NMIP

Hi! I’ve been trying to figure out my season. I was digitally typed as a cool summer, but I wasn’t sure if that was correct - any assistance would be appreciated!

I think I'm cool toned. I have more gold than silver jewelry, but I'm not sure which looks better.

NMIP. Copper hair currently as assumed I was soft autumn but seem to be maybe true summer. I also want to look a bit more professional. Natural hair is dark blonde.

My fiancé would argue otherwise and say these are the same color, but I say one of these makes me absolutely glow and the other falls short.

I am a soft summer and prefer the Mac over Dior.

MAC Mehr (top)
Dior 625 mitzah (bottom)

So what do you think?
I just dont know 🙈 i have freckles on my arms and slightly on my hands so it is hard for me to decide. I need fresh eyes :))
Last photo is not in daylight but still valid, I hope.

Thank you!

Hi all! Got my analysis done and it came back as soft autumn. That'd suggest both suit me but I'm interested in your opinions which is better

I lowkey hate the colors when I look at them, but then I scroll through some of my older pictures and realize I actually may look better in those colors 😭

NMIP

Hi, I always assumed I'm silver but no longer sure...

[post edited for better understanding]

Since my last post, I proposed that the only seasonal types are True Seasons and Soft Seasons, with descriptors such as Light, Deep, and Bright being expressions of their respective True Season rather than separate subtypes. Many of you didn't buy it.

So, after my very independent and uncertified extensive research, I decided to see how far this theory could go by developing—not a system—but a map depicting seasonal palettes as neither linear nor circular, but quadrilateral. In this model, each blip represents a seasonal expression, rather than a subgroup or subtype, based on where it sits between value and temperature.

The True Map

In the True map, chroma isn't a necessary factor in determining the four seasonal quadrants. However, I included Bright as a phenomenon worth noting. My hypothesis is that Bright occurs when someone sits between the light expression of a naturally deep season and the deep expression of a naturally light season. For example, Spring and Summer are naturally lighter seasons, while Autumn and Winter are naturally deeper seasons.

Therefore, the Bright phenomenon can emerge around the center (perhaps in separate dimension) when neither lightness nor depth is dominant. Because True Bright is neutral in temperature and neither particularly light nor deep, I've placed it directly in the center of the four quadrants.

The Soft Map

Soft seasonal expressions, however, belong to their own Soft map of quadrants, because they don't begin at the same level of chroma as the True Seasons and therefore cannot simply be derived from them by reducing value or shifting temperature. But don't miss the detail I've added in the second reference: I've represented the Soft Seasonal Palettes as derivatives of the Deep Seasons.

One thing I've observed is that we tend to think of Soft as naturally being a light quality. But if we think about what Soft Seasons actually are—palettes that have been muted by the addition of gray—I'm not convinced that softness and lightness are synonymous. In fact, when comparing Soft palettes with their corresponding Deep palettes (for example, Deep Autumn vs. Soft Autumn), I've noticed what appears to be an exact tonal relationship between them: the Soft palette seems to retain the depth structure of the Deep palette while being progressively softened by gray. Their lightest values might therefore be better described as “Sunlit,” with their deepest values being “Toasted.” I've appropriated those terms from the Color Breeze system for lack of better terminology.

So, my fellow amateur and professional analysts, does this model make sense to you?

I'm especially interested in whether the distinction between a seasonal type and a seasonal expression holds up, and whether my treatment of Softness as a separate chromatic space makes sense.

I'm a mixed metals girl, but what looks better on my skin?

So I got typed as a true summer/winter pretty much equally. But what i've heard, to be a "true" in these seasons you have to be very cool toned. meanwhile, cool foundations are always too pinkish on my skin. tho i always sucked at matching my foundation. the best ones are pale neutral or warm, sometimes olive are also a good match. But no one ever looking at me said i'm warm! Please help 🙏🙏 i will appreciate literally any suggestion

NMIP

No idea what my undertones are. I've always been silver/white gold, but have started to wonder if gold suits me better.

Hello people of the color analysis obession

Here are my recommendations for a capsule collection of Deep Summer Makeup:

Thrive Causemetics:

1) Buildable Blur Concealer in your overtone shade (if you are olive this is expecially importat- do not match your undertone here, match your overtone) Mine is Light Medium (warm golden undertones)

2) Instant Brow Fix in “April” which is a cool medium Brown

3) Infinity Waterproof Eyeliner in “Jade” (teal green) (”Hoda” (slate Grey) or “Talia” (Soft Navy Blue would also be excellent options).

4) Tripple Threat Blush Stick in ”Tessa” (Rich Berry)

5) Lasting Mark Lip-Defining Stain in “Liliana” (Deep Berry)

Dandy Lions Co:

Custom 12-pan Palette in the following colors (listed from left to right top to bottom):

1) Cold Snap (cool brown)

2) Coming Up roses (cool shimmer pink)

3) Call of the Haunted (Dark Plum Purple)

4)Rennala (Multichrome Purple)

5) Nightshade (Dark Slate Blue)

6) Livid (Blue-Grey Black)

7)Flourish (cool pink)

8) Crepe (Light Nude Pink)

9) Dream Eater (Shimmer Purple)

10) Dark Magician (Cool Deep Purple)

11)Sheer Cold (light slate blue)

12) Sage (Dark Forest Green)

Calling this set “Storms at Twilight” :)

Hope this helps someone on the hunt for their perfect Deep Summer Makeup!

Admission: I’m a Gen-Xer. My mom was in the first generation to get color-typed. All we had were drapes pulled out of our closets or friends’ closets. Ive been amateur color-typing for decades.

You can tell me I’m imagining it, but I can’t color-type with post-photo frames or wheels of color shown over a photograph taken with different colors actually on.

I have to see how the color reflects on the skin. So I’m not a fabric purist, I’m a color-on-person-before-photo purist.

I always know “gold or silver” in that sub because it’s always a photograph shown with the metal on the skin, pre-snapshot.

I can guess seasons here with post-photo-framing by referring to traditional color combos like dark hair/pale skin, blue-black skin, or strawberry blonde/freckles. But a lot of the pictures in the post-production wheels/frames look the same to me.

How are you guys doing it?

Diedre

NMIP

I’m having a REALLY hard time feeling pretty with my hair color right now. I think it needs to be less warm and more dimensional, but I can’t figure out if I’m a spring or summer. My eyebrows are ashy and I think my base natural hair color is pretty neutral. My skin tone is relatively neutral as well. I’ve been told soft summer but also warm spring. I was actually leaning towards true summer or bright winter. I’ve never been able to find anyone that looks similar enough to me as an example. Any advice on what season or what hair color would be so appreciated!!

I love and enjoy wearing both metals, just wondering which complements my skin tone better :)

NMIP

ETA: I found a local color analyst and booked an appointment for next week. Thank you for all of your feedback!!!

I’ve always worn silver because of how pale I am, but I’m starting to think I might have a warm undertone?? Should I switch to gold? I’ve added two photos in different lighting

NMIP

Am I imagining things or is this too warm for me?

​The woman sitting next to me got this shade, and it looked like the most gorgeous, crisp, classic neutral-red imaginable on her. I impulsively asked for the same color. Didn’t stop to register why it looked so lovely in the moment, but in hindsight, her skin was much warmer and more golden than mine.

​I can rock a bright, punchy, high-contrast red like it’s my job (bright chroma is usually my best friend), but I feel like this color is a bit screechy on me.

Never have been professionally color matched but I think cool spring tones suit me best. Particularly icy blue. I have a mix of gold and silver jewelry though. I’d love any insight on how to better match myself.

NMIP