I have created a free colour season worksheet for you guys! It will help you go through the principles of this video. You can download here: www.bodyandstyle.com/colour-season-worksheet PSI just want to clarify I did have a slip of the tongue at one point the Autumn category is generally soft not bright!
Quite interesting you are dear..... 😅 Cause i was always confused 🤔 in Bright spring and dark Autumn, now i am more confused 😂😂😂😂😂 Btw Thanks for all your information ❤
You say to look at your natural features, nothing that's dyed but I've been dying my hair for 30 years, since I was 11. I don't know my natural colour. I also always have dyed eyebrows and fake tan on my face. These things will always be the case so surely I need to be finding how I look best around these things
You're one of the only people on TH-cam who makes it easy to understand colours and still explain it in such nuance. I've always had trouble telling warm and cool colours apart and never understood the true meaning of muted colours. The way you explain it and the animations matching it is brilliant. I've been dressing and feeling better because of you tips. Thank You so much and Lots of Love
@@elliejeanroyden Until this latest video, I didn’t fully understand the “priority” of traits for each season type! I think I’m a Winter, and it’s helpful for me to think in terms of the primary/defining characteristic: Dark vs Cool vs Bright. I’m not 100% there however because I’m not sure if I correctly identified my defining characteristic: as a neutral-cool tone, am I primarily “Bright” or “Dark”? 👀 Please make more content like this!!
Love the part about olives, it's so spot on! Olives can be found in any category from what I've seen yet so many people make videos about colors that suit olive skin best when the determining factors aren't the oliveness and you can't just place them all in the same two categories or so.
I love your videos, all of them! 🔥 Here's an idea: Could you make a series where you compare two similar seasons? For example, Light Summer vs Light Spring, or Dark Winter vs Dark Autumn. We know the key difference is cool vs warm, but what about neutral cool vs neutral warm? Sometimes it is hard to tell the difference. 🤯
Summer and autumn peoples will have colourings that have more dimension, more richness, while winters and springs will have colouring that have more clarity and saturation.
When I worked as a makeup artist I used to fully extend a lipstick bullet in a fushia liptick and a bright orange lipstick and hold then in front of the clients mouth to determine if they were warm or cool. It was quick and easy and allowed me to pick flattering shades of makeup for them.
@@chika2724 yes. Even if they wanted a nude, it enabled me to choose a warm nude over a cool nude. So if they suited the orange they needed warm toned colours, and if they suited the fushia cool toned colours.
This is so helpful. I also heard someone talk about looking at the color of yourveins. When I look at my veins, they look blue but when I look at my skin, it looks warm and I think it might be because I’m olive. I don’t know …this is the hardest part for me!
LOL LOL LOL. Well I know for a cat I don't look good in neutral or white. I also find a lot of stars that wear that skin tone on the red carpet look washed out so where are their color stylists?? cos a lot are way off..... lol
When confused, listen to the *vibes*! How do you want to feel? How do certain colours make you feel? At the end of the day, colours are energy and the most important thing is to feel good. 💜
I have been looking into color seasons for at least a year now but I always ended up confused by something pr another. This was the most comprehensive explanation I have found so far and has cleared up some things for me❤
When I first came across color seasons I was so sure I was a deep autumn, then all sorts of apps and websites told me I’m instead a dark winter. But when I switched out my whole wardrobe with colors that align with each I looked so dull. I always thought Spring colors looked the best on me, when using simple filters. But it always seemed I was too “dark” for the descriptions most people had. Since finding out you can be a WOC and be in anything else but autumn and winter and now with your amazing and easy explanation I’m definitely sure I’m a bright spring. Thank you so much ❤
I highly recommend watching Merriam Style’s content too! She explains colour analysis (including the red green axis) in the best, most intuitive way that I’ve found on TH-cam, and I find her colour analysis system much more robust than the colour seasons system :)
All I know for sure after draping is that I’m cool even though many people think I’m warm because they’re looking at my overtone. I love the perspective of looking at olive colouring vs undertone as a an x and y axis! That’s so much easier to explain than to try to describe the difference between overtone vs undertone. I also like that you said that the brain likes harmony. Of course we all can wear whatever colours we desire at the end of the day, but I believe colour does have energy and when it’s in harmony with our natural colouring it just feels right!
I think it would be a cool idea to identify neutral people as Winter or Summer Solstices. Winter solstice (in between fall and winter) if you have Neutral skin tone and dark features. Summer solstice (in between spring and summer) if you have neutral skin tone, and light features. Autumnal equinox (in between summer and fall) and vernal equinox (in between winter and spring.) My sister who has an olive skin tone originally thought she was an Autumn but realized she didn’t look good in the orange shades of autumn but looks great in certain winter colors but also still great in certain fall colors. She might be like a “winter solstice.” Just a thought.
@@happytofu5the solstice is the first day of the season, to make it easier. so winter solstice is around dec 21. so this kinda works as it is the day between the seasons, like a cusp.
I like this thinking. When I initially did my season I was leaning between soft summer and soft autumn. They are pretty similar but I was stuck between them because I have a more neutral undertone
I’ve been reading so much about this lately and done many tests on myself, yet you are the first one that explains it in a way that I understand. I don’t really have a good feeling for colour hues and feel like I am between several seasons. Kinda medium everything. Medium brown hair, darkish blue eyes with some yellow in the middle, fair skin but not pale. Just realised that I lean more cool and soft but medium dark/light. So believe I’m a true summer but kinda towards the middle of the seasonal circle if that makes sense.
Thank you for talking about the difference between contrast and brightness/softness!! It's an undervalued distinction. I'm high contrast but fairly soft, and warm vs cool is hard to tell; it doesn't seem to make much difference. Any advice?
What helped for me was just wearing some colors and seeing how I looked. For warm/cool, purples and greens were especially helpful, but also gold and silver fabrics, for jewelry I don't think it's enough, but once it's your whole shirt, you start to be able to tell what makes you look awake and alive and what makes you look like a victorian invalid (a look I naturally tend toward).
Using gold versus silver jewelry is a huge help. I never thought gold liked good on me so I figured I was probably cool toned because silver looked better. I'm a winter... which is cool toned. It helps to narrow down!
I've been torn between Dark Winter & Dark Autumn for a long time now and am starting to lean more towards Autumn. I really wanted to be Winter tho :') bc I adore deep jewel tones and really don't like browns, beige, rust, most greens except more dark emerald-y & forest-y tones, hate yellow & orange, the only neutrals I ever wear are black, white & grey ... I'm finding that really I can take a lot of Dark Winter colours anyway tho as long as I don't reach too far into the brightest tones, and stay away from most blues except darker teals, bc my chroma (softness/brightness) & hue (warmth/coolness) are not very significant features for me at all. I have very dark brown eyes with no flecks of gold or rings around the iris, dark brown hair with both ashy & warm chestnut-y highlights, and light ivory skin with a yellowish overtone that tans & freckles easily in summer. I'm slightly soft but my contrast is high. I find the mish-mash of features a bit confusing ! (Same way I found it confusing figuring out I was a gamine lmao, I seem to be defined by contrast in all spheres !)
Reading your description, I got really hiped I been pretty lost (sometimes I feel color blind), but we have similar colors, the only difference is my skin being greyish. So now I feel more confident that I'm between Dark Winter or Dark Autumn! And I feel you! It's kind of confusing the mishmash!
Same with me but I think I lean a bit more cool, simply because warm red lipstick looks horrible on me and in winter the contrast in my features is more obvious. But I remember another stylist said if I'm the in between of these 2 then that means I can mix and match the colours of the 2 seasons and run with that, like my orange pants looks good on me only when I match it with a pure white/black top, it balances out nicely. But distinctly cool toned or warm toned purples don't look good on me, it needs to be as neutral as possible. Maybe try something similar and see how it goes
Oooh I feel you. I have olive skin and I also feel like my most dominant feature is just… darkness and contrast. I can’t pull off a full on black look, but I also can’t really deal with mustard yellow (even though I LOVE it) because it washes me out with my yellow overtone. I just settled with dark something and it really takes off the pressure. Rusts look good on me and I like them, so more of that. Greens are fantastic as well, especially the foresty ones, so I buy a lot of that. Plums are also just beautiful. And sometimes, I simply buy something because I like it. 😂 So it’s good to know what suits you, but colour seasons are ultimately a spectrum anyway. And sometimes, we simply like something a lot (like me with one of my dresses, that would probably suit a spring a lot better) and we look good in it because it makes us happy and confident. And sometimes, going against type can also be an interesting fashion statement.
One of the best videos about this topic I've ever watched. Chapeau! I'm also very impressed about the speed of your talking, especially considering the complexity of the explanations.
Thanks to explain olive like this, so simple, so peaceful. I use the 16 seasons system because of I'm in the true cool flow, just between winter and summer. And I'm an olive, not so fair or light, tan in summer, pale and look sick in winter. Thank you for this video 😊
I’m also an olive that tans in summer (a very warm, orange tan naturally) and looks sick in the winter (Kermit the frog chartreuse when pale).. I have no idea how to find a season for myself or if I need to just have two seasons to accommodate this!
Ok seasonal color theory has been a new obsession of mine the past year or so and I've watched and read a lot on it and felt like I had a pretty good handle on it, but this video is amazing!! You are so good at explaining things that seemed so mystifying before! And I love your practical tips for finding out your colors! ❤️❤️❤️
This is one of the most complete videos I've ever seen about color analysis. I appreciate how she went deeper in every aspect of it and it really clarified a LOT about the questions I have about my palette. I'll definitely, review it later and put it to the test. I've tried some other methods, been a cool summer, deep winter and autumn. Good thing is that each new time I review this, I thing I sense like I'm making some progress in my personal style... So, no harm, no foul.
I am 85% sure to be a soft summer. I have tried the recommended colors to compliment my Features and it works well. But I try to use more of the dark colors because I like more edgy clothes. I have also dyed my hair back to my natural ash blonde but I am not sure about it. It compliments me more but my red hair was more me.
Hi Ellie-Jean! I have been watching your videos for a few weeks now, I’m so curious and obsessed as a long time fashion addict and somehow who flim flamed around regarding style for so many years, like so many women! It would be a SIN to not subscribe! Your knowledge and advice is FANTASTIC! So unique! Do you do consultations? To find out your colour and body type? I have struggled with this. I always thought I was a “slim no bust redhead pale pear!” And that was that - oh how wrong! I thought I had it down but boy am I confused!!! Keep it up! So interestingggggg! X
Your videos made me realise, I'm probably a bright spring or bright winter. Despite having very fair skin, I seem to have an olive undertone too. I used to be the type of person to mostly wear black & grey because I was scared to wear too much color. Now I'm becoming more and more confident with brighter colors☺️
Thanks for the long explanation, that makes it much more clearer. I was hesitating between true winter, bright winter and true summer, but now bright winter seems the more likely. I need to rewatch it later this week, when I won't be severely jetlagged anymore. xD
When the pictures change, I can really see the warm and cool tones betrer!! Thank you for making this video ❤ I was very confused on which I was and this really helps! I also love how you share your growth in your style journey. It inspires me to not worry if i change my mind on what looks best on me. Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for this video! I've watched your other color videos, but it's like it finally clicked. I'm a dark winter! I love how well you condensed this info. Thank you so much!
I'm still puzzled about whether I'm a soft summer or a soft autumn. I'm certain soft is my main dominant feature because everything in my coloring is pretty desaturated so when I wear bright colors or direct black and white it drowns all the color hues in my features and I look like a grayscale picture. But my undertone is still a mystery to me, some features lean more cool and some more warm and I know that it's very subtle. Sometimes I'm wearing a color that would be very pleasing for a soft summer and it suits me and makes my eyes pop but others I'm wearing soft autumn colors and I feel the same way. I think the softest you are the harder it becomes to identify undertone, it's like in the circle you're right at the lower central point between autumn and summer.
Agree it's kinda difficult because of the muddiness. It's probably because warm-cool isn't your most defining feature. For this case, soft autumn and soft summer can borrow each other's palette. Have you tried draping pink vs peach? That's how I figured out mine!
@@rokusashu7441 I think between pink and peach pink suits me better, when it's very pale. Which makes me think I lean into summer, but then I feel like for example soft beiges and browns are better neutrals for me than grays, and moss, very pale greenish aquamarine tones compliment me as well so it's confusing
The good thing is (coming from a soft autumn) soft summer and soft autumn are sister palettes! So if you look good in a color that leans more one way, it’s probably a good color on you, whether you’re warm or cool :) good luck! I hope you figure it out confidently because it really can boost your confidence in shopping and etc!
@@rebeccadbates You're right, I'm currently just focused on building a wardrobe that's more focused around softer colors in general, because most of my current wardrobe is black or white and I notice how these colors wash me out, so undertone is not really a priority for me since I think it doesn't make that much of a difference.
Quick question: For Soft Summers who are medium-dark in terms of summer but who's essence is more whimsical/ethereal should they still shy away from pastels?
You explain things so well and do it concisely. You’re 100% correct-with the right colors I felt at ease. You confirmed my belief that I’m a soft summer even though I have hazel/brownish eyes. Many websites out there will say only gray/blue/green are soft summers and this is false. I did draping and surprisingly all the “boring “ colors I used to stay away from (except gray and blue) looked best on me. Needless to say I’ve already started my closet overhaul:)
I clicked on this video because I just got a shirt the exact color as the one you’re wearing. I love it. It’s a beautiful color but I wore it one day and was shocked by how bad it contrasted with my features. Even though the subject is extremely confusing, thank you for making this video. It did help me, so in future I can make a better choice. ❤
Wow, this video is great! I wrote 4 pages about this, about the explanation and how to identify my features. This is very clear, and now I’ll just need to choose between 3 seasons (soft summer, soft autumn and true autumn, I am definitely on the soft side)
lol this is the best description of color analysis that I've heard. I have some Italian heritage, and I've always heard that olive skinned leaned more cool...but cool colors look terrible on me...so hearing you say that olive isn't really factor in your season is great to hear.
As myself who is learning colour theory for art and graphic design, I love learning this type of stuff as well. It's so hard for me to find what I truly am. I'm a redhead. But, my hair can sometimes look dull light brown. I have medium/dark green, or hazel eyes 🤷🏼♀️... My face can look yellow, but flushy red so it's hard to tell. I do have cool toned veins but not sure if I also see green veins. I do find that medium to dark blues, all shades of green, some light pinks but mostly dark pinks, crimson red, dark purple, crisp white, all greys, bright darker oranges, bright pale yellow, maroons, mostly darker shades of brown, and of course black, all look good on me. Then, sometimes I can pull off all the pastels shades. No colour really washes me out, yet I don't think I'm a neutral. Not sure, but I think I'm a medium contrast. Lol! I hope one day, I can go to a colour analyst somewhere here in, Australia.
Your explaination of this is absolutely brilliant. I've been struggling to figure out my colour season for months and this was so helpful. I kept trying to drape colours and getting confused. I'm now certain I'm a soft summer. I have an olive skintone and neutral-cool so I was getting confused by 'autumn' colours that suited me but I'm realising now that the browns and oranges I thought were autumn (because they were soft and dark/medium) were more neutral than warm 😅
Very helpful! I’ve been stumped about my season because both bright cool colors and most warm colors don’t look good on me, but after watching I think I’m a soft summer.
Great video, one of the most clear and comprehensive on this topic! Heres a question though, how much do our prefrences "matter" or influence in our seasonal palette? The characteristics describing bright spring fit me better, but I tend to like sort of less saturated colors, if that makes sense 😅
Thank you so much for making such a detailed video! As a color-season-analysis enthusiast myself, I appreciate how much you explained all these nuances to these theories for people to understand it's importance.💖💯💫 God darn, THE EDITING IS SUPERB!!!
Great vid with loads of information. I'm going to have to watch a few times I think. I'm turning grey (no intention to dye it) and would like to know if/how this might affect my season?
Ok but like, where is the button to like this video 100 times over? It’s so well done and helpful! I know what colors look best on me, but I could never decide what they each meant because they are not the usual colors. Like lime green! Plus I have an olive undertone with fair skin and that just throws a whole other element into the mix, but this video was incredibly insightful.
Omg thank you I've been wondering why I look off sometimes, especially in clothes I have to choose from where I work (caucasian demographic, very cool tone) at first I thought I was a dark winter but after doing the drape test with blocks on my phone I realised I'm a dark autumn 😮 wouldn't have thought so based on your images but it makes sense. My skin tone is quite neutral but fair, so I've got high contrast with my dark hair, and certain colours from the dark winter just made me look sick or unnatural compared to the warm counterparts lol and interestingly, some cool colours I thought looked good on me were still dark winter. But, they did make me look more pale. Maybe it works for me because of the contrast between my skin and hair? Interesting stuff! I feel more confident trying out colours I haven't before now.
I think there are two ways of accessing the seasons: you can either look at the features of your body, or at the features of specific colours and how they make your skin/face look against it. My features will put me somewhere is the summer camp: ashy darker blond hair, dark grey-blue eyes with green/hazel central heterochromia, pale and muted skin tone, moderate to low contrast. But I look absolutely terrible in the Summer colours, and cool pastels are the absolute worst. I am also slightly warm olive, and the green DOES impact my colouring. So, instead of judging my features, I judged different colours against my skin and decided based on that. I tried clear white and cream white, clear black and charcoal black, light warm grey and light cool grey, light blue and navy, royal blue and petrol, and a few more colour combinations in cool/warm, clear/muted, and light/dark combinations. It turns out I looked better in whichever piece was darker, then among darker clothes I looked better in the muted ones, and the slightly warmer ones, but not the warmest. This way I figured I am dark, muted, and warm, so I am a dark autumn. And if you look at my closet, it is clearly a dark autumn collection, so it checks.
This is the best video on this topic online. Explains so much. Thank you for giving a complete explanation for soft/bright light/dark and cool/warm. This makes so much more sense and you didn’t need an hour to do it.
Looking at your natural hair and the intensity of your lips against your skin tone make me think you are closer to true summer. Thank you-this is a great explanation of the nuances of c analysis!
I could not figure out my season for the longest time and no matter how often I watched videos like these, even with the best explanations, I just didn't get it. It helped me most to find my contrast level and then ask my friends what colors flattered me most. I have medium contrast and the colors that suit me best are bright and warm. I thought for the longest time that I was a summer but my hair threw everything off, it's too warm. My eye was not accustomed to judging which colors looked best on me, I can do it for others but for some reason not myself. Because I was told bright colors look good on me and I saw a tinge of warmth in my hair and medium contrast in my features I took a leap of faith and started thrifting colors in the spring palate. The amount of compliments I get when I wear those colors has proven to me that I'm a spring. I never got complimented for wearing cool soft colors. I never got compliments when i was in dark colors, or super bold colors. Light spring colors are the only ones that have gotten consistent notice. I honestly didn't like it at first, i wasnt very drawn to those colors. But being told that a color looks good on me made me feel really pretty and gave me the confidence to wear colors like pinky corals and salmons. If you can't figure it out go thrifting with a friend and ask them to tell you if a shirt color suits you. There's so many colors you dont even have to buy. Then you buy the ones they say look good and try it out.
Looking at my hair and eyes actually makes so much sense. I’ve always only looked at my skin and been confused by warm/cool but it’s easier to look at everything as while and determine softness and contrast and darkness and then from there play with warm and cool fabrics to see where I fit
Oh my. Thank goodness I finally know my season. These were the kinds of videos that had me confused for so long. It's so much simpler than this, you don't have to analyze every feature. Actually until you know it can be hard to accurately analyze each feature individually.
I understand the logic of it, but because I have such an even balance of warm/cool and light/dark elements in my features, I don’t have a keen enough eye to discern which way I lean more towards and which colours I wear well vs. which colours wear me. Are there any seasonal colour quizzes or apps that can help you determine your value, chroma and hue that you would recommend to help with all this?
This is really good and well explained :) I often find (when I drape to test colors) that if I look at my face and are drawn to the face in one color it's a good match, but if I look down on the fabric it's not so good and I look a bit ill it's the wrong one. Like for example in this video, I only look at your face and not your shirt so it feels right. When WE wear the outfit and not the other way around.
I still feel like it’s difficult for me to tell wether or not I’m dark winter or dark autumn. I actually have pale olive skin with a yellow overtone (which makes yellow difficult to wear), but I also often feel more comfortable with brown or not everything in black, sometimes pure black is overwhelming for my features. So I just settled with dark something and I feel like this is good enough for me. Even colour seasons are on a spectrum. I look for what works for me, and sometimes, I just don’t bother and wear something because it makes me happy. Also: it’s kinda hard to tell with seasons sometimes because so often, we see people with dyed hair as examples for certain seasons…
Lolol.... I know your intentions are good but I feel you've taken the color season theory and made it even more complicated, lol! This level of understanding color, the subtle values & contrasting hues within that, is knowledge once reserved for artists.
I think the 12 subseasons system is slightly flawed, I definitely prefer the 16 subseasons system, helped me alot since I couldn't find myself in those 12 variations. I'm a muted winter type called soft winter :) Dark, but slightly muted and dusty, darker version of soft summer.
I am dark, tiny bit grey, so tiny bit on the soft side and neutral cool/warm. What would I be? Edit: I wear silver, gold rose gold but all are quite good on my skin depending on what I am wearing but if I pair a black outfit with pure silver jewellery, it looks stark. If I wear white with sterling silver jewellery, it looks quite seamless. If I wear 24k gold, it looks stark, if I wear 14/18k gold, it looks fine. All rose gold looks fine on me. So confusing...
Thanks for the great video! I’m still not sure if I’m a warm spring or warm autumn, but I’ve found color analysis to be super helpful in branching out with my wardrobe and not just wearing black every day.
Thank you. You went so fast I’ll have to watch a couple more times. I do like being able to drape the colors around my face. I think that would help me the most. I was born with a blonde hair, but I dye my hair black so I can see where I could get mixed up in my colors season.thank you you covered quite a bit of information that I needed. JJ.
Omg I thought I was deep autumn for the longest time but I never understood why none of the autumns really fit me until you explained the contrast bit. I had a whole new outlook and high contrast seems to be a more defining feature for me due to my relatively light skin, dark hair, and dark but bright eyes. I discovered I’m actually a bright spring! That palette is so harmonious with my features that I feel like I don’t need to keep questioning my colour season! I’m extra happy cuz those are the colours I naturally gravitate towards too. ❤
What about if your natural hair is warm, but your skin is cool? I've struggled finding my season because my hair is a dark brown with auburn highlights, but my skin is light/medium and cool! 😢
by saying your 'skin is cool' you mean OVERTONE? Because that doesn't matter. Your UNDERTONE is important and it could actually be warm. A lot of people with pink and cool overtone are in fact warm undertone. Look at Emma Stone for example... And vice versa, a lot of people with yellow overtone have in fact cool undertone, that's why when they wear yellow they look more yellow, so they need those cool colors to balance the overtone.
I think it's about a difference in over and undertones. I thought the same thing, that my hair was warm because of golden highlights (I get from the sun), but that's just my overtone and my undertone is actually more ashy so cool, you can see it easily on my eyebrows actually. And my skin is the same way, has warmer overtones but cooler undertones. This is why just looking at features can throw us off.
@@Dani-lc9hqdoesn't it mean something when you are a mixture of those features tho? If you are cool overtone but warm undertone I've heard that's pointing towards either soft summer or soft autumn.
@@SilverGreenEyes18 It means that I'm closer to neutral, I need neutral foundation as well. In my case I'm bright winter and can borrow a lot from bright spring. Clear colors is my primary feature. But soft summer and soft autumn is also an option for those with more neutral undertones. Or light summer and light spring. Or deep autumn and deep winter. Whenever your primary feature isn't cool or warm, your sister season will have the opposite undertone because you're closer to neutral.
THANK YOU SO MUCH😭🙏 Ive been having SUCH a hard time figuring out what season I was, but you made it easy to understand. Im like 85% sure that I'm a Spring, but I feel like im in between True and Bright Spring. All I know is that I look amazing in a warm light lilac color.
thank you sooo much for this! it's crazy how I used to wear so much black because I thought it was a color for everyone and was "classic"/you couldn't go wrong with it. same with white. but I realized I looked so drab in both black & white (stark white) and just couldn't figure out why....now I know they definitely doesn't fit my colour season (light spring) at all!
You put a lot of effort into this. ❤️ Even though I’m an artist with an eye for decoding colors to mix paints, I’m still unsure enough to need to rewatch parts. I’m curious to see if my intuitive impression of myself after 50ish years’ experience matches your more technical method.
Could you also do a video telling your thoughts on the color breeze system?:) I’ve been looking into it and I’m super intrigued and would love to know your thoughts 🥰
I always thought I was a spring because I look great in pastels, but I’ve realised I’m actually more of a soft autumn because my eyes are my dominant feature and they’re a dark greyish blue. Looking at my wardrobe I can also see that the colours I naturally lean towards have more grey in them than white. Thank you for this video, it was very informative!
I appreciate you acknowledging that you actually might be a True Summer! I have thought for a while your dominant feature is Cool, not Light :) I think dyed hair can be confusing!
I’m so overwhelmed lol. My hair is dark/cool, my skin is light medium that leans neutral warm in summer and neutral cool in winter. My eyes are light warm (true amber colored). What am I?? Halp! 😂😊 love your videos and how you present info - thank you! ❤
I’ve never thought of chocolate brown as cool! This is good to know and why I think it looks decent with my skin, I associated with warm and warm colors don’t always suit me
Hi Ellie, please make more videos about this topic. I find it so confusing 😅. I kinda look like you but have a bit lower of a contrast than you. My eyes are not as bright, my eyebrows are much darker and my hair is a dirty blond. I think I may be a soft summer? Anyways, loved the video❤️
Thank you! I am so torn between soft and true autum: my red hair and brown eyes are warm: but my skin is pinky and my viens are blue. I think going to go with true autum because I think I prefer the true colours on me, and you say hair can matter as much as skin. ❤
I think the warmth in your hair and eyes override the coolness in your skin. My friends who are redheads are the same as you but with blue eyes and gold jewellery still looks so much better on them than silver does!
I think it's what you are most sensitive to. I'm a redhead with grey eyes, pink skin and purple veins. I have tried a lot of colours and thought I was neutral-cool and must be soft-summer but there are a lot of colours on that palette that are still too warm for me! I'm very sensitive to yellow tones and they look terrible on me and I cannot wear yellow gold, unfortunately. My hair is not actually very warm for a redhead, think more red-orange, leaning brown so maybe that is why I look great in cool but soft colours? Maybe try some cooler colours and see what you think? I personally think that cool colours next to red hair look very striking.
@@emmaeriatarka Hmmm, I know I look good in warm reds, oranges, browns, blues, greens, yellows, but am just unsure how bright or muted I should wear them... I'm going true autumn brightness as a safe option. :) I also look my worst in cool pastels and neons, and more muted blues and greys are a bit dull on me. These comments really make me think it's my eyes that make me so warm, though ofc my skin could be warmer than I realise too...
I'm pleasantly surprised to hear Carol Jackson mentioned. I'd been pointed in the direction of some articles inspired by her. It's great to see it in video form 💜
I just want to say thank you for making the best video I've seen on this subject. I get really frustrated with the gatekeeping in the draping community sometimes where they tend to imply our opinions don't matter because we're not trained like they are. Like, if I can't tell from looking at someone on the street if a color looks good on them then why would I care what colors I wear because they won't be able to tell by looking at me? That aside, sometimes I wonder if I may be a statistical unicorn and fall into the middle of everything category. I'm pretty sure I'm medium soft and medium contrast and I'm a natural red so my hair is definitely warm which should make me an autumn. But no matter how I look at myself my skin is not yellow. Neither the overtone, undertone, or midtone. I am very pink and my lips tend to look bluish. Also my hands look really bad in yellow toned nail polishes, which makes me think. So I do my best I guess. I try to make sure my clothing colors are medium soft and midtone brightness and then kind of guess on the blue/yellow undertone dilemma.
That's where I disagree with some professionals. Natural redheads tend to have that blue undertone to their skin. I look at hair and eyes as accent colors. Sometimes they match your skin, sometimes they don't. I think it gives an individual flavor to palettes.
Thank you for your content! Could you maybe make a video per each season together with practical examples for do's and dont's? Its content idea source for weeks 😊
Thank you for this I’ve realised I’m a true summer. I have medium brown hair which doesn’t really have any warm tones in it. I’ve pale skin and blue eyes. I’ve always thought a lavender colour looks really nice on me. Glad to see it’s in the summer palette
Thanks for the part about being in the middle. I can’t figure out my dominant traits after years. I think I’m neutral leaning cool, medium-deep, and neither soft nor bright. Soft summer is usually the closest but is too soft and light for me. Any tips?
Endless resources about this, but this is a very clear and concise video. Great explanation. Wish there were more darker skin tone examples available online.
I’ve done testing and evaluating for over 6 months and I think I finally narrowed it down to soft summer or a soft autumn. Some autumn colors look good on me but mostly soft summer fits me best. Luckily I can dip into soft autumn since it’s my sister season but I’ll try to stick to soft summer more
I’m a soft summer which is kind of interesting to me. I tend to gravitate towards muddier colors, but I also love how striking I look in black even though it’s not my color.
Hii I really love your videos they are really inspiring i learned so much about color seasons, body types and more. Im also a huge fan of ur style roots!! 💗🎀
I knew I was a winter but I couldn't figure out if I was dark or true, I followed your worksheet and definitely feel more confident I'm a true winter! I was leaning that way based on how i looked in a tikTok filter, but I thought I had to be dark because I have brown eyes. This definitely helped me clarify! Thanks so much!
Do you mean to say Autumn is Warm Soft and Dark? In your video, you said Autumn is Warm Bright Dark. Which is not what shown in the Season wheel . And the only main season you mentioned soft is Summer (shouldn't there be 2, which are Summer and Autumn?) . Still found your video helpful but just want to check that is all. Thank you so much .
I have created a free colour season worksheet for you guys! It will help you go through the principles of this video. You can download here: www.bodyandstyle.com/colour-season-worksheet
PSI just want to clarify I did have a slip of the tongue at one point the Autumn category is generally soft not bright!
Quite interesting you are dear..... 😅 Cause i was always confused 🤔 in Bright spring and dark Autumn, now i am more confused 😂😂😂😂😂 Btw Thanks for all your information ❤
I think you're a light spring though, not a summer, just because of your natural hair color
You say to look at your natural features, nothing that's dyed but I've been dying my hair for 30 years, since I was 11. I don't know my natural colour. I also always have dyed eyebrows and fake tan on my face. These things will always be the case so surely I need to be finding how I look best around these things
You're one of the only people on TH-cam who makes it easy to understand colours and still explain it in such nuance. I've always had trouble telling warm and cool colours apart and never understood the true meaning of muted colours. The way you explain it and the animations matching it is brilliant. I've been dressing and feeling better because of you tips. Thank You so much and Lots of Love
That is so amazing to hear! Thank you so much for saying that!
@@elliejeanroyden Until this latest video, I didn’t fully understand the “priority” of traits for each season type! I think I’m a Winter, and it’s helpful for me to think in terms of the primary/defining characteristic: Dark vs Cool vs Bright.
I’m not 100% there however because I’m not sure if I correctly identified my defining characteristic: as a neutral-cool tone, am I primarily “Bright” or “Dark”? 👀
Please make more content like this!!
Agreed!!! I'm pretty sure I'm a true/cool summer based on all the info I've learned from Ellie!!
Love the part about olives, it's so spot on! Olives can be found in any category from what I've seen yet so many people make videos about colors that suit olive skin best when the determining factors aren't the oliveness and you can't just place them all in the same two categories or so.
They say u are warm always
@@kay6692 nope I'm olive and fair skin grey hazel eye and very dark brown hair .I'm a true winter
@@kay6692I CANNOT wear warm colors I literally look SO green and washed out 😂😭😭
Especially in the sunless Midwest winter
@@kay6692Olives aren't just warm, they can be also cool. It's the common misconception.
I love your videos, all of them! 🔥 Here's an idea: Could you make a series where you compare two similar seasons? For example, Light Summer vs Light Spring, or Dark Winter vs Dark Autumn. We know the key difference is cool vs warm, but what about neutral cool vs neutral warm? Sometimes it is hard to tell the difference. 🤯
I would love to see the difference between soft summer and autumn!
@@yourLittleSinner well, yeah, I just gave examples, but I also consider those two as similar and very very close. 😁
Summer and autumn peoples will have colourings that have more dimension, more richness, while winters and springs will have colouring that have more clarity and saturation.
yes plssss, i’d especially like to see true spring vs true autumn!
@@sofiah44 yes! They say "cupper vs gold" and it's easy to understand, but kinda hard to see. 🧐
When I worked as a makeup artist I used to fully extend a lipstick bullet in a fushia liptick and a bright orange lipstick and hold then in front of the clients mouth to determine if they were warm or cool. It was quick and easy and allowed me to pick flattering shades of makeup for them.
If they looked better with orange, that meant they were warm toned?
@@chika2724 yes. Even if they wanted a nude, it enabled me to choose a warm nude over a cool nude. So if they suited the orange they needed warm toned colours, and if they suited the fushia cool toned colours.
clever!
What exactly were you looking for when you put it next to their mouth??
This is so helpful. I also heard someone talk about looking at the color of yourveins. When I look at my veins, they look blue but when I look at my skin, it looks warm and I think it might be because I’m olive. I don’t know …this is the hardest part for me!
I'm still lost. Completly lost. Maybe the best is to wear nothing 😅. No clothes, no mistakes.
LOL LOL LOL. Well I know for a cat I don't look good in neutral or white. I also find a lot of stars that wear that skin tone on the red carpet look washed out so where are their color stylists?? cos a lot are way off..... lol
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When confused, listen to the *vibes*! How do you want to feel? How do certain colours make you feel? At the end of the day, colours are energy and the most important thing is to feel good. 💜
This is the way
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I have been looking into color seasons for at least a year now but I always ended up confused by something pr another. This was the most comprehensive explanation I have found so far and has cleared up some things for me❤
When I first came across color seasons I was so sure I was a deep autumn, then all sorts of apps and websites told me I’m instead a dark winter. But when I switched out my whole wardrobe with colors that align with each I looked so dull. I always thought Spring colors looked the best on me, when using simple filters. But it always seemed I was too “dark” for the descriptions most people had. Since finding out you can be a WOC and be in anything else but autumn and winter and now with your amazing and easy explanation I’m definitely sure I’m a bright spring. Thank you so much ❤
Apps are wrong. I’ve shared photos without makeup and it typed me as a bright spring and bright winter.. I’m a true summer.
I found this to be really hard. I'm totally lost. People have told me I'm a Summer, an Autumn, and a Winter.
The red-green axis was so helpful!!! I always get confused with my olive skin, but this makes it so much easier.
@jordanfox8027 hey girly, did you land on soft autumn for yourself?
I did!@@stephm1382
I highly recommend watching Merriam Style’s content too! She explains colour analysis (including the red green axis) in the best, most intuitive way that I’ve found on TH-cam, and I find her colour analysis system much more robust than the colour seasons system :)
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All I know for sure after draping is that I’m cool even though many people think I’m warm because they’re looking at my overtone. I love the perspective of looking at olive colouring vs undertone as a an x and y axis! That’s so much easier to explain than to try to describe the difference between overtone vs undertone. I also like that you said that the brain likes harmony. Of course we all can wear whatever colours we desire at the end of the day, but I believe colour does have energy and when it’s in harmony with our natural colouring it just feels right!
I think it would be a cool idea to identify neutral people as Winter or Summer Solstices. Winter solstice (in between fall and winter) if you have Neutral skin tone and dark features. Summer solstice (in between spring and summer) if you have neutral skin tone, and light features. Autumnal equinox (in between summer and fall) and vernal equinox (in between winter and spring.)
My sister who has an olive skin tone originally thought she was an Autumn but realized she didn’t look good in the orange shades of autumn but looks great in certain winter colors but also still great in certain fall colors. She might be like a “winter solstice.” Just a thought.
Isn't the solstice the mid of the season? Afaik, the winter solstice is also called midwinter. I love the idea nevertheless!
@@happytofu5the solstice is the first day of the season, to make it easier. so winter solstice is around dec 21.
so this kinda works as it is the day between the seasons, like a cusp.
The solstice is the longest/shortest day of the yeah though?? So by that logic it would be the opposite
I like this thinking. When I initially did my season I was leaning between soft summer and soft autumn. They are pretty similar but I was stuck between them because I have a more neutral undertone
I’ve been reading so much about this lately and done many tests on myself, yet you are the first one that explains it in a way that I understand. I don’t really have a good feeling for colour hues and feel like I am between several seasons. Kinda medium everything. Medium brown hair, darkish blue eyes with some yellow in the middle, fair skin but not pale. Just realised that I lean more cool and soft but medium dark/light. So believe I’m a true summer but kinda towards the middle of the seasonal circle if that makes sense.
Thank you for talking about the difference between contrast and brightness/softness!! It's an undervalued distinction. I'm high contrast but fairly soft, and warm vs cool is hard to tell; it doesn't seem to make much difference. Any advice?
What helped for me was just wearing some colors and seeing how I looked. For warm/cool, purples and greens were especially helpful, but also gold and silver fabrics, for jewelry I don't think it's enough, but once it's your whole shirt, you start to be able to tell what makes you look awake and alive and what makes you look like a victorian invalid (a look I naturally tend toward).
Using gold versus silver jewelry is a huge help. I never thought gold liked good on me so I figured I was probably cool toned because silver looked better. I'm a winter... which is cool toned. It helps to narrow down!
I've been torn between Dark Winter & Dark Autumn for a long time now and am starting to lean more towards Autumn. I really wanted to be Winter tho :') bc I adore deep jewel tones and really don't like browns, beige, rust, most greens except more dark emerald-y & forest-y tones, hate yellow & orange, the only neutrals I ever wear are black, white & grey ... I'm finding that really I can take a lot of Dark Winter colours anyway tho as long as I don't reach too far into the brightest tones, and stay away from most blues except darker teals, bc my chroma (softness/brightness) & hue (warmth/coolness) are not very significant features for me at all.
I have very dark brown eyes with no flecks of gold or rings around the iris, dark brown hair with both ashy & warm chestnut-y highlights, and light ivory skin with a yellowish overtone that tans & freckles easily in summer. I'm slightly soft but my contrast is high. I find the mish-mash of features a bit confusing ! (Same way I found it confusing figuring out I was a gamine lmao, I seem to be defined by contrast in all spheres !)
Reading your description, I got really hiped I been pretty lost (sometimes I feel color blind), but we have similar colors, the only difference is my skin being greyish. So now I feel more confident that I'm between Dark Winter or Dark Autumn! And I feel you! It's kind of confusing the mishmash!
Same with me but I think I lean a bit more cool, simply because warm red lipstick looks horrible on me and in winter the contrast in my features is more obvious. But I remember another stylist said if I'm the in between of these 2 then that means I can mix and match the colours of the 2 seasons and run with that, like my orange pants looks good on me only when I match it with a pure white/black top, it balances out nicely. But distinctly cool toned or warm toned purples don't look good on me, it needs to be as neutral as possible. Maybe try something similar and see how it goes
You should look into soft winter, it a “new” season in some systems that have an expended version of the 12 seasons system.
@@Raven-Winter thank you for the recommendation, I’ve not heard of that one before ! Will definitely look into it
Oooh I feel you. I have olive skin and I also feel like my most dominant feature is just… darkness and contrast. I can’t pull off a full on black look, but I also can’t really deal with mustard yellow (even though I LOVE it) because it washes me out with my yellow overtone. I just settled with dark something and it really takes off the pressure. Rusts look good on me and I like them, so more of that. Greens are fantastic as well, especially the foresty ones, so I buy a lot of that. Plums are also just beautiful.
And sometimes, I simply buy something because I like it. 😂
So it’s good to know what suits you, but colour seasons are ultimately a spectrum anyway. And sometimes, we simply like something a lot (like me with one of my dresses, that would probably suit a spring a lot better) and we look good in it because it makes us happy and confident. And sometimes, going against type can also be an interesting fashion statement.
Colour analysis studio channel is the best by far at explaining the colour seasons, with real life examples of finding your season.
One of the best videos about this topic I've ever watched. Chapeau! I'm also very impressed about the speed of your talking, especially considering the complexity of the explanations.
Thanks to explain olive like this, so simple, so peaceful. I use the 16 seasons system because of I'm in the true cool flow, just between winter and summer. And I'm an olive, not so fair or light, tan in summer, pale and look sick in winter. Thank you for this video 😊
I’m also an olive that tans in summer (a very warm, orange tan naturally) and looks sick in the winter (Kermit the frog chartreuse when pale).. I have no idea how to find a season for myself or if I need to just have two seasons to accommodate this!
@@kelliwalters1728 I'm like you and I'm a bright spring !!
This sounds like me! I use the true winter palette a lot but when it’s too much I play with the cool summer… so I cheat lol
Ok seasonal color theory has been a new obsession of mine the past year or so and I've watched and read a lot on it and felt like I had a pretty good handle on it, but this video is amazing!! You are so good at explaining things that seemed so mystifying before! And I love your practical tips for finding out your colors! ❤️❤️❤️
This is one of the most complete videos I've ever seen about color analysis. I appreciate how she went deeper in every aspect of it and it really clarified a LOT about the questions I have about my palette. I'll definitely, review it later and put it to the test. I've tried some other methods, been a cool summer, deep winter and autumn. Good thing is that each new time I review this, I thing I sense like I'm making some progress in my personal style... So, no harm, no foul.
I am 85% sure to be a soft summer. I have tried the recommended colors to compliment my Features and it works well. But I try to use more of the dark colors because I like more edgy clothes.
I have also dyed my hair back to my natural ash blonde but I am not sure about it. It compliments me more but my red hair was more me.
You made it so much easier, it's amazing! Could you explain the 16 subtypes as well?
The imagery you use is stunning and I’m here for it! 🤩
Hi Ellie-Jean!
I have been watching your videos for a few weeks now, I’m so curious and obsessed as a long time fashion addict and somehow who flim flamed around regarding style for so many years, like so many women!
It would be a SIN to not subscribe! Your knowledge and advice is FANTASTIC! So unique! Do you do consultations? To find out your colour and body type? I have struggled with this. I always thought I was a “slim no bust redhead pale pear!” And that was that - oh how wrong! I thought I had it down but boy am I confused!!!
Keep it up! So interestingggggg! X
Believe it or not but I've been going through your videos for this exact purpose😂😂 Thank you so much for the content they really help out a lot ❤
Your videos made me realise, I'm probably a bright spring or bright winter. Despite having very fair skin, I seem to have an olive undertone too. I used to be the type of person to mostly wear black & grey because I was scared to wear too much color.
Now I'm becoming more and more confident with brighter colors☺️
Spring is warm winter is cool. Try the gold versus silver jewelry. It will help.
Thanks for the long explanation, that makes it much more clearer. I was hesitating between true winter, bright winter and true summer, but now bright winter seems the more likely. I need to rewatch it later this week, when I won't be severely jetlagged anymore. xD
When the pictures change, I can really see the warm and cool tones betrer!! Thank you for making this video ❤ I was very confused on which I was and this really helps! I also love how you share your growth in your style journey. It inspires me to not worry if i change my mind on what looks best on me. Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for this video! I've watched your other color videos, but it's like it finally clicked. I'm a dark winter! I love how well you condensed this info. Thank you so much!
I'm still puzzled about whether I'm a soft summer or a soft autumn. I'm certain soft is my main dominant feature because everything in my coloring is pretty desaturated so when I wear bright colors or direct black and white it drowns all the color hues in my features and I look like a grayscale picture. But my undertone is still a mystery to me, some features lean more cool and some more warm and I know that it's very subtle. Sometimes I'm wearing a color that would be very pleasing for a soft summer and it suits me and makes my eyes pop but others I'm wearing soft autumn colors and I feel the same way. I think the softest you are the harder it becomes to identify undertone, it's like in the circle you're right at the lower central point between autumn and summer.
Try 16 color season test, that includes deep summer and soft winter, you can find a video on TH-cam
Agree it's kinda difficult because of the muddiness. It's probably because warm-cool isn't your most defining feature. For this case, soft autumn and soft summer can borrow each other's palette. Have you tried draping pink vs peach? That's how I figured out mine!
@@rokusashu7441 I think between pink and peach pink suits me better, when it's very pale. Which makes me think I lean into summer, but then I feel like for example soft beiges and browns are better neutrals for me than grays, and moss, very pale greenish aquamarine tones compliment me as well so it's confusing
The good thing is (coming from a soft autumn) soft summer and soft autumn are sister palettes! So if you look good in a color that leans more one way, it’s probably a good color on you, whether you’re warm or cool :) good luck! I hope you figure it out confidently because it really can boost your confidence in shopping and etc!
@@rebeccadbates You're right, I'm currently just focused on building a wardrobe that's more focused around softer colors in general, because most of my current wardrobe is black or white and I notice how these colors wash me out, so undertone is not really a priority for me since I think it doesn't make that much of a difference.
I could listen to her explain it for hours, the way she talks makes it so interesting :))
Quick question: For Soft Summers who are medium-dark in terms of summer but who's essence is more whimsical/ethereal should they still shy away from pastels?
You explain things so well and do it concisely. You’re 100% correct-with the right colors I felt at ease. You confirmed my belief that I’m a soft summer even though I have hazel/brownish eyes. Many websites out there will say only gray/blue/green are soft summers and this is false. I did draping and surprisingly all the “boring “ colors I used to stay away from (except gray and blue) looked best on me. Needless to say I’ve already started my closet overhaul:)
I clicked on this video because I just got a shirt the exact color as the one you’re wearing. I love it. It’s a beautiful color but I wore it one day and was shocked by how bad it contrasted with my features. Even though the subject is extremely confusing, thank you for making this video. It did help me, so in future I can make a better choice. ❤
Wow, this video is great!
I wrote 4 pages about this, about the explanation and how to identify my features. This is very clear, and now I’ll just need to choose between 3 seasons (soft summer, soft autumn and true autumn, I am definitely on the soft side)
this actually really helped my understand color seasons a lot better
lol this is the best description of color analysis that I've heard. I have some Italian heritage, and I've always heard that olive skinned leaned more cool...but cool colors look terrible on me...so hearing you say that olive isn't really factor in your season is great to hear.
As myself who is learning colour theory for art and graphic design, I love learning this type of stuff as well. It's so hard for me to find what I truly am. I'm a redhead. But, my hair can sometimes look dull light brown. I have medium/dark green, or hazel eyes 🤷🏼♀️...
My face can look yellow, but flushy red so it's hard to tell. I do have cool toned veins but not sure if I also see green veins. I do find that medium to dark blues, all shades of green, some light pinks but mostly dark pinks, crimson red, dark purple, crisp white, all greys, bright darker oranges, bright pale yellow, maroons, mostly darker shades of brown, and of course black, all look good on me. Then, sometimes I can pull off all the pastels shades. No colour really washes me out, yet I don't think I'm a neutral. Not sure, but I think I'm a medium contrast.
Lol! I hope one day, I can go to a colour analyst somewhere here in, Australia.
Your explaination of this is absolutely brilliant. I've been struggling to figure out my colour season for months and this was so helpful. I kept trying to drape colours and getting confused. I'm now certain I'm a soft summer. I have an olive skintone and neutral-cool so I was getting confused by 'autumn' colours that suited me but I'm realising now that the browns and oranges I thought were autumn (because they were soft and dark/medium) were more neutral than warm 😅
You have worked so hard! I mean, I have learned coloristics for watercolor and it is still very new for me most of the time.
I like your explanation bc it reminds me of paint artists colour theory which makes more sense to me than when it’s explained in other videos.
Very helpful! I’ve been stumped about my season because both bright cool colors and most warm colors don’t look good on me, but after watching I think I’m a soft summer.
Great video, one of the most clear and comprehensive on this topic! Heres a question though, how much do our prefrences "matter" or influence in our seasonal palette? The characteristics describing bright spring fit me better, but I tend to like sort of less saturated colors, if that makes sense 😅
Thank you so much for making such a detailed video! As a color-season-analysis enthusiast myself, I appreciate how much you explained all these nuances to these theories for people to understand it's importance.💖💯💫 God darn, THE EDITING IS SUPERB!!!
Great vid with loads of information. I'm going to have to watch a few times I think. I'm turning grey (no intention to dye it) and would like to know if/how this might affect my season?
Your grey doesn't affect your season !! It's very cool that you're embracing it 🌺🌷🧁
Ok but like, where is the button to like this video 100 times over? It’s so well done and helpful! I know what colors look best on me, but I could never decide what they each meant because they are not the usual colors. Like lime green! Plus I have an olive undertone with fair skin and that just throws a whole other element into the mix, but this video was incredibly insightful.
Omg thank you I've been wondering why I look off sometimes, especially in clothes I have to choose from where I work (caucasian demographic, very cool tone) at first I thought I was a dark winter but after doing the drape test with blocks on my phone I realised I'm a dark autumn 😮 wouldn't have thought so based on your images but it makes sense. My skin tone is quite neutral but fair, so I've got high contrast with my dark hair, and certain colours from the dark winter just made me look sick or unnatural compared to the warm counterparts lol and interestingly, some cool colours I thought looked good on me were still dark winter. But, they did make me look more pale. Maybe it works for me because of the contrast between my skin and hair? Interesting stuff! I feel more confident trying out colours I haven't before now.
I think there are two ways of accessing the seasons: you can either look at the features of your body, or at the features of specific colours and how they make your skin/face look against it.
My features will put me somewhere is the summer camp: ashy darker blond hair, dark grey-blue eyes with green/hazel central heterochromia, pale and muted skin tone, moderate to low contrast. But I look absolutely terrible in the Summer colours, and cool pastels are the absolute worst. I am also slightly warm olive, and the green DOES impact my colouring.
So, instead of judging my features, I judged different colours against my skin and decided based on that. I tried clear white and cream white, clear black and charcoal black, light warm grey and light cool grey, light blue and navy, royal blue and petrol, and a few more colour combinations in cool/warm, clear/muted, and light/dark combinations. It turns out I looked better in whichever piece was darker, then among darker clothes I looked better in the muted ones, and the slightly warmer ones, but not the warmest. This way I figured I am dark, muted, and warm, so I am a dark autumn. And if you look at my closet, it is clearly a dark autumn collection, so it checks.
This is the most clear and helpful explanation of this concept that I have come across!! Thanks so much for explaining everything so well 🫶
Absolutely fantastic especially the exercise sheet. Now I know how to adjust the choices. Thank you!
This is the only video that explains seasonal color theory thoroughly and completely. Thank you. ❤
This is the best video on this topic online. Explains so much. Thank you for giving a complete explanation for soft/bright light/dark and cool/warm. This makes so much more sense and you didn’t need an hour to do it.
Looking at your natural hair and the intensity of your lips against your skin tone make me think you are closer to true summer. Thank you-this is a great explanation of the nuances of c analysis!
I've been trying to find a good way to find the colours that suit me best. I like how you describe everything!! Thank you🤍
I could not figure out my season for the longest time and no matter how often I watched videos like these, even with the best explanations, I just didn't get it. It helped me most to find my contrast level and then ask my friends what colors flattered me most. I have medium contrast and the colors that suit me best are bright and warm. I thought for the longest time that I was a summer but my hair threw everything off, it's too warm. My eye was not accustomed to judging which colors looked best on me, I can do it for others but for some reason not myself. Because I was told bright colors look good on me and I saw a tinge of warmth in my hair and medium contrast in my features I took a leap of faith and started thrifting colors in the spring palate. The amount of compliments I get when I wear those colors has proven to me that I'm a spring. I never got complimented for wearing cool soft colors. I never got compliments when i was in dark colors, or super bold colors. Light spring colors are the only ones that have gotten consistent notice. I honestly didn't like it at first, i wasnt very drawn to those colors. But being told that a color looks good on me made me feel really pretty and gave me the confidence to wear colors like pinky corals and salmons. If you can't figure it out go thrifting with a friend and ask them to tell you if a shirt color suits you. There's so many colors you dont even have to buy. Then you buy the ones they say look good and try it out.
Looking at my hair and eyes actually makes so much sense. I’ve always only looked at my skin and been confused by warm/cool but it’s easier to look at everything as while and determine softness and contrast and darkness and then from there play with warm and cool fabrics to see where I fit
Oh my. Thank goodness I finally know my season. These were the kinds of videos that had me confused for so long. It's so much simpler than this, you don't have to analyze every feature. Actually until you know it can be hard to accurately analyze each feature individually.
I understand the logic of it, but because I have such an even balance of warm/cool and light/dark elements in my features, I don’t have a keen enough eye to discern which way I lean more towards and which colours I wear well vs. which colours wear me. Are there any seasonal colour quizzes or apps that can help you determine your value, chroma and hue that you would recommend to help with all this?
Love this video. ❤ Thank you for so clearly explaining the colour analysis - I am almost certain I am a true/warm spring.
That was very helpful!!! Found I was neutral for cool/warm and light/dark but very strong with muted colors as opposed to bright. Tjanks
This is really good and well explained :) I often find (when I drape to test colors) that if I look at my face and are drawn to the face in one color it's a good match, but if I look down on the fabric it's not so good and I look a bit ill it's the wrong one. Like for example in this video, I only look at your face and not your shirt so it feels right. When WE wear the outfit and not the other way around.
I still feel like it’s difficult for me to tell wether or not I’m dark winter or dark autumn. I actually have pale olive skin with a yellow overtone (which makes yellow difficult to wear), but I also often feel more comfortable with brown or not everything in black, sometimes pure black is overwhelming for my features.
So I just settled with dark something and I feel like this is good enough for me. Even colour seasons are on a spectrum. I look for what works for me, and sometimes, I just don’t bother and wear something because it makes me happy.
Also: it’s kinda hard to tell with seasons sometimes because so often, we see people with dyed hair as examples for certain seasons…
Lolol.... I know your intentions are good but I feel you've taken the color season theory and made it even more complicated, lol! This level of understanding color, the subtle values & contrasting hues within that, is knowledge once reserved for artists.
Agreed, it’s clear for the first five minutes and then it’s just too much detail and too fast
I think the 12 subseasons system is slightly flawed, I definitely prefer the 16 subseasons system, helped me alot since I couldn't find myself in those 12 variations. I'm a muted winter type called soft winter :) Dark, but slightly muted and dusty, darker version of soft summer.
I am dark, tiny bit grey, so tiny bit on the soft side and neutral cool/warm. What would I be?
Edit: I wear silver, gold rose gold but all are quite good on my skin depending on what I am wearing but if I pair a black outfit with pure silver jewellery, it looks stark. If I wear white with sterling silver jewellery, it looks quite seamless. If I wear 24k gold, it looks stark, if I wear 14/18k gold, it looks fine. All rose gold looks fine on me. So confusing...
Thanks for the great video! I’m still not sure if I’m a warm spring or warm autumn, but I’ve found color analysis to be super helpful in branching out with my wardrobe and not just wearing black every day.
Thank you. You went so fast I’ll have to watch a couple more times. I do like being able to drape the colors around my face. I think that would help me the most. I was born with a blonde hair, but I dye my hair black so I can see where I could get mixed up in my colors season.thank you you covered quite a bit of information that I needed. JJ.
Omg I thought I was deep autumn for the longest time but I never understood why none of the autumns really fit me until you explained the contrast bit. I had a whole new outlook and high contrast seems to be a more defining feature for me due to my relatively light skin, dark hair, and dark but bright eyes. I discovered I’m actually a bright spring! That palette is so harmonious with my features that I feel like I don’t need to keep questioning my colour season! I’m extra happy cuz those are the colours I naturally gravitate towards too. ❤
im so confused
Don't worry you will figure out
Same
you are not alone
Just keep going over it again and again and you'll get it hun, you're definitely not alone❤😊
Try lipsticks and see which color is the best and why
What about if your natural hair is warm, but your skin is cool? I've struggled finding my season because my hair is a dark brown with auburn highlights, but my skin is light/medium and cool! 😢
by saying your 'skin is cool' you mean OVERTONE? Because that doesn't matter. Your UNDERTONE is important and it could actually be warm. A lot of people with pink and cool overtone are in fact warm undertone. Look at Emma Stone for example... And vice versa, a lot of people with yellow overtone have in fact cool undertone, that's why when they wear yellow they look more yellow, so they need those cool colors to balance the overtone.
I think it's about a difference in over and undertones.
I thought the same thing, that my hair was warm because of golden highlights (I get from the sun), but that's just my overtone and my undertone is actually more ashy so cool, you can see it easily on my eyebrows actually.
And my skin is the same way, has warmer overtones but cooler undertones.
This is why just looking at features can throw us off.
@@Dani-lc9hqdoesn't it mean something when you are a mixture of those features tho? If you are cool overtone but warm undertone I've heard that's pointing towards either soft summer or soft autumn.
@@SilverGreenEyes18 It means that I'm closer to neutral, I need neutral foundation as well.
In my case I'm bright winter and can borrow a lot from bright spring. Clear colors is my primary feature.
But soft summer and soft autumn is also an option for those with more neutral undertones.
Or light summer and light spring.
Or deep autumn and deep winter.
Whenever your primary feature isn't cool or warm, your sister season will have the opposite undertone because you're closer to neutral.
THANK YOU SO MUCH😭🙏
Ive been having SUCH a hard time figuring out what season I was, but you made it easy to understand.
Im like 85% sure that I'm a Spring, but I feel like im in between True and Bright Spring. All I know is that I look amazing in a warm light lilac color.
thank you sooo much for this! it's crazy how I used to wear so much black because I thought it was a color for everyone and was "classic"/you couldn't go wrong with it. same with white. but I realized I looked so drab in both black & white (stark white) and just couldn't figure out why....now I know they definitely doesn't fit my colour season (light spring) at all!
I love that you use so many different ethnicities in your examples
Thankyou very much.I appreciate you taking the time to explain this concept.Very interesting.❤😊
You put a lot of effort into this. ❤️ Even though I’m an artist with an eye for decoding colors to mix paints, I’m still unsure enough to need to rewatch parts. I’m curious to see if my intuitive impression of myself after 50ish years’ experience matches your more technical method.
Could you also do a video telling your thoughts on the color breeze system?:) I’ve been looking into it and I’m super intrigued and would love to know your thoughts 🥰
I always thought I was a spring because I look great in pastels, but I’ve realised I’m actually more of a soft autumn because my eyes are my dominant feature and they’re a dark greyish blue. Looking at my wardrobe I can also see that the colours I naturally lean towards have more grey in them than white. Thank you for this video, it was very informative!
I appreciate you acknowledging that you actually might be a True Summer! I have thought for a while your dominant feature is Cool, not Light :) I think dyed hair can be confusing!
I’m so overwhelmed lol. My hair is dark/cool, my skin is light medium that leans neutral warm in summer and neutral cool in winter. My eyes are light warm (true amber colored). What am I?? Halp! 😂😊 love your videos and how you present info - thank you! ❤
I’ve never thought of chocolate brown as cool! This is good to know and why I think it looks decent with my skin, I associated with warm and warm colors don’t always suit me
Hi Ellie, please make more videos about this topic. I find it so confusing 😅. I kinda look like you but have a bit lower of a contrast than you. My eyes are not as bright, my eyebrows are much darker and my hair is a dirty blond. I think I may be a soft summer? Anyways, loved the video❤️
Officially saved this video for helping my friends learn about their colours!
Thank you! I am so torn between soft and true autum: my red hair and brown eyes are warm: but my skin is pinky and my viens are blue. I think going to go with true autum because I think I prefer the true colours on me, and you say hair can matter as much as skin. ❤
I think the warmth in your hair and eyes override the coolness in your skin. My friends who are redheads are the same as you but with blue eyes and gold jewellery still looks so much better on them than silver does!
I think it's what you are most sensitive to. I'm a redhead with grey eyes, pink skin and purple veins. I have tried a lot of colours and thought I was neutral-cool and must be soft-summer but there are a lot of colours on that palette that are still too warm for me! I'm very sensitive to yellow tones and they look terrible on me and I cannot wear yellow gold, unfortunately. My hair is not actually very warm for a redhead, think more red-orange, leaning brown so maybe that is why I look great in cool but soft colours? Maybe try some cooler colours and see what you think? I personally think that cool colours next to red hair look very striking.
@@emmaeriatarka Hmmm, I know I look good in warm reds, oranges, browns, blues, greens, yellows, but am just unsure how bright or muted I should wear them... I'm going true autumn brightness as a safe option. :) I also look my worst in cool pastels and neons, and more muted blues and greys are a bit dull on me. These comments really make me think it's my eyes that make me so warm, though ofc my skin could be warmer than I realise too...
I'm pleasantly surprised to hear Carol Jackson mentioned. I'd been pointed in the direction of some articles inspired by her. It's great to see it in video form 💜
Amazing!! I’ve wat chi Ed loads of these type of videos and yours is exceptional. Love the way you break it open!! 👌👌
You broke it down so well. Thanks for all the work you do ❤😊
I just want to say thank you for making the best video I've seen on this subject. I get really frustrated with the gatekeeping in the draping community sometimes where they tend to imply our opinions don't matter because we're not trained like they are. Like, if I can't tell from looking at someone on the street if a color looks good on them then why would I care what colors I wear because they won't be able to tell by looking at me?
That aside, sometimes I wonder if I may be a statistical unicorn and fall into the middle of everything category. I'm pretty sure I'm medium soft and medium contrast and I'm a natural red so my hair is definitely warm which should make me an autumn. But no matter how I look at myself my skin is not yellow. Neither the overtone, undertone, or midtone. I am very pink and my lips tend to look bluish. Also my hands look really bad in yellow toned nail polishes, which makes me think. So I do my best I guess. I try to make sure my clothing colors are medium soft and midtone brightness and then kind of guess on the blue/yellow undertone dilemma.
That's where I disagree with some professionals. Natural redheads tend to have that blue undertone to their skin. I look at hair and eyes as accent colors. Sometimes they match your skin, sometimes they don't. I think it gives an individual flavor to palettes.
Thank you for your content! Could you maybe make a video per each season together with practical examples for do's and dont's? Its content idea source for weeks 😊
Can you be a true summer even if you have hazel eyes? Because I’m very light but I’m not soft and I have dark blonde hair so I’m really confused
Thank you for this I’ve realised I’m a true summer. I have medium brown hair which doesn’t really have any warm tones in it. I’ve pale skin and blue eyes. I’ve always thought a lavender colour looks really nice on me. Glad to see it’s in the summer palette
Thanks for the part about being in the middle. I can’t figure out my dominant traits after years. I think I’m neutral leaning cool, medium-deep, and neither soft nor bright. Soft summer is usually the closest but is too soft and light for me. Any tips?
True summer too cool. Deep winter too dark. Soft autumn too warm. 🤷♀️
Endless resources about this, but this is a very clear and concise video. Great explanation. Wish there were more darker skin tone examples available online.
I’ve done testing and evaluating for over 6 months and I think I finally narrowed it down to soft summer or a soft autumn. Some autumn colors look good on me but mostly soft summer fits me best. Luckily I can dip into soft autumn since it’s my sister season but I’ll try to stick to soft summer more
I’m a soft summer which is kind of interesting to me. I tend to gravitate towards muddier colors, but I also love how striking I look in black even though it’s not my color.
Hii I really love your videos they are really inspiring i learned so much about color seasons, body types and more. Im also a huge fan of ur style roots!! 💗🎀
Thanks for the best and easiest to understand video on this!
this has been my dream job since i was little ! thanks so much for sharing ❤
I knew I was a winter but I couldn't figure out if I was dark or true, I followed your worksheet and definitely feel more confident I'm a true winter! I was leaning that way based on how i looked in a tikTok filter, but I thought I had to be dark because I have brown eyes. This definitely helped me clarify! Thanks so much!
Do you mean to say Autumn is Warm Soft and Dark? In your video, you said Autumn is Warm Bright Dark. Which is not what shown in the Season wheel . And the only main season you mentioned soft is Summer (shouldn't there be 2, which are Summer and Autumn?) . Still found your video helpful but just want to check that is all. Thank you so much .
This helped me weed out almost everything I am not. Now I am not sure only between soft summer and soft autumn.