What Will I Look Like in My Color Palette?
In your seasonal color palette, you are supposed to look like yourself.
Take a look at the gallery below. All of these individuals belong to the True Winter color palette, and there are certainly common attributes among some of them. But not one individual looks completely the same as another:
When you are wearing your colors, in makeup and clothing, you will experience the following:
Skin problems like acne or hyperpigmentation will be minimized, and will not pull focus from your main features
Your natural hair color will look “just right,” not too warm, too cool, or dull
Your eyes will look clarified, connected, and focused, not glassy, beady, or fuzzy
Your lips will have the natural tone variation found in all lips, but they will not look discolored or in need of lipstick
The hollow areas of your face will look appropriately shadowed, and the high points of your face will appear full and distinct
Your nose and chin will be clearly visible, not fading into your face or neck
Your skin will look supple and overall balanced—neither very oily nor very parched (my clients are often surprised that their skin texture looks so much better in the right colors!)
To the left, Frankie wears the correct True Winter cool black
To the right, Frankie is wearing the incorrect True Summer cool gray
What we see in Frankie’s face is a complex set of responses. Although at first glance their skin may look brighter in the True Summer gray, we are not looking to maximize brightness at all costs. In the True Summer, we see Frankie loses all the natural definition in their face. The hollows and angles of the face are just as important as the high points. Due to True Summer’s lack of saturation, when Frankie wears these shades, their face looks flat and two-dimensional.
To the left, Frankie wears the correct True Winter cool red
To the right, Frankie is wearing the incorrect Bright Winter neutral-cool red
This comparison shows us that Frankie needs brightness—but not so much brightness as we see in the Bright Winter red. In Bright Winter, Frankie’s face “fails” to catch up to the saturation, leaving them looking faded and shadowy next to the color. In Bright Winter, Frankie would walk around looking exhausted, even after a full night’s rest!
Although both True Winter and Bright Winter red are bright shades, we can appreciate Frankie as a person with presence on the left. On the right, all we see is their shirt, and it leaves the human being in the dust.
Please note these color analysis images are provided for educational purposes, but they do not capture the full range of color responses observed in person. If you have more questions about my process ahead of your Personal Color Analysis, please schedule a complimentary 15-minute phone consultation!
Red flags that you are not in your correct seasonal color palette:
You need to wear makeup, and you often feel as though you need to cover your natural skin tone with foundation to look good in clothing
You default to wearing black every day, not because you love it, but because you can’t seem to find any other color that works
When you catch a glimpse of yourself in a mirror or window throughout the day, you are surprised (or disappointed) that you don’t look how you do in your head
You think of some of your natural features as fundamentally wrong or lacking something (e.g. my chin is too weak, my brows are too heavy, my eyes are too dark, my hair is boring)
Although it is possible to dress outside of your seasonal color palette and do so with joy, many people find that they don’t recognize the extent of their own natural beauty until after they learn their best colors. I am happy to say that I am helping clients every day discover just how gorgeous they are.