WHICH SEASON ARE YOU?
You can determine your season in just two easy steps.
STEP 1
The first step in determining which season you are is to figure out if your coloring is warm or cool. Warm color palettes bring to mind desert hues like brown sand, green cactus, or orange sunsets. In contrast, a cool color palette makes you think of the Arctic Circle, with its bluish white glaciers, and the colors of the sky and the sea.

The easiest way to determine if your coloring is warm or cool is to take gold and silver- it can be fabric, clothing, or anything large enough to give you a good visual. Wrap it around your face and shoulders. You should be able to tell if the gold (warm) or silver (cool) looks better on you. You will know because your best features will really stand out. Your eyes will shine, your skin will look more radiant, and your teeth will appear whiter. With the right color, fine lines and circles around your eyes will be minimized.

It's best to do this test in natural light with a freshly washed face. Pull your hair back and keep your shoulders bare so you get a true sense of your natural coloring.
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TRAITS FOR WOMEN WITH WARM COLORING
HAIR
  • Red
  • Blonde with gold highlights
  • Golden gray
  • Mousy brown with gold highlights
  • Medium brown with red or gold highlights
  • Coppery red brown
  • Chestnut brown
  • Golden brown
  • Dark brown with red or gold highlights
EYES
  • May have gold flecks
  • Golden brown
  • Red brown
  • Amber
  • Olive green
  • Blue green
  • Pale or clear green
  • Aqua
  • Turquoise
  • Blue with brown flecks
  • Warm hazel
  • Dark brown
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SKIN TONE
  • Ivory- very fair with a yellow undertone
  • Peach- moderately fair, with an orange undertone
  • Golden beige- medium with warm golden undertones
  • Caramel- golden brown
  • Golden bronze- dark olive with gold undertones
  • Dark coppery beige- warm medium brown
  • Latte skin- dark Caucasian or Latina brown skin
  • Maple skin- warm brown-toned African Americans
*Note that sallow skin is not warm. Sallow skin in an unhealthy looking yellow.
TRAITS FOR WOMEN WITH COOL COLORING
HAIR
  • Violet blonde
  • Platinum blonde
  • Blue gray
  • Silver gray
  • White blonde
  • White
  • Salt and pepper
  • Ash blonde
  • Ash brown
  • Brown with silver and ash
  • Medium brown with no warm highlights
  • Off-black
  • Jet black
  • Blue black
EYES
  • Blue with gray or white flecks
  • Soft gray-blue
  • Soft gray-green
  • Gray
  • Dark blue, violet
  • Cool hazel
  • Turquoise
  • Green
  • Green with white flecks
  • Dark brown
  • Black brown
  • Dark blue
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SKIN TONE
  • Porcelain- slight pink undertones
  • Beige- fair with yellow undertones (not golden)
  • Rosy beige- fair with obvious pink undertones
  • Rosy or gray freckles
  • OIive- a combination of red, yellow, or green undertones
  • Almond- light brown
  • Mocha- light brown with reddish brown cast
  • Cocoa- medium brown
  • Mahogany- medium brown with reddish-brown cast
  • Ebony- deepest, darkest brown complexion
  • Black- with blue undertone
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STEP 2
Once you've determined whether you are a warm or a cool, the next step is to determine whether or not your coloring is light or deep.

If your hair is blonde, light brown, or light red, you are light.
If your hair is brunette, dark red, or black, you are deep.

SO ...
  • If you are cool and deep, you are a winter
  • If you are warm and light, you are a spring
  • If you are cool and light, you are a summer
  • If you are warm and deep, you are an autumn