Your idea for a video about why bright seasons get mistaken for muted ones is such a good idea! I do hope you get around to that! I think I notice this most with True Winters - maybe because they're fully cool, often get confused with True Summer.
Oooh yes, please do this for every season/sub-season. I’m actually a bright spring who lived too many years thinking I was a dark/true winter 😱, so I feel kind of better knowing I’m not the only one who got it wrong (though with no stylist to blame). 😂 Thank you for these vids! Xx
I would love a video on why white bright seasons get confused as muted seasons. I struggle with that with myself as sometimes I feel like I could be a cool summer but I am pretty sure I am a bright winter.
Had the same issue and I think it might be because contrast scares us. So we think oh, more harmonious means more toned down right? Therefore we think the slightly muted look is more elegant when it’s…it’s not. Also bw isn’t super super cool, it’s neutral cool and friends with spring. I think with soft summer which is also not as vividly cool as, for instance, true winter, the tone of the skin may appear to be similar. Especially because bright winters don’t need to have blindingly bright skin, it’s more about their contrast. So essentially, I think bw skin has a similarity to summer skin. Where they differ is not skin but contrast. It’s just my theory though!
@@shirin9452. This! I’ve had people react negatively to the bright colors I wear, especially as a kid, or in my teens. I’m from a multiethnic family. We moved a lot, so I got this reaction in suburban type neighborhoods, not the inner city. Urban black and Latina/o communities have never worried about some brightness, although there are always some people who don’t wear them, anywhere you go. However, some people from many backgrounds dislike brights, who are in business, the professions and certain social strata.
@@shirin9452. Yes! What you said about contrast, vs. difference in skin tone/undertone is also part of official color theory. You are on point! I think I read more about that than my graduate studies last semester. I guess I got obsessed with finding my type… and then I got professionally typed anyway. But I always like to know what I’m talking about before I pay someone money, so I know if what they’re saying is accurate.
I actually wonder something similar about summers: Almost nobody seems to get typed as a cool summer, and I think it's because cool summer is a lot brighter/clearer than everyone assumes. Very different from soft summer. Not as dusty as people want it to be. In fact, cool summer is closer to winter than to any other season.
I think you should keep making videos specifically about bright winter, since you ARE one, you can speak to us about it from a deeper lever! :D I recently got analysed as one and am DYING to find all the information about it! I personally don't like pink, I like a punk, edgey, grunge look, so if you would make a video on how to own your bright winter without being feminine, it would be AMAZING! Thank you for this video aswell :)
I’m Light, Bright and Warm (Spring). I also look serious or severe, when I don’t play up my lightness and brightness! It makes such a huge difference. Whereas some people would feel silly and girlish in my palette, I actually need it to not look pensive, sad, even angry! I have had people ask, “What’s wrong?” when I was in dark colors. In muted colors, I get, “Are you feeling OK?” Whereas, in bright colors, I go to the doctor and they tell me I look fine.
After a lot of searching and confusion, the fact that you said that bright winters can have golden brown and not necessarily black or ash brown (like all the one i have watched) helped me a lot💛
Yes! Bright Winters commonly have tea-colored golden brown hair. I remember as a kid noticing hints of gold in my natural hair and it makes so much sense since our coloring is infludenced by the warmth of spring but grounded in the coolness of winter.
Thank you so much for this video! I hardly ever see content on bright winters! I don't think we're all that common, so I'm excited to find you and subscribe to your channel! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Hi Bridget can you please do more of Outfits for Bright winter because we are so rare and i can found no good recommentations exspecially in combination with the actuell trends-a channel only for our type cannot be found
Yes please! I second this request! I found your videos on bright winter very helpful and am also a bit stuck as to hot to create outfits that suit us! I was draped in person as a bright winter and I really love our palette. I also have a quick question for you as a fellow musician (I’m a conductor) on how to respect the traditions of our profession and not distract from the music, but still look vibrant in our colors! Thanks again
Just a quick co-sign to your “why do bright winters get matched to muted tones” comment. One of the reasons I got a color analysis done was because I would swing between extremes that broke the rules of any one particular season. I knew I could pull off a bold, saturated tone, but would often swing towards the muted, soft summer/soft autumns colors as well. I have thoughts - looking forward to your perspective!
I’m Spring and some Soft Autumn colors are also Spring neutrals. If worn as pants or a skirt with a brighter colored top, they can be great! Or Soft Autumn cardigan with a light, bright top, neutral/muted shoes, or whatever. I’ll wear an orange-y brown with a clear Spring green near my face. A somewhat muted coral orange cardigan (a near match for my Strawberry hair) with a light coral pink tunic top. Natural hair often looks dull next to the same color, only brighter…even though I’m a Spring, I don’t wear true orange, because of my red hair. I’ve heard color analysts recommend this, so I’m glad I wasn’t way off. I have a muted and bright mix of colors in one favorite shirt…very light, bright peachy 🍑 pink with muted light through medium pumpkin 🎃 and rust 🍂 . The bright peach pink is close to my skin tone and the light pumpkin and rust are both in my hair. Muted colors only work if they match me exactly, or I use them as neutrals, away from my face. I’m very bright, but can get away with light-medium olive 🫒 , because I have medium-dark olive eyes and am Warm. I work in a few muted shades that are somewhere in my features or, even as neutrals, they make me look either dull/sick or, in the case of muted darks, I look overly bright, in contrast.
I think the answer to 'Why do Bright Winters get mistaken for muted?' is that we look pretty good in all the seasons colors. Until you've seen what your best REALLY is, it doesn't click. The bright colors are a bit scary and too attention-grabbing, until you get used to them.
Part of why it's hard to discover one is a bright winter is that the colors are the last ones you'd grab off the rack...I always wondered why I kept coming back to this acid yellow-green scarf I had, despite it being so weird and off-putting, lol. Would do wonders when I put it on. Love your laid back videos, very informative and relaxing :)
I love these examples. It was very clear seeing what worked and didn't on each person. Also, your explanations of what didn't work and why clarified a lot for me. Very informative video! P.S. I was mistaken as an autumn and I am such a bright winter. I would love to see how it gets confused so much!
this was such a treat. you are SO good at this. insane eye and your commentary is so articulate and eloquent and funny. amazing presentation, watched every minute! another light bulb moment for me, why highlights NEVER looked good on me! i never knew i could wear fun mu colors or why i always felt like i needed lip color before leaving the house always. ty doll. it feels great knowing my coloring now
This was so fun to watch and really see the difference the colors you wear can make! I have no idea what season I am but would love to see more of these
@@BridgetCappel Can we bright winters wear red lipstick, if yes. Which shade of red and can you recommend a brand with the perfect red lipstick for bright winter?
I can recall having colour seasons explained to me back in the 80's.... I knew I was a winter but the dark winter just washed me out, and found I was more of a neutral because I was able to wear some gold. and of course because I was able to accessorize with gold, others assumed that I was an autumn. It's nice to see that you are verifying what I find works very well for me, and so thanks 😁
I have grey hazel eyes and light/tan olive skin with very dark brown hair look black with natural red highlight and the sun and for years i though i was a dark autumn. well at least it fitted my teen alternative style at the time of wanting to look more vampy...
I always thought I was a summer but have definitely decided bright colors are way better on me, sooooo am I a bright winter?! I'm thinking yes haha thanks for the video!
I am so excited i found you! I was told i was a true summer but i really think i am a bright winter. I need to experiment more to be sure and maybe ill even get a professional analysis done. You are stunning btw!!!
I'm living for that purple dress Megan Fox was wearing! love it! I do wish she wasn't used so so much as an example bc as you said she's the poster child and now you can't find anything online but her and Zoey Deschanel for bright winter lol.
Hi Bridget! So glad you made another video. What a great analysis! I wish I knew for certain what season I am, but I do suspect I'm dark winter. Anyway, looking forward to your next video, even if it comes in like, a year lol
Hahaha I’m trying to speed up production but being a full time singer and voice teach really eats into the filming/editing time 😅 I will keep creating nonetheless!!
Hello and thanks for the great video! I just subscribed. It really helps to have so many celebrity comparisons. As you may see from my thumbnail, I am a bright winter too, and I have pink undertones and very dark hair with blue-grey ringed, grey-brown eyes. Even though I am a woman of color, I have a lot in common with my white sisters in this season.
I'm starting to wonder if there's any chance I could be a bright winter with my white skin, natural light brown hair, hazel eyes, and medium contrast. I know it wouldnt be typical, but I am pretty sure light and muted colors gray me out, dark colors steal color from my face, and I think I get the muddy "orange effect" with warm colors despite how much I adore the spring colors. Nothing seems to brighten/light up my face the way the right colors should, and in all photos it looks like my face is in shadow compared to others'. I have tried colors from the other 3 seasons but after about 6 of months in each of them I feel like something is wrong and shift my suspected palette. It's so hard.
It’s so interesting to see this comment because I fit your description just about perfectly and got professionally typed as a bright winter. I thought how can I possibly be a bright winter when my hair is light brown with natural golden highlights and light brown/hazel eyes?? I also thought I had low contrast. I also prefer soft muted colours, so everything seemed to point to me being soft autumn. I am sort of reluctant with my results but I guess it is possible to have these features and be bright winter 🤷🏻♀️
It is possible to be a bright winter with lighter hair. People think you MUST have high natural contrast, but the high contrast is an implied result of cool dark (e.g. winter) + bright. It’s not the core feature of bright winter; the core feature is clarity/saturation. Think of it this way: if and when you go gray, do you change seasons? No; your skin is the same. But your contrast may change.
I have chocolate brown hair, hazel eyes and, I thought, a warm undertone. But I was professionally analysed and I was told that I'm a Bright Winter as well.
I was jumping around from summer to to winter, eventually settled on true winter after getting the vampy look from deep winter. But now I’m looking and thinking, I could definitely go a little brighter than the true winter recs? I thought bright winter would be very hard to pull off, but the more I look at it, the more I’m like…no, I definitely already wear this and it looks good. But maybe I’m overwhelmed and just don’t know? Edit: I was not overwhelmed loool I have now determined I’m likely bw. I have silver black hair and actually black eyebrows but thought maybe with my not light skin I didn’t have enough contrast? I was wrong. Interestingly enough, jet black black hair is a little bit too dark for me, which makes sense. A soft black or almost black espresso is better. I think that’s what cemented bright VS any other winter for me.
Love your content! I am a natural platinum blonde, pale skin with green eyes & think I'm a bright winter because bright jewel tones & a bright pink lip look best on me. It would be awesome if you could do a video like that about blondes as bright winter because I see some people saying blondes cant be a bright winter are more in the spring family, which completely washes me out. Thanks!
I am not sure about my season so far i have gotten soft summer, soft autumn, deep winter and cool winter. Tbh i think im more likely to be a soft summer but i can pull of dark lip colors really well, but also bc i have a fair skin every lipstick color looks darker than it should be. I get compliments every time i wear a deep pink or mauves.
I just knew that i looked good in jade and (most of) blues clothes, and coral blush, so with that i tried to find out my color palette and turns out I'm a bright winter, so now im trying to look what else looks good on me
They are from True Colour International- when you get an analysis done with one of their consultants, your receive a fan of your season. But you can also purchase them individually!
Do you have any advice on what colors a bright winter could wear to a wedding, like something that would still be suitable for a bright winter, but on the more conservative side?
Can I be a natural mousy brown w golden brown eyes & still be a winter? I always thought I was a summer! I prefer silver and I think I have cool undertones, but I also tan easily. Any thoughts I’d love to hear opinions.
Love this video! Question- can I be a BW if the colors reflect off of my chin? I’ve been analyzed BW in person, but the colors do reflect, and soft summer was the last to be eliminated of all the other seasons. I’d love to see a video like this one on Soft Summer.
I love your videos! I too am a bright winter. I have hooded eyes and I am 48. Makeup artists say to avoid shimmer shadow over 40 as it can accentuate fine lines, but shimmer is recommended for us BRIGHT winter babes. You are clearly nowhere near 40, nor do you have hooded eyes, but maybe you could help me out with some suggestions ??? I would really appreciate it. Thank you in advance and keep it up Ladybug, you are doing great.
You'll have to test out some different colors. Do you look vibrant and alive in black? That's the first step. How about black and white? Saturated jewel tones? or do those overwhelm you and create shadows on your face?
Winter blondes do exist! It has to be a cool and bright blonde though -- platinum/white blonde is what folks use most as an example, but even darker blondes (like my natural color) can be winters. I'm a bright winter and my hair really does look bright, like it's been lit up by sunlight if that makes sense?
Oh interesting! I’m not sure what system that is, but to me that sounds most like Dark Winter in the TCI system. Dark winter has many deep jewel tones with a little muted warm influence from Autumn which is where I think “burnished” comes in.
I’m pretty sure I’m a bright winter, BUT I love kind of rose coral lipstick on me and peachy/rosie blush… more than just cold pink tones. I wonder why. Thank u for the video, looking forward to more bright winter related videos.
Sometimes we lean a little warmer or a little cooler in our own palette and prefer different colors on ourselves. Bright winters do have warmth from spring so even our pinks and reds have a little yellow/coral influence!
Thank you for the answer. That makes sense :) I love the colours of bright winter and I LOVE the fact that bright makeup doesn't overwhelm me. I was always confused "what kind of winter" I was until I found your videos. You explain everything perfectly :)
I have a similar struggle. Since I didn’t dyed my hair anymore, I regonized have red highlights in my brown hair. I’m not warm in any thoughts and I can pull of cool bright and light clothes, so dark winter and bright spring are not my seasons. Some color experts said, redheads are always warm. I’m not a real redhead, just a touch but it’s irritating 😅
I don’t know if I’m a true or bright winter but all I know is that nudes/beiges are my worst colors. Soft autumn colors are my worst. I look amazing in black tho. Also,I can’t pull off extremely dark lipsticks either.
Do you look better in a bright orange leaning firecracker red lipstick or a more blue toned ruby red lip? That might help you decide. If a very dark lip doesn’t suit you and makes you look a little sallow and green you can eliminate dark winter. Also if wearing just black and white makes you look a little serious or older you maybe be a bright winter. True winters look very in balance in black and white.
@@BridgetCappel I can do dark lipstick but not darker than D is for danger from Mac(they make me look emo). I don’t look bad in orange red lipstick. Like I have one and I look pretty good in it. I also love how I look in black as well(I don’t know if it makes me look serious tho or not). I tend to wear a lot of berry shades lipsticks bcuz nudes truly wash me out
Ok I’m totally confused. I know I’m a winter. But don’t know if I’m a true or bright. My skin is pink cool undertone and fair, my natural hair is dark brown almost black, but my eyes are hazel green (the green is like an olive green and changes to brown depending on what I wear) and have a line around them. But not blue or emerald green eyes. I look best in bright fuchsia, royal purple, cobalt blue, red, emerald green. Although a different look that I rarely do I can also get away with a rich olive green, which brings out my eyes though not the best on my skin. And though not impactful I can wear very icy light blue and lilac. What do you think? Anyone else have this issue?
You sound more like a bright winter to me, but the only way to know for sure is making an appointment to get draped. Mostly based on the colors you described that suit you. Remember that any season can be any combination of skin, hair, or eye color. I know blonde blue eyed Autumns, and ash brown dark eyed springs. It's better if you look at the complete picture. If the color isn't doing anything for your skin, it's likely not your best season. If you are thinking true winter, do you look young and vibrant in a black and white outfit with no color, or does it look a little too serious and heavy on you. If you wear hot pink, royal purple, and sunshine yellow together do you look complete and harmonious or clownish and overwhelmed. Also are you more flattered by a deep cool rose red or an almost orange neon red. Asking yourself those questions will help point you in the right direction. I'm going to do a video about lipstick draping and how to narrow down your season using makeup. I would try getting a lipstick in a true and bright winter red and comparing how you pull those off.
The images of Megan Fox at 1:48 exemplify (to me) how going against seasonal color theory can be used to create a specific effect. In these photos, Megan looks sort of like she's going for a lowkey goth look. You say the colors look like they're "sucking the life out of her," which, if she wanted to dress as a vampire, would be perfect. 9:20 Oh my gosh, that is legit a vampiric goth look on Katy Perry! She looks like she was dressed by the author of My Immortal. ...Okay, maybe not, or else the outfit would be more intricate.
I totally fully agree with you! As someone who works in theater and dabbles in film, I love how going against season can enhance a certain vibe or character choice. For me, in real life, it’s about wearing my colors to look and feel my best, but I love how color can be used in so many ways to create different effects. I just wanted to show how powerful these people look when they do embrace their season!
As a bright winter idk why but a rich dark grey looks waaay better than black. I’ve got pale skin with an olive undertone and it’s so hard to find any neutral colors that work well on me. I think khaki looks good but it’s warm so I don’t know why. I feel like cool beige should look good because it’s cool but it’s literally the worst color on me. I guess just not vibrant enough.
I love videos about Bright Winters, I’m one myself with a medium olive skin but I honestly get tired of the same celebrities. Megan Fox etc etc, we know by now that these celebrities are bright but what about ladies like myself for an example with light brown eyes and dark hair and a medium olive skin? I don’t see diversity. Katy Perry was blond btw I believe she’s a Summer she colors her hair.
I believe Olivia Munn is a good example for medium skin with hazel eyes and dark hair. If you have any suggestions for people you suspect are BW who are similar in coloring to you, let me know and I’ll include them in another video!
It’s SO HARD to get used to the brightness of our season. It’s hard to even find clothes bright enough to really suit us so I totally understand. 80% of the time I wear black or black and white which is more true winter just because it is easier to find in stores.
It was the brightness factor that was the missing piece for me figuring out why certain colours worked or didn’t work. I think we have skin, eyes, and hair that reflects a lot of light and if what we wear doesn’t have that quality to it, it can’t keep up with us. It doesn’t have enough energy for us. I can wear gold if it’s shiny. Even dull silvers don’t do it for me. I can dip into Bright Spring colours because of that brightness factor as long as it isn’t too warm. I think bright winters have just that bit more reflective quality than bright springs. The warmth in the spring seems to absorb more light which I think we can pull off if we wear the right accessories and makeup. I even started wearing the bright pink lipsticks I always gravitated to on my cheeks and eyes because the makeup colours out there all tend to be warmer or muted and it’s hard to find something with enough punch to it. On someone else that would look garish or clownish, but on me, it’s perfectly harmonious and my skin just glows. I prefer patent leathers for the same reason. That shine is everything. The best blacks and whites I have in my wardrobe are all ones that are made of materials that reflect more light. I can wear grey as long as it’s more silvery. Before I figured this out, I thought I must be some kind of neutral because nothing on either side of the spectrum of warm or cool really did it. Once I went bright, it all fell into place and I finally felt like *me* . I have a coral/salmon pink dress that isn’t my best colour, BUT because it’s a poplin cotton, it reflects more light. It has a slight sheen to it, and with the right accessories and makeup, it works. No wonder my mother always called me a magpie, attracted to anything that shines and sparkles 😂 This was so much fun. The contrast between their wrong colours and their best colours is STARTLING. It removes all doubt as to what their colour season is. I think we are the most mistyped seasons out there (both bright winter and bright spring) because so much of what the rubric for typing dictates distracts the people doing the typing (even if we are doing it ourselves). If you have red in your hair, a speck of gold in your blue eyes, if gold doesn’t look horrible on you, etc., you’re put into some kind of spring or autumn. If you have a lot of contrast or no obvious warmth, into winter or summer you go. That brightness factor is so often the last detail anyone clues into. So, if you’ve been typed and you can’t figure out why it is still disappointing, try amping up that brightness. You’ll see very quickly if it’s the missing piece or not.
Sooooo true! Thanks for sharing, I couldn't agree more. As a bright winter, we have to remember our brightness when it comes to style and makeup. I've found I look great in shiny gold as well as shiny silver, as you said, because of the brightness. I was so confused at first about being neutral until I figured out it was the shine, the brightness.
The best way is to get analyzed by a professional. I couldn’t figure it out on my own. I thought there was no way I could be bright and even doubted that I was a winter. It’s tricky if you don’t know what you’re looking for!
She looks like she could be a possible bright winter, but it is impossible to tell someone’s season exactly just by looking at them. There’s huge variation in individuals who belong to the same season. She would have to be draped to know for sure!
Lupita glows as a bright winter!! You absolutely can!! every season can be any combination of skin hair and eye colors, it just depends on you undertone and level of contrast!
Yeah they’re wrong. Lupita’s best colours aren’t dark and vampy and mysterious, they’re very radiant and popping. Someone like Viola Davis pulls off those super dark greens and purples much better.
I actually think Katy Perry is a bright spring since she is a natural warm blond but bright winter being her sister season is why she can pull it off and I notice the bright seasons can get away with a lot.
I heard of that system before I was draped and it had me really thinking I was a soft summer or soft autumn which are two seasons that make me look like a corpse.
And she can still be a bright winter. That is really a misconception that blondes can't be winters. (Or that it is only about contrast, bright chroma is a feature on its own, meaning lack of grey hues, needing clear saturated colors.) The ashy blond tones in her natural hair are an indication for cool undertones. That orange looks really off on her and pink is prob her best color which is cool and would be off and look clownish on someone as a lipstick with warm undertones.
Non sono assolutamente d'accordo sul fatto che Bright Winter possa essere valorizzato dal colore oro. Non sono d accordo sul fatto che esistano tipologie "neutre" se il sotto tono è freddo ci vogliono colori freddi per essere valorizzati al meglio. Inoltre fare un analisi del colore corretto con foto che hanno subito Photoshop non è per nulla efficace. Molti colour analysts fanno solo gran confusione sul web.
I’ve also heard true winter for her. I’ll have to do some research and make a video on her. I doubt bright spring because the bright orange really did nothing great for her and bright springs and really rock an orange!
If you listen back to this video you might like realise like how many like times you use the word like. Makes it really hard to listen to. Just a suggestion.
Your idea for a video about why bright seasons get mistaken for muted ones is such a good idea! I do hope you get around to that!
I think I notice this most with True Winters - maybe because they're fully cool, often get confused with True Summer.
Oooh yes, please do this for every season/sub-season. I’m actually a bright spring who lived too many years thinking I was a dark/true winter 😱, so I feel kind of better knowing I’m not the only one who got it wrong (though with no stylist to blame). 😂 Thank you for these vids! Xx
I would love a video on why white bright seasons get confused as muted seasons. I struggle with that with myself as sometimes I feel like I could be a cool summer but I am pretty sure I am a bright winter.
Had the same issue and I think it might be because contrast scares us. So we think oh, more harmonious means more toned down right? Therefore we think the slightly muted look is more elegant when it’s…it’s not. Also bw isn’t super super cool, it’s neutral cool and friends with spring. I think with soft summer which is also not as vividly cool as, for instance, true winter, the tone of the skin may appear to be similar. Especially because bright winters don’t need to have blindingly bright skin, it’s more about their contrast. So essentially, I think bw skin has a similarity to summer skin. Where they differ is not skin but contrast. It’s just my theory though!
A lot of people do confuse Light and Soft!
@@shirin9452. This! I’ve had people react negatively to the bright colors I wear, especially as a kid, or in my teens. I’m from a multiethnic family. We moved a lot, so I got this reaction in suburban type neighborhoods, not the inner city. Urban black and Latina/o communities have never worried about some brightness, although there are always some people who don’t wear them, anywhere you go. However, some people from many backgrounds dislike brights, who are in business, the professions and certain social strata.
@@shirin9452. Yes! What you said about contrast, vs. difference in skin tone/undertone is also part of official color theory. You are on point! I think I read more about that than my graduate studies last semester. I guess I got obsessed with finding my type… and then I got professionally typed anyway. But I always like to know what I’m talking about before I pay someone money, so I know if what they’re saying is accurate.
I actually wonder something similar about summers: Almost nobody seems to get typed as a cool summer, and I think it's because cool summer is a lot brighter/clearer than everyone assumes. Very different from soft summer. Not as dusty as people want it to be. In fact, cool summer is closer to winter than to any other season.
I think you should keep making videos specifically about bright winter, since you ARE one, you can speak to us about it from a deeper lever! :D I recently got analysed as one and am DYING to find all the information about it! I personally don't like pink, I like a punk, edgey, grunge look, so if you would make a video on how to own your bright winter without being feminine, it would be AMAZING! Thank you for this video aswell :)
I would LOVE to do a video about alternative non-feminine style for Bright Winter! That's a fantastic idea!!
Loved this, I’ve been struggling to understand seasonal color analysis and this was incredibly helpful! Would love to see you continue this series 🤞
It’s in the plans!!
I’m Light, Bright and Warm (Spring). I also look serious or severe, when I don’t play up my lightness and brightness! It makes such a huge difference. Whereas some people would feel silly and girlish in my palette, I actually need it to not look pensive, sad, even angry! I have had people ask, “What’s wrong?” when I was in dark colors. In muted colors, I get, “Are you feeling OK?” Whereas, in bright colors, I go to the doctor and they tell me I look fine.
After a lot of searching and confusion, the fact that you said that bright winters can have golden brown and not necessarily black or ash brown (like all the one i have watched) helped me a lot💛
Yes! Bright Winters commonly have tea-colored golden brown hair. I remember as a kid noticing hints of gold in my natural hair and it makes so much sense since our coloring is infludenced by the warmth of spring but grounded in the coolness of winter.
Thank you so much for this video! I hardly ever see content on bright winters!
I don't think we're all that common, so I'm excited to find you and subscribe to your channel!
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Hi Bridget can you please do more of Outfits for Bright winter because we are so rare and i can found no good recommentations exspecially in combination with the actuell trends-a channel only for our type cannot be found
Will do! I’m going to try to hit all the seasons but this channel will be mostly bright winter focused!
Yes please! I second this request! I found your videos on bright winter very helpful and am also a bit stuck as to hot to create outfits that suit us! I was draped in person as a bright winter and I really love our palette. I also have a quick question for you as a fellow musician (I’m a conductor) on how to respect the traditions of our profession and not distract from the music, but still look vibrant in our colors! Thanks again
Just a quick co-sign to your “why do bright winters get matched to muted tones” comment. One of the reasons I got a color analysis done was because I would swing between extremes that broke the rules of any one particular season. I knew I could pull off a bold, saturated tone, but would often swing towards the muted, soft summer/soft autumns colors as well. I have thoughts - looking forward to your perspective!
I’m Spring and some Soft Autumn colors are also Spring neutrals. If worn as pants or a skirt with a brighter colored top, they can be great! Or Soft Autumn cardigan with a light, bright top, neutral/muted shoes, or whatever. I’ll wear an orange-y brown with a clear Spring green near my face. A somewhat muted coral orange cardigan (a near match for my Strawberry hair) with a light coral pink tunic top. Natural hair often looks dull next to the same color, only brighter…even though I’m a Spring, I don’t wear true orange, because of my red hair. I’ve heard color analysts recommend this, so I’m glad I wasn’t way off. I have a muted and bright mix of colors in one favorite shirt…very light, bright peachy 🍑 pink with muted light through medium pumpkin 🎃 and rust 🍂 . The bright peach pink is close to my skin tone and the light pumpkin and rust are both in my hair. Muted colors only work if they match me exactly, or I use them as neutrals, away from my face. I’m very bright, but can get away with light-medium olive 🫒 , because I have medium-dark olive eyes and am Warm. I work in a few muted shades that are somewhere in my features or, even as neutrals, they make me look either dull/sick or, in the case of muted darks, I look overly bright, in contrast.
@@sciencenotstigma9534Are you a warm spring?
I’d love a similar format for cool summer.
I will work on that for you!!
I think the answer to 'Why do Bright Winters get mistaken for muted?' is that we look pretty good in all the seasons colors. Until you've seen what your best REALLY is, it doesn't click.
The bright colors are a bit scary and too attention-grabbing, until you get used to them.
Its definitely an acquired taste
Couldn't agree more. Once I embraced my brightness I was able to see how good thise colours looked on me.
I agree bright winter and bright spring can pull off many of the wrong colors better than most seasons but in your colors: WOW
Great video! More on bright winter ❤️
Thank you! Will do!
Part of why it's hard to discover one is a bright winter is that the colors are the last ones you'd grab off the rack...I always wondered why I kept coming back to this acid yellow-green scarf I had, despite it being so weird and off-putting, lol. Would do wonders when I put it on. Love your laid back videos, very informative and relaxing :)
I love these examples. It was very clear seeing what worked and didn't on each person. Also, your explanations of what didn't work and why clarified a lot for me. Very informative video! P.S. I was mistaken as an autumn and I am such a bright winter. I would love to see how it gets confused so much!
this was such a treat. you are SO good at this. insane eye and your commentary is so articulate and eloquent and funny. amazing presentation, watched every minute! another light bulb moment for me, why highlights NEVER looked good on me! i never knew i could wear fun mu colors or why i always felt like i needed lip color before leaving the house always. ty doll. it feels great knowing my coloring now
This was such a helpful video!
This was so fun to watch and really see the difference the colors you wear can make! I have no idea what season I am but would love to see more of these
I would try some bright winter if I were you!! You look amazing in bright pink! Miss you tons 🥰🥰🥰
@@BridgetCappel I’m gonna do it, I gotta try! I miss you toooooo SO SO MUCH
@@BridgetCappel Can we bright winters wear red lipstick, if yes. Which shade of red and can you recommend a brand with the perfect red lipstick for bright winter?
Loved this. And yes! Please do a video on (19:54) - why bright seasons get mistaken for muted seasons.
I can recall having colour seasons explained to me back in the 80's.... I knew I was a winter but the dark winter just washed me out, and found I was more of a neutral because I was able to wear some gold. and of course because I was able to accessorize with gold, others assumed that I was an autumn.
It's nice to see that you are verifying what I find works very well for me, and so thanks 😁
I have grey hazel eyes and light/tan olive skin with very dark brown hair look black with natural red highlight and the sun and for years i though i was a dark autumn. well at least it fitted my teen alternative style at the time of wanting to look more vampy...
I always thought I was a summer but have definitely decided bright colors are way better on me, sooooo am I a bright winter?! I'm thinking yes haha thanks for the video!
I am so excited i found you! I was told i was a true summer but i really think i am a bright winter. I need to experiment more to be sure and maybe ill even get a professional analysis done. You are stunning btw!!!
This video is so helpful. I would love to see you do more seasons just like this one. Thank you!
I'm living for that purple dress Megan Fox was wearing! love it! I do wish she wasn't used so so much as an example bc as you said she's the poster child and now you can't find anything online but her and Zoey Deschanel for bright winter lol.
Hey Bridget! Could you please make a similar video about deep winters ! I adore your content about the colour seasons! Thanks! :)
Yes I will!
You look so vibrant as always! Really love these discussion videos
Do more of these!!!!! I’M ADDICTED OK!!!!!
I wondered so much why I looked my best in fuscia
Great video! Thanks for sharing ❤
Fabulous video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love your video. So well thought out and explained.
Thank you!! Working on one for every season!
Hi Bridget! So glad you made another video. What a great analysis! I wish I knew for certain what season I am, but I do suspect I'm dark winter. Anyway, looking forward to your next video, even if it comes in like, a year lol
Hahaha I’m trying to speed up production but being a full time singer and voice teach really eats into the filming/editing time 😅 I will keep creating nonetheless!!
Hello and thanks for the great video! I just subscribed. It really helps to have so many celebrity comparisons. As you may see from my thumbnail, I am a bright winter too, and I have pink undertones and very dark hair with blue-grey ringed, grey-brown eyes. Even though I am a woman of color, I have a lot in common with my white sisters in this season.
Thank you for subscribing! Glad you're here!
I'm starting to wonder if there's any chance I could be a bright winter with my white skin, natural light brown hair, hazel eyes, and medium contrast. I know it wouldnt be typical, but I am pretty sure light and muted colors gray me out, dark colors steal color from my face, and I think I get the muddy "orange effect" with warm colors despite how much I adore the spring colors. Nothing seems to brighten/light up my face the way the right colors should, and in all photos it looks like my face is in shadow compared to others'. I have tried colors from the other 3 seasons but after about 6 of months in each of them I feel like something is wrong and shift my suspected palette. It's so hard.
You are probably a summer based on your description
It’s so interesting to see this comment because I fit your description just about perfectly and got professionally typed as a bright winter. I thought how can I possibly be a bright winter when my hair is light brown with natural golden highlights and light brown/hazel eyes?? I also thought I had low contrast. I also prefer soft muted colours, so everything seemed to point to me being soft autumn. I am sort of reluctant with my results but I guess it is possible to have these features and be bright winter 🤷🏻♀️
It is possible to be a bright winter with lighter hair. People think you MUST have high natural contrast, but the high contrast is an implied result of cool dark (e.g. winter) + bright. It’s not the core feature of bright winter; the core feature is clarity/saturation. Think of it this way: if and when you go gray, do you change seasons? No; your skin is the same. But your contrast may change.
I have chocolate brown hair, hazel eyes and, I thought, a warm undertone. But I was professionally analysed and I was told that I'm a Bright Winter as well.
I was jumping around from summer to to winter, eventually settled on true winter after getting the vampy look from deep winter. But now I’m looking and thinking, I could definitely go a little brighter than the true winter recs? I thought bright winter would be very hard to pull off, but the more I look at it, the more I’m like…no, I definitely already wear this and it looks good. But maybe I’m overwhelmed and just don’t know?
Edit: I was not overwhelmed loool I have now determined I’m likely bw. I have silver black hair and actually black eyebrows but thought maybe with my not light skin I didn’t have enough contrast? I was wrong. Interestingly enough, jet black black hair is a little bit too dark for me, which makes sense. A soft black or almost black espresso is better. I think that’s what cemented bright VS any other winter for me.
Yay that’s fantastic!! And I have no idea where the jet black hair= bright winter rumor came from but it’s out there and it is rampant!
Love your content! I am a natural platinum blonde, pale skin with green eyes & think I'm a bright winter because bright jewel tones & a bright pink lip look best on me. It would be awesome if you could do a video like that about blondes as bright winter because I see some people saying blondes cant be a bright winter are more in the spring family, which completely washes me out. Thanks!
Please do a video on why bright seasons get confused with soft seasons!!!!
I am not sure about my season so far i have gotten soft summer, soft autumn, deep winter and cool winter. Tbh i think im more likely to be a soft summer but i can pull of dark lip colors really well, but also bc i have a fair skin every lipstick color looks darker than it should be. I get compliments every time i wear a deep pink or mauves.
I just knew that i looked good in jade and (most of) blues clothes, and coral blush, so with that i tried to find out my color palette and turns out I'm a bright winter, so now im trying to look what else looks good on me
Loved the video!
Love your video, where did you get the swatches?
They are from True Colour International- when you get an analysis done with one of their consultants, your receive a fan of your season. But you can also purchase them individually!
Do you have any advice on what colors a bright winter could wear to a wedding, like something that would still be suitable for a bright winter, but on the more conservative side?
That is an absolutely brilliant question and I will make a video on that topic!
Can I be a natural mousy brown w golden brown eyes & still be a winter? I always thought I was a summer! I prefer silver and I think I have cool undertones, but I also tan easily. Any thoughts I’d love to hear opinions.
You can definitely be a winter with that coloring!
Love this video! Question- can I be a BW if the colors reflect off of my chin? I’ve been analyzed BW in person, but the colors do reflect, and soft summer was the last to be eliminated of all the other seasons. I’d love to see a video like this one on Soft Summer.
Can cool/true winters wear deep purple lip colors?
Absolutely!
BW's, bright, cool, contrasting, colorful and shiny could describe them well. I call it the movie star look.
I think I’m a bright winter who has been blonding myself into washed out territory.
I love your videos! I too am a bright winter. I have hooded eyes and I am 48. Makeup artists say to avoid shimmer shadow over 40 as it can accentuate fine lines, but shimmer is recommended for us BRIGHT winter babes. You are clearly nowhere near 40, nor do you have hooded eyes, but maybe you could help me out with some suggestions ??? I would really appreciate it. Thank you in advance and keep it up Ladybug, you are doing great.
I have brown eyes and light brown to medium hair lìght skin. Irish & french. Don't know if I'm winter.(?)
You'll have to test out some different colors. Do you look vibrant and alive in black? That's the first step. How about black and white? Saturated jewel tones? or do those overwhelm you and create shadows on your face?
Winter blondes do exist! It has to be a cool and bright blonde though -- platinum/white blonde is what folks use most as an example, but even darker blondes (like my natural color) can be winters. I'm a bright winter and my hair really does look bright, like it's been lit up by sunlight if that makes sense?
WOW
So I was classified burnished/Jewel, what does that mean?
Oh interesting! I’m not sure what system that is, but to me that sounds most like Dark Winter in the TCI system. Dark winter has many deep jewel tones with a little muted warm influence from Autumn which is where I think “burnished” comes in.
@@BridgetCappel thanks for answering!
That beautiful high contrast from 9:10 then the switch to that muted 9:22 I literally thought she died 😭
Hi Bridget, what lip color are you wearing in this video?
Hmm… not 100% sure, but it’s very likely “love that pink” lipstick by Revlon with Fatal Apple gloss also by Revlon. Those are my everyday staples!
@@BridgetCappel I'm def getting both! Thank you! I was wondering too! Looks gorgeous on you!
I’m pretty sure I’m a bright winter, BUT I love kind of rose coral lipstick on me and peachy/rosie blush… more than just cold pink tones. I wonder why.
Thank u for the video, looking forward to more bright winter related videos.
Sometimes we lean a little warmer or a little cooler in our own palette and prefer different colors on ourselves. Bright winters do have warmth from spring so even our pinks and reds have a little yellow/coral influence!
Thank you for the answer. That makes sense :) I love the colours of bright winter and I LOVE the fact that bright makeup doesn't overwhelm me.
I was always confused "what kind of winter" I was until I found your videos. You explain everything perfectly :)
I have a similar struggle. Since I didn’t dyed my hair anymore, I regonized have red highlights in my brown hair. I’m not warm in any thoughts and I can pull of cool bright and light clothes, so dark winter and bright spring are not my seasons. Some color experts said, redheads are always warm. I’m not a real redhead, just a touch but it’s irritating 😅
@@VanCrane I have very dark brown hair but with a few cool red baby highlights. I’m def clear winter.
@@redpillqueen8888 Thank you, it’s nice to hear that 🤗
I don’t know if I’m a true or bright winter but all I know is that nudes/beiges are my worst colors. Soft autumn colors are my worst.
I look amazing in black tho. Also,I can’t pull off extremely dark lipsticks either.
Do you look better in a bright orange leaning firecracker red lipstick or a more blue toned ruby red lip? That might help you decide. If a very dark lip doesn’t suit you and makes you look a little sallow and green you can eliminate dark winter. Also if wearing just black and white makes you look a little serious or older you maybe be a bright winter. True winters look very in balance in black and white.
@@BridgetCappel I can do dark lipstick but not darker than D is for danger from Mac(they make me look emo). I don’t look bad in orange red lipstick. Like I have one and I look pretty good in it. I also love how I look in black as well(I don’t know if it makes me look serious tho or not). I tend to wear a lot of berry shades lipsticks bcuz nudes truly wash me out
Ok I’m totally confused. I know I’m a winter. But don’t know if I’m a true or bright. My skin is pink cool undertone and fair, my natural hair is dark brown almost black, but my eyes are hazel green (the green is like an olive green and changes to brown depending on what I wear) and have a line around them. But not blue or emerald green eyes. I look best in bright fuchsia, royal purple, cobalt blue, red, emerald green. Although a different look that I rarely do I can also get away with a rich olive green, which brings out my eyes though not the best on my skin. And though not impactful I can wear very icy light blue and lilac. What do you think? Anyone else have this issue?
You sound more like a bright winter to me, but the only way to know for sure is making an appointment to get draped. Mostly based on the colors you described that suit you. Remember that any season can be any combination of skin, hair, or eye color. I know blonde blue eyed Autumns, and ash brown dark eyed springs. It's better if you look at the complete picture. If the color isn't doing anything for your skin, it's likely not your best season. If you are thinking true winter, do you look young and vibrant in a black and white outfit with no color, or does it look a little too serious and heavy on you. If you wear hot pink, royal purple, and sunshine yellow together do you look complete and harmonious or clownish and overwhelmed. Also are you more flattered by a deep cool rose red or an almost orange neon red. Asking yourself those questions will help point you in the right direction. I'm going to do a video about lipstick draping and how to narrow down your season using makeup. I would try getting a lipstick in a true and bright winter red and comparing how you pull those off.
The images of Megan Fox at 1:48 exemplify (to me) how going against seasonal color theory can be used to create a specific effect. In these photos, Megan looks sort of like she's going for a lowkey goth look. You say the colors look like they're "sucking the life out of her," which, if she wanted to dress as a vampire, would be perfect.
9:20 Oh my gosh, that is legit a vampiric goth look on Katy Perry! She looks like she was dressed by the author of My Immortal. ...Okay, maybe not, or else the outfit would be more intricate.
I totally fully agree with you! As someone who works in theater and dabbles in film, I love how going against season can enhance a certain vibe or character choice. For me, in real life, it’s about wearing my colors to look and feel my best, but I love how color can be used in so many ways to create different effects. I just wanted to show how powerful these people look when they do embrace their season!
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Hi you are so pretty, id love to see you in red hair 😍
Check out my INFJ videos! I had red hair during the pandemic and LOVED it!!
As a bright winter idk why but a rich dark grey looks waaay better than black. I’ve got pale skin with an olive undertone and it’s so hard to find any neutral colors that work well on me. I think khaki looks good but it’s warm so I don’t know why. I feel like cool beige should look good because it’s cool but it’s literally the worst color on me. I guess just not vibrant enough.
I fully agree! It's hard to find though, but I love a charcoal gray on me!
I love videos about Bright Winters, I’m one myself with a medium olive skin but I honestly get tired of the same celebrities. Megan Fox etc etc, we know by now that these celebrities are bright but what about ladies like myself for an example with light brown eyes and dark hair and a medium olive skin? I don’t see diversity. Katy Perry was blond btw I believe she’s a Summer she colors her hair.
I believe Olivia Munn is a good example for medium skin with hazel eyes and dark hair. If you have any suggestions for people you suspect are BW who are similar in coloring to you, let me know and I’ll include them in another video!
I am bright winter and I don't know why I always try to put myself in a wrong box...summer or true winter
It’s SO HARD to get used to the brightness of our season. It’s hard to even find clothes bright enough to really suit us so I totally understand. 80% of the time I wear black or black and white which is more true winter just because it is easier to find in stores.
It was the brightness factor that was the missing piece for me figuring out why certain colours worked or didn’t work. I think we have skin, eyes, and hair that reflects a lot of light and if what we wear doesn’t have that quality to it, it can’t keep up with us. It doesn’t have enough energy for us. I can wear gold if it’s shiny. Even dull silvers don’t do it for me. I can dip into Bright Spring colours because of that brightness factor as long as it isn’t too warm. I think bright winters have just that bit more reflective quality than bright springs. The warmth in the spring seems to absorb more light which I think we can pull off if we wear the right accessories and makeup. I even started wearing the bright pink lipsticks I always gravitated to on my cheeks and eyes because the makeup colours out there all tend to be warmer or muted and it’s hard to find something with enough punch to it. On someone else that would look garish or clownish, but on me, it’s perfectly harmonious and my skin just glows. I prefer patent leathers for the same reason. That shine is everything. The best blacks and whites I have in my wardrobe are all ones that are made of materials that reflect more light. I can wear grey as long as it’s more silvery. Before I figured this out, I thought I must be some kind of neutral because nothing on either side of the spectrum of warm or cool really did it. Once I went bright, it all fell into place and I finally felt like *me* . I have a coral/salmon pink dress that isn’t my best colour, BUT because it’s a poplin cotton, it reflects more light. It has a slight sheen to it, and with the right accessories and makeup, it works. No wonder my mother always called me a magpie, attracted to anything that shines and sparkles 😂 This was so much fun. The contrast between their wrong colours and their best colours is STARTLING. It removes all doubt as to what their colour season is. I think we are the most mistyped seasons out there (both bright winter and bright spring) because so much of what the rubric for typing dictates distracts the people doing the typing (even if we are doing it ourselves). If you have red in your hair, a speck of gold in your blue eyes, if gold doesn’t look horrible on you, etc., you’re put into some kind of spring or autumn. If you have a lot of contrast or no obvious warmth, into winter or summer you go. That brightness factor is so often the last detail anyone clues into. So, if you’ve been typed and you can’t figure out why it is still disappointing, try amping up that brightness. You’ll see very quickly if it’s the missing piece or not.
Sooooo true! Thanks for sharing, I couldn't agree more. As a bright winter, we have to remember our brightness when it comes to style and makeup. I've found I look great in shiny gold as well as shiny silver, as you said, because of the brightness. I was so confused at first about being neutral until I figured out it was the shine, the brightness.
You are definitely BW! What were they on about? Your look is perfection, today!
Still cant figure out whether m a bright winter or a deep winter 😅
Or am i a true winter ?! Idk
The best way is to get analyzed by a professional. I couldn’t figure it out on my own. I thought there was no way I could be bright and even doubted that I was a winter. It’s tricky if you don’t know what you’re looking for!
Is Lynda Carter Bright Winter?
She looks like she could be a possible bright winter, but it is impossible to tell someone’s season exactly just by looking at them. There’s huge variation in individuals who belong to the same season. She would have to be draped to know for sure!
🎉the only celb😂 you miss was the Queen herself in my opinion
Interesting. I didn't think as a WoC I could even BE a Bright Winter. 🎉🎉🎉
Lupita glows as a bright winter!! You absolutely can!! every season can be any combination of skin hair and eye colors, it just depends on you undertone and level of contrast!
Yeah they’re wrong. Lupita’s best colours aren’t dark and vampy and mysterious, they’re very radiant and popping. Someone like Viola Davis pulls off those super dark greens and purples much better.
Katy Perry has natural blonde hair,. I wonder if she uses makeup to adjust to black hair. That is dyed
That’s interesting- I’ve also heard people think she is a true winter. I did not know she was a natural blonde. I’ll have to analyze her in a video!
I actually think Katy Perry is a bright spring since she is a natural warm blond but bright winter being her sister season is why she can pull it off and I notice the bright seasons can get away with a lot.
the orange dress doesn't look bad on Katy Perry but would have looked great with a bright pink lip rather than nude
Was Amy winehouse a bright winter?
Where are the bright winter MUA on TH-cam???
I guess I'll have to volunteer
You forgot Alexis Bledel and Zooey Deschanel (but then Katy and Zooey are basically twins,so 😅)
I thought about including them but this video was already getting so long!
There’s a system that says your colors are your body colors, but they don’t look that great.
I heard of that system before I was draped and it had me really thinking I was a soft summer or soft autumn which are two seasons that make me look like a corpse.
Yeah, David Zyla's system! I agree, following his system, most of my colors are some variation of brown.
I think Katy Perry might be bright spring because she a natural dirty blonde hair
That’s totally possible
And she can still be a bright winter. That is really a misconception that blondes can't be winters. (Or that it is only about contrast, bright chroma is a feature on its own, meaning lack of grey hues, needing clear saturated colors.)
The ashy blond tones in her natural hair are an indication for cool undertones.
That orange looks really off on her and pink is prob her best color which is cool and would be off and look clownish on someone as a lipstick with warm undertones.
Non sono assolutamente d'accordo sul fatto che Bright Winter possa essere valorizzato dal colore oro. Non sono d accordo sul fatto che esistano tipologie "neutre" se il sotto tono è freddo ci vogliono colori freddi per essere valorizzati al meglio. Inoltre fare un analisi del colore corretto con foto che hanno subito Photoshop non è per nulla efficace. Molti colour analysts fanno solo gran confusione sul web.
i think katy is a bright spring not winter
I’ve also heard true winter for her. I’ll have to do some research and make a video on her. I doubt bright spring because the bright orange really did nothing great for her and bright springs and really rock an orange!
Bright winter here 👋
Hi! Do you have instagram.. Id love a consultation..
Yes, the link is in my cover photo at the top of my channel page!
Can hardly hear this video.
I’m so sorry- boosted it as much as I could but I had some issues with levels on my mic. It will be better next time!
Sofie Ellis Baxter is not a Winterwoman.
If you listen back to this video you might like realise like how many like times you use the word like. Makes it really hard to listen to. Just a suggestion.
Thanks I’m working on it.