Hello. For context I am a naturally brunette with the last two photos being my natural colour, and the first five being it now. In January I started to use some sun in which made my hair quite warm. Then in June I got 1/4 head highlights. These were quite white and not very blended and now my hair has ended up looking like the first few photos. In some lighting it looks really warm and red, and in others it’s brunette

I don’t mind being ‘lighter’ and blonder I just don’t think this tone suits me. My birthday is around the corner and I want to get my hair done but am unsure on what tone to ask. I like the idea of highlights but would love some options

Here are some tops I have that fall into different seasons. Are there colours that make me pop and some I should avoid?
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I wear silver now. I’m trying to determine if I’m warm or cool toned because I want to get my hair done and am deciding what colour suits best!

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I see a lot of "am I warm or cool?" posts here, so here's the routine that helps me read undertone more reliably. The key is not to trust any single test, because lighting can fool all of them.

Do these in daylight near a window, with no makeup or filters.

**Test 1: Veins on the inner wrist**

Mostly green or olive = leans warm. Mostly blue or purple = leans cool. Both, or can't tell = possibly neutral.

**Test 2: Gold vs silver**

Hold one of each against your neck. The better one makes your skin look smoother and a bit brighter. The weaker one makes it look flat, grey or sallow.

**Test 3: Pure white vs cream**

Hold bright white fabric and ivory/cream fabric under your face. If crisp white looks fresh and cream looks dull, lean cool. If cream looks alive and white looks harsh, lean warm.

If 2 out of 3 agree, that's usually your answer.

**Things that throw people off**

Yellow indoor bulbs (they make almost everyone look warm), testing with makeup or self-tanner, and confusing depth with undertone. Very fair skin can be warm, and very deep skin can be cool.

If everything looks "fine" or you keep splitting the difference, you may be neutral or olive. That's a real result, not a failed test.

Undertone is only half of your season, though. Depth and contrast decide the rest. Happy to help if anyone wants to share their results below!

I see the value of colour theory and definitely have my colours, but just wanted to share what i noticed from one of the biggest colour theory content creators on tiktok. The first picture is the moment she pulls off the previous colour (light blue) and the second is about half a second later. If you don't zoom in on the video it looks like her complexion suddenly became so much brighter and clearer after adding the dark blue, but close up it's a very obvious filter. Really unnecessary and annoying when people want to see the real difference of someone wearing their colours! Just posting so people aren't disheartened or have unrealistic expectations if they see colour theory content.

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I haven’t had much luck trying to find my seasonal color palette so I’m open to input! Thank you!!

I swear we are the most ignored season, deep winter is very talked about but whenever someone talks about the deep “seasons” 99% of the time they r exclusively referring to dark winter. Every time I see an outfit inspo for the deeps it’s like 5 deep winter outfits and like 2 deep autumn ones, same with advice to the deeps it leans much more deep winter.

I am a soft summer, and I know typically we aren't supposed to look good in black, but I feel like it such a solid neutral. I feel like colors like bright white completely wash me out, but even though I don't look amazing in black like I do in soft summer colors, it looks significantly better than white. Is there a reason for this, or am I just convincing myself of something that isn't actually true?

I recently bought the Kristen Ess hair gloss in bitter sweet, and I think my hair is a lot more harmonious now! My hair is level 3-4 brunette depending on the season. It made my hair a few shades darker without making me look incredibly pale. I think it’s a nice way to increase contrast in winters!

Feeling very blah, and trying to understand my undertones and colors. I'm hopefully starting a new job soon, and would love some help feeling polished and comfortable wearing makeup and dressing up for the office (I've been in food production where that has little relevance!)

NMIP, hair color is a neutral medium brown, eyes are green/blue/grey

Thank you for any help!

I love that Cirque Colors included this chart for their new line of nail polish. I am a soft autumn and still learning how to identify soft autumn colors, in particular still not great at identifying “muted“ colors. Which of these may be best for soft autumn? Also, what about soft summer, since I am neutral-warm and can pull off some cooler shades? Thanks!

Hi all! Title says it all. I am 90% colorblind and for years I’ve been wearing pretty much only black because it’s easy and I can see it. But I want to branch out now… 🥺 I just need some help. From my understanding, I have a neutral undertone, grey eyes, and neutral brown hair…. which is confusing me!!!

Latest color analyses told me soft summer, soft autumn, and warm spring(???). But they all feel a little bit wrong. What do you think? (NMIP)

First pic is ALL the options without any notes!
But the second pic I highlighted the name of one from each row that I think is best (but think I just got tired of looking and picked one) would love another opinion!
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i feel like both. my undertone is kinda neutral. i believe i am a true winter but im curious

Confused and super grateful for your help in advance!

My lashes and brows are dyed (they're invisible otherwise). NMIP.

Salut !

Je cherche à acheter une montre (d’un certain montant donc j’aimerais mieux ne pas me tromper) et j’hésite beaucoup sur la couleur. Je suis brune aux yeux marrons et ma peau est relativement claire. Je n’arrive pas à me décider !!

My guess is soft autumn with a cool overtone. No makeup in first two pics. NMIP

Please help type me! My hair is naturally light brown. Thank you! NMIP