Pantone has announced the Pantone New York Fashion Week colors of Spring/Summer 2019, and the second color is Jester Red.
Luckily Jester Red is an easy color to pull off and you can hold on to the pieces you buy this season for the lifetime of your wardrobe. Here is some information about Jester Red and how to wear it timelessly.
First things first, we should think about color psychology when we decide what colors to wear. You want to dress the way you would like to be perceived, especially at work.
Jester Red:
Jester Red is a color of excitement, heuristic understanding, attention, action, and hedonism. It’s a color of femininity, passion, love, and warmth. It conveys energy, strength, stimulation, and courage. However, it also conveys survival, anger, defiance, aggression, impact, and strain.
This color says, “Look at me because I am a woman who is a passionate survivor.” BUT, this is not a wallflower color. You will be the center of any room you walk into, and so you must be ready to be social. If you are trying to calm the atmosphere around you, Jester Red can seem too visually impactful and can cause things to escalate as it causes rises in metabolism and blood pressure. This is a great color to wear in the boardroom or at an event.
I also think it’s important to think about color theory when looking at what to wear because you always want to bring out your best features rather than overshadowing yourself or washing yourself out. So, wear Jester Red if you are:
A Soft Summer, like these soft sirens:
A Cool Summer like these delicate divas:
Or A Deep Winter, like these cool chicks:
Because Jester Red is such an eye- drawing color, you should keep the makeup neutral for the most part. The best makeup options to wear with a Jester Red top, coat, or dress are:
- For an everyday look:
A) If you are a Deep Winter, Soft Summer, or Cool Summer:
Soybean eye crease, Sweet Corn lids, Brown Granite lashes, and matte Jester Red lips.
B) If you are a Soft Summer or Cool Summer:
Taupe lids, Brown Granite lashes, Toffee Eyeliner, and Sweet Lilac lips and cheeks.
2. For a day-to-night look,
A) If you are a Deep Winter or a Soft Summer:
Sweet Corn lids, Soybean crease, Eclipse eyeliner, Jester Red lips.
B) If you are a Soft Summer or a Cool Summer:
Grey lids, Steel Grey crease and eyeliner, and Sweet Lilac lips and cheeks.
3. For date night, if you are a Soft Summer or a Cool Summer:
Sweet Lilac lids, Pink Peacock eyeliner, and Sweet Lilac lips and cheeks.
4. Just for fun, if you are a Soft Summer or a Cool Summer:
Pepper Stem lids and crease, Terrarium Moss eyeliner, Sweet Lilac lips and cheeks.
There are a few timeless ways to wear Jester Red and to keep it in your wardrobe in the future. It’s such a vibrant color that it gives any piece some edge, so get Jester Red pieces where Jester Red is part of a pattern or as an accessory item to lend balance to the outfit. Try sunglasses, a jacket, jewelry, a patterned top, a skirt, an electronics case, or a bag.
Because Jester Red is such a punchy color, you should wear it with your neutrals so that your outfit doesn’t overpower you. The Pantone New York Fashion Week Spring/ Summer 2019 neutrals are especially great options.
- If you are a Deep Winter, Soft Summer, or Cool Summer:
pair Jester Red with Sweet Corn or Eclipse.
Try these tips out and let me know what you think! Whatever way you choose to wear Jester Red, you will definitely be edgy and on trend.
