Have you ever wanted to get dressed in the morning and make a certain part of your anatomy disappear?

Have you ever wanted to look taller and thinner within minutes? The easiest way to look taller and slimmer is to COLOR BLOCK!

When our eyes rest on a lighter shape against a lighter background our vision travels outside the shape, this makes the area look bigger. But if our eyes see the outside of a solid, darker shape against a lighter background, then the eye stays within the shape, making the area appear smaller.

Look at the picture to the far left; when we look at somebody our eyes will stop wherever they see two high contrasting colors meet. In this case our eyes would stop at the neck, the tummy and the ankles. Each time the eye stops, we make the object wider and smaller.

Alternatively, if the area we are looking at is darker and there are NO high contrasting colors meeting, then our eyes will NOT stop; they will continue to move in one long line. Therefore, making the area seem taller and thinner. There are two key ways to color block. Example; 

• ONE: Chocolate brown top, chocolate brown pant, chocolate brown shoe, contrasting jacket.
• TWO: Chocolate brown jacket, chocolate brown pant, chocolate brown shoe, contrasting top.

The more we reduce the number of colors we wear, the taller and thinner we will look. Remember, that the eye will always go to the area where two high contrasting colors meet. So if your T-shirt is white and your pants are black, the chances are the first thing anyone will look at is your tummy area! Is that where you want them to look?

If you want to know what people are going to see the first time they look at you, then do the mirror test;

• Get dressed.
• Stand in front of the mirror.
• Close your eyes.
• When you open them, what is the first thing you see?
• Whatever you see first, so will everyone else.
• Ask yourself, is that what I want people to see first? 

The darker the shade of any color, the more the emphasis will be on the outline of the shape, rather than the inside of the shape. With darker shades the eyes will read the total shape from top to bottom, and the shape will seem to "recede", or appear smaller........how easy is that?

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions on Color Blocking.