Can you do a colour analysis at home on yourself?
At first glance, it may seem easy to determine your colour type online. A quick search suggests that checking the colour of your veins will give you the answer: if your veins appear blue, you have a cool undertone, if they look more green, you have a warm undertone. Or another common claim: if your skin has a yellowish glow, you must be a warm colour type. By this logic, most Asian individuals would be warm, but in reality, this is often not the case. Clearly, it’s not as simple as it seems—and certainly not an inspiring way to discover your best colours.
During a professional colour analysis, we use over 100 drapes and colour collars to determine which shades truly flatter you. We assess your best base colours, your most flattering accent shades, whether gold or silver suits you best and which shade of white enhances your complexion. Additionally, we provide advice on makeup, hair colour, and colour combinations. This is what makes a colour consultation so valuable!
What can you determine on your own?
While an in-depth analysis requires professional guidance, there are a few things you can observe yourself:
- If you have blonde hair, lighter shades often complement you well. Think of light and mid-blue, sea green, turquoise, and lilac.
- If you have ash-blonde hair, pink lips, and blue, grey-blue, or cool green eyes, you may belong to the Summer colour type. Cool shades like various blues, pinks, greys, lilac, and light cool reds will suit you. Your jewellery will look best in silver.
- If you have freckles, peachy cheeks, golden blonde hair, and blue or light green eyes (possibly with some yellow around the iris), you might be a Spring type. You’ll shine in natural tones like beige, camel, light olive green, turquoise, coral, and vibrant blue shades. Your jewellery will likely look best in gold.
Would you like to know for sure which colours make you look your best? A professional colour analysis will help you discover your personal palette in a way that no online test can.
Do you have dark hair?
If you have dark brown hair, you could be an autumn type or a winter type. However, there are many other dark colour types, such as Dark Autumn, Winter-Autumn, Deep, and more. Dark-haired individuals have more variety in colour types than blondes.
Here are some key differences to help you determine your type:
- Winter types have a cool-toned hair colour. This could be brown, dark brown, deep dark blonde, black, or silver-grey. Their eyes are typically dark brown, light warm brown, bright blue, or green, but never deer brown. Winter types usually tan well.
- Autumn types often have deer brown eyes, green eyes with a hint of brown, or a more ochre brown shade. Their hair, like spring types, often has a golden undertone. Redheads also fall under this category. Autumn types look great in shades of brown and green, tomato red, ivory white, petrol blue, and gold tones.
- Winter types, on the other hand, look stunning in black, navy, pure white, fuchsia, bright red, royal blue, and they usually suit silver jewellery best.
Why should you book a colour consultation with a professional colour stylist?
The most important reason is that there are many more colour types than just the four basic ones. It would be a bit odd if billions of people were all categorised as either winter, summer, autumn, or spring types.
Colour Analysis Academy works with 17 colour types, which allows us to nuance our advice and recommend the right shades and top colours. A ‘Dark Autumn’ type is different from a standard Autumn type. A ‘Bright Warm’ colour type is different again from a Spring type or a warm individual. Similarly, a Winter type can wear bright, cool colours and contrasts well when a ‘Soft Winter’ type should opt for less intense tones. These different nuances and combinations that make it right for you.
We also answer questions such as: “Do you look best in solid colours, one, two, or more colours, or prints? Should you choose high-contrast or low-contrast prints? And if gold suits you, is it yellow gold, bronze, copper, or rose gold? Should you opt for a silver tone or a darker metallic shade, or perhaps a soft bronze tone?”
International approach
Over the 35 years that we’ve been working with colour analysis, we’ve discovered that certain cultures have specific characteristics so distinct that we’ve developed special colour types for them. And we continue to evolve. We provide colour advice on a daily basis, so we’re always up to date.
The original four-season system was developed with a focus on fair skin. Black, Asian, and Indian skin tones were not specifically accounted for. For us, this needed to change.
Not only should it be right for you, but it should also be an enjoyable experience. After all, you’ll likely only do it once in your life. It’s helpful if everything is thoroughly researched and tailored to perfection.
Interested in a Colour Consultation or Colour Stylist training?
Colour Analysis Academy offers training courses in English and Dutch, both online and in-person. Would you like to learn more? Fill in the contact form below or book a free video call where I can personally answer all your questions.
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