Colour analysis involves a trained consultant examining the natural tones in your skin, hair, and eyes to identify the best colours for you to wear, ensuring they harmonize with your unique colouring. This applies to your clothing, jewellery, make-up, and hair colour.
The focus of colour analysis is not on the colour itself, but on the tone and how it interacts with your natural colouring. For instance, while you can wear blue, green, or red, the specific shades that suit you may differ from those that suit someone else, due to variations in natural colouring.
There are two primary methods of colour analysis:
- Seasonal Colour Analysis: This widely known method categorizes all colour tones into four groups named after the seasons. For example, if someone says they are an Autumn, it means they look best in colours from the ‘autumn’ palette, which includes warm tones, deeper colours, and slightly muted shades.
- Tonal Colour Analysis: This method expands the seasonal categories into 12 groups, labelled by the most dominant aspect of each colour group. For instance, an Autumn person might be classified as Warm and Deep in the tonal system (this is me!). Clients receive a dominant colour direction (e.g., warm) and a secondary direction (e.g., deep). This in-depth method provides detailed advice based on the dominant traits in an individual’s colouring.
A consultant will help you to find your best colours by taking into account your skin tone, undertone, hair and eye colour and by using a set of colour drapes. It’s much easier than trying to figure it out yourself! During my consultations I use a combination of both seasonal and tonal systems. Why? Some people fit neatly into a season and others don’t! So the analysis should be as individual as you are!
