To become a Certified Color, Body and Line Professional Educator, you may study the 90 hour course developed for the Academy Of Art in San Francisco and for colorists throughout the country.   Everything is covered in The Science of Personal Dress Complete Study. The Certification Examination and study guide is provided here and many individuals find that to seriously accomplish its completion is extremely rewarding. This in-depth teaching lays the foundation for understanding all aspects of personal dress and applies to all art fields of endeavor.

1. Which color has the highest vibration? _______________
2. Which color has the lowest vibration? _______________
3. What portion of the electromagnetic scale are we able to see?___________
4. T/F Only in the presence of light do we see color. _________
5. T/F The color that is not absorbed is the color we see. _________
6. What 3 forms does color express through? ________ ________ ________
7. Name the 3 primary colors of light. __________ __________ ___________
13. Luminosity means that a color is __________________.
14. In the context of personal colors, a person's neutral color is considered to be his/her __________________ color.
15. Harmony = ______________.
16. What colors of the spectrum are most associated with comedy in the theater? 20. What spectrum color is the brightest? _____________
21. Which color is the most energetic? _____________
22. Which color is least flattering to most skintones?__________________
23. Which color is ambivalent and is at the midpoint of the spectrum? ____________
24. Name the color associated with high rank and royalty. ______________
25. Which color is fundamentally beneficial? _____________
67. Name the two kinds of ruddy skintones. ______________ _______________
68. What color best cools off ruddy skintones? ________________
69. T/F Lack of pigmentation in the skin causes the skin to be very dark. _________
70. Name the six major ways a color can be changed:
75. Name several warm icys. _______________________________________
76. Name several cool icys. ________________________________________
77. Which red in the red family is moderate enough to be worn by most people? ______________
80. Why do people with warm orangey skintones look good in blue? _________________________
81. Which of the purple colors "doubles" for an Autumn blue? _______________________________
82. What are the best colors to coordinate with yellow? _____________________________________
83. what can be worn with rust to cool it down? ____________________________________________
128. What symbol is associated with "childish"? ___________
129. What lines do dimples suggest? ________________
130. What overall form is best to achieve when designing a person's hairstyle? ________________________
131. What height begins to communicate regal lines for women? _____________
141. Could pushed-up sleeves on a sweater give a feminine, masculine and exaggerated feeling? _____
142. T/F Dull colors are boring. _________
143. Why are thick, untreated leathers more masculine? _________________________________
144. How can you change a color to make it feel and communicate poise and authority?
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145. Which is more feminine, lace or rhinestones? ________________________
161. What gender is a tweed skirt? ________________
162. T/F A lack of proportion gives the off-beat note for trendy fashions. ______
163. T/F If an item of clothing you are wearing doesn't feel right, it is probably because you are self-conscious. _____
164. T/F When a thing is in perfect balance it becomes a classic - even a dramatic costume can become a classic. _____

SMALL EXAMPLE:
In front of the following list of dress items, draw the symbol which most represents what the feeling of the item is communicating.

EXAGGERATED

FEMININE

MASCULINE

BALANCED