How to Find Colors That Suit You

Everyone likes to look good and part of looking good is finding out what colors suit you best. You can accomplish this through trial and error but a quicker way is to follow the Winter, Summer, Spring, Fall technique. Each of us will fall into at least one of these categories and the main determinants are skin, hair and eye color.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Understanding The Seasons

1. Winters colors have black, dark/ash chestnut, salt/pepper or white hair. Skin tone is either cold brown, olive, neutral, sallow or pink beige. Eye color is either brown black, chestnut, hazel, gray or blue. Winters colors are pure (e.g. true white, true black) or jewel-toned (e.g. ruby red, emerald).
2. Spring hair colors are dark brown, chestnut, light chestnut, or red or golden blond. Skin tone is golden, pink beige, peach, ivory or porcelain and have either blue, green, aqua, golden brown or amber eyes. Springs should wear bright, fresh colors and stay away from dark ones (e.g. sunny yellow).
3. Falls have brown, dark brown, chestnut, red or copper colored hair; dark brown, olive, golden brown or warm beige skin tone; and dark brown, golden brown, amber, hazel or green eyes. Falls look good in shades that are rich or muted but that also look warm and inviting (e.g. earth tones, think of the autumn season colors in nature).
4. Summers have dark chestnut or mousy brown hair, gray or blue eyes and pink beige or ivory skin tone. Summers should wear clothing that has a soft tone to it (e.g. pastels) or cool, muted colors (e.g. lavender).

Finding Your Season

5. Take a piece of clothing that falls into one of the four categories and hold it to your face.
6. While standing in front of the mirror, close your eyes and then re-open them. What was the first thing you noticed? Was it your face or the color? If it was your face, then you've found your season. If not, try again with one of the other colors/seasons.
7. Repeat with clothing from the rest of the seasons (if necessary).

Tips & Warnings

• You don't want your clothing to overpower your face and once you find your season, it won't. Instead it will enhance and compliment it.
• You may have to alternate between all four a few times until you figure out which works for you (this is where it's nice to have a friend or family member be honest with you).