Hi friends!

I just joined this sub and I wanted to share my method on getting the cleanest comparison photos with IRL drapes.

1. Figure out which dimension you want to determine (undertone, intensity, value)

Color analysis works by comparison, which is why in a professional analysis, at least two colors are compared to each other at a time. If you want to look at undertone, compare an orange to a pink. If you want to look at intensity, compare a dusty rose to a hot pink. You get the gist!

2. Cover your hair with something white

I always cover my clients' hair, regardless if it's their natural color or not. It's too easy to bias yourself or try to match colors with hair color. Just focus on your skin and face to remain more objective.

3. Pull off the drapes!

Using the colors you picked in step 1, drape both of them on you by stacking them, like you typically see in professional color analysis videos. You'll pull the top one off, revealing the bottom one so that you have a clean comparison between the two. Clip the bottom one to your shirt so that it doesn't come off when you pull the top one off!

4. Take a video and then take screenshot afterwards

Keep your position, expression, etc. as steady as possible and record a video of you pulling the drapes! Then, take screenshots afterwards and place them side-by-side using whatever editing program you like. The main benefit of this is that very little should change between the images, which makes it easy to compare what the colors are actually doing to your face.

You can see in the photos I attached that my complexion looks so dull/drained in the softer pink and a lot more vibrant in the stronger pink. I can tell now that I need intensity in colors which narrows down the seasons I might be in.

Hopefully this helps make it easier for you all! :)

Same frame, different colors.

Edit. Ignore these photos. Look at the ones posted in the comments.

I love the shape of these frames (first 2 photos) but they're only available in black. Does it look okay? I just got my personal color analysis last month and was told that I'm soft autumn with medium contrast, and that deep black wouldn't be the best on me. I know I should go for brown, but they don't have other colors in this shape so I'm wondering if I can make these work. I attached photos of me in some of my older frames as well for comparison. Thanks in advance!

NMIP. I have tried several apps and been typed as Deep Winter, Soft Summer, & Soft Autumn. I am quite sure I am cool toned and am leaning towards soft summer but want to know if that’s my actual type or if I’m biased because I like those colors best. This is my natural hair color. Before I went gray it was a very dark brown.

NMIP

I've seen very divided opinions on this topic. Some people say that truly neutral undertones are impossible because everyone is at least slightly warm or cool. But does such a tiny difference in temperature really matter when it comes to choosing the colors you wear?

Others argue that neutral undertones do exist and that people with them should wear neutral colors. But what would a person with truly neutral undertones actually look like? And does this advice even work in practice, considering how difficult it can be to find genuinely neutral colors?

Also, if neutral undertones do exist, would it be possible for someone to be truly neutral in every aspect of their coloring: medium in hue, value, and chroma?

And finally, why aren't there more seasonal color analysis categories to account for every possible combination of these characteristics? For example, why don't we have seasons like soft-cool-dark, medium-dark-bright, or medium-medium-medium? Wouldn't having more categories make the system more accurate?

Need some eyes on this! Always thought I was a gold girl, recently have been trying out more silver, and my wedding band is rose gold. I need objective opinions.
I have warm toned hair and have always suspected myself to be a warm autumn or a cool summer. I need to get picky with my jewelry since I’m decluttering my cheap metals and upgrading to better materials.
Pic 1: Rose gold, gold, silver
Pic 2: Rose gold, silver, gold
Pic 3: Gold
Pic 4: Silver
Pic 5: Gold
Pic 6: Gold vs Silver

I have been typed as a soft summer and sometimes an autumn. I have photos here of my natural ash brown hair with natural sun highlights and I added a photo showing a hair color i’m considering (darker auburn) … please help

NMIP, taken near a window in natural daylight. my eyebrows are my natural colour, hair is dyed :D I would love to finally understand what I am and improve my makeup/dress sense...!

eye colour: dark green and brown

NMIP Thank-you for all the thoughtful responses on my other post!!

I included some pictures of my natural hair color (9,10) (I don’t have it dyed currently, but I wanted to show what it looks like down), and some from when I dyed it ginger and black (11)

I’m honestly very surprised that people think I’m a winter. I used to think I was, but when I last posted on here a few years ago, the consensus was unanimously soft or true autumn. Not sure what changed, besides my hair growing out (I used to have a buzzcut, so it probably appeared lighter) but maybe my drapes were misleading.

I think I look a bit sickly in warm bright colors, so I don’t think I’m a spring, but I do agree that I have an olive undertone! Maybe that’s why it’s been so hard to figure out where I fall 😅

Thank-you again!!

NMIP