Why Do I Look Bad in BOTH Warm and Cool Colors?? Here's Why.

If you've ever tried the self-diagnosis tests of finding your seasonal colors, the first step is to always see if you look better in warm or cool colors, right? BUT! Have you found that you look equally good or bad in BOTH?? Let's talk about what ELSE you need to actually consider in order to truly find your season!
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[@TakaiDesu]

I look bad on both because Im light olive 🤣 Some tips to my fellow girls: - Dark red lipstick with lots of blue like burgundy or wine look better - Nude lipstick doesn’t work - peachy blush but don’t wear orange or yellows! - pastels like pastel pink or lavender, mint makes you look more green and washed out - dark colors like dark purple, Navy, or pure colors like white, cream (not too warm) , fucsia, wine, burgundy, military (cool and dark) green, look AMAZING on us!!!

[@mimvlog3236]

Wow, you just described me to a T!

[@berlineczka]

I'm a light warm olive and some of your best choices look terrible on me :D - dark red lipstick or cool toned ones is true for me too (Ruby Woo is my best red), but I have to have them mat to not overpower me. If I want to go more purple, then CT Viva la Vergara is great. - nude lipstick does work but you have to go in the darker nudes for your match. I am at the NC15 level in MAC, and my nude lipsticks are the ones tailored towards medium-tan range. Granted, I also have naturally dark lip pigmentation, but this is what works for me. No pale corpse-y tones for me. - I can wear well almost all types of blush except of cool powdery pink and cool mauves. My best matches for natural look are bronzer-blushers, though. - ALL pastels look terrible on me, but true, pale violets like lavender or periwinkle are the worst of them. Lime is just next to it. But I also look bad in all whites, creams, beiges, khaki. Greys and cool greens are the terrible too. - Dark(ish) muted colours that are neutral or leaning slightly warm are my best friends. Fire brick, burgundy, plum, barn red, maroon, navy (the more neutral one without a purple hint), anthracite (i.e. almost black grey), warm blacks, rich chocolate brown, warmer dark greens like bottle or forest green and warm lighter greens (like grass green), stormy or darker steel grey-blues. I can also wear mustardy yellows well if they are saturated and not almost-white. My absolutely best colour is petrol.

[@HaHaHaLMFAOtv]

Exactly! except I'm still going to wear my lavender colors haha

[@anacristinamoura881]

Light olive here too!😂😂

[@donnadrane4977]

I don’t know. I’m light olive skin tone with dark brown hair and eyes. I think I look good in both warm and cool colors. I was previously determined to be a winter.

[@x_A_B_x]

Omg and all these years I had wondered why every color looked off on me. In my case the intensity of the color was way more important than the hue itself. What an eye opening video!

[@stylerefinement]

I'm glad you found the video refreshing and helpful! :D

[@jackie_nicole]

Yes! I too had the same revelation! I kept getting stuck between SA and SS for literal years, because warm and cool are equally fine on me. But, this is only true if the color is muted and low-low medium contrast. I've spent SO much money trying to figure out why I didn't "fit" into a certain seasonal box by trying new clothes or new makeup. Im so so hyped I found this video ahhhhh

[@Juli_a.a.]

@@stylerefinement, you’re Wonderful.

[@ST52655]

@@jackie_nicoleSame

[@realSimoneCherie]

Temperature is just one aspect of color and people are so obsessed with it! It’s temperature, clarity and depth that inform our overall appearance. Most of us only LEAN cool or warm but it’s the value of a color or the softness or vibrancy of a color that make us look good or bad.

[@stylerefinement]

Agreed! :)

[@kimberlyperrotis8962]

This explains why the professional color analyst initially struggled in determining whether I’m warm or cool, my dominant characteristic is Soft. I’m a Soft Summer, but can wear some Soft Autumn colors, too. So long as the colors are soft, light to medium intensity and neutral to cool, they work fine. The worst colors for me are bright, very warm or very dark ones.

[@ernestonunez2400]

I really like the seasonal color videos , there's a million channels about this but honestly you are one of those channels that explains the information the best😊❤🎉

[@stylerefinement]

Thank you so much for the compliment! ❤ Another color video coming next week too :D

[@ernestonunez2400]

​@@stylerefinementgreat,and you are very welcome

[@curious_soul7]

I agree. Have seen many videos and explanations but this one gives more clarity. Thank you!

[@Leticia_b_ceratti]

True! Jenn is The best 😊!!!

[@sciencenotstigma9534]

Yes! Many U.S. color analysts are very adamant that everyone is either more Warm or more Cool. I have some things in common with Olives, because I’m a very fair redhead. There are some redheads who are fully warm and, I’ve heard, a few who are cool. However, many, like me, are somewhere in the middle and can play it up either way, like many Olives can. That’s because we have far more pheomelanin (produces yellow, pink, red) than eumelanin (produces beige, tan, brown, black). Like me, many reds have the very warm yellow/red (shades of orange) hair, but pink/red under the skin, which color analysis says is cool. However, our freckles add warmth. We are usually bright and high chroma (though only the darker reds are high contrast). Within our subtype (usually Light or Bright, but all are possible), we combined temperature redheads can usually pull off powder blue, light purples and pinks (cool) and yellow greens, grass greens, light/bright olive, blue -green, warm or cool reds and yellows…the whole gamut, although some have trouble with very warm or very cool colors. On me, the more neutral colors, in temperature, look best. Neutral temp = coral (pink plus orange), mint, blue greens, butter/daffodil yellow, salmon, and other colors midway between Warm and Cool. Still, the dominant color analysis theory holds that no one, or almost no one, is truly neutral. I am considered Warm-Neutral (typed as Light/Bright Spring), because of my warm hair eyes and freckles, though my skin has what are usually called cool undertones and a yellowish/peachy skin tone. It’s just not pigmented enough pigment to change my blush to peach or bronze, so the effect is pretty neutral skin. If there are Warm and Cool people, logically speaking, there should also be neutral people and people at every point on the spectrum. What do you think? P.S. Thankfully, tonal theory says that temperature is not everyone’s dominant trait, so that does account for many of us neutral types.

[@lemmings6516]

I feel like as an olive skinned person the hue of your best colours should reflect the warm-cool balance of your specific olive. I am a slightly warm learning pale Olive with a little more yellow than blue. For me colours work best that reflect that. Like petrol: a green with a tad of blue. Or plum: a red with a tad of blue. Being a little soft I also benefit from every colour being a bit muddy, it doesn’t really need to be super greyed out but the colour should be ambiguous, i should not be able to say „it’s a green!“ it should be „is it green or brown or grey?“ „is it a yellow, a brown or a green?“ „is it a red a brown or a purple?“ also patterns with contrast in itself work super well, contrast is even more important in winter when my skin is pale. Dark colours look stunning, regardless of their temperature, as long as they are a little muted they are fine . Patterns can also be in a mix of a cool and a warmer colour. It looks amazing. I got a pullover in dark green, navy and mustard yellow and it looks so in harmony. I feel that for olives tan does matter more than for others. When I am tanned softness becomes more important and contrast and warmth become less important. In Summer i wear soft autumn and soft summer colours very well, which in winter does not work at all. I’d say my home palette is deep autumn(/deep soft winter)and depending on my level of tan I can go into soft autumn and soft summer very easily.

[@stylerefinement]

Such a detailed explanation - thank you!! I agree with you 100% abiyt the colors being somewhat ambiguous ❤ I find that when I tan I'm actually able to wear brighter/clearer colors better as opposed to soft/muted colors!

[@kn803x]

I second this. I’m a very cool olive. Olive is an overtone, not an undertone 😢

[@unwindknitting]

I love this video. I find color analysis so confusing, but the explanation of olive skin and warm/cool colors was a lightbulb moment. I've settled on dark autumn for me but can wear some cooler (not too cool) colors. I love that there are no hard and fast rules and that everyone has a little bit different framework.

[@stylerefinement]

I'm glad you liked the video Stephanie ❤❤❤ There really is no reason to box ourselves into a season as long as we know what works / doesn't work with our skin!

[@LeiaThePrincess1]

Everyone is unique. Of course we are closer to some season type, but everything depends on an exact shade.

[@delilahdelaney]

This video was made for me. I'm pale with medium golden brown hair. I could never figure out my season. I look horrible in pale colors (warm or cool) and look best in things like navy, burgundy, burnt orange, cobalt, warm and cool greens. I think I may have an olive undertone.

[@stylerefinement]

Check out my Olive Skin video if you haven't already ❤

[@bibliophilelady6106]

I could have written this comment. Pastels are the enemy, but deep, saturated warm and cool colors are both friendly. I am still not sure what that makes us though. 😂

[@maritta2504]

​@@bibliophilelady6106I feel like I am totally the same! Though I just have yellow undertones I think, not olive skin. I still can't place myself on that wheel 😂. All I know is that I look good in rich jewel tones, but pastells are a no no 😄

[@violetviolet888]

@@bibliophilelady6106 It makes you neutral bright.

[@rhondapelletier2141]

@@bibliophilelady6106SAME!!!

[@Cyrill15]

Very fascinating analysis! It took me decades to work out what colours suit me, as I am all contradictions. I have dark blonde hair, pale skin and blue eyes. I look terrible in pastels, deep jewel tones and neutrals like beige and grey. Cool colours look best, but I can only wear foundation with neutral rather than pink undertones. I look great in mauve/lilac, emerald green, white and black. I can't wear navy, but I can wear cool brown/bronze/taupe only if it is a medium value. I can wear silver and rose gold jewellery. It's been a challenging journey.

[@sussie9895]

Ugh, wish I found this video sooner!! I agree so much with everything you said, and finally I have an explanation for why I don't seem to fit into any single season. For me, the closest season is Deep Autumn, but somehow I look best in cool-ish (but not too cool, more muted) makeup. Very warm makeup looks horrible on me.

[@stylerefinement]

You're probably sitting closer to the Deep Winter (like in between Deep Autumn and Deep Winter) than to the True Autumn! :)

[@Essensify-w3e]

@@stylerefinement that's exactly what i was going to say. I just discovered I am Deep/Dark winter and can borrow from dark autumn a bit. Go to Spice Market Colour...Discover...and read up on Dark winter. I resonated so well! I find I look best in Jewel colors. I'm 58 and it's so exciting! I always thought I was an Autumn and am realizing that although skin-tone wise, I can get away with it...but the brightness of the Deep Winter colors brings me to life.

[@JC-yc8wg]

Thank you Jenn for this video! Im also a warm olive. I have discovered that I can wear cool reds, but I look horrible in cool pinks and purples. They really bring out the green in my skin🤢I prefer warm, deep and slightly soften colors on me, because they help to warm up my complexion without making me look like I have jaundice 😂

[@stylerefinement]

That's me! Cool pink & purples are my absolute wrost colors lol

[@tntl7]

I like your nuanced take on colour analysis and treating it as a spectrum, feels very realistic! I had a similar but opposite realisation to yours about my colours:) light-dark contrast looks bad on me (and light colours in general look bad), but I feel like my best outfits have a warm-cool contrast (like deep blue with some bright warm red). So for me the softness is in the lack of value contrast but the colours themselves work better on me when bright and contrasting, if that makes any sense:D

[@MissJensk1]

This makes perfect sense to me. It explains why I never quite fit those categories. I think I'm a *soft* summer/autumn. And it kinda fits what is in my wardrobe.

[@stylerefinement]

I'm glad the video helped!

[@mirasaku4039]

thank you so much for this video! it was so very badly needed on social media -- where temperature seems to be the prioritized trait and the other traits are secondary in general!

[@stylerefinement]

I'm glad you found the video helpful! ❤❤❤

[@hdshjs]

I'm a soft summer from your analysis. And I realized it by seeing my favorite colours. As you say seeing pictures of myself does give me this impression. I have porcelain skin with bluish undertones, brown eyes, but I tan easily and have a golden tan afterwards. I always liked soft pinkish bordo, dark pinkish champagne, fort lila and violet, muted greyish turquoise and muted colours in general. When I was younger I would choose black, dark violet, bordo, now I lean more into lighter colours but they need the extra darker accent to not look dull on me. Great video, very accurate.

[@stylerefinement]

You could also be a Deep Summer if you need that extra darkness!

[@eliquinta]

Really interesting! I am a redhead (warm, bright red hair) with cooler skin. I find that my important characteristic is clarity; I suit bright colors infinitely better than muted. But warm or cool colors equally suit me. I use colors from both bright winter and bright spring palettes. :)

[@brooker.b.nelson7777]

This is where I am with my 2 year old red head. He looks bad in completely warm colors. His skin turns yellow with true spring and orange and ruddy with true autumn. I’m leaning towards Bright Spring for him. But Bright Winter is not bad, I think it just drains him slightly. Excited to find another red head with similar coloring. I’ve been having the toughest time finding his colors since he was born. Most people automatically put red heads into the True Warm seasons based off of the overtone instead of undertones.

[@Julia29853]

My coloring is somewhat similar but with dark brown auburn instead of bright red, and I think for me, my colors that work are opposite. I think redhead coloring is the hardest to figure out for sure because most of us are a mix of seasons. Ive found colors that make my complexion glow, do nothing for my hair and eyes. 🤔

[@MillieMaa]

i@@Julia29853 it might get easier when your hair starts to gray/whiten, maybe you'll naturally gravitate to cooler tones. I was a natural bright redhead and I have neutral/warm (not olive, but kind of sallow) very fair skin and hazel brown eyes, and deep/bright autumn colors (royal and other warm bright blues, olive, warm greens, warm chocolate browns) as well as certain soft autumn colors (rose-mauve, mustard, warm charcoal gray) are the best for me, and with makeup I can pull off black (my hair/skin have a nice bright contrast to the black). I'm almost 50% gray/white, and when I don't dye my hair (right now it's the perfect shade, almost like what my hair used to be - a bright warm auburn with no cool tones) I look completely washed out and sallow. I'm not looking forward to when I let go of dying my hair as it will really mean having to re-do a lot of my color sense. I'll probably wind up being a decidedly soft autumn, which is a bummer (eg no more dramatic contrasts, which I love). Thanks Jen for your deep dives into color and makeup types - so helpful.

[@alexis101107]

My husband is the same! Red hair with cool/neutral pale skin and he can pull off highlighter neon colors and look effortless, typically regardless of undertone, but bright spring is really the best overall when looking for neutrals due to his warm hair and bright blue-green eyes :)

[@martina_laray]

I have the opposite problem! My natural hair color is a very ashy dark blonde but my skin has a warm undertone. I have always added golden highlights to my hair to make my look more cohesive. I suppose my hair does naturally appear more golden with a little sun anyway, but it's still a strange combination of tones.

[@victoriagarcesmua]

This resonates a lot with me, I lean towards cooler colors but I have some olive undertones as well. I look best in dark colors but not bright colors because I have softer features! Thanks for the insight!

[@stylerefinement]

I'm glad you found the video relatable! :D

[@violetviolet888]

Sounds like you have a muted cool-olive undertone

[@SueRosalie]

no, olive is an overtone not an undertone.

[@seemakazmi965]

Some of the issues arise from saturation - muted colours can make olive tones look washed out. I find the deepest but bright, most saturated cool colours are most flattering.

[@stylerefinement]

I think it depends on the olive! There are olives that look better in muted than saturated too :)

[@ivasbilic]

​@@stylerefinementYes! Pale olive here, muted colors are the only ones that look good on me.

[@violetviolet888]

@seemakazmi965 "muted colours can make olive tones look washed out". No, there are muted olives (you are a bright olive) just as there are warm olives and cool olives.

[@seemakazmi965]

Point taken - just shows how complicated it is to find colours that suit us! Hence the need for so many different colours! I have to wait until my flattering colours and styles are in vogue! @@violetviolet888

[@carlamattei7276]

I believe I have fair olive skin, but I feel that darker, brighter colors tend to look better on me. Lipstick, for example, has to have an extra shine, otherwise it won't work! The fact that I have hazel eyes that pull green and skin with a certain pink also helps with that! You could make a video showing who looks best in neutral colors and colorful colors or a mix of them!

[@stylerefinement]

Thank you for the suggestion! Let me add it to my topics list :)

[@violetviolet888]

It means you have fair skin with a bright olive undertone. However you didn't indicate if you are cool or warm. Would you look better in warm or cool colors?

[@carlamattei7276]

@@violetviolet888 More in cool colors!

[@SueRosalie]

"fair olive" is a contradiction. You can't have both. Fair skin is the very white blue/pinkish skin of English/Irish/Scottish ancestry, that freckles and burns easily. Pretty much the opposite of olive skin. What you are probably trying to say is light olive skin. Tip: all olive skin falls into the Winter palettes. Tip #2 hazel eyes can belong to any of the seasons, eye colour is not linked to skin types.

[@violetviolet888]

@@SueRosalie Incorrect. Anyone of any skin value (lightness/darkenss porcelain to deep black) can absolutely have an *olive undertone*. Ask anyone who is fair with an olive undertone. I can assure you they exist.

[@gracemaple1060]

This is a great video! I am similar to you in that colors being high contrast is the most important characteristic, but since my skin is so pale, I don't get the same contrast from white as you do so I generally need a dark color somewhere in my outfit. I thought for the longest time that I was primarily muted, because super bright colors like neons looked so terrible on me, but I realized through your earlier videos that a dark saturated color like deep red actually looked amazing on me in comparison to grayed out mid toned colors. If I had to pick a season, dark/deep autumn would be my choice, but like you said, warmth is not that important, since one of my best colors is actually navy blue.

[@stylerefinement]

I'm glad you were able to find your colors through my earlier videos ❤❤❤

[@karleejames3717]

The the same exact way! Being quite pale, the brighter colors not giving as much of a contrast makes a huge difference. I always find myself going for very and saturated dark colors frequently! I used to self tan and it definitely opened up my wardrobe to lighter colors! So cool!

[@sciencenotstigma9534]

@@karleejames3717. Yes! I’m a Strawberry haired Spring with very fair , neutral skin. I can’t wear Warm Spring, but I can’t wear the lighter Light Spring colors either, despite my light red hair, because I cannot tan. My hair is high chroma and my eyes are a vivid dark Olive with gold flecks, so they create enough contrast with my skin to wear the more classic, crayon colors (green, red, yellow, royal blue, etc.). However, I can’t wear the neon, or nearly neon colors. That seems to require more darkness, like the pastel colors do. I can wear light, bright colors…just not pastels or neons, of any shade. I think there are some fair-skinned people who may be able to wear neon, with the thicker pigment layer often found in Winters that creates a stark white skin tone. I have a very thin pigment layer, so a lot of ruddiness shows through, which looks ridiculous with neon.

[@patriciaedlr]

The system is a guide for a personalized palette. I really love this video because it’s realistic. Thank you Jenn ❤

[@stylerefinement]

You're welcome ❤ Yes the system is only meant to be used as a guide, but I see so many people expect very concrete rules and palettes that apply for each season and being frustrated about it!

[@ash9688]

Thank you for this video!! Everything in this covered all my conclusions about my own skin tone. I look better in muted and dark tones but just wearing muted colours washes me out and just wearing dark looks too much on me. Deep winter/autumn suits me best but sometimes can be too heavy on me and temperature doesn't matter but warm colors make me a bit yellow. I felt super confused and lost cause it didn't make sense and your video really validated my own conclusions on my skin and made me feel a little less crazy haha.

[@stylerefinement]

I'm so glad you found the video helpful and it provided some clarity for you! ❤

[@sciencenotstigma9534]

That’s the hardest part about finding your color season, subtype and palette…feeling crazy! I often feel crazy, because I have Warm red hair and green/gold eyes, but my pinkish/red undertone is described as unequivocally cool. Yet, my skin tone is yellow/peach and freckle are warm. What am I? I was determined to be between Light and Bright Spring, but I can’t wear the warmest Spring colors and can wear the bright Summer colors. I finally know the palette that works well for me. It’s a Tonal palette, with the brighter Light colors and the lighter Tonal Brights. I was typed as Spring, but can’t wear the warmer Spring colors. They bring out my hair and eyes, but I look like a ghost 👻

[@Julia29853]

@@sciencenotstigma9534 we mixed warm/ cool redheads are the most challenging! ( often very cool undertones , fair skin value, with warm surface or tan freckles, brown or gold eyes with green and either darker auburn ( so high contrast) or golden strawberry blond, we just really don’t fit into a typical season. I think redheads should have a totally different system than the 4 seasons

[@Zorriel]

I love when I'm watching your videos and I just give an audible "ohhhhh" everything makes sense !

[@stylerefinement]

❤❤❤

[@ZackRekeSkjell]

Temperature was my biggest hurdle with colour analysis, and I was convinced I was Light Spring before I was types professionally as a Light Summer. It is only when I get to the autumn colours or warmest of the spring colours I really see how bad warmth can look on me. But I think white is absolutely awful on me and completely drains all colour from my complexion. I believe it’s the clarity of white that doesn’t work, but I wear loads of ivory as my lightest basic.

[@robinboyko2080]

This makes SO MUCH SENSE! I was recently typed by a House of Colour consultant, and she had the hardest time ever deciding if I looked best in the muted drapes of autumn or summer. She landed on summer, and some of those colors look good on me. HOC consultants are taught to put bold lipstick and blush on everyone, and it does nothing for me, even though it's in my season. It just makes me look like the lipstick is wearing me. I've always preferred more muted makeup. So your thoughts about soft summer and soft autumn working for me make a lot of sense when it comes to how I can wear colors from both those seasons but not bright colors from my own season.

[@stylerefinement]

I'm glad you found the video helpful! ❤

[@t3m077]

Im a natural redhead and I always found that slightly warm toned purples and deep reds did more for me than greens and blues (colors that people say redheads should wear). I don't think I'm particularly cool toned (I have a yellowish undertone to my skin) but bright warm and cool colors both make me look sick. Blue grey and forest green both look great on me because they're more muted. I also have grey eyes so my eyes aren't getting overwhelmed by the color. I tend to go for neutrals for everyday wear but when I do wear color it's never bright or intense.

[@BerryTerry2014]

Appreciate this video! I’ve learned I can wear both warm and cool colors so long as they’re soft and muted with a bit of contrast but overly bright or dark colors can look harsh on me 🙌

[@stylerefinement]

I'm glad you liked the video! I'm similar to you but lean more towards dark ❤

[@Snowystardust12]

A personal palette makes total sense. It may seem like more work to figure out ones personally palette, but I’ve wasted years trying to make myself fit into fixed categories, with no success, and lots of wasted money. Your ideas and suggestions are really helpful, especially the process of elimination. Thank you@

[@stylerefinement]

You're very welcome! Glad it was helpful ❤

[@Annie-j1v]

This video describes my situation perfectly. I’ve frustrated myself trying the linear way. So much more clear now. Thank you! (I need to keep it soft and muted in either the warm or cool color I choose to wear.)

[@stylerefinement]

I'm glad you resonated with the video! ❤

[@HarmonyLotus]

This is a really good video. Clears things up for me. I believe I was a deep winter when I was younger and had naturally jet black (almost blue-black) hair. Now I have salt and pepper / grey hair. The soft winter palette definitely suits me better now.

[@stylerefinement]

I'm glad you liked the video ❤❤❤

[@sciencenotstigma9534]

I have never heard of Soft Winter. Is that in a more expanded system, or do you mean what they call Cool Winter? I’ve noticed it has more light colors than other Winter palettes.

[@HarmonyLotus]

@@sciencenotstigma9534 It is really difficult to find a palette for soft winter online. I've seen that some stylists have a 16 season colour analysis and Soft Winter seems to be part of that. I just know that pure black looks a bit harsh on me now (before it looked amazing, one of my best colours along with royal or navy blue). Now I find I need to add a lighter colour alongside it to soften it. But I know I'm definitely not a summer - they are too muted and without enough contrast for me.

[@violetviolet888]

@@sciencenotstigma9534 As explained in the video, softer means more grey is in the hue.

[@daffodil1017]

This is exactly what I've been looking for 💕. I consider myself neutral undertones, maybe a touch cool-leaning, and it's extra hard as I have chronic illness and often look sickly so a colour that suits me on a good day looks awful on a bad day! Knowing about the saturation and tone aspects resonates heaps with me, I'll definitely be thinking about that more now that you've articulated it so well!

[@stylerefinement]

I'm glad you found the video relatable and helpful ❤❤❤

[@Seoulsearch616]

I love how unique your videos are and that you understand how touchy color can really be. I am trying to find a plumberry blush. It can't have too much red or brown or it looks like I have dirt on my cheeks! I love that you understand how hard it really is to find our colors. 🥰

[@stylerefinement]

I know the feeling when what seems like a tiny difference to the eye makes a huge difference when you actually apply it on your skin!!

[@nickyonstilts128]

You might try looking at ULTA's own brand of Flushed Blush in the shade "Pink with Envy." It's a dark pink color, similar to Lancome's Aplum.

[@Seoulsearch616]

@@nickyonstilts128 Thanks very much! 🌹

[@nebeltopf7180]

I'm a spring and can look good in some cool colors like baby blue or icy grey especially when a little tan. We can tend to be very fair with yellow or peach undertones and some cool tones can contrast that nicely. Get a little tan and try on cool light greys and light blues - so so nice!

[@lilcurlyclouds]

This is SO helpful!!! Thank you! I have been spiraling around the color wheel and this video finally made me realize BRIGHT is the most important

[@sparkleparticle]

Fantastic video, THANK YOU! I'm in the same spot as you--I'm a light olive in between Dark Winter and Dark Autumn (but not veering too far into either) and also need a bit of softness. The mid-tone meh and why bright lipsticks look too intense on me finally make sense! No wonder even the grey I prefer is more of a darker grey.

[@stylerefinement]

Yay skin twinss ❤❤❤ I'm glad you liked the video!

[@Julia29853]

I have very pale, cool skin but warm dark auburn hair, golden brown eyes with a bit of green flecks, and neutral/warm tan freckles. Very contrasting colors with the pale skin and dark hair. Cool underneath but warm surface. I am definitely a mix and have always had a hard time finding my colors. One thing I know for sure is that pale pastels look horrible on me. White makes me look like a ghost, cream not much better. In summer I can get away with aqua but thats about it. Ive always felt more comfortable in darker, richer colors, but not absolutely pure “jewel” tones. And definitely cant just wear all autumn colors as I was told when I was younger. Would love to see that mix analyzed, a lot of redheads actually have this cool/warm mix. I seem to veer towards non primary colors, plum or burgundy, periwinkle or teal not pure blue. Its all so interesting!

[@stylerefinement]

It sounds like contrast is very important for you, and colors of low value (with a lot of black added to pure colors) is the most important characteristic! I wonder how you do with soft colors that contain a lot of gray (like Soft Autumn / Soft Summer colors)?

[@Julia29853]

@@stylerefinement I can wear some but not all, a can wear a soft denim blue if a mid tone but not too pale. I dont see the other “greyed” tones very often so havent tried very many. Definitely not greyed out and light.

[@0mfgeeze]

This was the most in-depth easy to understand video I have seen on color theory, and I've watched A-lot.

[@stylerefinement]

Thank you for the compliment! I'm glad you found the video informative :)

[@jessienpa]

Wow you explained this so well, great job and thank you! I go back and forth between thinking I’m bright spring or bright winter all the time, but definitely muted colors look the worst on me.

[@stylerefinement]

I'm glad you liked the explanations! As long as you know that bright colors suit you the best and clarity of the colors is the most important to you that's all that matters :D

[@thaisarvelos1]

I have olive skin as well and to me I look bad in most colors 😅 even makeup, most foundations look off, so I prefer not to wear them, most lipsticks look grey, 90% of my wardrobe is black or jeans

[@esthers.5364]

True for me 😂 I also have a problem with jewelry... I feel like I look bad in both silver and gold

[@irsprst]

Hey! I‘m olive too and felt the same way. I now have the theory, that all types of reds, oranges and pinks bring out the green in our skin - since they’re opposite on the colour wheel. You can therefore try greens, blues and yellows. I found that these cancel out the green and bring out the (little 😅) pink, orange or lilac in my skin. Let me know if that works for you as well! :) x

[@esthers.5364]

@@irsprst I like your theory!! That may explain why I feel like color pink make me look "shrek", but olive green or mint green actually suits me.

[@stylerefinement]

The fact that you feel at ease in black could also indicate that depth of color is important for you! :D

[@stylerefinement]

Could also be the texture of the jewelry that you don't find looks good (if it's too shiny for example)!

[@Academic9999]

Try My Color Style. She would call what you are Deep Soft Cool, I believe. I like how she (also a Jen!) breaks down the color variables into three, but different than the seasonal analysis, which can be confusing. I also learned from Merriam Style how adding black to anything cools it down, which is why deeper colors are also cooler no matter their undertone in their true value form (so this is why deep winters can also wear some of deep autumn).

[@stylerefinement]

That's a really good point about black cools down any color!

[@Me-xo5tw]

Surely black doesn’t cool down an already cool colour like blue?

[@vivirodriguezc]

I'm fair warm olive and as most olives, cool and warm colors look both good on me. This video helped me a lot. I know I'm within the autumn season, but was struggling to define the subseason 'cause eventhough I have contrast in my features (dark green eyes, dark brown hair with warm natural highlights and very light skin), it leans more towards the mid range and is not as high to be a dark winter, but my skin isn't rich enough to be a dark autum. Today I tried the value test you suggested and I definetly need some contrast in my clothes and makeup but with a touch of softness due to my mid contrast. I think I might be in between dark autumn and winter, as you are. P.S: I also realized my wardrobe and makeup is mostly dark autumn/winter colors, that might mean something.

[@stylerefinement]

I think that looking at what you own in your closet / makeup is such a great idea because we subconsciously are drawn to colors that make us feel the best! :D

[@madisonshepard7947]

Exactly my color combo for my features!

[@aybuke123]

Omg I can't thank you enough for this video. I learned about the color theory more than a year ago and I've been trying to find my undertone and season ever since. I couldn't tell if I was warm or cool with any method I tried, so I decided that I am neutral. But I couldn't find my season because I thought undertone was the first step and I got overwhelmed and even stopped trying. Until this video! Now I'm thinking that maybe I could be a "soft winter." Thank you so much Jenn! 🥰

[@stylerefinement]

I'm glad you found the video helpful! :)

[@owendavian]

Jenn, I found your channel yesterday and I'm binge watching all the videos. Your explanations make so much sense and are better than anything I ever watched/read about color palettes, facial features, etc. I already changed my eyebrows shape and got bangs, haha 😅

[@stylerefinement]

Welcome to the channel ❤❤❤ I'm glad my content is of help to you :D

[@UseLess_dk]

Loved this video!! This pretty much explains The Tonal system analysis 🙌🏼 thanks so much for putting it so clearly!

[@stylerefinement]

I'm glad you found it helpful! :)

[@viviannvibes3869]

Best explanation of colour analysis ever!! Thank you

[@stylerefinement]

I'm glad you think so! Thank you ❤

[@linaindriksone2120]

I tried so hard to determine my season. Allways thought that I'm neutral, but in every video they say that you have to be warm or cool. Now I understand that softness is the thing to pay attention to. Thank you.

[@edwardhisse2687]

They always say "Choose the one that minimises your under eye circles" Not one color under the sun can minimise the babies lmao.

[@laurasmith6933]

I tend to go by what makes my lips look healthier. If I wear colours that are wrong for me, they look washed out. When I wear colours that look good on me, they’re more peachy-pink.

[@stylerefinement]

I agree with both - the blue tones show up in both my under eyes and lips when I wear colors that are too cool on me!

[@suek7086]

Some days no color helps and I can put on enough make up to look like an elderly street walker and it still won’t help. I have wallpaper paste complexion with bunny eyes ( my daughters description.)

[@joanbaczek2575]

@@stylerefinementfunny my under eyes are dark bluish yet as an autumn I was told to wear navy blue 🤦🏾‍♀️ proof the color thing must be bs money grab fad

[@joycathryn]

Thanks for the fresh logical perspectives. So needed! I struggle so much with this. I’m medium dark olive, and none of the primary characteristics seem to work for me. I *think* that actually I am most sensitive to temperature, but not ‘has to be warm’ or ‘has to be cool’ - for me it has to be close to neutral. Too warm, terrible. Too cool, terrible. They have to be in the spectrum between perfectly neutral and, say, halfway between neutral and either totally warm or totally cool. The more neutral the better. Those tones can be anywhere between light and dark and also anywhere from muted to bright and they look great on me. And by neutral I mean neutral in temperature, not classic neutrals. Pure grey is a really cool color, and I do not look good in it. (Shudder). Bright pinky peach is a pretty neutral color.. Taupe? Chef’s kiss. It can be hard to distinguish between ‘neutral in temperature’ and ‘muted’. They’re not the same thing. Especially, muted warm colors can seem close to neutral when they’re really not. Muted pumpkin and that warm beige you demonstrated? Terrible. This is kind of a book, but it took me so long, I hope it helps someone. I’m curious if it’s something you’ve come across?

[@PanarchyInTheUK]

Thank you for this, yours is the first video I've seen on colour analysis that has made this point that warm/cool may not be the most important distinction.

[@ReiKennex]

This!!!! All of this!!! Spent so much time trying to type myself and find that perfect palette just to realize none of the standard approaches work. I was so frustrated! And you show up like some kind of a fairy and present the answer that noone else could. I also watched your video on olive skin - and you seriously are the best in this. You look beyond the standard knowledge and take it to the next level. And I'm so inspired to review my colors now that I understand them. I can't thank you enough for your insights!

[@stylerefinement]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@florenna]

I know I'm most sensitive to value of colour, meaning dark colours are best and light ones generally bad; with brightness I'm somewhere in the middle, so both too soft and too bright are bad. As you described, temperature is not as important to me, though some colours are clearly too cool or too warm :) So it's obvious I'm one of the Dark seasons, just not entirely sure which one (though my natural colouring isn't that dark, per se). :)

[@Fernandanatac]

I am shooked because I think I have the exact the “issue” as you (in which I need overall contrast with a little bit of softness). Neutral/olive skin. Typed as a deep autumn but doesn’t feel like it fits perfectly. I didn’t know exactly what the issue was but now that saw the video I know I finally know! Thank you!

[@g3andrea]

You nailed it again, Jenn! I have cool undertones with a golden tanned surface color. Deep Winter is my best season. Soft or muted doesn't work very well for me, but I can borrow some of the purples and blue/teals from Deep Autumn...even some browns. I can wear black and more saturated or vivid colors, but not red. Additionally, I look horrible with red on my lips! I realize that I look better with a more neutral color on my lips because of the prominent, rounded, tip of my nose (like SJP or Julia Roberts) thanks to your videos!

[@stylerefinement]

Thanks Andrea! YES red lips is not only about colors but also about your features ❤ So all things are considered hollistically!

[@clarity1984]

Wow, this is the video I was needing! I was so confused, believing I had "changed seasons" (when all stylist say seasons never change). That was cause I felt equally towards how I looked in cool and warm colors - provided they were bright. Now you've made me understand temperature is not the decisive factor for me. Thank you so much!

[@stylerefinement]

I'm glad you found the video helpful! ❤

[@OyVeyLala]

This is such a great and helpful video. Very easy to understand. I was always told I was an autumn because I have hazel-green eyes but now that I have gray hair it's so much more obvious to me that I'm a soft, and both soft autumn and summer work for me.

[@natashasfranco]

That was really helpful! Definitely my most important aspect is the brightness of the colors. I noticed that I can wear both bright winter and bright spring quite well, the temperature definitely doesn't have a big impact on me. ❤

[@stylerefinement]

I'm glad you found the video helpful! ❤❤❤

[@northwoodfalls1403]

Fantastic. Explains why I do well with both Bright Winter and Bright Spring colours. I knew intuitively that the temperature was not the most important element of the colour for me but thought maybe I was missing something. Also explains why, in the past, I have been assessed as both a warm and a cool season by diff seasonal colour analysts. You do the best explanations of these concepts I’ve seen. ❤

[@stylerefinement]

Thank you for the compliment - I'm glad you found the video helpful! ❤

[@silvunich]

Best video of color analysis ever! Seriously! 🫶🫶🫶👌👌👌💜💜💜🙏🏻😊☀️ Best wishes and greetings from Portugal

[@stylerefinement]

Wow thank you so much for the compliment! ❤❤❤

[@imagease]

Well done. Such a great way to look at the seasons in a more sophisticated way. I had finally just figured out that I needed DEEP colors and I could cheat a little between autumn and winter deep- now I see why!

[@stylerefinement]

Glad you liked the video! ❤

[@justynakavi407]

Great video. I was analyzed as true summer but I look good in a lot of spring or winter colors. I honestly wear what I want, just avoiding bright warm colors. With makeup it's easy to make colors you like work for you.

[@cassie8214]

I’ve just had my first big eureka moment in quite some time thanks to this video. So thank you! The black-gray-white was perfect. As someone who was stuck on the warm/cool question for years (figured out last year finally) I really appreciate you bringing this up in general.

[@stylerefinement]

I'm glad you found the video helpful! ❤❤❤

[@kayelle8005]

THANK YOU. No one has ever explained this and it makes so much sense. I can’t wear white at all but I can wear colours across a number of seasons. Now I know why.

[@stylerefinement]

I’m glad you found the video helpful!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@kathleentomajan7561]

What a great video! I suppose I’m fortunate with this video having olive skin and that I fall in the deep winter category but feel like I can do the dark autumn as well. I also relate to the comment about wearing black. If I wear a black jacket and top I disappear. If I wear a strapless or sleeveless black top showing more skin or balance with a lighter color it looks so much better. Thanks Jenn!

[@angelrose9117]

That explains a lot. I couldn't understand why so many soft autumn colours suited me as I am a soft winter. I thought the temperature was more important. Thank you.

[@nabilarahim5911]

This video is the missing link that I was looking for. Congratulations to your clear pronounciation. It enabled me as a German to understand the content. Thanks a lot. I send you greetings from Munich ❤

[@stylerefinement]

Aw thank you! I’m glad the video provided clarification for you ❤️❤️❤️

[@cirrusm.2829]

Wow, the thing about medium-value colors being the worst might apply to me as well! My best colors are either dark or light. Grey of medium value being my absolutely worst color lol

[@catherinegilmore2709]

Thank you. Years of trying to figure out where I fit in as a redhead going darker each year I get older; with cool green-grey eyes and small amber sunbursts, and warm undertone complexion with cool pink surface tones has been confusing and expensive. I can wear all the metals for jewelry. And I find I can wear colors from a mix of seasons, warm and cool, provided the brightness and contrast was right. You are my personal style hero for the year. Thank you again for the permission to figuring my own color palette for what works for me.

[@stylerefinement]

AW this is SUCH a sweet comment thank you for this ❤❤❤❤❤

[@juliet8523]

I think clarity then depth then temperature are the most important characteristics on determining what colour looks good on me, thanks for your help!

[@stylerefinement]

Glad it was helpful!

[@magnolia31611]

This actually makes sooo much since to me. I’ve finally determined that I’m a bright spring, but it took me a long time to come to that conclusion. It think the main reason why is because I fall closer to the neutral end of bright spring, and because I happen to have the combination of dark, but very bright brown eyes, and dark brown hair, as well as very pale complexion. It also confused me that I could get away with black and white even if warmer black/brown, or eggshell looked better. For me it’s the bright, highly contrasting colors that matter more than the temperature of the colors. Once too much white, or gray are added to a color it really starts to look off, so grays, pastels, icy colors or neons that have too much white added are my absolute worst colors, and make me look tired, and sickly. I worry more about warm or cool when it comes to makeup, or hair color choices because then you can tell it kind of doesn’t work for me if the colors lean cool rather than neutral/warm. It was really freeing for me to figure all of this out because I didn’t feel like I had to be as picky about the color being warm or cool as long as it was clear and bright when picking out clothes, but I can immediately zero in or what makeup colors will work, and which ones won’t.

[@judithbrighton3040]

This video was so - clarifying, pardon the expression! I'm soft/muted, and those shares with Autumn/Summer have baffled me forever. THANK YOU

[@stylerefinement]

I’m glad you found the video helpful! ❤️

[@cloche-et-chocolat]

Exactly, so long as it's not too muted or too vivid. I'm fairly vivid but not all the way... Like 70% or something. Too muted looks AWFUL but way too vivid looks a bit off. I do have colours that are better or worse on me no matter how saturated but saturation still matters a lot. My daughter would be a bright/vivid winter but borrows from bright spring too. My son's a soft autumn but can borrow soft spring and summer. My husband and I are deep autumns but look good in many deep winter too... however I have more contrast than he does and look good in striped or printed things, not so often in block colours like he does.

[@Applegal06]

I'm light spring, and when I first did my analysis, my expert noticed that I looked brighter in silver than gold, and that I have both blue and green veins 😮 this video is so insightful! So much info and advice packed into less than 20 mins ❤

[@stylerefinement]

Aw thanks! ♥

[@storygirl33]

This is helpful. I was told I was autum as a 5 year old, so my mom dressed me in brown and rust orange until I was old enough to rebell. I mean, what girl wants to only wear brown? It's so dark. I discovered Red looks great on me, but so did dark purple and black. But cream wow. But white is good too. I recently tried a yellow sweater called goldenrod and was shocked, it looked fabulous, as I never thought yellow was my color. So I bought a button up shirt called sunshine. That didn't look bad, but it also did nothing for me either. Now I see now from your video, that the sweater was an autumn yellow and the sunshine shirt a spring yellow. That explains a lot. Black use to look great on me. Now as I get older, it washes me out, causing me to look tired and older. It's interesting how color affects us as we age. The little black dress isn't such a timeless classic as they want us to believe.

[@stylerefinement]

I totally agree with your comment about "the little black dress"! Not to say that you absolutely cannot wear black if you fall into a certain season, but there are so many types of black that we have to consider as well but we're led to believe that all black is supposed to look good on EVERYONE!

[@AutXRose]

I cant even begin to explain how much I needed this video! Thank you so much! Everything was so very well explained!!!

[@stylerefinement]

I'm so glad you found the video helpful! :D

[@MarkytheCat73]

You’re the only person that makes sense on this difficult topic. I almost understand.😮

[@stylerefinement]

Thank you so much!! I'm so glad you found the video helpful

[@SipavinaM]

It's so comforting to watch your videos 😭

[@stylerefinement]

❤️❤️❤️

[@desiecuster4390]

This is really helpful! I didn't understand why I couldn't determine my actual season. But I'm one of those people who look better in soft, muted colors.

[@darlamerrill8052]

Luv your explanations, my skin "pulls" yellow but look better in cool colors😊

[@laurirusso1]

This is why I love dressing according to your energy - like via the Dressing Your Truth method by Carol Tuttle. So liberating!

[@stylerefinement]

I've never heard of it but it looks cool! I'm gonna watch some of her videos now ♥

[@heatherwoods5703]

This was so helpful, thank you! Ellie Jean in England developed her own style roots to reflect one's personal style and then recommends picking the 3 that reflect you the most. Maybe it'll give direction on that end to some of you. 😊

[@stylerefinement]

Yes I have seen her videos about style roots which I thought was quite interesting! ❤

[@nagrabagra4924]

I'm so glad I found this video, I've been looking for info on this. I have a problem...I have central heterochromia. Everything about my coloring - skin, eyes and hair....is all muddy. I look muddy. I can't tell anything about what colors look good on me. The color closest to my pupil in my eye looks like a cool, muted, hazel brown and that is outlined in a very pale cream-yellow that blends out into a bluish- gray in the rest of my Iris...and to make things worse I have golden brown flecks scattered throughout it all. My skin ....I can get really pale white coloring, but yet I brown without burning very easily. I have blue and green veins. My hair has every color in it but no color. I am some kind of dark blond I am told by hair dressers, but I have black hairs with red hairs and platinum blonde hairs. And now that I'm graying....I don't even know what colors those are, cause they are not white white, but rather some weird strange version of white/gray. I don't think I look good in any color. I don't even know what make-up to apply cause it all looks off on me. I want to say that I relate to a soft autumn, but yet I'm not sure....all the pictures and descriptions that I've found on soft autumn, I don't really fit, but it's the closest one to me. I do know that I am muted, soft, what ever I am. There is nothing bright about me. Very plain, dull and no colors really help me with that. Maybe if I watch more of your vids it will help me figuer out more of what my colors are. TY for posting.

[@stylerefinement]

Glad you found the video helpful! ❤❤❤

[@gracie_5]

Thanks to you and color breeze. I have cold undertone and lips, eyeys, but a golden ring and golden hair. The main factor is actually deep on the scale and not pale colors. I could mistype warmer and cooler tones in a second hand as long its not pale, too mute or very light in color. I wear cold dark burgundy and deep lilac or cold tomato red, but a deep green too that looks like warm spring as long its not light or pale Ps: you are a type that would need a more prezise color breeze analysis

[@hettiegrubbs]

Best color analysis I’ve seen. I am definitely going to start taking pictures of myself to help me see what looks best. Thanks for a great video!

[@stylerefinement]

You're welcome! I'm glad you found it helpful ❤

[@nonsequitur5057]

Touché! Finally! I have watched a ton of videos on this and nothing made any sense when I went to use the information. I have an olive complexion and the warm vs cool just didn't work but I noticed that pastels absolutely don't work . . . Thank you!!

[@stylerefinement]

You're so welcome - I'm glad you found it helpful! ♥

[@nonsequitur5057]

🌺

[@realTLC]

Great video. I've always just thought clarity (no grey in the color) is the single most important thing for me across all colors that look decent on me.

[@justlivinglife465]

You clearly know your stuff! I really enjoy your videos 😊

[@aagm.]

This really hit the spot. YT algo and content on point. Been grappling with colour theory ever since seeing a draping video. My first foray was through Modest Man. He brought up two good metrics; tone, and contrast. The a-ha moment was that all colours could be warmer or brighter. So, it wasn't just warm = yellow, but how dark the yellow was. Or rather, how yellow a given colour was. Now there's how white or black it is, and with chroma, there's how grey it is (saturation.) After a lot of deliberation I found myself ditching calling myself simply "warm", and realised that in good lighting, cooler colours were lifting me up. After some struggle, I settled on winter, then cool, then summer, then decided I'm good with all three, but only to certain extents. Now I'm here and I've figured out that my entire face is low contrast, but with my hair, I'm medium value or brightness, in that I'm high contrast between hair and face. I'm fine with any contrast, in that regard, depending on what I want to highlight. White and black for the contrast between my hair and face, medium for my face itself. Same thing with warmth, as mentioned in this video: I can wear either warm or cool, but lean slightly cool. The real kicker is saturation; I get severe disconnect with highly saturated colours. I'm low to medium saturation. That's all I have to really look out for. Slightly cool, low to medium saturation colours. Light or dark depending on my mood. The end? Possibly? 🤪

[@stylerefinement]

I think that you have it all figured out!! No need to know your specific season when you have that much info about the colors that look good on you :D

[@aagm.]

@@stylerefinement Thanks for saying, Jenn. If I was forced to say, I'd settle on Cool, but ever since desaturating the palette manually, given ideal chroma as per this video, it feels so much better. Appreciate the take!

[@heleneaol4695]

Thank you for the video ! I have similar coloring. I don't fall exactly into one category, which used to be quite frustrating. I'm light olive leaning warm, high contrast. The closest season would be Deep autumn but very warm (like orange and yellow) as very cool (like blue) don't look good on me. I've always preferred greens and purples because I'm olive I think. I also look bad in very light colours and come alive in dark colours, medium colours work. Pastels are the worst. And I need softness, which can be confusing because it seems that the darker a color is the softer it gets ? In the end my go-to colours are Soft Black, Burgundy and Olive Green.

[@stylerefinement]

So similar to the colors in my closet haha!

[@sunadesun383]

Brilliant video ❤ I've seen tones and tones of color analysis videos and I can say with confidence that your way of approaching the subject is by far the most interesting and logical. So thank you ❤

[@stylerefinement]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@marinabresler1891]

You restored my hope to find my palette…. Because i always think i dont match any of them!!!! Thats so hard…. I feel the same as you, i look terrible in gray, i am ok in white and black, but better when there is a in between color! My skin is cold ivory but sometimes i feel silver is too much… i am totally lost but you gave me a little hope.

[@stylerefinement]

I'm glad the video was of help to you!

[@musicalfroggy]

This video was perfect and super helpful, thank you!! Love hearing another olive and deep autumn/winter girl trying out different colours and walking us through the process.

[@stylerefinement]

I'm glad you liked the video! ❤

[@banerjeeraka]

I have researched about colour analysis a lot in the past, trained my eyes a lot in the process, would often guess others' seasons accurately but always wondered why the temperature part is not that clear for me & for some people I've seen...untill I watched this video. So thank you so much for explaining this as most of the other colour analysts don't really touch upon this. 😊

[@stylerefinement]

I'm glad you found the video helpful! Thank you for the comment ❤

[@CaitKant]

You really are helping me, so I know you are really helping so many people! Thanks beautiful!!!

[@stylerefinement]

It makes me so happy to hear that you're finding my content helpful ❤❤❤ You are so welcome!!

[@justlivinglife465]

I also noticed that some “tests” for the first step, temperature, are unsuccessful because the colours chosen are unhelpful. For example bright blue vs bright orange. Say you are not a very bright season, and you see the blue as very strong, you may not see it as better than orange, even if you are cool. That’s why it takes a long time sometimes and involves many many tests. These quick tests will simply not work for many people.

[@stylerefinement]

Fair points!

[@BlessYourHeart254]

Yeah, the white vs. ivory test automatically puts me as warm because stark white washes me out. Yet, I get compliments when I wear dusty rose and deep lavenders in addition to some of diagnosed Autumn tones. However, orange and mustard don’t really flatter me because I think I’m neutral/soft.

[@juliart7574]

I remember a long video from Beauty Bible where they said you must determine, what affects your look the most: - warmness/coolness - darkness/lightness - chroma (saturation) and thus prioritise it when determining your subtype. For example, I turned out to be "bright spring", because color saturation does A LOT to my looks, and the other two factors were not as important.

[@stylerefinement]

Exactly!!

[@kalulu1675]

Thanks for this explanation. It really opened me up to consider more colors than I had previously.

[@monio.9444]

This video was well explained, and I am glad somebody did explain, because I was wondering about this. I feel like I'm in between on all 3 colour dimensions. The best I could do was eliminate the dark seasons and the light seasons, because my skin is light and my hair is sort of medium chestnut with copper-orangey sheen. after that, I feel like I'm not super soft, nor super clear, altho I'm probably more clear than I am soft. And when it comes to undertone, I feel like I can wear most colours ok (as long as they're not too dark or too light, or too nude), but when it comes to lipstick it's very hard to find a good match, they are either too cool or too warm, too light or too dark. All in all I think warm red goes better with my warm overtone (even tho I can't go too orange with makeup and can't wear nudes). My best guess so far is warm spring.

[@cinnamonbeardstud]

I'm a light olive and have the mirror version of your predicament! I'm definitely more of a SOFT spring, but I would fit best in light spring using just the 12 seasons and be able to dip into light summer. I wear all white and lights wonderfully, but I need a little darker something to reduce the glare against my softer features. It's tricky to find a balance between light and soft without going into grey tones. It makes me wish we had a system with different levels of tonality, just like a greyscale swatch. I could do a 10% pearl grey value beautifully, but a straight-up 50% between black and white is way too muted and too dark for me. Maybe there's a future for a system with several stations of values of temperature, contrast, and chroma and a sort of xyz axis cube to visualize it.