May 03, 2021

The four seasons color analysis. PART III

THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO YOUR COLOUR PALETTE

MASTER CLASS IN PILLS. PART III

THE FOUR SEASON AND THE 12 SEASONS COLOR ANALYSIS

How do you find your season? How to establish your sub-group season?
In the previous post we have explored the 4 pillars of color analysis; you’ve understood value and saturation and determined if you belong to the cool or the warm tones.
Now we can move on to the 4 seasons: WINTER, SPRING, SUMMER and AUTUMN –named this way because they take inspiration from the natural colours of the seasons and they help define what colours suit us better.

Each one of the twelve colour seasons has a primary (dominant) and a secondary characteristic (and a tertiary characteristic - of less importance) that defines that colour season.

Identikit of the Spring woman

Undertone: warm
Skin tone: spring women’s skin is always light and fresh, with apricot and pink shades
Eyes: green, hazelnut, chestnut, amber, sometimes blue
Hair: honey blond, hash blond, chestnut hash, with reddish highlights, caramel, dark chocolate, red
Other: the Spring woman will tan well, even if her skin is fair and does not become very dark. The golden tan line of a bathing suite will last for a long time
Depth: Medium Light—Deep
Chroma: Medium Muted—Medium
Contrast: Low
Sub-groups: BRIGHT (Bright and Warm), TRUE (Warm and Clear), LIGHT (Light and Warm).

SPRING: The SPRING women has warm undertone and a low contrast between light hair (blonde to brown with golden highlights), eyes that range from blue to light brown; spring women’s skin is always light and fresh, with apricot and pink shades. Bright colours are the best for them, as they easily get tanned. Avoid pastel colours and grey.

Identikit of the Summer woman

Undertone: cool
Skin tone: spring women’s skin is always light with low contrast. It can have a light pink or lightly yellow tone
Eyes: Fair eyes
Hair: hash blond
Other: the Summer women's tan will be no-existent for some (they may become red or get sun burnt), while some will have a nice tan, but it won't be deep or dark
Depth: Light—Medium Deep
Chroma: Medium Muted—Medium
Contrast: Low
Sub-groups: SOFT (Muted and Cool), TRUE (Cool and Muted), LIGHT (Light and Cool).

SUMMER: The Summer women has a cool skin undertone, a low contrast between skin, her hair is generally ash blond and her skin becomes red in the sun. Her eyes may range from blue to green. The Summer woman's friend colours are pastel shades and greys. Intense, bright and aggressive colours and warm, golden colors do not suit her. Blue is a Cool Summer’s best friend. Almost all shades of blue: from sky blue to Navy look great on you. Besides avoiding warm colors, make sure they are on the soft side.

Identikit of the Autumn woman

Undertone: warm
Skin tone: toward a yellow, it can be very fair, it can have freckles and can have an amber tone
Eyes: green, hazelnut, chestnut, amber, sometimes blue
Hair: honey blond, hash blond, chestnut hash, with reddish highlights, caramel, dark chocolate, red
Other: the Autumn woman will tan well, even if her skin is fair and does not become very dark. The golden tan line of a bathing suite will last for a long time
Depth: Medium Light—Deep
Chroma: Medium Muted—Medium
Contrast: Low
Sub-groups: TRUE (Warm and Muted), DARK (Deep and Warm), SOFT Muted and Warm

AUTUMN. The Autumn undertones are definitely warm and the contrast is low. Her hair is almost every shade of chestnut to brown; her skin is bright and tanned and it maintains a golden tone all through the year. Her eyes may range from brown to olive green. Earthy and warm colours look great on her, while pastel and greyish shades are a "no!"

Identikit of the Winter woman

Undertone: cool
Skin tone: olive, or pinkish and in some cases neutral yellow
Eyes: Chestnut, hazelnut, black, green, blue, grey
Hair: Ash blond through to brown, chestnut brown with no reddish highlights, silver ash blond, grey/silver mix. Darker ethnicities may have dark brown, brown-black, or black hair.
Other: if you are fair, you hardly tan and you might sunburn, with a reddish tan.If you have olive skin you tan easily and quickly
Gold makes you look sickly, but silver makes you shine.
Depth: Light—Deep
Chroma: Medium Muted—Medium Bright
Contrast: High
Sub-groups: TRUE (cool and clear), DARK (deep and cool), BRIGHT (bright and cool)

WINTER: Winter women have cold tones but a high contrast between skin, eyes and hair. Winter women are like Snow White: very fair complexion with light eyes and in contrast black hair or dark brown hair that enhance this contrast.
If you are a Winter women, intense colours suit you best. Avoid warm colours, gold and nude shades.