Barely out of the news at the moment is of course John Terry’s recently exposed affair and subsequent demise as England’s (football) captain. Now, I’m no ‘footy’ expert nor particularly a fan, but what interests me as a colourist about the fiasco is the story that’s told in the accompanying photos of the characters involved.

So often when the proverbial hits the fan for  VIPs and celebs and reported in the press we tend to see the protagonists mostly wearing a particular colour – black. Over the last two days we’ve seen many pictures of Vanessa Perroncel wearing black and yesterday Terry’s wife Toni too.

Although always seemingly popular and beloved of the fashion industry black – and indeed any colour, is so much more than a fashion statement. Mostly subconsciously we choose to wear and dress ourselves in a colour that will represent and mirror how we feel at that moment in time. Uncompromising black is a colour that many of us feel ‘safe’ in. For many of course it is a sophisticated and glamorous colour but  there is also an element of power, mystery and even control about black. We can relate it perhaps to darkest night time when much remains unseen by the eye and hidden. The personality can be cloaked and true feelings can be contained within. And so in this time of strife and uncertainty for these two women, wearing black can be almost like a barrier from the outside world and appear to offer protection. It may of course indicate secrets yet unrevealed!

As this story continues to play out I will be interested to see the colours ‘worn’ and to interpret the feelings that really lay behind the images we see in the news?

For more about the meanings and effects of black

http://www.incolourconsultancy.com/black_white_grey_brown.htm

Back to black? Fashion’s love affair -  http://www.incolourconsultancy.com/blog/category/personal-and-lifestyle-colour/

Learn how to interpret the secrets of colour for yourself new courses for Personal and Lifestyle colourists starting in March – http://www.incolourconsultancy.com/certificate_in_colour.htm

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