From the author: All articles in this series are chapters of my book “Public Speaking. Workshop”. If you are interested in this topic, then you can find all previous chapters on this site, and subsequent ones will be published here a little later The choice of color is extremely important for creating an attractive image of a public person. Color can do a lot: create the illusion that you are younger or older by several years; that you are bursting with health or, on the contrary, that you are not feeling well. Color can add a few extra pounds to you, or, on the contrary, it can make you slimmer. With the help of color, you can evoke a feeling of trust and sympathy in others, or you can repel and alert. 1. CHOOSE COLORS FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE SPECTRUM. Imagine a rainbow, this is a spectrum of all primary colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. When choosing clothes for a performance, pay special attention to colors from the middle of the spectrum and choose not the brightest, and more muted and noble shades that emphasize your individuality. Too bright shades can play a cruel joke on you: they can completely overshadow you, and, as a result, only the color will be visible, not you. Cold tones look good on stage: gray, pearl, blue, as well as warm ones - pinkish and brown. 2. AVOID COMBINING WHITE AND BLACK. It is difficult for the eye and camera to combine these colors. It’s not for nothing that the children’s rhyme says: “Are you going to the ball? The young lady sent you a piece of a blanket….. And she told you not to wear black and white!” Apparently, the lady from the children's rhyme knew well the laws of choosing colors for performances, but why is a ball not a performance? The simultaneous use of extremely contrasting colors hurts the eye; the camera does not like it. For example, a blonde in a black dress or a white blouse and black trousers on a brunette with white skin may look impressive and bright in everyday life, but will look bad on screen and on stage. It is better for a blonde to choose a gray, brown or pearl dress, and for a brunette instead of a white one Wear pale blue, ivory, pale pink or pale lilac blouses; from the stage or from the screen they will look almost like white, but more noble. 3. PURE COLOR IS BETTER, NOT VALIDITY. A lot of flowers or an eclectic pattern may look quite original, attractive and cute when you are walking around the city, but on stage they can create ripples in the eyes, distract and somewhat simplify and “cheapen” your image. Choose color, not variegation. 4. USE NO MORE THAN THREE COLORS. To look sophisticated, you cannot use more than three colors, but this rule applies to everyday life. For a performance, I would advise limiting yourself to two colors. 5. USING ONE COLOR IN ALL THINGS IS NOT AN IDEAL OPTION. I once looked out the window of my apartment and saw a strange chocolate-brown girl. Brown hair, brown blouse, brown skirt, brown tights, brown handbag and, finally, brown shoes, and the color match was one hundred percent and “perfect.” I didn’t look at her eyes, but I’m almost sure that they were also that color. Surely the girl put a lot of effort into putting together this ensemble, but it turned out not perfect, but boringly monochromatic, and instead of the expected admiration it only caused bewilderment. It felt like this was not a girl at all, but a chocolate figure from a cake. “Ideality” in any aspect -!