Did you pick out your favorite color in stones because of your hair/eye coloring?

[beaujolais]

Did you pick out your favorite colors in stones because of how it goes with your hair/eye coloring? Just wondering if this has influenced you as it has me. I do best in purples (blondish hair, green eyes) and love tanzanite & blue/purple sapphs. but reds don''t really work for me.

You?

 

[Fly Girl]

I think that is true in a round-about way. I picked out colors that will work with the clothes that I wear most of the time. And the colors of those clothes are ones that work well with my coloring. I wear lots of browns, olives and navy clothes. So I like yellow, blue and red stones the best. I''m not much of a purple fan, but I do think tanzanite is beautiful!

 

[Catmom]

Unfortunately I like all colors.........

 

[GirlCellist]

I avoid blue and purple stones because of the colors I usually wear and my own coloring (redheaded/fair-skinned)- I''m drawn to reds, peaches, and yellows!

(I, too, love tanzanite, though!)

 

[diamondseeker2006]

Date: 2/3/2008 11:46:23 AM
Author: Fly Girl
I think that is true in a round-about way. I picked out colors that will work with the clothes that I wear most of the time. And the colors of those clothes are ones that work well with my coloring. I wear lots of browns, olives and navy clothes. So I like yellow, blue and red stones the best. I''m not much of a purple fan, but I do think tanzanite is beautiful!

This is such an interesting question! My first inclination was to say no. But then when I read Fly Girl''s response, I had to agree! My hair and eyes are dark brown, so I certainly am not matching that. But I do mostly wear clothes that are black and "jewel tones" mostly...teal, royal blue, deep pink, and red....great sapphire (and ruby) colors!

 

[movie zombie]

not to match my hair, eyes, skin coloring or clothing i wear: it was the stone to speak to me.....and orange Orange ORANGE...in your face orange. a color i''ve never been particularly drawn to.

movie zombie

 

[Pandora II]

For me it''s the stone and if it speaks to me.

I''ve never really thought of coloured stones not going with things. My e-ring''s green and I can''t think of any colour that wouldn''t look good with.

I suppose a pink sapphire might not look great with red, but that''s about it.

 

[FrekeChild]

It certainly doesn''t hurt that my eyes are blue, but that''s not really why I pick the colors I do. I''ve always been drawn to cool colors: blue, green, purple, gray, even pink and yellow. No oranges, red or browns though. I can pull off the oranges and reds but anything brown doesn''t suit me, even though my hair is a light brown.

I confess that I have picked out a stone because it matched my eyes though!!!

 

[Hest88]

Interesting question. I''ve never thought about this this way but I''d bet savvier women have done so. For myself, there are certain colors I just adore--emerald green, that electric blue of the finest sapphire, and subtle slate-like blue-grays. Yes, I''m all about the cool colors. When I think about clothing, though, I actually look better in warmer colors so my tastes in stones definitely have nothing to do with what''s flattering.

 

[krispi]

Blue sapphires are my birthstone (Sept) and are also my favorite gemstone. Luckily for me, my favorite color just happens to be blue! I also have lighter colored blue stones, like aquamarine and topaz. Lately, I''ve been considering a garnet to go with some of my non-blue outfits. Typically, when I don''t wear blue to match my stones, I just wear plain silver.

 

[Linda W]

Movie Zombie hit the nail on the head. A stone that speaks to you. In my case, it was the PADPARADSCHA Sapphire. Once I saw it, it screamed to me. LOL. I have been hooked ever since.

Linda

 

[sera]

I''m very fair with blonde hair and blue eyes... I look best in jewel tones and they happen to be my favorite colors anyway... so I tend to love the blues, purples, reds, magentas, teals, emerald greens, etc. Now in gemstones, I love ''em all! I love gemstones in light greens and oranges and yellows... but if I had a peridot or orange sapphire, I would NOT match it to what I was wearing because I''m really not into the sickly color that appears on my face when I''m in those colors. If I wanted to wear the colors that do not look good on me, I use them as accents with their complementary color or with mixed colors (like wearing peridot jewelry with magenta clothes or orange sapphs with something that has mostly reds with a touch of orange).

 

[Tacori E-ring]

hmmm...I have never thought of that so I guess not. I love blue stones but I don''t wear a lot of blue....maybe I should start.

 

[eac]

Hmmm, let me think. I''m fair-skinned, green-eyed, and red-haired. I gasp in admiration at a lot of things, and I can''t go past the fact that diamonds go with everything. I do favor green stones - tourmaline, peridot, jade, bloodstone. With pearls, I prefer darker pearls, grey and black, to white. I also like moonstones, rubies, and garnets. I don''t hanker after shiny-bright yellow or blue stones, as a rule - even though I often wear yellow or blue tones. If I had to pick a blue stone to wear, I''d choose shifting opalescent labradorite.

So I guess the answer is: yes, my complexion affects the stones I go for.

Oddly enough, in my teenage fantasy-princess fantasies, I had blue eyes and a gold necklace set with a huge blue sapphire. I''ve never wanted a necklace like that in real life, nor have I ever bought blue-tinted contact lenses. But blue eyes and blue stones seem to go together to me, and tawny eyes and complexions I associate with gold and with every vivid stone in the rainbow.

 

[LadyAmythyst69]

I tend to like all colors. But I choose shades or tones of each color that suit me best - pale pink rather than hot pink, olive green rather than kelly green etc.

 

[Miscka]

I think in a roundabout way, yes. I gravitate towards blue and pink stones, as those are the colors I wear most often (aside from neutrals). I have always been drawn to blue and pink, and I am fair with blonde hair and blue eyes.

 

[coatimundi_org]

I gravitate towards colorless or pale colored stones. My hair is almost black as are my eyes, but my skin is very fair. (I'm Scottish/Dutch/Korean) Pale colors speak to me above all. I don't think this has much to do with my coloring, though. Pale aquamarines, morganites, paler padparadschas(Linda's avatar

). I know the more saturated stones tend to have more value, but I love the pales.