You notice the profound connection with color and clothing and have a skill for styling friends and family. If turning this talent into a lifelong career is of interest, you may choose to become a Personal Color Consultant.
What Is A Personal Color Consultant?
What is the definition of a Personal Color Consultant?
What is the required education and training, and are other qualifications necessary to begin this endeavor?
What is the earning potential of this profession?
The objective of this Blog Post is to furnish you with an understanding of the Personal Color Consultant role, earning range in the field, and complexities of the color industry.
Simply put, Personal Color Consultants ascertain the colors of their customers. There are also personal Color Consultants that offer color proposals across multiple domains, such as hair colors, cosmetic colors, and interior and exterior design colors.
That being said, the ultimate goal of a Personal Color Consultant is to offer sound color advice. Unfortunately, consultants for the most part rest their color teachings on the external color theory, which is problematic at best. A further discussion regarding this topic is near the end of this Blog Post.
The process of color styling wardrobes, homes, offices, and all else can be intimidating for people who do not possess a keen awareness of their latent color partialities, as C Color® advocates that all individuals embody a color gene within their DNA. Notwithstanding the fact that there are a myriad of potential color alternatives, as there are 16.7 million identified colors in the world. It suffices to state that, due to these circumstances, the decision making process can be arduous and overwhelming.
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C Color offers an innovative Methodology to navigate color and can reinforce Personal Color Consultants in choosing the superlative colors for all of their clients needs.
C Color®, as the first company to quantify intuitive color partialities, appropriates the highly accurate C Color Quiz Assessment, available on the C Color App to classify users within one of four C Color Spectrums®.
A C Color Spectrum is a category of a myriad of colors classified by temperature, saturation, and the predominant base of a primary color of either Blue, Yellow, or Red.
Below is the first example of how individuals from each of the four C Color Spectrums can wear yellow and ochre colors.
Please note that clothing and accessory colors are for reference only and do not represent the models’ C Color Spectrums.
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Notice the differences in the four C Color Spectrums:
- C Color Spectrum 1 Yellow is Cool Blue Based, Less Saturated, Appears Rubbed with Ash
- C Color Spectrum 2 Yellow is Cool Blue Based, More Saturated
- C Color Spectrum 3 Yellow is Warm Yellow Based, Moderately Saturated
- C Color Spectrum 4 Ochre is Warm Red Based, Less Saturated, Appears Rubbed with Earth
The key to the classification of all colors is the temperature, saturation, and predominant base of one of the primary colors of blue, yellow, or red.
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C COLOR COORDINATES
Interchangeable Colors And Patterns In Your C Color Spectrum Developed As Examples For Fashion And Décor
C Color Spectrum 1
C Color Spectrum 2
C Color Spectrum 3
C Color Spectrum 4Prerequisite: C Color Quiz
Palettes are supplemental to the C Color App
What Do Personal Color Consultants Earn?
As with any new business, appropriately, fees vary. Prices may initially be established at the lower end of the industry scale; however, as the erudition of the consultant increases, the business rate escalates.
Below Are A Couple Pay Structures To Consider:
Hourly Pay Structure
The hourly structure is an option that factors in time and expertise, whether your client is seeking color recommendations for a room or assistance on a continuous basis.
Video consulting is a viable option for price sensitive clients. This color consulting method can reduce your costs and enable you to reach a larger clientele.
The challenge with this approach is that, although webcams allow you to interface with your customers from their homes, webcams can distort color, thereby making it challenging for you to accurately verify the hues.
Initial Consultation With Recurring Monthly Fee
Another option is to charge a premium price for an initial consultation and a lower monthly service fee.
This pay structure would offer customers a one time consultation and then may provide consistent instruction via text, phone, or email.
Ongoing services may include brief in person meetings and unlimited text, phone, or email consulting.
Personal Color Consultant Steps
Below Are Steps For Entering The Color Consulting Field:
1. Specialty
Many color consulting specialties exist; therefore, you can be a specialist in one field or a generalist in all fields.
Types of Color Consultants Include:
- Hair
- Cosmetic
- Fashion
- Interior/Exterior Design
- Lighting
- Paint
- Marketing
- Institutional
The first step in providing personal color direction is to conduct a personal color analysis. The effects of color are paramount, making it imperative that a color consultant has a highly nuanced and sweeping awareness of the 16.7 million colors in the world and a consciousness of the inherent color inclinations of their customers.
2. Credentials
Education is fundamental for presenting well framed opinions to your clients. Knowledge validates your abilities in the industry and that in turn bolsters credibility.
Obtaining a fine arts degree is unnecessary; alternatively, cross disciplinary studies in color, design, and business, in company with other appropriate fields, are invaluable for entrepreneurs.
Certifications
There are color consulting courses, programs, and seminars online throughout the country. While some bestow more value than others, they all give you the opportunity to network with like minded instructors and professionals.
International Association for Color Consultants/Designers North America
The IACC was founded in Holland in 1957 by a team of architects, designers, artists, educators, and scientists. Observing a gap in color consulting education and training, they organized around this central need and established an interdisciplinary training program for aspiring color consulting professionals.
The North American branch of the IACC offers accreditation seminars as well as membership opportunities.
3. Experience
Practical encounters are foremost to your success, as well as traditional education, and can be accomplished in tandem with your education. Consulting with your friends and family can be a commendatory course of action when beginning the process.
Consider creating a case study for each participant. Include both positive and negative reviews, as the encouragement can champion an increase in confidence and the criticism can allow the correction of deficiencies as you build your portfolio.
Work or internships are supplemental avenues for acquiring sound wisdom. Each introduction will ideally further your mastery of color and business.
Below Are Constructive Color Consulting Opportunities:
- Cosmetic Consultant (Sephora, Nordstrom, MAC)
- Paint Color Consultant (Sherwin Williams Or Local Paint Retailer)
- Internship Or Entry Level Design Firm Position
4. Client Index
After you have chosen your specialty or specialties, amassed education, and gleaned functional familiarity, promoting your proficiency is the next link in your chain of destiny. Success as a Color Consultant hinges on your client directory.
Below Are Social Media Advertising Platforms:
- Blog: Author Meaningful Speciality Content, Deploy Social Sharing
- Network: Join Networking Groups, Attend Conferences, Maintain Education, Correspond W/Training Contacts
- Institute Facebook, Instagram, Twitter: Create Social Presence, Promote Services, Provide Treasured Content/Case Studies, Engage Contacts
Hopefully, the information above has answered some of the questions that you may have regarding a Color Consulting Career.
For unparalleled Personal Color Consulting principles and benefits, consider the C Color® Ideology. The C Color Quiz and matching color technology can address all of your customers’ color needs.
Receiving a Personal C Color Analysis is an uncommon occurrence. As mentioned above, the majority of consultants rely on the external color theory.
C Color® does not take External features, such as hair colors, eye colors, and skin colors, into consideration, as those features are not advantageous when ascertaining your color propensities.
There are a multitude of colors within each feature, and the colors can be altered and change with maturing.
Below is the second example of how individuals from each of the four C Color Spectrums can wear yellow and ochre colors.
Please note that clothing and accessory colors are for reference only and do not represent the models’ C Color Spectrums.
UTILIZE THE C COLOR APP TO CONFIRM YOUR C COLOR SPECTRUM COLORS
Notice the differences in the four C Color Spectrums:
- C Color Spectrum 1 Ash Yellow Pattern is Cool Blue Based, Less Saturated, Appears Rubbed with Ash
- C Color Spectrum 2 Neon Yellow is Cool Blue Based, More Saturated
- C Color Spectrum 3 Yellow is Warm Yellow Based, Moderately Saturated
- C Color Spectrum 4 Ochre and Charcoal are Warm Red Based, Less Saturated, Appear Rubbed with Earth
The key to the classification of all colors is the temperature, saturation, and predominant base of one of the primary colors of blue, yellow, or red.
C Color® is the first and only company to quantify intuitive color predilections. Quantifying color intelligence is the specialty of our lifestyle technology company.
As mentioned the C Color Ideology is predicated upon a color gene within your DNA. All individuals are born with predispositions toward colors; consequently, all individuals embody the virtue of color intelligence.
The C Color® App is a cost effective tool for Color Consultants in every field. The proprietary C Color Quiz is a bar none Methodology that can deduce which C Color Spectrum your customers belong to, and that alone can differentiate you from the rest of your peers.
The above color quadrant displays a Cool Blue Ash Based yellow color, a Cool Blue Based yellow color, a Warm Yellow Based yellow color, and a Warm Red Earth Based yellow color, as examples to further distinguish the four C Color Spectrums. Each C Color Spectrum® contains millions of every color.
Below is the third example of how individuals from each of the four C Color Spectrums can wear yellow and ochre colors.
Please note that clothing and accessory colors are for reference only and do not represent the models’ C Color Spectrums.
NOTE: THIS COMPOSITE IS BEING UPDATED FOR COLOR ACCURACY
UTILIZE THE C COLOR APP TO CONFIRM YOUR C COLOR SPECTRUM COLORS
Notice the differences in the four C Color Spectrums:
- C Color Spectrum 1 Ash Yellow is Cool Blue Based, Less Saturated, Appears Rubbed with Ash
- C Color Spectrum 2 Yellow Pattern is Cool Blue Based, More Saturated
- C Color Spectrum 3 Yellow is Warm Yellow Based, Moderately Saturated
- C Color Spectrum 4 Ochre is Warm Red Based, Less Saturated, Appears Rubbed with Earth
The key to the classification of all colors is the temperature, saturation, and predominant base of one of the primary colors of blue, yellow, or red.
To uncover your C Color Spectrum, take the five-minute C Color Quiz. The objective of the C Color Quiz is to select the first color per panel that catches your eye. By doing this, you are tapping into your color proclivities. Since the accurate results of the C Color Quiz emanate from intuitive choices, not thought choices, thinking about your color selections will skew your results.
Due to this reason, receiving a Personal C Color Analysis differs from all others on the market.
The efficacy of the C Color Quiz is 99.8%. We do not guarantee hundred percent efficacy, as clients may not consistently follow their innate preferences or intuition throughout the C Color Quiz.
Once your C Color Spectrum is determined, employ the C Color App to verify the colors within your C Color Spectrum.
- All colors contain numerous colors; accordingly, it is essential when you employ the C Color App, to photograph the item that you are considering at a distance and to color correct the photograph with the Lighting and Filters features.
- The photographed color must match the color of the actual item that the eyes see.
- Once the above two steps are completed, choose a zoomed in section of the pure color, even if blurred to match, and the C Color App will reveal whether or not the color is optimal for you or for your customer.
- The built-in capability of the Smartphone to lighten or darken the photograph can be used, if necessary.
- Avoid bright areas and shadowed areas, as those conditions can affect the color match.
The C Color® proprietary color matching technology and the extensive color database will aid you in identifying the unrivaled colors for your customers, supported by their genetic DNA predilections.
The zooming capacity of the C Color Matching Technology has been enhanced to allow for greater accuracy. This improvement ensures that the purest color of the article to be matched can be identified more proficiently and opportunely.
The C Color App has been upgraded to include a color matching Instructional Video, C Color Courses, C Color E-Books, and C Color Spectrum Virtual Color Galleries.
C Color Spectrum Virtual Color Galleries within the C Color App were developed as a vantage point for you from which to better understand the colors within your C Color Spectrum.
The C Color App is a comprehensive color palette that identifies the limitless number of colors that are available to you. These colors are all from within your C Color Spectrum. Aptly, the C Color Spectrum Virtual Color Galleries are supplemental to the C Color App.
Please be sure to visit the C Color Website.
The refreshed C Color Website includes a plethora of engaging content, simple navigability, and instructive visuals representative of each C Color Spectrum.
Browse the C Color Website and C Color Blog Posts for a colorful experience and inspiration regarding all things color.
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The C Color® App, as the 21st Century Palette and Color Consultant, is accurate, meets your color needs, answers your color questions, assists you in color decision making and saves you thousands of dollars by eliminating misguided color choices.
The C Color App gives you guidance and sustains you in enabling your clients to Look, Think, Feel, Act, Learn, and Heal their best.
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Equip your clients with the ability to look and feel prettier or more handsome, experience glowing skin, receive compliments, gain confidence, and garner color confidence.
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