What Is My Color Season?

The colors that look best on you depend on your color season — the combination of your skin undertone (warm or cool) and your overall depth (light or deep). Spring types look best in clear, warm, golden tones like coral, peach, and ivory. Summer types suit soft, cool, muted shades like dusty rose, powder blue, and lavender. Autumn types are most powerful in rich, earthy warmth — burnt orange, olive, terracotta, and chocolate. Winter types make the biggest impact in bold, high-contrast cool colors — jewel tones, crisp white, jet black, and icy pastels. Take the quiz above to find your season and get your exact palette.

A color season is a personal colouring archetype drawn from the four seasons. Spring (warm + light), Summer (cool + light), Autumn (warm + deep), and Winter (cool + deep) each have a family of colours that harmonise with that particular combination of skin undertone, hair depth, and eye colour — helping you choose clothing, makeup, and accessories that are naturally flattering.

The quiz asks 6 questions about your skin tone, undertone (via gold vs silver jewellery preference), eye color, natural hair color, sun reaction, and vein color. Each answer contributes to two dimensions: warm/cool undertone and light/deep depth. Your season is determined by the combination: Spring = warm + light, Summer = cool + light, Autumn = warm + deep, Winter = cool + deep.

The quiz is a reliable starting point — the questions are designed around the same dimensions professional colour analysts assess. That said, no quiz can fully replace a professional consultation with fabric drapes, and our photo-based AI analyzer on the Color Season Analyzer page adds an objective measurement layer on top of the quiz result.

Undertone refers to the subtle colour cast beneath your skin's surface. A warm undertone has yellow, golden, peachy, or olive qualities — Spring and Autumn seasons. A cool undertone has pink, rosy, or bluish qualities — Summer and Winter seasons. The gold vs silver jewellery question is a classic proxy: people with warm undertones tend to look more vibrant in gold, and cool undertones look better in silver.

Depth refers to the overall lightness of your colouring — primarily determined by hair colour and, to a lesser extent, skin depth. Light colouring (Spring and Summer) means your hair and skin are closer together in lightness, creating a softer, lighter overall impression. Deep colouring (Autumn and Winter) means dark hair creates higher contrast with skin, giving a bolder, richer impression.

Many people sit on the boundary between two adjacent seasons — particularly if their undertone is genuinely neutral or their depth is moderate. In that case, try the palettes for both seasons and observe which colours feel more energising near your face in natural light. Our AI photo analyzer can provide an additional data point by sampling your actual skin, hair, and iris colours from a photo.

Spring colours are warm and light — coral, peach, golden yellow, ivory, warm white, lime green, salmon, and light camel. They share a clear, warm quality that mirrors the freshness of the Spring season. Spring people often find that earthy dark tones and cool greys can look heavy on them.

Summer colours are cool and muted — dusty rose, powder blue, lavender, soft teal, rose beige, mauve, and muted plum. They have a soft, slightly greyed quality that mirrors the hazy light of Summer. Summer people often find that warm oranges and bright yellows can look harsh against their skin.

Autumn colours are warm and deep — burnt orange, terracotta, olive green, mustard yellow, chocolate brown, rust, camel, and forest green. They share a rich, earthy quality that mirrors the depth of Autumn foliage. Autumn people often find that cool icy pastels and stark white look flat against their colouring.

Winter colours are cool and deep — pure white, jet black, royal blue, emerald green, ruby red, icy pink, icy lilac, silver grey, and deep plum. They share a bold, clear quality with high contrast. Winter people often find that warm earthy tones and muted dusty colours can look dull against their striking colouring.

The expanded 12-season system subdivides each main season into three sub-seasons based on saturation and contrast. Spring → Light Spring, Warm Spring, Bright Spring. Summer → Light Summer, Cool Summer, Soft Summer. Autumn → Soft Autumn, Warm Autumn, Deep Autumn. Winter → Deep Winter, Cool Winter, Bright Winter. This quiz identifies your core four-season type, which is the foundation for any 12-season refinement.

Your underlying undertone does not change. However, your depth can shift — hair lightens or darkens naturally with age, or through colouring. If your hair has changed significantly (e.g., going grey or bleaching to platinum), it may be worth retaking the quiz using your current natural hair color as reference.