Seasonal Color Analysis for Women of Color: Dark Eyed, Dark Haired Soft Summers

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[@sugarinq]

YOU HAVE NOOOOO IDEA HOW HELPFUL THIS IS OMFG. Every damn soft summer example is a white girl with blue eyes and im sick of it! Thanks so much for making the colour analysis conversation more inclusive!

[@thealignedlover]

Yayyy I'm so glad you found this video! So many darker haired, darker skinned people I know look their best in softer and cooler colors like these :)

[@saralbruno]

We need more videos like this! Dark haired dark eyed girls always get lumped into dark winter or the Autumn category and there is just more nuance than that

[@thealignedlover]

Yes we do and looking forward to more exploration 🥰

[@Bubbles-od2tv]

But you can analyze it yourself? I did and concluded that I’m soft summer, most of my wardrobe is soft summer already anyway

[@ijmimi9186]

Love this. I wish you can do the same for bright winter. People assume because brown people have dark eyes that they are automatically dark winter and not clear winter. And the only ones they say are clear are caucasians with blues eyes or other colors, or really dark people like Lupita. There's no range for us.

[@thealignedlover]

Yes, definitely will do videos on the winter subcategories! If you haven't seen my video on Kelly Rowland, I discuss a bit of her season which might help a bit!

[@evessentially.design]

Same here! I’m (East) Asian and I feel that this system just automatically categorises us as either dark winter/autumn, just because we have dark eyes and hair but relatively lighter skin.. but somehow when I get dressed I feel that high contrast/“dark” looks overpower me so much personally, even though that’s what’s recommended by the system :/

[@naninuna7440]

I'm im quite a few kibbe/color analysis groups on fb. the vibes change completely whenever a brown woman posts anything. it's disgusting.

[@KerraBolton]

Thank you for doing this video. Most color analysis group women of color (especially those of us with darker hues) into fall or winter, as if we can't be anything else. I suggest using a different baseline. When doing so, I find that bright spring suits me best.

[@thealignedlover]

I totally agree! Different baseline different nuances :) hope you like my bright spring video coming in the future 🥰

[@inactive120]

I feel so seen! I have darker hair and eyes but midtone skin and this is making it so much easier

[@_samaa]

THANK YOU. I thought for the longest time you just couldn't be a soft summer with dark hair and eyes.

[@thealignedlover]

You're so welcome!

[@kellie8468]

So glad you are showing women of color can be more than one or two seasons. I have noticed this more and more. I am catching up on this new series . Excellent as usual 💙

[@thealignedlover]

Thanks so much Kellie 🥰🥰🥰💜💜💜

[@estherwilliams7005]

I really love the colors from the soft summer. So very beautiful. I'm an autumn but if I couldn't be an autumn I would want be a soft summer.

[@thealignedlover]

The colors are really quite whimsical! Autumn is so rich and gorgeous too!

[@khelix23]

This was really helpful. Apparently I am a deep winter but a lot of those colors overpower me specially during the day. I can use them during the night and they are fine but during the day I’ve been using some summer colors.

[@baaobaabaa9555]

Thank you so much for making this video, it's something I've been search for a while! For the longest time I thought that I was a dark winter, because I have dark eyes, dark eyebrows and medium dark hair. But I also always felt that these strong, saturated winter colors still wouldn't quite fit me. However, I am not a person of color (or maybe I am, but there are areas in the world that don't easily fall into this western White vs POC dichotomy). I am from the Balkan-mediterranean country, and while I do have olive skin, it's very, VERY pale and grey, with zero brown/bronze/warm tint in it (which is how normally olive skin is presented for some reason). So what happens is that in winter, I am radiantly pale - so pale that people sometimes ask me if I am sick or if I feel ok (no matter how much I always try to reduce the paleness with makeup). But then in summer, I tan a lot, and the difference between my winter and summer skin is extreme. So in terms of clothing colors, I look good in dark winter colors (including pitch white and black), but in terms of make up (especially lipstick and blush), I look terrible with dark winter colors (like deep red, plum or purple) lipsticks, and fantastic in soft summer shades (soft and cold baby/rosy and mulberry pinks with blue undertones and pink-reds).

[@waterbearer4627]

This is really insightful, I learned so much from the first example of Rosario so when I saw Liza I could instantly see the grey glow you mentioned. Thanks for the great concise commentary and examples!

[@thealignedlover]

Aw yay I’m so glad “grey glow” makes sense to others 😆☺️

[@TheGareth87]

Please do light summer!

[@awiyuh]

Thank you for the POC representation! Having dark hair and dark eyes, I automatically get typed as a winter or autumn, but I find that those colors don't resonate with me. Watching your video helped me feel more confident in the summer category 💗

[@thealignedlover]

This is awesome to read and yessss, wear those summer colors with confidence

[@jmelinda6232]

Absolutely wonderful examples to illustrate the color theory slide. Great job!

[@thealignedlover]

Thanks so much 🥰

[@hypnotiqa]

Love your videos, you’re so on point! Years before color analysis, I discovered I looked the best in grey and muted colors which I found odd at the time, but I went with it.

[@vboo91]

I’m so happy you created this but can you please create this for light Summers. I find very little on cool bright light summers!!!

[@BbGun-lw5vi]

What an amazing color analysis breakdown! You’re just the best at seeing the nuances. I can’t wait for you to do Dark Winter. I have a question about your theatrical romantic video. I have a TR body but I don’t have the TR seductress face at all! I’m 41 and I still don’t have any angles on my face. I have full cheeks, high forehead, big round eyes, straightish brows, a natural nose, full lips. My head is too big for my body and my face doesn’t have the delicate features of a romantic. Seems more like a mix of ingenue and natural. What happens when your face and body doesn’t match? Any advice? Thank you very much.

[@thealignedlover]

Thanks so much! And I would say dress your body mostly but find ways to honor essence (facial features mostly) like icing on a cake :) Otherwise check my site for personal consults :)

[@MassielMancebo]

The excitement I got when I saw this video posted!

[@thealignedlover]

Hehe yayyy hope you liked!

[@tcggggg]

Thank you so much im a dude im using this to shop smarter, but my skin tone is almost identical to the first girls. I thought I was a deep autumn but what made me reconsider is my grey cast and my top lip is a cool purple (im bengali) but by hottom lip is pink. Its weird but thats a cool tone feature about me. When I take videos in white light I have a greyish feeling about me. I tan easily and when I tan it turns into this grey casted brown. Idk if neutral olive is even a valid term but thats where I lean I think

[@thealignedlover]

Grey cast brown is a perfect way to describe it! Olive skin is so complex, I'll def have to do a video on it! I hope this helps you simplify your future purchases :)

[@realSimoneCherie]

I’m have very similar maybe identical coloring to Rosario and I’ve never seen her discussed 😩so thank you! 🙏🏽

[@thealignedlover]

yay, hope it was helpful, she's so lovely!

[@ellie7701]

I think is this me! I had landed on this conclusion but had my doubts. The most information I found for dark hair, dark eyed soft summers was Uireh Color. For some reason I always felt similar to Liza Soberano and Zoe Saldana even though I don't necessarily look like them. This might be why! Your videos are always so lovely, thank you for putting in the effort to make them. It's greatly appreciated. 💌

[@thealignedlover]

yay so glad to hear it helped and thanks for the lovely words 🥰

[@cobiebaetbz5151]

Thank you for this! Now I can confirm that I really am a Dark Winter haha. I don't have that ashiness to my hair and I realized that I do look dead when I wear muted colors.

[@thealignedlover]

ah yay! i'm glad it helped :) and yes, funny how some colors provide drastically different effects on different people!

[@Moonstonestardust]

Absolutely Love this video!!!

[@thealignedlover]

thank you!!!

[@charitadeknegt6661]

Dear alignedlover, thank you for giving examples of women of colour. Very often, soft summer is only associated with white women with blonde hair. I´m typed as a soft summer and I have light brown hair and a light olive skin tone. However, I do like some of the saturated colors on myself and on the examples you gave us in this video. I didn't felt they were overpowering. I guess this is a matter of taste?

[@thealignedlover]

Glad you like the examples :) Yes, one definitely has to consider their taste and also the fact that these palettes are generalized and not custom-made for individuals :)

[@MsAdlerHolmes]

This is great 💖 my daughter is soft summer. Before I knew, I always said her best colours are colours you can't quite put your finger on. Not quite sure what the colour is? Probably looks good on a soft summer (in the cooler tones).

[@thealignedlover]

Thank you :) and ah, yes the colors of the soft summer palette can be a bit hard to describe!

[@saralbruno]

Thank you for this video! I love color analysis. Can't wait till you do this for winter types!!

[@thealignedlover]

You're welcome! I'm excited to cover Winters too!

[@miasenna4107]

Loved it. Please do one for soft autumn

[@mwink]

This is my daughter

[@thealignedlover]

Yay I'm glad it helped :)

[@rohlingtunes]

Absolutely love this video!! 🥰

[@thealignedlover]

Thank you!!

[@danyale06]

I love the points that you mentioned. I just hate how you didn't show them wearing warm tones to compare against and show why it doesn't work. In my opinion, these women are deep and soft. They can swing back and forth between cool and warm.

[@thealignedlover]

Thanks! Unfortunately I can't go through all the colors in these videos. Soft summer is between autumn and summer, so they can wear slightly warmer shades as well :)

[@fatmabalta88]

Could you also do a deep summer video 🙈

[@thealignedlover]

Great idea!

[@fatmabalta88]

@@thealignedlover Thank you so much! I was always stuck between dark autumn and dark winter, but didn‘t perfectly fit in them until I found out about the dark summer season

[@theroyalshaman]

I went and got professionally draped and I’m a Soft Summer with Dark hair & eyes!

[@thealignedlover]

That's so amazing to hear :))) I hope you have so much fun deepening your relationship with your season

[@Becsheep]

This is so helpful ❤️❤️

[@thealignedlover]

So glad to hear that 🥰

[@alikat8221]

This is the best breakdown of seasonal colour analysis I’ve seen thus far! Fingers crossed for a cool/true Summer in future 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

[@thealignedlover]

Aw thanks so much :) and yesss, will definitely cover True Summer!

[@patty.cakes.]

I think this is me. I’m also a soft classic. Olive green, navy blue, mustard yellow and dusty purple are the colors that look best on me

[@thealignedlover]

Ooh, hard to tell from just naming alone but mustard yellow and olive green tend to be a tad bit warmer...perhaps looking at the Soft Summer's sister palette called Soft Autumn would give you a big range to look at :)

[@patty.cakes.]

@@thealignedlover 💗 thanks. I will definitely do that.

[@patty.cakes.]

@@thealignedlover I just found your Tiktok and am following now 👍🏼

[@diyjamie]

Youre so smart and beautiful 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

[@thealignedlover]

Aw thank youu 🥰🥰🥰

[@wzrdlight5900]

Yaaaay! Did you read my mind?! Thank you so much for this video♥️♥️♥️

[@thealignedlover]

You're so welcome! 🥰

[@rachaelc4762]

can you do an analysis of chrishell stause? i've been a lil obsessed with color analysis lately and keep trying to figure out the palettes of the selling sunset cast as im watching it LOL but I find chrishell to be one of the hardest to figure out because she seems to be really warm toned but looks great in bright winter AND autumn colors....also it's kind of hard to tell because of the show's lighting, makeup, and tans.

[@letmethinkaboutit2]

Finally... I was not sure about soft summer bc everyone tells you that winter fits only people with dark hair in combination with dark eyes. And I hated the idea of wearing winter palette.

[@thealignedlover]

So glad this helped break that limiting viewpoint that is unfortunately quite prevalent in the color typing community!

[@thezlife1486]

Great analysis

[@thealignedlover]

thank you 💕

[@skyy3123]

I really love this palette but I’m not sure it would look best on my skin tone. I do love how I look in grey though!

[@emiliascharm4693]

Thank you for this! I was supposed to be a deep winter because of my dark eyes and ashy black hair but I feel better with muted colors 🙆💖

[@thealignedlover]

yayy definitely go for the colors that you feel better in :)

[@libera7161]

Could you do a video for dark girls who are Light Summer? ❤️

[@00samira00]

OMG! dose anybody know what designer this 14:12 blouse is from that Rosario is wearing??!? Soo gorgeous!! 🥺

[@libera7161]

Thank you ❤

[@djcarat6458]

I tend to see Soft and summer folks as not needing such intense level of color to show up to other people. As bright/clear winter, it is so easy for me to hide; I just need to add gray color anywhere, and I no longer show up. That's always impressive to me.

[@thealignedlover]

That's a really great insight! And ah, bright winters can really bloom in colors that eat the softer seasons up!

[@SH-ff6rl]

thank you !!!

[@thealignedlover]

🥰🥰

[@clare3227]

As a Filipina, thank u!!

[@thealignedlover]

Salamat 💕💕

[@user-by6uu8yy5q]

Great video. What is your color season?

[@thealignedlover]

Thanks! I'm a Soft Summer!

[@libera7161]

I think I'm a soft summer, because Winter just doesn't suit me. It's too overwhelming for me, because my features aren't strong. My eyebrows, my lashes are barely noticeable. My hair, eyecolor and skintone is dark but the difference isn't strong enough. So I'm definitely not clear or deep. Since warm colors make me look sick because they enhance the yellow and green undertones of my skin only cool colors make me look healthy. So there is just soft summer left. Edit: After watching this video I realized that I am not a Soft Summer but maybe a Light Summer, because dark colors don't suit me.

[@catherineaustin5739]

Hi, I’m not sure if I’m a soft or light summer as I have light natural ashy blonde hair, muted blue eyes that have a Olive mix to them and a medium to light cool Olive skin tone. I feel I look good in muted lighter colours that contrast with my skin and match the lightness of my hair. I struggle with dusty rose colours as I feel that they are too close to my skin value but look great in all dusty blue/lavender colours. I’m a Theatrical Romantic body type but feel I have some ethereal essence due to my colouring.

[@thealignedlover]

Ooh this sounds quite specific! Feel free to check my personalized services on my site thealignedlover.com :)

[@awkwardletter9533]

If I was trying to find my chroma and I took a selfie on my phone, would I go with the mono filter or black and white filter to find it?

[@TheGareth87]

Where’s your Light Summer video

[@thealignedlover]

I need more examples to discuss, let me know if you have any.