[Jennifer l.]

I agree. I think the color is not so much the issue as the brightness and contrast level. I am blond and fair, and there are some shades of colors I won’t wear because they wash me out. I think a dark-skinned person can look very good in a dark to medium purple suit, but a pale lavender would not be as complimentary, in my opinion.

Changing the subject slightly, I’d like to discuss hair color. I have noticed that some black people can look good with their hair colored blond, and others cannot. The darker the skin or more contrast the blond hair has with the complexion, the worse it looks. A lighter skin color seems to go better with blond hair. Take Whitney Houston, for example. She can pull off blond hair very well. But when I see a very dark-skinned person with blond hair, or even a white person with a very dark suntan and light blond hair, it looks like a photo negative to me. I always think when I see a white person with a very dark tan who has bleached blond hair that she or he should have toned it down a bit for a more golden blond, to blend better with their complexion.

So the contrast with certain shades of colors with other colors stands true in my opinion.

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Name : Jennifer l., Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 41, City : Green Bay, State : WI, Country : United States, Occupation : Screen Technician/ musician, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Lower middle class, 

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