How to tell if you've found your color type

[@Horsefaire]

Merriam is adorable when she gets worked up!

[@pjperkinz]

Please do more unhinged videos. ❤ I want to hear all of your opinions!

[@DamePerdita]

A problem with compliments: it is far safer to compliment a colour or a piece of clothing than a person nowadays. I know lots of people who actively avoid complimenting a person instead of her clothes, lest they be misinterpreted as making inappropriately personal comments. So a lot of the time someone tells you “that colour looks great” it’s being used as a socially safe way to say that you look great.

[@tobelieve627]

That’s true

[@AbstractMindsThinkAlike]

Interesting. Things must have changed in the last decade or with the younger generation. My generation (millennial or older) say "you look great/beautiful". And when I worked 10+ years ago that was said as well.

[@ourcozycorner8517]

@@AbstractMindsThinkAlikeyes it is a generational thing I think. And I love it when older people give compliments because they feel more real. One lady stopped me in the restroom & said how beautiful I looked & that she really admired my whole style & the way I put myself together. I have not heard any such compliment given to others by anyone under the age of 40.

[@Nerdy-By-Nature]

Yes, completely agree with this!! I think if you're hearing "`wow, that color looks amazing on you!" that's a very good sign the color is a good one.

[@ambrusin4889]

So weird, haven`t even heard about that, I´m 43 years old, maybe that`s why.. :)

[@brittany3559]

The best compliment I’ve ever gotten was at a birthday party and I was wearing a very simple dress in a plum color and someone said “you’ve never looked more like yourself”. Also, whenever I wear sage green I get told I’m “glowing”. When I wear teal, I get told my clothing matches my eyes. So I always keep those three colors in my wardrobe.

[@narstytevitalija1209]

I was typed as Warm and delicate by you and it really made sense. I finally understand why I love olive green but hate yellow 😂. It really also helped me to get a body typing at the same time. As those super earthy w&d colours are too dull on me. Not because I am not w&d, but because they clash with my body type. Honestly, your color and body typings are the only ones I have come across that make perfect sense. I really like how you do not try to make it all sound super complicated 😊

[@merriamstyle]

aw thank you so much for such a wonderful comment!!

[@drmichelledaf]

Thank you for this video. Do you have your color typing videos on a playlist? I have found for many black women we are often mistyped as warm unless we are one shade all over. Also for a video idea maybe ideal nail colors for different color seasons?

[@Anita-silver]

Love your sassiness of late!😂

[@ChipsandGuac007]

Merriam, your channel is so much fun!!! Out of all the body/color/style analysts, your perspective is my favorite and one I look forward to hearing most. Thank you for sharing your art! Blessings to you!

[@CW-rx2js]

1. Sometimes compliments are not genuine- they're just flattering you. 2. Or they're complimenting your outift or it's color PER SE- meaning the outfit itself is lovely, not whether it looks good on YOU. 3. Projections : Sometimes people like some colors on you because those colors are their own favorite colors. For example, i finally realized a few years ago that I'm not warm- but a few people like my mom like bright colors orange yellow red (the warm shades) so they'd compliment me But reality, those colors did not suit me at all... Edit: I typed this before watching it entirely and I realized you said the same thing haha. So today I learnt: your real colors are Basically when they can't immediately tell what it is that's making you look good- because its so much in harmony with your natural coloring

[@nandinisehar]

Miriam does dark comedy better than anyone else without even trying

[@SaadetOZTRK]

What if you never get a compliment 😂

[@merriamstyle]

probably means you are very attractive. very attractive people get less compliments.

[@justlivinglife465]

Hahaha 😂 I don’t think that’s it … In all seriousness I think it depends on where you live- in the UK people don’t generally gush about each other to such an extent as we are more reserved

[@di3486]

I knew jewel tones were for me when close friends would say quite literally that I looked so well in that color, not that the color of my shirt was nice.

[@Angel-Number444]

I have a video suggestion which is for makeup and color correcting. Such as what colors to use in order to cancel out under eyes. Since most people use orange but we all have different undertones so I don’t think we should al use orange.

[@purpleup28765]

I am Dark Autumn, which I believe is warm and delicate by your terms. I found out by doing random tests online but I'm also naturally drawn to these colours. My best colour is burnt orange Everytime I wear this colour I get compliments on my skin.

[@txilinasti]

You are absolutely right about needing to wear less makeup. I got rid of my redness when I started dressing in my colours. All of the sudden the right colours did not contrast with the redness in my face.

[@AbstractMindsThinkAlike]

I need this help. I often have redness on my face.

[@yasf9717]

Hey Merriam, you once typed me in one of your videos (color and body type) and I was soo convinced I was something else. I am further in my journey now and must admit, that you were absolutely right! Even though my initial thoughts felt kind of wrong, I kept pursuing and forcing them on me. Now I find everything comes with ease and just harmonizes. I don’t know why I didn’t listen to you from the get go, but I think sometimes we have to find out for ourselves 😂 nonetheless, I love watching your videos and I’m very happy you’re back! ❤

[@LauraLu111]

I wonder if she was talking about Mia Maples. Because Mia clearly liked and was drawn to autumnal colors (and I think they really suit her!), so it's sad that now she is discouraged to wear them because of the (probably wrong) color analysis result...

[@johannac5653]

That was my first thought too! She said she's drawn to orange. I think a person with cool undertone would intuitively stay away from orange because that would be their worst color right?

[@carolineschnegg3437]

Yes!!!! Her mom looked gorgeous after the analysis but I thought Mia’s face lit up in the warm tones.

[@NikkiSchumacherOfficial]

I have been told I’m winter or autumn my whole life. Winter in the winter and autumn in the summer. I look terrible in black however a tan makes me handle muted autumns better than when I am at my palest. After watching a million videos at 42 years old, I realize I am probably bright spring. Wore bright orange t shirt today and no makeup except a dash of bright coral lips stick blotted down lightly. Someone wouldn’t believe I’m 42 and said she swore she thought I was 30. This happens when I wear bright colors and no makeup. Never happens when I’m wearing black, or dark, muted or neutrals. Happens less if I have makeup on but I think that’s because pale and warm is a hard makeup match to even find.

[@Jennifer_Ann]

I would love a video on blazers and what body type can wear which styles. Or if blazers are suitable for all body types. I’m beveled soft and feel blazers do not suit me (pun intended 😅).

[@lynnfox8376]

I think people usually mean that you look good in the dress but just phrase it awkwardly. If it didn't suit you they probably wouldn't notice it.

[@SilverMoth-cl8zj]

You are truly adored, Merriam. I get so excited by the notification bell, not only for the most interesting content and your amazing artistic skills but your radiant aura and wholesome vibes 💫💫💫

[@the.warmistress]

As a warm toned person, I believe in colour analysis because now that I wear my colours no one tells me about how tired I look. Turns out I was just wearing black everyday, and it is NOT in my pallet.

[@sparkleyard]

Selfish video idea? I’m somewhere between soft summer - soft autumn with high contrast and it’s almost like I can wear the cooler & medium value soft autumn colors and the warmer and medium value soft summer colors if that makes sense. They overlap a bit. A very specific medium value warm mottled charcoal. You’ve been spot on with so many things that apply to me! And you recently mentioned a broader range of reds/greens being more forgiving for people closer to neutral, and I think I’ve heard you mention something like “muted jewel tones” for neutral-ish fair olive-ish medium to high contrast which I think really apply in my case. My absolute best color is “berry” in a “comfort colors” T-shirt.. what I would call a medium value warm “old” purple. It’s sort of muted but there’s still some vibrancy. I feel like there’s a video somewhere in there!

[@noghostlessplace]

This would help me so much, too!

[@hannahthufvesson]

Agreed! 😊

[@dailybls]

The sound is still to low. With your already very soft voice I am struggling to hear on my tablet with full sound.

[@AbstractMindsThinkAlike]

Have you tried turning on the captions? I like the soft voice personally. I think she'd do great with ASMR.

[@justlivinglife465]

Hahaha I have also noticed it’s sooo hard to type very young pretty women sometimes as their skin seems not to react badly enough to anything.. your colour type is “pretty” 😂

[@cooltunes4894]

Loving your passionate anger - hilarious and makes so much sense

[@labb592]

Love the hair!

[@justlivinglife465]

I have an unpopular opinion.. I think many people wear colours that really are too bright for any living person and that those colours should not be manufactured (I’m talking about neon colours). Zero people can wear them without makeup so they are no one’s colours!

[@spacebar9733]

Winters and bright springs wear neon

[@justlivinglife465]

@@spacebar9733 I know they do. I don’t think they actually pass a draping test without makeup though

[@merriamstyle]

interesting point. I can definitely see this.

[@RhythmAddictedState]

I think black people, brown people (or more generally people with darker skin tones) can look awesome in neon colours.

[@justlivinglife465]

@@RhythmAddictedState absolutely, they seem to really look great in them. I was perhaps a bit exaggerating in my comment 😹

[@greenlean8890]

I agree! I was sooo outraged when I watched Mia Maple’s video, that I had to click off and step away from it. 😂

[@Laura-vs6fs]

The amount of times I see koreans do season analysis as "professionals" and they type somebody wrong it just irks me. I saw a singer be typed as a clear winter, when they have purely yellow toned, muted, olive and warm skin just like me. Ofc white and light blue look good on us, as they make our skin look quite warm. I think unfortunately a lot of professionals are the ones that make people not believe in color analysis as they make so many mistakes. Also I think that in some cases the color type is not affected by the body type. I am an SD with pale skin and a very high contrast. Head to toe black, dark brown or any super dark color, just look too heavy. I always have lighter pants with a dark top just to accentuate the body line being long and to give some life to the outfit. I think people with pale skin, who are high contrast, but muted look better in mid tones as those are already quite contrasted against our skin. Muted skin tones are just overwhelmed by extreme contrast, even when we do have quite dark hair and eyes compared to our skin.

[@emmamartin4045]

Mia Maples 😂 Another color analyst also disagreed with the winter palette she was given.

[@EdwardDillingerTRONL]

I think I watched the same one! Or this is just a very common thing. The one I saw was with Key right after he had done some album promos (or maybe a performance?) fully decked out in gold. He looks great in anything bright imo but silver would not have been as good. He knew he was warm.

[@katitadeb]

Ikr! especially when they drape with those multicolored fabrics instead of plain solid colors, like... You don't even know where to look at with those drapings since they have both cool and warm colors at the same time

[@ekaterinal8631]

Video need/idea: How to combine essence and body type when it comes to hair and clothes? Essences are so difficult to objectively observe on yourself and sometime even others it seems subjective Loved the vid!

[@Mary-gg9mj]

When I was young I gravitated to brown, black and creams. My mom kept encouraging me to wear bright colors. But I was not comfortable in bright colors. Now I’m in my late 60’s and love wearing colors that are more dramatic and which compliment me. I get more compliments now than when I was young.

[@dominickl8447]

Your comment about warm people looking good in any thing is true I think. I am cool and much more limited!

[@mosaicmind88]

Microphone is your color type. Mad propz.

[@merriamstyle]

thank you for noticing.

[@violetviolet888]

@@merriamstyle The microphone is too far away.

[@merriamstyle]

it may be too far away, but the audio from it wasn't usable regardless because of feedback issues. you're hearing the camera audio in the video.

[@rebeccak5846]

I’m confused: you used to wear really cool, bright colours like black with shine in your earrings or dark hair that looked incredible but lately you wear muted warm colours that seem to dull you. As a beauty specialist, why are you making this choice? (Even your backgrounds are less complimentary to your colouring and bone structure than before)

[@taylorsmith3785]

Are you talking about Mia maples because I thought the same thing as you.

[@ing-mariekoppel1637]

I think you are wrong. For I certainly want to hear my clothes look good For then I know it suits me. And when clothes and colors suit me I know I look good too. Praising my clothes is to praise me ! If I wear the same dress in the wrong color people will not say What a nice dress. It is when the color and shape etc is in harmony with you that they give it praise.

[@JulietTheGirl]

I'm with you on this.

[@AbstractMindsThinkAlike]

I have medium blond hair with fair skin and medium blue eyes (with yellow right around my pupil). I went to my dermatologist and wore an olive green and black stripped shirt with black pants. He kept complimeting how good I looked and asked if I had lost weight. I'm fairly certain those are not my colors at all. Part of me thinks he was just being nice. Another time I wore a fushia pink dress and everyone "loved the dress". It didn't bother me though. I want to get typed but am afraid of having to revamp my wardrobe.

[@sylviegrandmaison2735]

Yes Merriam, as you get older, you see it much more even because the skin is not as glorious...hihi...but wearing my own colours that you got me, makes a lot of difference, especially no more black...I opt for a nice warm gray, and my eyes look so beautiful with that colour...Thanks

[@merriamstyle]

Aw thank you Sylvie! It's so good to hear from you.

[@audreyandrea460]

Here here. I had a burnt orange top to workout in, and someone caught me in it. She said, “I love that colour on you,” and I threw the shirt out. I’m cool and delicate (afaik).

[@merriamstyle]

YES!!!

[@Cultivatingjoy07]

Exactly! The person should see you before they see the colour/s that you are wearing unless of course it is an intentional choice used to grab attention, and you understand that it will not be you but your clothes that attracts the attention. I think when you find your colours, you look healthier, you glow in them in a way, it compliments you, the clothes are not the stars, they become supporting actors that allow you to shine instead. It is subtle. It is beautiful and it feels good like coming home to wear your own colours from my experience and I am still learning how to perfect this! I do find that taking daily outfit photos to analyse them is helping a lot to figure these things out.

[@tearoses321]

Spot on as usual! ❤

[@DebbyTheBad]

I'm still not sure about my undertone.. It's so frustrating 😂

[@Xana_K]

How much does bias play into it though. We all have our favourite colours and when weve been putting those colours on ourselves all our lives we assume it looks the best even if it might not 😂. I still have no clue what i am but i can say im drawn to dark winter colours. My hair is very grey now but my hair before greying was a very deep brown almost black which is now turn very white. It feels very frustrating that every analyst seems to have different thought on who suits what. When i drape colours on myself i just can't see anything happening. Ive still yet to save money to get professionally analysed :o because i cannot work this out myself

[@Celeste-.-marie]

I was typed winter by HOC. i dont resonate with those bright colors. When i wear winter hot pink i get compliments on the color. My favorite color to wear on myself is a muted heather grey. I would love to get typed by you! I will do so when able :)

[@lisa-lisa-lisa]

I find it easier to say what my worst colors are. I really look unwell in beige, tan, oatmeal, brown, khaki, orange. my high school uniform was brown and I cant tell you how often people asked if I was sick.

[@kadsenvieh]

The sound is awful. But thumps up for the content.

[@merriamstyle]

sorry about the sound, the nice microphone you see in the video wasn't actually plugged in properly so we had to use the camera audio.

[@samira2283]

I got A LOT of compliments on my beautiful long hair as a FG. 😅 Now that I watched your videos I know why and cut it short for the first time in my life. Looks amazing.

[@Rachael91]

I got "you look really smart!" and I don't know if I was being overly sensitive but I wasn't sure if it was a compliment or if it implies I normally look scruffy lol

[@AbstractMindsThinkAlike]

We're you wearing a jacket/blazer?

[@milica8979]

I have a very niche idea for a video. 😅 Lip colors for someone like me: muted olive skin (warm and delicate in my case), but Soft Dramatic, i.e. doesn't really look good with a muted lip color because of the body type, but also looks bad in anything too bright or too red or too peachy because of the skintone.

[@VictoriaBeth]

I second this exact idea 😂 are you me?

[@WiolaKawalec]

So great to see you! Thanks for Sara's hack to wear clothes out of her season. That made me think. I do that quite often, when I get the feeling something is not right after I have put my clothes on 🤔

[@raylin2057]

As always, I LOVE your video! 😊

[@kathystclair9485]

I have given compliments on someone's hair if I think it is beautiful. I have also complimented someone's outfit. Many times, I have said that color looks so good on you. I have no rhyme or reason because I don't even know color typing. It just strikes me as looking good on that person. I wore a satin button down light to medium teal shirt and got complimented on how pretty it looked. Maybe it is because the style and color are out of the norm for me. I feel good in it though. I certainly did not take it as an insult. Maybe the person thought it looked striking with my coloring. 😅 Blonde hair, blue eyes and fair skin. Love your videos. I'd like to get analyzed, privately of course as you are very honest and that is a good thing.😉

[@gagav8]

I really like the way you describe things yet I think you typed yourself wrong. It is very stricking how great you look in the few older vids wearing black or white and how muted colors and lack of contrast washes you out. We sometimes are so invested in the story we tell to ourselves that it keeps us from seeing the reality.

[@merriamstyle]

I definitely did not mistype my color type. Black does suit me and these softer colors that I'm wearing here are more out of comfort (didn't dress up much for this video). They do wash me out a bit, but that's because of contrast. I'm absolutely not bright.

[@KcKctea]

Im quite sure with my colortype - true winter, 100% cool, radiant pale skin - not much room for error. But im wiggling between sliiiiightly curvy dramatic and slim soft dramatic. Im feeling im right in the middle. Too dram styles look rough, though they have the sleekness i strive. I definitely shine in massive jevelry and partial glamour, but i dont gravitate to full SD's Diva-chick style. Being 5'10 i also dont care much about vertical - nothing on earth can make me look short/cut off. So it is all mix-and match for me untill i honor my colors and keep some sort of overall balance of extremes. Ty for nice video, and got some insights while writing this 😂

[@e.l.2734]

Whenever I get a new audio device, I come here to see if I can hear the whole video for once. ;-; I like the major points, though! Thanks

[@merriamstyle]

lol I'm sorry! I actually tried to make the audio better but I made it worse. I think I may know the issue though so in the future it may be resolved.

[@emilyevans6989]

Thank you. That made sense.

[@stayathomemess]

So I think my color typing is also based on my contrast level. When I have blonde hair, I can wear much brighter colors (cool shaded). But once I dyed my hair dark, bright colors were too much and I look better in cool delicate colors. I think the contrast of my dark hair is great, but becomes too much contrast when I also wear bright colors. Am I crazy for thinking this?

[@lisa-lisa-lisa]

I would love to be typed but I have never taken a selfie and im afraid I could never get the photos together

[@JulietTheGirl]

I keep doubting if I'm summer or spring. But my favorite colors are moss green/spring green and light blue, turqoise, lilac. I think I look amazing in those. My eyes are kind of blue gray with orange ring around my pupil which makes it confusing. And my blonde hair seems to be warm and cool at the same time. 😅 I tend to have pink skin, but then my moles are warm brown... Maybe I'm a hybrid. I want to be a spring though. Maybe I'm a muted going to bright spring. :)

[@7goldglamour777]

I know my body type but the color type I've struggled with for a long time. I know I'm light and low contrast & was told neutral cool, but I've yet to know the exact "season".

[@KJW-js9bv]

I understand where you’re coming from, but they were just trying to compliment you. Seems like a bit of an overreaction to get rid of the dress because someone said they liked the dress rather than mentioning you specifically. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@merriamstyle]

lol well I did. maybe that's why I made this my career.

[@KJW-js9bv]

@@merriamstyle Gotta do what you love

[@JulietTheGirl]

Now, I would really like that video where a warm person was typed bright and cool. I'm soooo curious!

[@larkinbabbitt8738]

i am 80% certain it's the Mia Maples video

[@JulietTheGirl]

@@larkinbabbitt8738 oh yeah, I have seen that one actually! :)

[@k.285]

Since you asked for video suggestions, I’d love so see more men in your examples! Love your content❤️

[@NikasNeuroNuggets]

Someone please type me I think I’m muted warm

[@melissat9120]

Can you do more haircut-related videos? (:

[@notblondeswede]

Do light springs look good in black?

[@gagav8]

I don't know her system but in general light seasons look bad in black.

[@anitasyvalahti1730]

@notblondeswede. One of my friends are very light spring. I think black is good with him, not the best color.

[@sim771]

I just found your channel recently and I am confused on the system with the delicates/muted - i need to know! Do you have a video with the system explained for new people like me?

[@melissat9120]

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[@masadiceronio4577]

I have to differ about the earring compliment....if i cannot stand a person's outfit or colour I will try hard to find something nice to say- even if it is the earrings only 😂

[@merriamstyle]

lol well she didn't have to say anything at all. she was a total stranger who seemed to pause and delay me to find something to say. ?

[@milica8979]

I hate how quick people are to buy into the explanation that what they've been seeing to be true their whole lives was somehow wrong all along -- you can clearly see that your skin pulls yellow against a white wall, but that's not really true, you're cool and bright because it's the hidden essence or whatever of the skintone that counts... 🙄I know so many people who were mistyped as Winter and completely accepted the typing that was very obviously false since they have the same coloring as me.

[@milica8979]

Also, I have a very niche idea for a video. 😅 Lip colors for someone like me: muted olive skin (warm and delicate in my case), but Soft Dramatic, i.e. doesn't really look good with a muted lip color because of the body type, but also looks bad in anything too bright or too red or too peachy because of the skintone.

[@LauraLu111]

I remember one time, when a guy complimented my dress, and he even said that it would really suit his girlfriend 😆 Back then I took that as a compliment, but now I know it was not 😅 (Not that he tried to be mean or anything, that dress simply was too bright on me...)

[@simchameansjoy3101]

That video also triggered me I could NOT believe it

[@sparkleyard]

@simchameansjoy3101 👀what was it?

[@sparkleyard]

Oh def the Mia Maples video whoa!! Also triggered

[@emiliascharm]

🙆💖

[@blueviolet3899]

I was typed as True Winter, so basically that would make a cool radiant olive, but I'm not 100% sure 🥲