Tones

There's a set of about forty colors that harmonize with your skin, hair, and eyes. Wear inside it and your face looks brighter and more rested. Wear outside it and even an expensive, well-made garment leaves you looking tired.

That set is your color season. There are twelve of them, and most people who guess get it wrong.

What actually decides your season

Three qualities of your natural coloring — and every color sits on the same three scales:

Undertone — warm (golden, peachy) or cool (pink, bluish). The most important one, and the hardest to judge on yourself.

Value — how light or deep your coloring is overall.

Chroma — bright and clear, or soft and muted.

Set all three and you have your season. A Soft Autumn is warm + medium + muted. A Bright Winter is cool + deep + bright. Your palette follows automatically, because your best colors are the ones sharing those same three qualities.

The twelve seasons

Spring is warm and clear. Summer is cool and soft. Autumn is warm and rich. Winter is cool and striking. Each splits into three: Light, True, and Bright Spring · Light, True, and Soft Summer · Soft, True, and Deep Autumn · Deep, True, and Bright Winter.

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Why people get it wrong

Almost nobody picks the wrong family. They pick the right family and the wrong sub-season, then wear slightly-off colors for years.

Soft Autumn vs Soft Summer is the classic. Both are muted and low-contrast, so they look identical on paper. The tiebreaker is undertone — hold camel to your face, then slate blue. Whichever brightens you wins.

Same trap with True Autumn vs Soft Autumn (one's richer), Deep Winter vs Deep Autumn (one's cool, one's warm), and Light Summer vs Light Spring (same). Every mix-up turns on undertone, which is exactly the thing you can't reliably see in your own mirror. Lighting distorts it, most people are closer to neutral than they think, and years of habit bias what looks "normal" to you.

Why it costs so much to find out properly

An in-person session with a color analyst runs $150–$450. You're paying for expert time, a neutral gray room, full-spectrum lighting, and calibrated fabric drapes. It's a fair price for what it is — but it also means most people never bother.

The cheaper way

The same three dials can be read from a clear photo. Upload one selfie and you get your season, your full palette, and your best hair, makeup, and outfit colors, previewed on your own face. A couple of minutes, no appointment.

Being straight with you: an in-person draping session in a controlled light booth is still the most accurate option out there. But this costs a fraction of it, and for most people the result is one you can genuinely shop from — which beats never finding out at all.

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For an accurate reading

Natural daylight, facing a window

No filters, no beauty mode

Little to no makeup

Natural hair, pulled back if it's dyed

A neutral top — white, gray, or beige

One last thing

Black doesn't suit everyone. It's very deep and very cool, which flatters cool, deep, high-contrast coloring and drains most other people. If black has never quite worked on you, that isn't a fault. It's information.

There's a specific set of colors — around forty of them — that harmonize with your skin, hair, and eyes. Wear inside that set and your face looks brighter and more rested. Wear outside it and even an expensive, beautifully-made garment can leave you looking tired.

That set is your color analysis palette. Here's how to find yours without paying for a studio session.

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What decides your palette

Three things about your natural coloring:

Undertone — warm (golden, peachy) or cool (pink, bluish). The most important one, and the one people misjudge most.

Value — how light or deep your overall coloring is.

Chroma — whether your coloring is bright and clear, or soft and muted.

Match those three and you get your color season, and your season gives you your palette.

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The 12 seasons

Spring is warm and clear. Summer is cool and soft. Autumn is warm and rich. Winter is cool and striking. Each splits into three — Light, True, and Bright Spring; Light, True, and Soft Summer; Soft, True, and Deep Autumn; Deep, True, and Bright Winter.

The most common mistake isn't picking the wrong family. It's picking the right family and the wrong sub-season. Soft Autumn and Soft Summer get confused constantly, because both are muted and low-contrast. The tiebreaker is undertone — hold camel to your face, then slate blue, and see which one brightens you.

Why this costs so much to find out

An in-person session with a color analyst usually runs $150–$450. You're paying for an expert's time, a controlled neutral room, and calibrated fabric drapes. It's a fair price for what it is. But it also means most people never bother, and keep buying clothes that don't suit them for years.

The cheaper way

The same three dials can be read from a clear photo. Upload one selfie and you get your season, undertone, and full palette — plus your best hair, makeup, and outfit colors, previewed on your own face. Takes a couple of minutes.

Being honest: an in-person draping session in a controlled light booth is still the most accurate option out there. But this costs a fraction of it, needs no appointment, and for most people the result is one you can genuinely shop from — which beats never finding out at all.

Getting an accurate result

Natural daylight, facing a window

No filters, no beauty mode

Little to no makeup

Natural hair, pulled back if it's dyed

A neutral top — white, gray, or beige

What changes once you know

Your skin looks brighter with no extra effort. Your wardrobe starts coordinating with itself, because everything shares the same color family. And you stop buying things that look great in the fitting room and wrong the moment you get them home.

Also: black doesn't suit everyone. It flatters cool, deep, high-contrast coloring and drains most other people. If black has never quite worked on you, that's information — not a fault.

Professional color analysis is genuinely useful. An expert reads your skin, hair, and eyes, works out which colors make you look bright and healthy versus tired and washed out, and hands you a palette you can actually shop from. The problem is getting one. An in-person session usually costs $150–$450, you have to find a good analyst near you, and you'll often wait weeks for an appointment. Here's what you're actually paying for. What a professional analysis measures Any real analysis reads three things about your natural coloring:

Undertone — warm (golden, peachy) or cool (pink, bluish). The most important factor.

Value — how light or deep your coloring is.

Chroma — how bright and clear, or soft and muted, your coloring is.

Match those three, and you get your color season — Soft Autumn, True Winter, Bright Spring, and so on — and with it, the exact palette that suits you. The simple alternative You can get the same three dials read from a photo instead of a studio. Upload one clear selfie, and in a couple of minutes you get your season, your undertone, your full palette, plus your best hair, makeup, and outfit colors — previewed on your own face. Honestly? An in-person draping session in a controlled light booth is still the most accurate option out there. But it's a fraction of the price, there's no appointment, and for most people the result is one you can genuinely use — which beats never finding out at all. A few things that make the result accurate

Take the photo in natural daylight, facing a window

No filters, no beauty mode

Little to no makeup

Natural hair, pulled back if it's dyed

Wear a neutral top (white, gray, or beige)

Why it's worth knowing your colors

Your skin looks brighter and more rested, with zero extra effort Your whole wardrobe starts to coordinate, because it shares one color family You stop wasting money on clothes that look wrong the moment you get them home

Ever put on one top and get told you look great, then wear another and get asked if you're feeling okay? Same face, same day — the only thing that changed is the color next to your skin. That's color analysis, and once you understand it, getting dressed stops being guesswork. Here's the short version of how it works.

Start My Color Analysis & Save Today → What decides your best colors Your natural coloring — skin, hair, and eyes — has three qualities:

Undertone: warm (golden, peachy) or cool (pink, bluish). This one matters most.

Value: how light or deep your coloring is overall.

Chroma: how bright and clear, or soft and muted, your coloring is.

Colors that share those same qualities harmonize with your face and make your skin look fresh and awake. The wrong ones do the opposite — they bring out redness, dark circles, and a dull, tired look.

Get color analyse online in minutes → Your color season Color analysis groups coloring into seasons: Spring (warm and bright), Summer (cool and soft), Autumn (warm and muted), and Winter (cool and bright). Modern systems break these into 12 or even 16 seasons — like Soft Autumn or True Winter — for a more exact palette. How to do it online A professional session used to mean $160–$450 and booking weeks ahead. Now you can do it online in minutes: upload one clear selfie and get your season, undertone, full color palette, and your best hair, makeup, and outfit colors — shown on your own face. It's not a full in-person draping session, but for most people it's accurate, fast, and far cheaper.

Get My Personalized Color Analysis for Less → Why it's worth knowing

Your skin looks brighter and more rested, with no extra effort Your whole wardrobe suddenly coordinates You stop wasting money on clothes that look wrong once you get them home

If you've ever stared at a full closet thinking you have nothing to wear — it's usually not the clothes. It's the colors.