How to Find Your Seasonal Colour Palette
Not sure which season you are? Start with the quiz.
It’s the quickest way to discover your perfect seasonal colour palette, then scroll down to learn about all 12 types.
The benefits of finding your season
Once you know your season, you'll confidently choose colours that enhance your natural features and avoid wasting money on shades that don't work for you.
Confidence goes through the roof
When you know you look good, you walk different, you hold yourself differently.
Shopping becomes easy
You'll walk past entire racks without a second glance and zero in on your shades.
Save actual money
Stop impulse buying colours that don't suit you. and trust me... your wallet will thank you.
So... what is Seasonal Colour Analysis?
Think of it as a personality test, but for your face.
Seasonal colour analysis matches you to a palette of colours that harmonise with your natural colouring - your skin's undertone, your eye colour, and your hair. When you wear these colours, you literally look like the best version of yourself. It's not magic (though it feels like it). It's just science being incredibly satisfying.
The system started in the 1980s with four basic seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter (but let's be honest, humans are more complex than that). The modern approach uses 12 seasons for way more accuracy. Because not every blonde is the same kind of blonde, you know?
How does the 12 season system work?
Your perfect palette is determined by three key factors:
1. Warm vs. Cool (The Temperature Check)
Do you have golden, peachy undertones? Or pink, blue-ish ones? This is usually the biggest game-changer. Wrong temperature = instant "something's off" vibes.
2. Light vs. Dark (The Depth Factor)
Are you fair and delicate, or deep and dramatic? Or somewhere comfortably in the middle? Your depth determines whether pastels or jewel tones are your jam.
3. Bright vs. Muted (The Intensity Level)
Can you rock neon without looking like a traffic cone? Or do softer, dustier shades make you glow? This is about whether you need saturation or subtlety.
One of these three will be your dominant trait. The thing that most defines your colouring. The other two play supporting roles. Nail this combo, and...you've found your season!
Meet the 12 Seasons
Each season has its own vibe, and trust me, you'll recognise yourself here somewhere.
Light Spring
Your features are soft and delicate, often with light eyes and lighter hair. Your overall look is bright but gentle, with low contrast.
Bright Spring
You have a clear, high contrast look. You have striking eyes set against darker hair or shaper features. Everything about your appearance feels defined.
True Spring
Your features carry noticeable warmth. You have golden undertones in your skin, warm toned hair, and eyes that feel naturally golden or glowing.
Shop your Spring Sub-Season
Light Summer
Your features are soft and delicate, often with fair hair, soft eyes, and cool undertones. Pastel shades lift your look, while dark colours can overpower.
True Summer
Your colouring is cool and balanced, with soft contrast between hair, skin and eyes. Medium-cool shades suit you the best.
Soft Summer
Your colouring is cool and balance, with soft contrast between hair, skin and eyes. Icy undertones, ash tones, and shades of blue bring out your clarity.
Shop your Summer Sub-Season
Dark Autumn
Your features are dark and striking, with naturally dark hair and eyes balanced by warm undertones in your skin. Deep olive, rush and espresso enhance your intensity.
True Autumn
Your features carry a golden warmth. Think warm undertones in your skin, rich hair colours and eyes that glow with amber or green.
Soft Autumn
Your features are blended and gentle, often with hair, skin and eye colours that flow seamlessly together. Muted, earthy shades bring out your natural softness.
Shop your Autumn Sub-Season
Dark Winter
Your features are rich and dramatic, with naturally deep hair, eyes and skin tones. The overall effect is intense and you wear bold, dark colours with ease.
True Winter
Your features are cool and unmistakably clear. Think icy undertones, dark hair, eyes that pop. Everything about your appearance feels defined and powerful.
Bright Winter
You have a vivid, high contrast look. Bright eyes stand out against darker hair or sharper features, giving your colouring a crips, striking clarity.
Shop your Winter Sub-Season
Find Your Season: The Deep Dive
Ready to crack your colour code? Let's do this properly. We'll start with the quick win (our free quiz), then show you exactly how the pros figure this out.
Step 1: Take the Free Quiz (Start Here)
Answer a few quick questions about your natural colouring, and we'll narrow down your most likely season. Takes 3 minutes, costs zero dollars, and might just change your life.
Got your result?
Brilliant. Now let's understand why you got that answer and how to confirm it...
How Colour Analysis Actually Works (The Good Stuff)
1. HUE (Temperature): Are you Warm or Cool?
- Warm (yellow/golden/peachy base)
- Cool (pink/blue/rosy base)
- Neutral (a mix of both, you lucky thing)
2. VALUE (Depth): Are you Light or Dark?
How light or deep is your overall colouring?
- Light (fair skin, light hair, light eyes)
- Dark/Deep (deep skin, dark hair, or very high contrast)
- Medium (somewhere in between)
3. CHROMA (Intensity): Are you Bright or Muted?
Can you handle bold, saturated colours, or do softer shades suit you better?
- Bright/Clear (high contrast, vivid features)
- Muted/Soft (blended, gentle contrast)
One of these three will be your dominant trait
It's the thing that most defines your colouring. The other factors are secondary. Nail this, and you've found your season.
Summer Seasonal Colour Palette Guide
Spring Seasonal Colour Palette Guide
Autumn Seasonal Colour Palette Guide
Winter Seasonal Colour Palette Guide
