

[@KristenCainStyle]

So glad!

[@kw7966]

Very good discussion! My color palette is different from yours - more like that of your mother - but the principles are absolutely correct. Thanks!

[@KristenCainStyle]

It's great to hear it's helpful even with a different color palette!

[@kathysteele3071]

I’m getting it…today I put together an outfit based on what goes with what. THEN I thought of what you said about everything going with what’s in your closet. BINGO NOW I will select a top or pants I want to wear and then start grabbing things to see what I can make. Wow. Can’t believe I didn’t get this before. Not everything will go, but that’ll help decide what things to keep and what to donate.

[@ladonnabarker2983]

Yes, I have learned that 80% of my wardrobe should be neutrals and the other 20 % can be pops of color that work for me and no florals. Florals are aging….my opinion. Kristen is good but follow Melissa Murrell.

[@kathysteele3071]

@@ladonnabarker2983I check out Melissa from time to time. I guess I dress more casually and Kristen’s info speaks to me more. Thanks for the suggestion

[@evesmith3724]

Wonderful video! Very informative. I love Quince, too! Their cashmere is affordable, very soft and durable. ❤

[@dorisdrcar]

I needed this so much. Thank you❤

[@christinefisher5425]

New subscriber here. Thank you for mentioning the conundrum of having too many colored pants with colored tops. I fell into this and am slowly revamping my wardrobe, as I can, to have it be more useful. Great video!

[@KristenCainStyle]

Welcome to the channel! Glad you found the video helpful.

[@tl2940]

Great presentation!

[@KristenCainStyle]

Thanks so much!

[@sheliawilliams7134]

Thank you! This was very helpful info😊

[@KristenCainStyle]

You're welcome! 😊

[@luluandmeow]

My neutrals are browns/taupe/mole, greys, navy, denim and air-force blue. I find black and white, alone or in combination, quite harsh for a variety of reasons, for example I like wearing white in the summer when I'm tanned, it's also easy to get dirty so not very practical. I'm 58 and black can be draining, chic but washes me out and makes me look severe and old.

[@amikrenzel5788]

My favorite colors that predominant my weardrobe are warm shades of blue, green, and purple. Black and grey wash me out so I do brown or navy for darks. I also love peach toned pinks. I do have plenty of things outside that pallet like the corduroy barn jacket I made about 4 years ago that looks great with royal blue. Some years ago there were all the lists of what we must have so I bought white or off white t-shirts......I NEVER reach for them.

[@MaryCunningham-u5j]

Yes - I bought the "must have" white t-shirts, too - and finally gave them away so someone would actually wear them!

[@user-ry1vi1jc7o]

Trench coats, white button-down shirts, loafers...NOT must-haves for me! Who are these rule makers anyway?

[@MaryCunningham-u5j]

@@user-ry1vi1jc7o We all have to find our own "must-haves," I think - we're all different and need to trust our taste, as Kristen points out.

[@connienunez9924]

Ha you're right I've had my colors done and there is no gold/yellow or grey-- but those are the paint colors of my living room, dining room and kitchen

[@kathysteele3071]

I had my colors done a few years ago and basically what it did was made me aware that most of my choices were correct and that possibly, like you, some colors i should have in My Home but not wear. You are right about colored pants or color tops, so insightful. I buy colored pants and I don’t wear them and now I know why. PS I love the Quince items I have bought I love navy, grey and denim for bottoms and have added army green recently For tops, I use navy, red, grey, white, brown and burgundy

[@KristenCainStyle]

I'm so glad you're loving the Quince pieces! Likewise!!

[@carolpeppes9951]

I love beige and brown in my home decor because it's soothing nut I would never wear those co.ors, I Ike black and white and dark blue which work well with my animal prints

[@tarottime3219]

I love your hair dear.😊 my color pallet is similar to yours dear amazing! I love my jeans and comfy tops.

[@destintides9223]

I have just found you and enjoy your videos. Would you mind sharing the brand and fabric of the gray sweater you are wearing. Kind regards!

[@KristenCainStyle]

Welcome! Thanks for being here. The sweater that I'm wearing is Quince. This one... Mongolian Cashmere Oversized Crewneck Sweater: Heather Grey / Small (runs big) quince.sjv.io/vPzYBO.

[@martinajohnson8394]

Great info, thank you ❤

[@jackiebaker1678]

The outfit you have on - ANY color top would work ? Right? I love your channel!

[@vickipackham7357]

Does Greta have a color pallet? I love the sophistication of tans and camels but don't feel like they look that great on me. But I can get away with it if I wear white, navy, gray or black with it. Very informative video. Thank you. I'll be watching it a second time and sharing it with my daughter.

[@KristenCainStyle]

She does. Similar to mine but with more browns and no red. Thanks for your kind words.

[@chrismctague5015]

I love camel and black. As a blonde they do wash me out but I don't love pastels that do suit me so I wear camel and black anyway. I do love navy, and most blues. Its like my gym wardrobe is almost all black because its easier for me to get dressed fast

[@IMOO1896]

I can’t help but notice those “wooden” style hangers behind you as you’re opening the video. Those things are so slick, I can’t imagine choosing and using those in a working closet. Nothing stays on them.

[@KristenCainStyle]

These are from IKEA and I actually don't find them to be slippery. And thankfully, there are lots of hanger options available.

[@BarbSterk]

Do you wear denim button down shirts at all? I can’t remember seeing them on you. I wear these with colored denim like red denim.

[@dianaholbrook]

I was just doing this a couple days ago. I am using my color swatches from my House of Colour analysis and trying to figure out which colors to limit to. I’m really trying to get away from having all the “one offs” that don’t really work with anything. I’m finding that I really don’t like bright colors but those are fine for exercise clothing.

[@moiraberniegatt9491]

I have 2 sisters. One always has know what cookouts suit her. My mum, other sister nor I ever knew which colours suited us until I became a colour me beautiful agent! 🤣

[@moiraberniegatt9491]

Cookouts???? COLOURS!!!!

[@cindytheriault4105]

Yahoooooo ❤️❤️❤️

[@marionannmacredie]

Kristen can you do a video on wearing skirts? Apart from 60’s minis and work skirts many years ago I live in pants, joggers, leggings- except for special occasions. I would love to wear more skirts everyday but I’m so used to having the warmth of covered legs plus the convenience of trousers that I can’t figure it out! 💞

[@MaryCunningham-u5j]

Ah, yes - the closet items that were so attractive but don't go with anything you own and sit there, year after year, waiting to get out and play! I know which colors I wear over and over and that are the core of my wardrobe - I could probably get rid of half my things since it's the core wardrobe that gets worn consistently. There are surprises - like the coral polo top I bought because the price was so good (I know, I know - but it worked out 😁). I had red hair and brown eyes so never bought anything in the red/pink/coral area but my hair darkened as I got older so it worked, or as my mother said, "That color looks surprisingly good on you 😆!" I wore it until it faded! So, a reappraisal with hair color change and age is something to keep in mind. Also, summer colors and winter colors, partly because some colors aren't available as much in winter clothing lines and the other way around, too.

[@CSD221]

I love that concept. It's common sense, but sometimes we end up buying something in a colour that doesn't go with our wardrobe just because we like the piece or we saw someone else wearing it and it looked good on the other person... This concept also limits purchases. Another thing I'd add is that I tend to buy the darker colours for bottoms and brighter ones for the top part. Maybe if you'd like to show off your legs more so you'd go for the opposite.

[@mc2120]

I LOVE yellow, but i can't wear it.

[@LoriB19]

I had my colors done back in the 80’s and still have, and use the color pallet I was given. It’s always been very helpful! Where I struggle now is with my salt and pepper hair color and changing skin color. I feel I have to lean more towards the brighter end of my color pallet to brighten up my complexion. Also, I’ve always been a gold jewelry lover but now am wondering if I need to go to silver? Thanks for the video!

[@carolynmchugh4554]

I understand the colour pallete changing as we get older, and everyone is different. I find I need to wear softer colors or else it feels like the 'colour wears me'.

[@LoriB19]

@ That is a good thought. I will try and go lighter and see if I am happier with the result. I do definitely feel that the color is wearing me as you said. Thank you!

[@luluandmeow]

I can't' stand cream or beige or light camel, I think a lot of people don't see how unflattering they are, especially if you're blonde, they wash you out and they're boring!

[@jackielambes7208]

My was a wise woman. She had 5 daughters and assigned us each a color and never deviated from it. I would get so angry because my sister a step above me always got blue and I got pink or red. I wanted blue. Turns out those colors always look best on me. Sorry mom but I sneak in blue every now and then🥰

[@luluandmeow]

Sorry but I disagree that you can just take any of your tops and any of your bottoms and they all look amazing whatever the colour combination. I can see several "forced" combinations that personally I wouldn't put together. I am petite and like my tops and bottoms to be the same colour or at least tonal, with a layer in a different colour/pattern, this way of dressing elongates me and creates harmony. I'm not saying that some of your colour combinations are awful, but they're not fantastic either. Just my opinion, I don't mean to offend you, everyone's taste is different of course. I don't mind if some of my tops don't go with some of my bottoms, I just create and style separate looks/outfits, there's nothing wrong with that. I like variety, I'd get bored with a capsule wardrobe.

[@Marykellogg]

Good grief get to the point!! I’ve tried many times to watch and it’s always sooo much talking before you say anything we are waiting for….

[@tonia-982]

so boring wardrobe its is as if you wear the same no difference at all but ok easy to get dressed easily but no style at all no fun .easy to get dressed at a boring office

[@savannahbanks]

Talks too much.

[@KristenCainStyle]

Thanks so much for your kind feedback.

[@kaykenney2504]

Helpful, but you need to edit your script. You repeat the same into explanations and concepts. I have to stop watching. A really long infomercial.

[@KristenCainStyle]

Thank you for your feedback.

[@janetgutierrez33]

Just fast forward the intro. It’s helpful for those of us who are new to Kristen’s channel.

[@dm55379]

Excellent review! Thank you

[@janelynch2180]

Kristen, you did it again. I do love your style, but it is over 8 minutes into your video and you just talk and talk and talk. Maybe it would help to just fast forward until I see CLOTHING. One more try before I unsubscribe.