How long should season discovery take?

A useful first result can come in one focused session, but borderline cases often need repeated checks in different daylight conditions to confirm consistency.

Can dyed hair affect my result?

Yes. Strong artificial hair colour can distort perceived contrast. Pulling hair back or covering it during draping gives a cleaner reading of skin and eyes.

What if I still sit between two seasons?

Use the dominant trait as your anchor and build your wardrobe around that first. Borrowing from a neighbouring season is usually easiest after your core palette is stable.

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Analysis • 23 March 2026

How To Find Your Colour Season

Undertone, value, chroma, and a bit of draping. Here's how to narrow your season without the guesswork.

Start with a process, not one clue

Finding your season works best as a sequence: temperature first, then depth, then softness versus clarity. One clue on its own, like vein colour or how dark your hair is, can send you the wrong way. A repeatable process gives you stronger evidence and fewer false starts.

Step 1: Confirm temperature in steady light

Hold a clearly warm shade and a clearly cool one up near your face in indirect daylight. Keep makeup light, and move any strong colours in your clothing away from your neckline. The right temperature usually makes your skin look more even and your eyes look clearer within seconds.

Step 2: Find your depth range

Once you've got temperature, test lighter versus deeper versions of similar colours. If very light shades wash you out, you probably need more depth. If dark shades swallow your features, you likely sit in a lighter range.

Step 3: Test softness versus clarity

Now compare muted and clear versions of related colours. If clear shades make your features look sharper and healthier, you probably want higher chroma. If clear looks harsh and muted looks balanced, your palette is on the softer side.

Keep a scorecard so you don't overthink it

Write down every draping result and keep only the ones that repeat across tests. This really helps when two neighbouring seasons both seem to fit. The winner is usually the season that performs consistently across temperature, value, and chroma, not the one that wins a single lucky test.

Prove it with a small wardrobe trial

Before you overhaul everything, test your likely season with three tops and two neutrals you'll actually wear on repeat. If people say you look fresher and you're reaching for less makeup to fix things, your result is probably solid enough to use right now.

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