Find your colour season

How seasonal colour analysis works

Some colours make a face look rested and clear. Others make the same face look tired or sallow. Seasonal colour analysis is a way of predicting which is which. It describes a person’s natural colouring on three scales and matches clothing colours that sit in the same place on those scales.

• Undertone, from cool to warm. Cool colouring has blue, pink or ashy tones. Warm colouring has golden, peach or olive tones.
• Depth, from light to deep. This is how light or dark the hair, skin and eyes are taken together.
• Clarity, from soft to bright. High contrast between hair and skin and clear eye colour read as bright. Blended, low-contrast colouring reads as soft.

The four seasons are the four corners: Spring is warm and bright, Summer is cool and soft, Autumn is warm and soft, Winter is cool and bright. Each is split into three by whichever quality is strongest, which gives the twelve seasons used here.

Getting a result you can trust

• Use daylight from a window, facing it. Lamps and evening light are yellow and will push every result towards warm.
• Take off make-up, and use a photo without a filter or beauty mode.
• If you can, hold a sheet of white paper beside your face and tap it as the “white” point. The tool then corrects the colour cast of the photo.
• Do the drape test. A real analyst decides by comparing fabrics under the chin, and your own eye is the best judge here too.

Common questions

Does this work for every skin colour? Yes. The seasons are about undertone, depth and clarity, not about how light or dark someone is. Every season includes people of every background, and the palettes are chosen relative to your own colouring.

What if I am between two seasons? Most people are. The result shows the nearest season and the runner-up. Colours that appear in both palettes are your safest choices.

I dye my hair. Which colour do I tap? Tap your natural colour at the roots if you can see it, or set the sliders by hand. The season comes from your natural colouring.

Do I have to give up black? No. The palette matters most for what is next to your face: tops, scarves, collars, glasses and lipstick. Wear what you like below the waist.

Is my photo uploaded? No. It is read by this page on your own device and is not sent or stored anywhere. Only the three slider settings are remembered in this browser.