What season am I?

Answer three short questions to find out: whether gold or silver suits you, how light or deep your coloring is, and whether bright or soft colors look best near your face.

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Which metal looks better against your skin?

Hold a gold and a silver piece under your chin in daylight.

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How deep is your natural coloring overall?

Think of your hair, eyes and skin together, with no makeup.

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Which colors make your face look clearer?

Clear brights like cobalt and hot pink, or dusty shades like sage and mauve.

The answer is one of 12 color seasons, with a link to its palette. It costs nothing, and no photo, upload or email is involved.

What color season am I?

A color season is simply the group of shades that fits your natural skin, hair and eyes.

There are 12 seasons, and they grow out of four families: spring, summer, autumn and winter. Every family breaks into three seasons, each named after the trait that dominates it, whether that's depth, warmth, coolness, clarity or softness.

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Winter

Folded fabrics in seasonal colors for a free color analysis at home

How to figure out your color season

Test one trait at a time. Do it in natural daylight with a mirror near a window. Phones and indoor lighting both change how skin reads, so a mirror in daylight beats a selfie for accuracy.

Start with temperature. Hold something gold and something silver below your chin. See which one leaves your skin looking healthier. That tells you your undertone, the warm or cool cast that sits under the surface of your skin.
Then check depth. Take in your hair, eyes and skin as a whole. Would you call the overall effect light, medium or deep?
Last comes clarity. Set bright colors next to soft ones near your face. Notice which set makes your skin look smooth and even, and which one makes shadows or redness stand out. The set that flatters you tells you whether you suit bright or soft colors.

Color season quiz

The quiz uses your answers about metals, feature depth and color clarity to suggest one of 12 seasons. Your answers point to a single season and its palette.

Think of a quiz as a first step. Checks in daylight with a mirror, or a draping session in person, can confirm the result.

Your three answers and the season they point to

Season	Answers that lead there
Light Spring	gold, light, bright gold, light, in-between both metals, light, bright
Warm Spring	gold, medium, bright
Bright Spring	both metals, medium, bright
Light Summer	silver, light, bright silver, light, soft silver, light, in-between both metals, light, soft both metals, light, in-between
Cool Summer	silver, medium, soft silver, medium, in-between
Soft Summer	both metals, medium, soft
Soft Autumn	gold, light, soft both metals, medium, in-between
Warm Autumn	gold, medium, soft gold, medium, in-between
Deep Autumn	gold, deep, bright gold, deep, soft gold, deep, in-between both metals, deep, soft
Deep Winter	silver, deep, soft silver, deep, in-between both metals, deep, in-between
Cool Winter	silver, medium, bright silver, deep, bright
Bright Winter	both metals, deep, bright

Free online color analysis

Nothing here costs money. No selfie, upload, email or account is needed, and your answers never leave your browser.

Each palette holds 60 named colors, each with a HEX code, a short code for one exact shade. The colors are sorted into neutrals, mains and accents, and every palette flags the shades to avoid.

After you get your season

Begin with the colors worn closest to your chin. A whole new wardrobe isn't required.

Pull up your palette to choose a new lipstick and blush. The digital swatches also work well as something to show your hair stylist.

Questions people often ask

Will a tan or gray hair change my season?

A tan can make skin look different for a while, so check your colors in daylight when your skin is at its usual tone. If your hair changes, answer the depth question again; the quiz is a starting point, and a daylight mirror check can confirm it.

What if gold and silver both suit me?

Try the site's gold or silver test, then check bright and soft colors near your face in daylight.

Is black off-limits if it's not in my palette?

Black isn't banned. Your palette also lists colors to avoid, so check there, and try wearing black away from your face, with a color from your palette closer to your chin.