If all colors look "ok" on you, this is your skin undertone

[@Loufi303]

the mic is on point - the sound is excellent. This is unintentional ASMR at its very best.

[@TheJoker718]

Yes, the audio in this video is excellent ❤

[@WhisperingRay]

Total ASMR. Love it.

[@Celeste-.-marie]

She has the best ASMR voice

[@Miss_Susanita]

I was analyzed as a true autumn, however, I still feel more radiant in baby blue or Barbie pink and I tend to get more compliments if I wear cooler colors instead of rusty brownish colors.. they look great as well but just a bit boring.. so I was always very confused about my autumn result

[@tsuchiryu9566]

Love your approach. This is me...I was stuck. I felt like a softer deep autumn but also I can wear almost any color (and a range of hair colors)...but this makes sense. This was very helpful. 👏🏽 Thank you! ❤

[@sonder2874]

I laughed so hard at the oatmeal part. And it’s true! Recently I bought an oatmeal colored piece online and it surprised me how good it looked irl

[@DoomsdayApparatus]

I recently realized I'm warm and delicate, I'd always thought I was a warm autumn but I'm more of a soft autumn!

[@MariahBenson-j4t]

Same, I think

[@onewisteria]

I am loving the consistent uploads ✨✨

[@kathystclair9485]

Absolutely. I have been binge watching her videos.

[@susan5431]

You have such a peaceful presence. Could listen to you talk about anything.

[@kaylafuller2584]

Merriam, I just wanted to say this summed me up so perfectly I almost shed a tear. Your voice is so relaxing here as well. Thank you so much for this vital information. I had been struggling for the perfect summation of my color palette. Also you are so funny “not everyone looks good in oatmeal”🤣

[@RegalCandy]

I sent draping pictures to a color analysis Facebook group and they couldn’t figure it out! I honestly think this is my issue thank you for sharing.

[@IncantationSadness]

Thank you so much for this video! When you said in another one that warm and delicate is a very forgiving skin tone, I got this phrase stuck in my mind and started wondering why. Now, I not only fully understand the reason but also learned a bit more of why I was struggling so hard to type people who are warm and delicate.

[@carlamattei7276]

These dusty and warmer types of colors are far from my closet; Whenever I go shopping for clothes, I look for cool, radiant colors!

[@heartvalais]

I’m the opposite 😭 I go for warm and delicate colors when I should be getting cool and radiant

[@heartvalais]

Explains why I’m so unhappy with my closet though

[@KDbelieves]

This is why it was so hard for me to find my colors. I looked good in every color with the exception of cool and radiant colors. And even with that, I somehow look great in saturated pinks, some saturated blues, and black.

[@Laura-vs6fs]

I think a very important factor is the red and green balance, like when you talked about hair colors in an older video. I am warm and delicate, but I am yellow toned with no red to my actual undertone. In this video rihanna looks quite bad in her outfit tbh bc she is just so red in her undertone. I sometimes saw her as warm in some pics, but I thought she might be cool and delicate with a rosy undertone bc of how bad she looks in actually warm colors. I personally think a brighter green or a light blue, look great on me, even though I am warm and delicate. Peach, salmon and coral look bad as the colors stands out too much from my skin tone, but I look very yellow and warm in them. I am quite pale though and highly contrasted with very warm, but dark to mid brown hair and brown eyes. In pics I might even look cool toned if the lighting is very bright. I would wear the royal blue bathing suit over the peach anytime. I noticed also that even as an SD, wearing head to toe very dark colors is just too much, so I think mid toned colors create enough contrast for me without being too light. I think they really lift up my features and skin tone. Also light colors can contrast with my hair and eyes and that is where the contrast is rather than in wearing dark clothes. I can pull off black, but in the end it just isn't IT. I prefer yellows, gold, greens, greys, yellow toned browns and beiges, taupes, blues, silver, but I still wear other colours intentionally, knowing they will contrast with my skin in a different way.

[@babygirl5066]

Can you also do an analysis for the very bright seasons? Your outlook is so eye-opening 💕

[@HilaryGaston-g9p]

This is the best video on my colouring I have ever seen! I am so confused by my colouring & am overwhelmed by colour palettes. I can’t wait to see the next video with in more depth. Thank you so much Merriam.

[@cheentzia]

love all videos! just one comment to my caucasian friends: i would very much advise against a salmon-coloured bathing suit :)) i once had salmon-coloured leggings and the double takes were unreal 😅. now olive-coloured bathing suits though… chef’s kiss!

[@lindseylouise8312]

I do believe that I’m warm and delicate and feel like I can’t wear any “colors.” It makes sense because I look better in neutrals. This video is a much more positive spin to my “season!” 😃

[@Jennifer_Ann]

Great video and discussion. 😊 you recently typed me as Warm and Delicate and it makes perfect sense- I have dabbled into Seasonal Color analysis and was typed by two well known Color Analysts as a Cool Summer and Warm Autumn. Neither of those seasons fit me- but Cool Summer is better on me actually. Oranges and yellows look pretty bad on me. But warm and Delicate is my sweet spot 😊

[@josiemaromi6981]

QUEEN MERRIAM 👑💃👸🏻

[@dominickl8447]

I agree, I am very cool toned and I have to be careful with my colors.

[@ginadelfina5887]

Yes, the sound is great! It has been for the past few videos. It’s so nice to be seeing more videos from you lately. I am looking forward to the new one you mentioned.

[@0hermitworm]

This really emphasizes to me my goal of putting together monochrome sets of my best colors.

[@kathystclair9485]

Oh goodness. Now I have to throw out that one oatmeal top I have.😂 i think I'm cool, but not sure at all no matter how many videos I watch. I need to know my body type and skin coloring. Once we register on your website, pay first of course, do you also send a set of instructions as what I would need to do? Help please. I don't want to keep walking around and people have to lie and tell me I look nice!😂

[@4264127]

I see a lot of especially fully warm toned look grey if they wore Cool toned colors

[@KDbelieves]

Because it emphasizes the muted tones in their skin. Especially if you're really delicate.

[@realSimoneCherie]

I appreciate the emphasis on delicate versus radiant, I think colloquially I associate those as being “intense” or “muted” - Super important feature of color analysis, and it does not get as much attention as temperature, everyone is desperate to know if they are warm or cool - in my opinion there are very small percentage of people who are just so cool that they are not going to be flattered by any warm colors, or who are so warm that they will not not look flattered by any cool colors - most people seem to be quite neutral and just leaning one way or the other. On the other hand most people do have very high intensity or very muted coloring, (delicate or radiant), and absolutely will struggle to pull off any color that doesn’t possess that feature.

[@Bianca-nb7by]

This explains why even though I’ve been typed as a warm and muted, and I love these colours, that I sometimes stray to colours outside my best palette, like rust, navy and black 🖤

[@sylviegrandmaison2735]

I love the gradation if colors…I could see I am at the bottom ❤

[@DJFreeway-DJExit-DJInCrowd]

Cool overtones with warm undertones and vice versa

[@merriamstyle]

please watch my video titled golden overtones with cool undertones.

[@nataliah4478]

This makes total sense! I am neutral warm and wondered why delicate bright colors make me look better (more golden, tan) and the warmer colors blend in with my skin too much

[@nicfriary7174]

Oh my god I actually loveee these videos, been watching you for years and still have no idea what I am, I think I am warm and delicate but I swear it changes when I get pale! The thing is I do not think I look good in greys, I think I look dull but then beiges etc I feel can wash me out! How can this be? I do absolutely love moss green/olive on me. Thanks - you're looking amazing !!

[@merriamstyle]

maybe it's your body type? like if you are a kibbe gamine, theatrical romantic, or romantic (and a few other types too) beiges and grays can wash you out. if you look good in olive green, then prob you are warm and delicate, but since beiges wash you out, makes me think it's a body type thing.

[@nicfriary7174]

@@merriamstyle thanks so much for replying! Hmm not sure. Look it's even more difficult because I'm male, and I am always watching your videos about colours (sometimes body types) but it's hard for me to tell because I'm not a female. Btw I so do not identify with the 12 or 16 season approach thing I think it's waaay to complicated, and when they get to springs they are like oh here is this blue that's perfect for you and it's like the coolest worst looking Color for them. I would love to be a colour coach but with a similar approach to you one day in the future, teaching men about colours! You are inspiring ✨

[@SB-xl8lp]

​​@@nicfriary7174This is so awesome! I hope you get to accomplish your dream, men can use this information also. I know some men who have intentionally looked for color and style info but also many men let their significant other choose, which can be risky if that person doesn't understand how colors work. Anyway, your comment was encouraging to read.

[@lesleypickersgill7935]

So, two of the colours on the warm and delicate palette are ones that I have been wearing today! All of those colours look great on me and I'm naturally drawn to them. I've always been in conflict with my undertone. I just don't feel that I fall into the cool category but when I try a true warm foundation I look orange. If I go for a neutral foundation that leans slightly warm then I'm winning. This makes sense now. I'm warm but not as warm as a warm radiant. Sorry for the waffle but I think that I've just had a lightbulb moment 😊

[@keena_x]

This is extremely helpful! Great examples, inspired to narrow down my palette.

[@lisa-lisa-lisa]

can we have a video called "if you cant wear oatmeal"

[@Be_Positive-_-bloodType]

Hello Merriam 👋 I'm new here, just landed on your channel last night🤭 I suspect I'm Warm and Delicate, when I see those colors I just get brain fog😅 nonetheless I'm all about learning about what would look best on me, I have dark hair and brawn eyes, which wood land me into Winter season, but I have a hard time defining my undertone for I have Olive skin😅 sometimes I'd look warm but an hour later I'd look blue😅 talk about confusion,.. I wish you could provide the exact details of the colors so that I can print samples and take them with me next time I go shopping 🤭 gotta dream🤭

[@eli0151]

Can you be a cool and delicate, but have warmer hair (light brown with some reddish tones)? Thanks for video!

[@merriamstyle]

yes you can! in that case I recommend framing your face with cool colors, and then adding a few warm colors somewhere else in the look to echo your warm features and create head to toe harmony. but always frame your face with a flattering color to your skin tone.

[@eli0151]

@@merriamstyle thank you so much for the reply! This is so very helpful! 🤍

[@Vonmacfire]

@@merriamstyleI like the idea of balancing the differences. It’s funny I always was confused about my colors because I am very fair but I have hints of warmth. Also my eyes are very dark even though my skin is light. My hair darkness would be like a level 7 so mid toned. So it’s like I can get away with different color types because I have this mixture. But I have noticed the muted colors actually look the best but if I wear like a pop of color with it then it all looks so balanced. So 😂I guess I just need to mix it up and not be one thing 😉

[@TheMaxymama]

This is such a good explanation. I've always known im neutral but I tried determining my colors and truly most colors look good on me. Granted I have a darker skin tone so I have more leeway to go brighter. Gold vs silver - inconclusive Pink vs orange - inconclusive

[@merriamstyle]

also more pigment in your skin means more of every color. so the eye still sees harmony. if you wear yellow 'sure i see a bit of yellow' if you wear blue 'sure i see a bit of blue'. vs if you have only a tiny bit of pigment the eye may not pick up on the undertones that you have very little of, and then it wouldn't see harmony. this is also why some lighter people feel they can pull off more colors in summer. more pigment means more color options. you still have your best colors just like everyone, but you just have more options. the bad ones aren't as bad/unflattering.

[@schmath7416]

Thanks for this video, love the mic ❤ I think I am warm closer to radiant but I look okay in many cool colors except a blue grey ugh that’s the worst! 😂

[@dreag5717]

In the cool and radiant column/ the second color on bottom/ is that hot pink or fuschia? And the color next to it/ is that burgundy or wine?

[@darlamerrill8052]

Rhianna I hope I'm spelling that right bit she's olive toned skin and warm.

[@CremeBrulee543]

I’m warm and delicate and olive

[@sestricaanutka]

I have a slightly warm and very light skin, but very dark brown contrasting hair and true green eyes, so I am by no means delicate. So I absolutely disagree, that only the skin colour is important for your colouring. I can pull off a lot of different colours, but not muted ones or very dark ones.

[@gamergirlmars]

What does this mean for winters/true winter? I knew all along I sat well in generally winter, cool bright shades, but also many Dark Winter colors. Took people in my online groups seeing me tan for the first time to get what I've been telling them all the time lol. I'm olive and look gray. I found an article by Medline on this subject on some Olives who look grayish, and that it's rare for the olives especially paler ones bc it's hard to spot it until you cross and tan into the Fitzpatrick 3 or 4. I've been on chemo so I understand undertone is kinda a sham, we're all predominantly warm, but some are more red based, others yellow, but some rare people cross into the spectrum of light and are thus "olive". Such cool concepts. But can be rough figuring out your palette. Once I've really understood focus on colors and finding what works vs. obsess over the name of a season and subseason lol.

[@alrighttumbleweed4782]

What is that brown on the top right called for shopping purposes? Also the bright green? Thankyou for saying i look good in oatmeal, that's basically the only colour i trust lol

[@chandraadam3656]

I feel like this might be me. I look good in winter jewel tones and I can wear yellows, red orange, coral, and turquoise from bright spring. Most muted colors look washed out on me.

[@merriamstyle]

I would say warm and radiant then, from what you're saying. If you were warm and delicate, red orange and coral would be far too warm for you. So you sound like warm and radiant.

[@sihemsissy3695]

​@@merriamstyle what if bright purpel sweat best than deep Brown IS that radiant or délicat for a warm neutral undertone ?

[@Ek50505]

Hi Merriam,really insightful video as always. On the iPhone Photos app there is an option to ‘Edit’ and use the Colour Dropper tool to select colours from pictures (which can be used to get colour code #s for eye colour, lip colour, skin colours and blush in cheeks etc.) Do you think this would be helpful and accurate for people looking to narrow down the colours that suit them, or would the camera filters possibly skew the actual skin tones? Also, would you have any specific makeup brand/product recommendations or generic celebrity makeup inspirations/icons for each of the 4 colour types? (conscious these wouldn’t be body type specific, but as a starting point?) In the online colour analysis world I’ve seen a meme recommending Charlotte Tilbury for Warm and Delicate (glowy, bronzed looks), MAC for Warm and Radiant (bright, vivid looks), Chanel for Cool and Radiant (strong black eyeliner and red lip looks) and Estee Lauder for Cool and Delicate types (gentle pink and taupe looks). Obviously these brands carry both warm and cool products but the meme referenced the overall ‘vibes’ these brands tend to give. Despite all of the online beauty community resources, I’ve never found any failsafe foundation/concealer/powder products that I felt truly matched my skin tone (I’m sure they’re out there! I’ve just got a bit of makeup shopping fear 😅 and there’s so so so many products available today but I get overwhelmed trying to commit to one) . I think you’ve a previous video about the warm olive skin tone featuring Mila Kunis as an example, would there be scope for a series of similar videos for the other colour types (conscious also that people view from many different regions and may not have access to specific makeup brands), but any advice would be greatly appreciated from this (most likely!) Cool and Delicate with Rosy undertones and a penchant for subtle fake tan!!

[@mofetabionica]

. I have a warm olive undertone and if i wear any cool colors near my face i look like if i have hepatitis. Gray, fuscia, ice blue look horrid on me and its very easy to tell.

[@merriamstyle]

I wonder if you are warm and radiant? what are some of your best colors?

[@princessofthevioletflame]

I have a warmish skin tone but salmon or peach looks kinda bad on me i think like when i look in the mirror i have very golden skin but i look bad in orange:( the only colors i like on me are rust red, green, dark blue , gray black, oat meal kinda, brown , beige, white , baby pink, cool toned light pink, hot pink, pale easter yellow, gold, turquoise . I just dont get it at all tbh. Im have green eyes and my lips are redish pink i dont have olive undertone or necessarily cool undertone or mag e i do but often find myself looking like. Washed out in a lot of stuff or sickly / gray sorry im going crazy thags all i had to say

[@sylviegrandmaison2735]

Thanks for this vidéo. I thought because my hair were pale, I should wear the lights one beside my face, but with the ex. of Rihanna..then I could see...the lower line colours is it Salmon of coral, then red? the a more milky brown...Thanks for your patience...

[@waterbearer4627]

Great video and insightful. I love your voice with this mic, it's so soothing and has a calming effect. I hope you make an aid to sleep relaxation channel to help with relaxation like Michael Sealey.

[@merriamstyle]

aw yay, thank you!

[@AbstractMindsThinkAlike]

Interesting, I always thought if youre cool and wear warm colors, it makes your skin look orange/yellow/more warm.

[@cathwalsh9921]

I’ve been colour typed as Winter, and Clear in two different systems. With the Clear, I was told I’m fairly neutral. Cobalt blue suits me, silver (drape) doesn’t. Gold (drape) looks better but it’s a bit too warm. Silver jewellery looks a bit better than gold but I think it’s because it’s a small area, the drapes are bound to have more of an effect. I have mid to dark brown hair and light blue green eyes My skin looks pretty yellow and pale to me. When I try a clear peach against a clear pink, the peach pulls out all the sallow and redness and the pink looks more harmonious even though you can see I’m not pink and I still have redness (damage from dairy intolerance).

[@darlamerrill8052]

For me it's the value of the colors not so much the cool warm . The clothes have to be medium to dark, light colors wash me out and I think I'm cool an delicate because I look kind of sallow in to warm colors. Soft cool nuetrals for me, smokie colors and gray is my favorite.

[@minervarose7664]

I feel like am warm and radiant, does this mean i can wear cool and radiant colours better than warm and delicate ones? I feel like i look good in jewel tones (though perhaps not my best colours) but very blahhhh in warm neutrals like camel, warm greys, creams etc...pastels and icy colours (which are i assume cool and delicate colours?) are the worst and completely wash me out.

[@zanegood855]

Does “warm & delicate” fall into the olive category? I learned from you that I’m olive. However, most colors look good on me too (I’m a medium dark skinned black woman for clarity). Help! ❤

[@merriamstyle]

thank you for your comment!

[@Be_Positive-_-bloodType]

​@@merriamstyle Hello Merriam 🙏 could you please answer this question of mine😅 a very débutant here, I can't wear yellows and oranges, nor royal blue or bright purple, I sometimes look warm, but I have redness to my cheaks and very rosy palms, I blush and tan😅 what am I? Can I be Warm and delicate?🙏

[@meeghaet1]

Does all the 3 sub seasons (deep autumn , soft autumn and warm autumn) fall under the category warm and delicate?

[@zanegood855]

@@merriamstyle Hi 😁 I feel so special that you responded 🥰 thank you for that clarification. Apparently, I’m a mixed bag 😂…do you have a video addressing this specifically, or will you make one for olives that are Warm & Delicate too? 🙏🏾 Thank you 🤗

[@sylviegrandmaison2735]

Hi Merriam! Does taupe and pink-taupe are more warm and delicate colors?

[@merriamstyle]

usually they are cool and delicate but it depends on the pink taupe/taupe. if it's peachy taupe then it's warm and delicate, if pink taupe usually cool and delicate.

[@christineschreiber5073]

I wonder about the warm delicate and that you always say they often get placed into cool. Why do they not just go into soft autumn? wouldnt they fit into that quite well? Im asking while being extremely secptical about color seasons / 12 seasons. long story...

[@merriamstyle]

I really don't know why they aren't just placed into soft autumn. it could also be because warm and delicate skin undertones can still sometimes have cool hair and cool eyes, so in other approaches, whether you're cool or warm is based on all your features in combination, depending on the analyst. I'm not sure if the analyst is actually 'mistyping' people's skintone itself, or if they are simply valuing the other cool features more than I do. I value skin tone above all else to determine your main color family, and then if you have warm features, I like to recommend including some warmer colors away from the face, but I wouldn't put someone officially into cool unless their skin was actually cool. Just depends on how people like to do it. I tend to have better results valuing the skin tone the most.

[@christineschreiber5073]

Thank you for answering so quickly! That is so interesting. At some point I doubted how warm I really am or how cool I should go. I always saw myself as some autumn but got draped winter then (4 seasons). I knew it was too cool and especially that it was way too much chroma for me but yes, the skin looked smooth and all that. I was still sure Im warm. Later I found out that I do have some coolness within my warmth too and that I do need darkness/charcoal in my colors to make them really click with me. I understood why I got that winter. But I needed warm and I am low chroma, yet need contrast (I think do have some contrast in my features). Low chroma but needing darkness / contrast, that doesnt exist in 12 seasons and it can give you some cognitive dissonance to be in that place. I eventually decided they are just wrong somehow. So you can imagine, that what you explain makes much more sense from my perspective than anything I heard before! :-) I even noticed that I lack red in my coloring and lean greenish, its so great that you talk about it now!! So thank you and thumbs up!

[@gam9918]

❤❤❤

[@onewisteria]

Is there any shade of blue for warm and delicate?

[@merriamstyle]

there is yes. and the answer is....as non-blue as possible. so anything that leans green, teal-ish, and also muted/dusty. so dusty teal, dusty warm blues. but also to be clear, WD will look just fine in navy and normal blues too....hence the confusion.

[@carlamattei7276]

Look for shades of blue that are closer to petroleum and have a more "dusty" appearance, or a more opaque navy and not the "root" royal blue, which are for cool and radiant types!

[@Vonmacfire]

A hazy smoky blue. So I think for the delicate colors you go for a grayed down version of the shade. Not pastel. Pastel is completely different. The tones of delicate are slightly mid toned.

[@audreyandrea460]

“Dirty denim”! Deep indigo, petrol, storm blue, midnight blue, cadet blue and dark or deep teal. Also… turquoise that leans blue and darker, like the actual stone, not greenish or light turquoise.

[@linmeathome]

I dont see black here is black an universally flattering color?

[@merriamstyle]

no, it's not. it's mostly for cool and radiant. I didn't include all colors or all neutrals in the video, and happened to exclude black.

[@linmeathome]

@@merriamstyle oh wow thank you so much for reply. Black really make my skin tone pop and I have always wondering it is my hair color match

[@emmamartin4045]

There are plenty of colors. Can’t believe I’m hearing this from a color analyst 😕 Purple isn’t « just purple ». Just type « different » shades of purple and you’ll see that they do look different. And they don’t all fit into 1 seasonal type.

[@merriamstyle]

This is in part why I don't use the seasonal system. In my approach, purple is more or less just purple. edit: to be clear, there are different shades and even subcategories of purple, and some of them will look better on lighter vs darker colorings depending on someone's features, but all of those purples that are known as 'different' from each other aren't that different from each other in my eyes....in other words, they are 'more or less purple'.

[@ashleycnossen3157]

On the other hand, I look bad in every color

[@merriamstyle]

really? even dark purple?