What's your colour season?

Colour analysis is a method for finding which colours look most flattering on you based on your natural colouring — your skin tone, hair colour, and eye colour. When you wear colours that harmonise with your features, your skin looks healthier, your eyes look brighter, and your whole look comes together. The system groups people into seasons (Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter) and further into 12 sub-seasons.

Yes. Colour analysis is about your undertone (warm vs cool) and contrast level — not about how light or dark your skin is. A woman with deep brown skin can be any season. The traditional vein test is less reliable for deeper skin tones, so the gold vs silver jewellery test and draping with actual fabrics are more useful indicators.

The most reliable test is jewellery: hold gold and silver near your face in natural light. If gold makes your skin glow, you're likely warm (Spring or Autumn). If silver brightens your face, you're likely cool (Summer or Winter). If both work equally well, you may be neutral and sit between two seasons. The vein test (green veins = warm, blue veins = cool) is less reliable, especially for deeper skin tones.

Your undertone stays the same throughout your life — it's determined by your genetics. Tanning, ageing, or going grey can shift your depth and contrast, which may move you to a neighbouring sub-season (e.g. from True Autumn towards Soft Autumn), but your core palette stays similar. If you've gone significantly grey, your contrast level may change, which is worth reassessing.

Your natural colour gives the most accurate baseline for determining your season. However, the hair colour that looks best on you is itself a useful clue — if warm caramel highlights make your skin glow more than your natural dark hair, that strongly suggests warm undertones. Your season doesn't change when you dye your hair, but the right colour can bring you closer to your ideal harmony.

Very common. The 12 seasons sit on a spectrum, not in rigid boxes. Sub-seasons that share a name (like Dark Autumn and Dark Winter, or Soft Autumn and Soft Summer) are neighbours and overlap significantly. You'll suit colours from both palettes. Focus on the colours that work rather than finding the perfect label — the system is a guide, not a rulebook.

Of course — wear whatever makes you feel good. Knowing your season simply helps you understand why some outfits make you look radiant and others fall flat. It's most useful for investment pieces: if you're spending £150 on a jumper, choosing a colour you know works for you means you'll reach for it more often.

Not necessarily. Within each season's palette, some shades will be more flattering than others depending on your specific colouring and contrast level. The palette gives you a safe range — but your absolute best colours will be a subset of it. Professional draping can help narrow it down further.

An online quiz is a solid starting point — it'll usually get you to the right family (Autumn vs Winter) even if it doesn't nail the exact sub-season. Professional in-person draping with real fabrics in natural light is the gold standard and worth the investment if you want precision. It's especially valuable for people with deeper skin tones or neutral undertones where the differences are subtler.