THERE ARE NO COOL YELLOWS!!

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[@dianal1679]

I think people who complain that your best colour recommendations are limiting forget that by definition, "best" means the MOST favourable/desirable/etc. So of course, there aren't going to be a dozen "best colours". But just because something isn't your best colour, doesn't exclude you from wearing it. I think you've explained it very well in here, and in your previous videos. (:

[@merriamstyle]

Yes *thank you!*

[@Escreality]

I love the passionate/slightly passive aggressive tone in this. Very amusing and educational.

[@rynmarr8566]

[Esc] reality I was just going to write this. Lol!

[@Mila-wu1dv]

You r doing way better job than most people I've seen... Sometimes I feel like they r making things way more difficult than it needs to be just so they come off as smart people that understood something that most can't... For me personally everything kinda fell into place once I had realized that it's a line or spectrum from ultra violets to infra reds not a circle at all... also human eyes only have receptors for red blue and green... so the whole colour theory that claims red blue and yellow are primary colours is actually wrong...

[@RoseQuartz728]

I had a consultation done by Merriam! It really showed me I’ve been wearing all the wrong colors. Since I changed things I’ve been getting a lot of compliments. Now I shop by the color chart she gave me.

[@merriamstyle]

Yay thank you so much for leaving this comment!

[@MalikahJ]

Jd. greatful I cannot wait to get one done by her. My style has been downright embarrassing.

[@RoseQuartz728]

Malikah J DO IT GIRL!!! I was wearing all warm and I’m cool. Merriam can you please make more cool delicate videos? 😘🔥🥰💋

[@archeraimsaarrow3864]

@@merriamstyle can I buy your color chart/pallete please?

[@cutienerdgirl]

@@archeraimsaarrow3864 Her website link is in the video description, you can buy it from there.

[@MalikahJ]

The penguin analogy had me 😂😂😂 Merriam you have definitely helped me so much. I have been in a style rut with all this fast fashion. I am saving up my coin to get a style report from you. I just LOVE how you broke down her colors and body in such a respectful and in depth way. Please keep up the good work and please keep defending your artistic license!

[@MalikahJ]

I love on your real body’s classics video thumbnail picture. It helps identify that your talking about Kibbie without looking at the title.

[@merriamstyle]

Thank you Malikah! I'm looking forward to doing a style consult with you!!

[@deborahmac1997]

I personally see your color concepts more clearly than any others out there.

[@eddijones01]

I agree! I think your approach is more clear and intuitive.

[@BlackbriarEq]

Thank you for explaining this, Merriam! It puts my vehement hatred of yellow in perspective; I always look jaundiced, sickly, and completely overpowered in even the lightest chiffon.

[@SueRosalie]

same, I just can't tolerate it at all

[@eli4shawt]

'Cool' yellow can only look as good on a cool tone as their worst green.

[@Anita-silver]

The warm and cool green was so telling. It's so much easier to look at her with the cool green. It made me realize that in comparison, the warm was tiring/draining to my brain to look at but I wouldn't have known that until I saw the comparison. Fascinating.

[@mariannek6735]

I'm laughing every time you say the word chiffon, there's so much aggression there lmao this was so fun

[@raraavis7782]

Can’t argue with science....those color charts don’t lie 😄 I got a question: how much does artificial lighting change our skin type? I (cool/bright) feel, that I can get away with much more in the evening...probably, because artificial light adds so much yellow to the skin? Or takes away the blue, rather. Same in summer. On a sunny day, I don’t feel nearly as bad in yellow or coral or other typical summer colors as on a cloudy day or generally in winter. And it’s not, because I tan, I‘m an avid sunscreen user. I mean, I don’t buy clothes in these colors anymore, but I still have some, I intend to ‚wear off‘ before I replace them...

[@di3486]

Rara Avis OMG...this is SO important. I feel the same happens to me. I look much more warm under artificial light so it’s so difficult 😩

[@giselerose8391]

Me too! Ugh! My translucent pale skin becomes YIKES!!!!

[@bunnyteeth365]

I relate to this so much. I look very "warm" and tanned in some pictures and lighting, but even when I do virtual draping I still look better in cool colors.

[@merriamstyle]

Yeah this is an important topic to cover when we're thinking about color analysis. It's hard to say exactly what's happening to you, but I have two explanations. The first is that if you're light enough, you are always cool and radiant, and as you tan, your pigment can actually be warm and if you gain enough of it, you become warm, and look great in coral (I have a video on this about the Lightest Skin Tones). The second explanation is that as we gain more pigment, we can simply pull off more colors because there's more pigment in general for the eye to pick up on. So as you tan, you can just pull off more colors.

[@alexiavp9519]

Merriam Style actually this is a great video idea!!! to explain how it affects to different skin undertones.

[@cozybrandi]

Merriam, you went OFF in this video hahahah! As someone who doubted you when you said there is no such thing as a “warm blue,” this actually makes sense. The color line you showed puts it into better perspective. I’ll try get a consultation when I can, olive skin tones are so tricky.

[@merriamstyle]

Haha, yes I did! So happy I've convinced you!

[@cozybrandi]

Merriam Style Well it helps having a video to reference your point as well. I think traditional color analysis has confused a lot of us. I did have another question though. How does this work for reds? Since red is considered neutral, can there be a warm red/pink and cool red/pink?

[@merriamstyle]

Yeah that's what I was thinking too! And yes, there are reds and greens that can both be warm and cool (like, actually considered to be cool colors in my system, not the 'cool yellow' stuff). So a warm red would be a tomato red for example, and a cool red would be ....not sure if it has a name, a cool red (you could google image it?). If you dilute warm red, you could get a bit of a peachy color depending on how warm the red is, this is a 'warm pink' in a way, and peach is warm. And then of course you can get a cool pink if you dilute a cool red.

[@cozybrandi]

Merriam Style This could be an interesting video idea if you wanted to try on different shades of red lipstick! I know you’ve talked about warm and cool pinks before so this confirms what I thought. Thanks!

[@gittevandevelde2208]

I also doubted her and now all the 'optimists' that are like wArM BLuES EXisTs really annoy me.

[@Alvyonzo]

Yes, no yellows look good on me, ever, because I am cool and radiant. I think your colour system is great, and it really explains why I pull of some brighter colours well and don’t look good in beiges and browns. It’s also great that red is neutral. I thought of red as a warm colour and was wary of dying my hair red. But now I put a beetroot (and lemon) in my henna to make sure that the colour leans toward burgundy instead of orange, and it looks great!

[@elizabethkirkeide2458]

Maybe her yellow hair makes people think she could wear yellow. I think looking only at skin tone is the clearest, best way to go. Understanding the blue vs yellow with red and green in the middle has been very useful to me.. For the first time, I am dressing and purchasing with confidence that the colors will harmonize with me.

[@kellie8468]

I don’t if it’s the right word but the muted yellow sort of swallows her up. She is pretty in that picture but I notice the yellow more. The mint green is a flattering , soothing tone for her . I look her first then the mint green .

[@sherrilynntriolo6662]

Omgosh! This makes so much sense!!! I am obviously a summer & my whole life people have tried to tell me "certain yellows" will work for me when I have felt NONE of them did! Now I know why.

[@SueRosalie]

same here. I can't even tolerate yellow in small amounts in prints.

[@josecontreras6604]

I love how you made it possible for her to wear yellow by incorporating purple or by wearing it as an accent piece (handbag). Bravo

[@shireads2954]

YES GURL!!! Say it again for the people in the back. If I'm warm and muted, my best blue is still not a good color, fam.

[@gracelewis6071]

A quick note on what I'm guessing you're seeing with people "not watching to the end" - I personally come back and re-watch parts of your videos a lot to reference something specific I want to have a look at again. It's possible that what you're seeing includes a number of these "watches" - with my limited understanding of the youtube algorithm!! I don't know if this helps at all, obviously disregard if it doesn't. :)

[@merriamstyle]

Yeah it does help, thank you!

[@FannysLoA]

I second what Grace says here. I sometimes skip to the relevant parts of the videos when I rewatch as well. Or even that it only counts as 1 second watch when I go back to get the link and share it with someone else.

[@SweetTeaElle]

Great video!!! I guess that answers my questions about yellow, lol!!!

[@kellie8468]

The turquoise too is amazing on her 🌸

[@laurenransford7638]

Chiffon doesn’t rhyme with griffin. It rhymes with upon. Chiff-on. Sorry, but I couldn’t stand it. The color discussion is fascinating, though, and I love your videos.

[@windchijmes893]

Yeah, this. I've actually never heard anyone pronounce it as "chiff-in" until this video. It's pretty distracting, despite the very intriguing content.

[@laurenransford7638]

So I posted this a year ago, and I must have been feeling pretty snarky. It was true that I’ve never heard it pronounced that way, and it did bother me. But I’ve been thinking about it and feeling bad about it. People say things differently. Certainly someone who is French would tell me rhyming it with upon is not right either. I’m really sorry for posting a criticism about how someone else pronounces a word. I admire what Merriam does and the work she puts into her system and videos. I wholeheartedly apologize for what I posted. I’m looking forward to lots more Merriam videos and learning more from her.

[@lindasue8719]

@@laurenransford7638 I love this comment. ❤️👍

[@arlenejames.]

Hi there, Merriam ❤ Huge fan! I absolutely love your videos and your channel has fed me more information than most fashion chanels combined. Good luck and I hope your channel keeps flourishing💕

[@merriamstyle]

Awww thank you Arlene!

[@Injennieable]

Cool muted colours look best on me. However I do have two yellow pieces, which are( you guessed it) chiffon yellow. Out of all the yellows that one looks best on me. Didn't know it was actually a thing.

[@merriamstyle]

Yes that makes sense! If we do our best to add as much blue as possible plus also dilute the color (which isn’t flattering for cool undertones In general)....that would be the best yellow for cool and muted if I had to choose. But certainly not the ‘best’ color.

[@4Distractiononly]

Me too

[@elinljungstrom3932]

Great video, very well explained! Love that you start with explaining the reasoning behind your system and then go on to talking about how you can apply this in everyday life. This system makes so much sense to me, and like you've said before: it's not about forcing people to never wear a certain color again, it's explaining what works best, why and how you can play with colors in a way that's flattering to you. Keep up the great work, it's very much appreciated!

[@trebelle614]

Great video! The the lemon yellow makes her teeth look a bit yellow to me, on the other hand the mint green makes her teeth look brilliant.

[@gforskli4307]

I noticed that exact same thing

[@chrissymccallister7951]

I totally agree! The idea of a pure winter (in some other color typing method I previously used) wearing “Cool Icy Yellow” confused me. It was always the LEAST liked color I ever tried to wear. I wore a fabulous dress at a fashion event & I looked sallow in photos 😒I’m a cool & muted 💜 No more yellow 🤪

[@animaltriste91]

Holy crap! I've actually learnt something today!

[@caller145]

In painting people do make a difference between cool and warm yellows, because if you try to mix a green with warm blue and warm yellow the result will be muddy due to both of those colors bringing it closer to red. So I would say that yes, cool yellow exists but you have to remember that the coolest yellow is always warmer than the warmest blue. I feel like in art the difference is more important as you build the picture up and you can try to make different effects by playing with cool and warm tones as well as different color schemes. How ever in styling and fashion you already have your skin tone set up and usually your goal is to make yourself look lively and healthy. I feel like many people who have studied color theory in artists point of view and then transfer to fashion don't notice that the goals have changed and therefore make it overly complicated

[@merriamstyle]

I couldn't agree more! There's a big issue in the color analysis community, using color theory as a way to build on color analysis. There are lots of issues that this gives rise to...like the one I discuss in my video, and also choosing red as warm (in color analysis, it should be neutral, I have a video on this), but red is warm in color theory.....in most color theory, magenta is also considered warm, but in color analysis it's undoubtedly cool! And there are also obvious problems about context. There's a lot that artists know or are assumed to already know before they call something a 'cool yellow'. For example, that all yellows will still be warmer than all blues, like you said, just like the coolest day in the sahara desert will still be warmer than the warmest day in antarctica. About painting, when you say warm yellow, do you mean an orangey-yellow or simply the purest yellow? I noticed it's different with different paints. For example with watercolor I have better luck getting bright colors when mixing, but with acrylic let's say, they can get a bit more muddy, especially in the instance that you're describing, trying to make a clear green from turquoise and yellow.....I can see that holding up ok with watercolor, but not so much with acrylic. But still, would be better out of some pure blues and yellows in both cases!

[@caller145]

@@merriamstyle usually in painting instead of trying to find the purest of colors I get something as close to the purest color but still on the "both sides" to me purest yellow is "neutral" yellow as the hue has no tendency towards either green or red. Color is quite complicated but you should always keep the big picture in mind. An artist needs to focus on different things in color than a stylist or an engineer building computer screens. There's so much to learn but that doesn't mean that you can forget the big picture, as that counts the most Edit: I love your channel btw!

[@merriamstyle]

@@caller145 Yes, I'm happy we agree! Looking forward to your future insights as well!

[@caller145]

@@merriamstyle Looking forward to your videos! :D

[@evat7723]

You do a great job with this! Showing that pure red and green are the central neutral points is very helpful.

[@frankievalentine6112]

Love it. "Chiffon" is "schiff-ON" in the US at least, like the fabric and the cake :)

[@eli4shawt]

Yes, the whole point of color analysis is to see what looks good on who.

[@merriamstyle]

Yes exactly! I feel like sometimes, and perhaps in part as a response to people saying their palettes are more limiting, more and more colors are added. When really, I'd personally rather be told 'don't wear yellow', than be given a color palette with yellow (on one of my worst colors) right along side placid blue (one of my best colors). What would the point of paying for a color consult even be in that case if I just end up with basically all the colors ever in the world again?

[@eli4shawt]

@@merriamstyle right!

[@mordan4686]

I've never understood how "cool" yellow is better than a "warm" blue. Any blue is still cooler than any yellow.

[@alyasl.3350]

Yes!! Just like there are no warm blues... Love that title!

[@FilippaSkog]

I was told by a person when I wore a chiffon yellow dress that: “That’s SUCH a beautiful colour on you, it’s perfect.” Turned out she’s big into colour analysis. Now I don’t know if I’m a cool & delicate and she (“wrongfully”?) thought it was a nice colour because of the dress being a “cool yellow” or if I’m a warm & delicate and that’s why I look good in it 😂 I struggle with warm/cool because I’ve thought I was cool my whole life, but when draping I look terrible in both radiant spectrums and perfectly fine in delicate colours in general.

[@SueRosalie]

you may be a Spring Light

[@justlivinglife465]

Btw I also think a lot of people assume someone glows more in warm colours- but that’s because the cool colours are neutralising for cool skin tones- what they’re actually seeing is the ruddy or sallow quality of the skin being exacerbated and they think it’s “warmth”. You can definitely see this in the yellow vs mint green slide Her complexion is noticeably clearer and less reddish in the mint green.

[@SueRosalie]

yes

[@ajujuadoidoi]

Now I want lemon chiffon cake... 😋

[@olitheadeceglie2123]

Another great video! I just wanted to mention that I always thought I was a Winter and had the common misconception that icy yellow is one of my colors (even though I personally thought it didn’t look good on me). Thanks for explaining why it doesn’t. After having Merriam professionally classify me as cool and radiant, I wear hot pink and get compliments all the time (even though I was never a fan of it, but am starting to get used to how bright it is lol). Thanks Merriam! Btw, your videos are never too long!

[@useruser-sd6pb]

omg i love u. i watched SO SO SO many color analysis videos and even though i still wanna stick to the 12 seasonal color analysis thingy, (have to), I find ur explanations the easiest. I watched painters, artists, idk EVERYONE and was so freaking confused and THEN!! your explanation?? is so simple and so clear. ure godsent. thnx!

[@xsmh1968]

I have similar cool skin tone to this lady and have always known how I cannot wear yellow. Nice to hear this being confirmed. I will continue to stay away as tempting as it can be.

[@mildziute]

I looove Your clarity and sticking to logics!

[@k.285]

I always make it to the end!

[@giselerose8391]

Actually, I study color theory. Your assertion, I believe, that color theory has become unnecessarily complicated and elaborate, is both bold and correct. The expansion of personal analysis to include 12 to 16 palettes becomes full of confusing, overlapping colors. I'm one of those individuals who seem to be hopelessly put in so many "seasons" by consultants. Therefore, I completely understand the attempt to find a palette for us with the expansion of seasonal categories. I believe you touch on a clue regarding light "red head skin". Personally, I look only bad to okay in both blue and yellow undertones. However, add a hint of purple to any color, and it's perfect! IDK what that means?? Maybe it's red? Red and blue make purple??? Lol

[@merriamstyle]

Very cool and thank you for sharing! I'm not sure right now if it's the pinker undertones that you're talking about, or if it could be that you're a delicate undertone. Delicate undertones are closer to neutral (either less cool or less warm than their radiant counterparts). So perhaps that blue has too much 'blue' in it....too cool, and this is why purple looks better?

[@edennis3202]

I think I know what you mean. I have a light redhead's complexion, too. I have a slightly warm undertone; I like how I look in pale blues like sea glass and aqua, stronger into turquoise, and light to medium violets, and periwinkle. My only yellow is a light butter.

[@superconfidentyou193]

So does it follow that a warm undertone will never look good in blue?

[@meghanspeed2480]

Chella Reese a better way to say it would be that blue will never be a “best color” for a cool undertone. Also, worth noting that she has mentioned a few times that warm undertones tend to not look as bad in their “worst colors” and in my experience, especially warm and delicate undertones can be very very close to “neutral” and therefore really not look terrible in blues etc.

[@merriamstyle]

Yes and 'not exactly'. It follows that warmer undertones won't have their absolute best color be blue. So basically yes. But oftentimes, warmer undertones can much better handle cool colors than cooler undertones can handle warm colors. On top of that, some warm and delicate ladies are often mistyped (or mistype themselves) because they can go all their lives thinking that blue is their best color, and that they're therefore cool, because they haven't tried warm colors that are muted enough. Terracotta and, warm olive green are a good test of warm and delicate. But blue will also look pretty good (not best though)....magenta will look pretty bad.

[@merriamstyle]

Meghan took the words exactly out of my mouth as I was typing them amazing!!!!! Thank you Meghan! :)

[@meghanspeed2480]

Merriam Style 😂😂 Can you tell I’ve been watching your videos for a while??

[@merriamstyle]

Yes amazing!!!

[@CoreIntegrity]

Hahaha people can't argue against the stark-naked obviousness of the simplicity of colour analysis, so their only attack is "your thinking of colour is so simplistic!" 🤣 🤦‍♀️ As if thats an argument. Einstein said, If you can't explain something simply then you don't understand it well enough. Overly complex answers that leave people confused are a sign of either the communicator not actually knowing what they are talking about, or that the thing they are communicating is actually incorrect (the latter also necessitating the former!). Bruno Barnhart also says it very well: "We humans prefer a manageable complexity to an unmanageable simplicity." I got a red-flag with 12 seasons CA right away: overly complex, not intuitive, and filled with consistently arising contradictions and conflicts.

[@DearYoungerSelf111]

I made it to the end! I love simplicity in learning - and I took many screenshots for my learning reference (training my mind to know cool & warm) Thanks Merriam!

[@FlamedWater]

This was a wonderful explanation Merriam! I particularly loved the trick with splitting the colours into arbitrary blocks which lead to a alternation of warm and cool on the colour line. If that does not convince those in doubt, then I don't know what will :)

[@alicec.6195]

Chiffon yellow clearly made her face grey!

[@mmmlextacy]

Hhehehe I still love when you get fired up about chiffon yellow. Great vid - breaks things down really clearly.

[@daniyyel1317]

This makes so so much sense Merriam, its such sound advice. Your a breath of fresh air, and I'm so glad I found this. as a cool delicate undertone, it just didn't chime with me about the "your version of a color" thing. I agree with what others have said here, they make it so much more complicated than it has to be x

[@rynmarr8566]

I’ve had a consultation done by Merriam as well and it couldn’t of helped more. I think most people can’t look at themselves objectively and having another perspective helped so much. I am a romantic(I thought I was maybe a soft gamine or theatrical romantic) and I’m also a summer ( I couldn’t figure this one out, so I was like maybe neutral, doesn’t exist). Merriam helped me so much!

[@merriamstyle]

Awww thank you Liz!! :)

[@Ash.MR.]

Sometimes my problem with yellows is that I see them as a more green color, or some greens (as others would call them) I see as more blue. I definitely do not have this problem with oranges, reds or purples. I don't know how many times I've seen a color and think it's green and most other people describe it as yellow. It trips me up! Maybe some of your critics are just colorblind like me, Merriam!

[@ju2082]

Ye I think that could be the problem haha, I think it helps when you know what the colours consist of, how do you make a certain colour, I think it might be helpful to watch videos of colour mixing or even try it yourself.

[@justlivinglife465]

I have watched a few of your videos and your eye for this is absolutely spot on .. of course it’s true that warm undertones look nice in say, a soft tealy blue- that doesn’t make it suddenly warm! I’m totally in agreement with your system and I think it is indeed an elegant solution!

[@cassiloca]

the passive aggressiveness in this is killing me lmaoooo great video!!

[@dagmarkalinova]

Love this video, very educational and it all makes sense.

[@giselerose8391]

Very concrete information!!! Explains why yellow just looks terrible with my skintone despite its hue!

[@29Branka]

I am predominantly warm and in my case that is why I look awful in "warm" purple.

[@SaadetOZTRK]

seriously when I have the money for it I will get both of the consultation from you..

[@sarawilliams7453]

I think I am going to stop listening to other colour analysts after hearing this. I look terrible in yellow - yet in my cool, light and muted palette I was given two light bright yellows to wear. Yuk! Someone else draped me as a light spring, even though my hair is a very dark brown (apart from the streaks of silver white) and the salmon/ peachy/beige tones make me look ill.

[@chantellejobagy2045]

This was explained so well thank you! I have a much better understanding of colour now.👍

[@cathy3937]

Love this! Every one of your videos is great and they still keep getting better and better! WOW!

[@maiaheiss2991]

THANK YOU for this! I have been grappling with the SAME THING! Wondering why yellow was always showing up in the “cool” color groupings (and other yellowy colors). Thank you for sorting this out. It SHOILD be simple and it IS. Glad to know I am not the crazy one. 😉 thanks for your work love it, and love your channel.

[@merriamstyle]

yay thank you!

[@mooglewhale]

merriam, what do you think about me being delicately warm but also having quite pinky cheeks at times? is that a combo that can happen? im sure my skin has an overall yellowness to it, but my face can go pink when embarrassed or hot!

[@ricemonsterr124]

Same 😢

[@yundostres]

Hands down, Merriam. Great work!!!

[@afilipad]

Thank you so much for your videos. I've gained so much insight from them. I would love if you could make some more videos on delicate undertones. Before watching your videos I was led to believe that I was a neutral. Now I understand that I just have a very delicate warm undertone, but have a lot of contrast between my skin and my features (very pale skin and very dark brown hair and eyes). Thank you again for providing us with such great information ❤

[@andreayaya]

I love that you addressed this issue. Your thinking is logical and correct. My own coloring is warm, light and muted and it is insane for me to try and bend physics to try and include some kind of "warm" blue... it just makes no sense to me. Same thing with the notion of a cool yellow. I do wear blue but very carefully. Thanks for having the courage of your opinions!

[@afunctional-space]

You are a visionary. I am so grateful to have found your channel.

[@merriamstyle]

omg. thank you!

[@LoredanaRaud]

awesome video, thank you Merriam!

[@tinypuff5217]

I’m cool toned and I always go back to this video when I need recommendations for different types of yellow.

[@JW-uq9yt]

Great video! I want to know why I look better in warm toned eyeshadow but cool toned clothes? I think I am warm neutral skin tone BTW as my vein is green /purple.

[@calliope6623]

Exactly. People talking about "cool yellow" and "warm blue" are just confused. They probably think that warm means red. But it does make sense that if a cool toned person is going to pull off yellow, it would likely be a yellow that has a little bit of white or green added to it. But it would probably depend on other factors. As far as "warm purple", I have no idea which direction on the color wheel you would even go for that. Because neither one is going to have any yellow in it. If you are mixing paint and add yellow to violet, you will get some kind of a grayish brown.

[@veronica-]

Of all the colors I tried on, yellow might be the one I look best in, also in red, black, white, antique pink, olive/military green, and blue, not in order, what can I classify myself as? Is blue the only cool one out of all the ones I listed? I get the most compliments when I wear yellow, black, blue, white, red and silver for some reason, if that helps.

[@merriamstyle]

Hmmmmm....well I have a few thoughts. First, I wonder if you're looking at your skin itself, and how glowing and even toned it looks, or at some other features in combination? For example, does black look good on you because you have dark hair and darker features? If that's not the case, and you find your skin looks alright in all those colors but best in yellow, then you are warm and radiant. Yellow is one of the absolute hardest colors to pull off....reserved only for the most warm and radiant ladies!! Warm and radiant undertones can also pull off pretty much anything else, so they may just go about their lives not even caring about color analysis because there's no need.

[@coreniena]

I think most people want a free pass, like, "ok I'm a winter, but I loooove yellow......" so they make up a cool yellow so they can use that color. But we forget color is just one part of the whole image.

[@heather2743]

I really enjoyed your thorough explanation! When you are color typing someone, after you've found their undertone and whether they are bright or muted, do you also take into consideration whether they are flattered more by light or dark colors?

[@emily1486]

For me, I’m cool and delicate but yellow is one of my favorite colors so I like to figure out sneaky ways to wear yellow while having a cool color near my face. But like if I’m going to buy an expensive dress for an event I’m not going to get a bright yellow dress and spend the whole night weirded out by how off my skin looks 😅

[@claudiatalaveraabajas4481]

Hi Merriam I am a huge fan of your channel, I think it adds an insightful and refreshing point of view to colour analysis. The first thing that came to my mind after seeing how yellow is not the best colour for cool toned ladies is that her hair colour is yellow. Since hair is next to the face, should we be more cautious about what hair colour we choose? Should we pick our hair colour within our best colours if we want to look our best? Or hair colour does not create any kind of imbalance? If so, would that mean that cool colour should stay away from blondish shades? I have heard both options when it comes to hair colour, that you should pick the same undertone as your skin and, that you should pick the opposite in order to balance your undertone (which I don't know if makes sense at all) Congratulations on your channel and hard work!

[@anna-5104]

I think the golden yellow looks very sweet on her😅

[@SueRosalie]

that's because you're looking at the colour and not her face and the effect

[@hithere3143]

I really like the golden yellow on her personally.

[@SueRosalie]

but you're looking at the colour and hair and not at her face

[@ancientmusetarot]

Merriam really, I'm learning a lot with you and incorporating this lesson to myself, thank you!💝💝

[@Hasna256]

The 'cool yellow' idea probably also comes from a confusion between 'fresh' and 'cool', with people thinking something is 'cool' if it looks 'fresh', as in 'very light and bright'.

[@SueRosalie]

I think you are right - but at least the best colour analysis systems have removed yellow from the face frame palettes of the cool seasons - but I'd like to see the yellows taken out of the drape palettes too

[@elizabethholeman7796]

So helpful! I keep hearing oh just find the "right yellow" and it'll look good but I've never found a yellow that looks good on me. Thanks!

[@lalalucy8290]

I agree with you a lot, I definitely wouldn't create a system and put yellow as one of the best colors for a cool person. However, as a "Bright Winter"/"Cool & Radiant" person myself, I recently started incorporating bright, cooler yellows into my wardrobe and find it not so bad and a welcome addition. Yellow may not be the most harmonious, but I don't think it is THAT distracting to where you can't look at the person's face easily. The color that I would definitely say 'no' to is ORANGE. Once you start getting near orange in the spectrum, that's the "danger zone" for cool & radiants. You are still pretty safe with the "cool yellow" zone; I don't think the woman in the video looks bad at all with the yellow (although of course the cooler the color is the better, you are right with that.) I also love your tips about wearing cooler colors close to the face - that certainly helps a lot with incorporating warmer colors in the wardrobe! One of my favorite outfits is a bright yellow dress with a bright blue statement necklace. :) I'm also of a deeper skin tone, so I have more pigment in my skin and can probably look better in yellows than those who are very pale: would definitely appreciate a video on that! Much love to you and your channel, love it!

[@jurysdykcja]

I was reading about the color theory and there are two approaches, in one yellow is the warmest and in one - orange. Both options have these or that scientific explanation. I would say personally i lean towards orange as the warmest, with its complimentary blue as the coolest. This way warm types are orange types, and both pink/olive skin, described usually as blue undertone are the cooler variants - moving away from orange in opposite directions. Still, in a way there is as many approaches as there is stylists. Merriam's videos are probably one of the best (if not) done on the topic on youtube.

[@merriamstyle]

Thank you for sharing Lala.....sure, I think my video was a bit dramatic! It really depends on the person. For example, contrast levels help, and also, higher pigment levels help a LOT like what you said. Someone who has more pigment just won't look as bad in their worst colors as someone who has less pigment for the eye to pick up on and match with the colors they're wearing. That's how I think of it anyway!

[@emilyg.1967]

Weird request, but would you be able to make the Kibbe types and what glasses fit each best? I love your channel so much- learning my Kibbe type (soft gamine) really changed how I look at my body and helped me view myself much more positively.

[@17neverforever]

Could you do a reaction video of Safiya nygaard's video: i got a "perfect" makeover based on my features.? By the way, you are one of my favorite channels! I admire everything you post. Greetings from Switzerland!

[@goldenmoon739]

Wow she could actually get a consultation from Merriam on her perfect colors İt sounds like her typical "trying things" video That would've been so cool

[@littleflor2975]

Showing the colour mixes is very helpful, thank you. The penguin on the beach really made me laugh! My skin looks yellow compared with other people's, but I look healthy in pinks, lilacs, teals and I look sick in yellow and orange! I guess I am not yellow after all, I am perhaps a cool olive!

[@SueRosalie]

olive is an overtone and olive skin is always Winter

[@freeyourdreama7822]

I usually agree with your analysis but here I think she looks great in yellow and softer And youthful and ruddy in purple her cheeks look like capillaries broke in the purple Bc purple and red is a hard match - she looks lovely in the yellow especially with her blonde hair - if yellow is bad for her why is she blonde? Her pink cheeks need to be down played - pink and yellow is a better match than pink and purple - that purple was harsh - mint green is nicer than lime green but .....I like her better in chiffon yellow than mint green - yellow flatters everyone Bc the sun is yellow and everyone looks great in sunlight!!!! That’s where changing tonality of the yellow can alter how it is perceived against skin but yellow is a primary color and therefore can be adjusted to anyone

[@unneighborlyarcades6356]

If I were to paint a picture of a wintry sky, I might paint the sun with a color similar to "chiffon yellow" to communicate,-along with the rest of the scenery-that the weather is cool. I'm by no means an artist, but I wonder if this is where the confusion originates. People are very different from paper, I mean to say. When comparing the lemon yellow to the mint green, not only do her eyes seem to sparkle, but her face seems closer when draped with the latter than with the former. I wonder if that appearing closer is because the color is harmonious with her own and, therefore, her face is more "in focus"?

[@SweetTeaElle]

Unneighborly Arcades Thank you!! Can you tell what color my eyes are in the photos?

[@unneighborlyarcades6356]

@@SweetTeaElle They appear blue to me. Actually, they look more blue against the golden yellow than against the chiffon yellow, and bluer still against the mint green than against the lemon yellow. They look more grey, though still blue, against the yellows. (I think the same of your hair color, though obviously I don't think your hair is blue.) You wouldn't happen to have grey or grey-blue eyes, would you?

[@SweetTeaElle]

Unneighborly Arcades Yes. You said it! I know what "I" see. Sometimes I like to check how they appear to others. Thanks!!

[@unneighborlyarcades6356]

@@SweetTeaElle I was correct? I'm so happy! And I completely understand wanting to know how they appear to others. When I was a child, I always had to ask the teacher or classmates to tell me my eye color if the need to draw myself came up (as in a family portrait or a class assignment). I call mine "store-brand green". They're the green you buy when you're on a budget.

[@SweetTeaElle]

Unneighborly Arcades My dad's eyes are green. Like chartreuse green. Mom's are hazel-brown.

[@gittevandevelde2208]

I get it now. Yellow, blue an purple are definitely 'tricky' colours. It is agreed upon that green and red have warmer/cooler variants, which is true, but blue, purple and yellow so said having warmer and cooler variants but orange not for some reason has always been something I found to be weird and confusing. One theory I saw said that, to make orange cool to the point a cool perosn can wear it, it isn't orange anymore so that's why cool people can't wear oranges. But a warm blue can still look blue yet be warm enough for warm people...Not. I think a lot of confusion comes from redheads typically being typed as warm, because of their hair not their skin, and redheads look GORGEOUS in teal and turquoize. Not because it are warm blues and they're warm, but because they are cool and it are cool colours.

[@merelaartman5046]

I think yellow doesn't look so horrible on her, she can definitely pull it off. I actually don't like green on her, it makes her look a lot more red and gives her hair a green tinge.

[@merriamstyle]

A good reminder that there's a dose of subjectivity when it comes to color! I say at the end of the day, experiment and see what works for you and the effects that you like.

[@hithere3143]

Merel Aartman I thought the same, but I'm wondering why we disagree. Like are we focusing on different features or do we perceive the colors differently? Interesting and fun topic anyway.

[@estefaniabouscayrol2802]

Thank you, i learn a lot from your videos

[@cozybrandi]

I have already asked a million questions lol, but here’s another! Have you ever seen a case where, for example a cool and muted lady, is better off sticking to muted colors (warm or cool) than cool colors (bright or muted? My best guess is I am cool and delicate, so I should be able to somewhat pull off cool and radiant colors, right? But I actually have an easier time wearing warm and delicate colors. Any bright colors seem to overwhelm me. Cool and delicate still seems to work best, but I seem to gravitate towards muted colors. Which is also funny since I’m high contrast and I “should” look better in bright colors!

[@rexysmith4029]

it seems like her exemple of Kim Kardashian and Nicole Kidman. Kim was much better in muted, even though she seems high contrast, Nicole looked awesome in Bright colors Like Black and bright Blue even though she as low contrast but she is super Radiant. Maybe the warm muted looks slightly better than Cool bright if your level of cool is closer to the "neutral", the Brights would be more far from your skin tone and the brightest just overpower your delicate skin tone , I feel like she talked about this in one of her early videos but not sure wich one and maybe Im making this up🤔 😂

[@cozybrandi]

RexySmith zerowastealternatives Haha that makes sense! I’ll have to find that video. I know she did one on warm and delicate and now I can’t find it! Kim is a good example, I’ll have to see how see looks in cool and bright colors compared to warm and delicate. My coloring is actually similar to Merriam so maybe she can help!

[@giselerose8391]

Interestingly, Nicole's natural hair color was a medium brown, so her level of contrast (as well as skintone) was probably very close to yours.

[@lvs6775]

The penguin analogy 😂

[@alexandralenzinger8482]

You’re so smart. Love all this

[@claudis.4015]

The end helped me a lot! I very much enjoy yellow and how it can brighten up the mood. But as a cool undertone with high chroma I was fearing that even the cooler yellows wouldn't suit me. So the trick of incorporating some better colors like black give me some hope that I won't look sickly with my neon yellows. :)

[@SueRosalie]

well yes if you want to look sick then neon yellow is the quickest way to do that

[@claudis.4015]

@@SueRosalie Thank you for your kind input on this. I also think one can judge a stranger's complexion without ever seeing it. 😉 But to get to your point: No, fastest way for me to look sick is actually not neon yellow, but muddy, grungey, warm browns. And they make make me look puffy and older, too. Hope that helps. :)

[@rockssolid7471]

Great explanation, best colors around face (warm or cool) versus color composition which can combine warm and cool.

[@shawnah3855]

Thank you. I didn't believe anyone that said I could wear yellow. I know better without a complicated color wheel. I look terrible in any yellow, ever.

[@ninaquas_7401]

I think the golden yellow looked better since she is bright but yellow just isnt her color.

[@TanyaScherbakova]

I was always wondering what is wrong with yellow and even mustard colors in bright winter palettes and why they don’t look good on me... the same story with some warm greens that were added to the palettes too. And I was thinking maybe it is because I’m not naturally a bright winter, I dye my hair, so that’s why not all the colors from the palette look good on me 😂 but actually now I get it. But I also understand why cool yellow is such a thing for people. I believe that many people adore that color and wanna wear it, so if they go to the stylist that says that yellow is not good for them they will be very disappointed ☹️

[@French-Kiss24]

Thank you. This totally make sense.

[@Adriana-ue6qg]

Your color system is great! It’s still difficult to see the difference, which color looks the best... I keep trying and I hope one day it’s gonna be easy :)

[@Vivi-sn1wp]

I love love your videos they help to understand undertones and the 4 seasons color analysis more clearly! This is just a random idea but you should do a video doing color analysis on the Disney princesses! That be so cute, even none princess characters too like Esmeralda or Meg from Herucles :D

[@SueRosalie]

don't be absurd

[@arachnid33]

Yes! I am a cool bright undertone. I could never find a yellow that looked great on me. I used to say my best "yellow" was chartreuse (which is arguably green). Even so it wasn't as good as Mint or periwinkle on me. What's the point of dressing in our colour palette, if not to find our absolute best colours? Since discovery your channel I've been able to do much more online shopping and been able to be more focused and less overwhelmed when shopping in person. I love how you use actual art colour theory, instead some over complicated system. Love your videos!