How to Find your Color Season | Seasonal Color Analysis: True, Bright & Dark Winter 

I am a dark winter. I'm glad I went to Sephora and got a color match for the Fenty foundation because both the staff & I were surprised that I have a neutral undertone instead of a warm or yellow undertone. I also always get compliments whenever I wear my fuchsia top so that helps me to decide that I am a deep winter girl!

I actually spent all year thinking I was true summer and only JUST recently realized I’m bright winter, took a whole 3 seasons of buying mistakes before I realized why I wasn’t loving ALL the colors that went in the true summer palette

I am a bright winter... and most things in the stores look dull on me... I never really realized until I bought and tried on some really insane colors and looked perfectly fine in them. Shopping is difficult for an entirely different reason now, lol.

That was the best video explaining about the diference in the winters, I was super confuse about my tons and now I know that I'm definitly bright winter! Thanks so much!

I have naturally very dark, essentially black hair and eyes and neutral cool skin that’s on the fairer side, but I can tan relatively easily. My cheeks and lips have a natural rosy pink tint as well. I thought because of my dark features that I was a Dark Winter for the longest time, but the palette hasn’t really made me “pop” for some reason. In comparison, I find that when I wear really bright and saturated versions of reds, fuschias, blues, and greens I’m always complimented as “striking” versus when I wear the deeper versions. They don’t look bad, they just don’t look as good. When I did the lipstick test, the deep burgundy of the Dark Winter tends to make me look vampy and doesn’t look natural - I tend to wear a clear gloss on the daily anyways. For these reasons and your video, I suspect I’m instead a Bright Winter, but I’m wary because I feel like most Bright Winters have lighter colored eyes. What do you guys think?

Thank you so much for clarifying the different subcategories. I'm a dark Winter. I'd been wearing warm brown hair colors or caramel highlights. Recently, I had my second earlobe piercings and went for white stones (fake diamonds) and a hairdresser corrected my color with ½ jet-black and ½ blue-black it became obvious to me that I'm a Dark Winter and not a Deep Autumn as I'd thought for a while. In the early 1990s as a teen, I intuitively chose the colors that suited me. I don't know when or why I strayed.

Always thought I'm a true winter. Came here to confirm, I really am one. Although true winters suit extremes of light, dark, and bright, I somehow look less appealing when I put on vibrant, neonish and highly saturated clothes. I noticed most colors look good on me if they're muted. So I guess Chroma is my most prominent feature? Definitely a true winter tho. Thanks for helping me decide!

When you are a bright winter but you love autumn colors the most…

Thought I was a dark winter, simply because I have dark skin, hair, and eyes, but it seems I’m a true winter as my skintone pulls more cool than neutral. Thanks!

I was analyzed by a system that has 16 sub-types, not 12. I am a mix of jewel/true winter and sultry winter, which is deep but borders with dark summer (cool and deep). Some of my best (also called wow) colors are Electric Blue, Fuchsia, Raspberry, Pine, and Indigo. The best way to find out your season is with an in-person draping; I am suspicious of anyone who tries to analyze people virtually because you need to see how the colors reflect on your skin.

I just gasped when you came on screen, you’re so pretty!!! I have similar coloring to you and am so appreciative of this video as I cull down my wardrobe ❤️

Thank you so much. I had my colors done in person a while ago and she said I was either true winter or bright winter and to explore these options. This video helped me realize I am definitely true winter!

I'm a dark winter. I have Filipina light-medium to medium (depending on season) neutral skin and look much fresher and vibrant with cool and neutral makeup. Our kids are mixed-ethnicity and they have super dark hair with brown eyes and very fair skin. They are also both dark winters although one has more pink undertones than her brother who is more neutral. I think they are the epitome of the "striking" Dark Winter folks as they garner a lot of attention when they are out and about. Their Central European descendant dad is a true winter with his dark hair and fair skin with freckles. It's so much easier to coordinate clothes and know what colours to pick when buying clothes since we're all winters.

I'm bright winter. I've always looked my best in cool tones, but I've worn magenta and fuchsia and always gotten compliments. I used to wear a turtleneck sweater that was a saturated shade of orange, that I got huge compliments on (always paired it with turquoise blue).

Dark winter here! I am mind blown after learning what colors are mine to rock. Can't be afraid of those cherry reds and emeralds!

Your best colors for true winter were spot on

This was the most useful video I e watched yet. I have been debating between dark autumn and dark winter cause I’m not very cool per se. Now I understand that I’m neutral. I’m a dark winter for sure!!! :)

Fantastic video. Dark winter.

Bright winter for sure, blue eyes dark hair☺️

I think I am a bright winter. I have always looked really good in very bright, vibrant colours and jewel tones.

Ooo yes I’m a bright winter and I look very cool but I always need a foundation with more yellow in it.

Great video, after watching this video several times, I may be a true winter instead of dark because in the sunlight my hazel eyes look lighter. Thankyou .

I have black hair and eyes, but I am very cooled-toned which makes me a True Winter. Silver suits me the best and icy colours have always complimented me. I wasn't sure if I was dark or light so I thought I was a light summer but this makes so much more sense.

I think I’m a bright winter. I need to know I’m obsessing. 🎉

Can you be Like a mix of both? Cus based of this im True winter but some of colors from Bright winter look great on me

I am either a true winter or a dark winter. However I have let my dark brown hair go gray,actually shiny silver. Does this affect my classification? How and why?

I think that I am bright winter, but I have green eyes, freckles, warm skin tone and dark natural hair. I look sick in fall colors. It is only 4 seasons to choose from but at the same time it is so hard and confusing.

I pretty sure I’m a bright winter. I have grey eyes though. Great job putting it in words

This is really helpful. It's so confusing to figure out what kind of winter I am. Here you give me sample colors and I just have to pick out the ones that have the same color of my favorite clothes which are usually dark red, dark brown and the two shades of pink you've shown for the dark winter type. For those who are still confused, try wear some pastel colors and you will know if you see. I think especially for dark winter people, the two former winters' colors won't suit them cuz of they have a little lightness in them. it's just my two cents. Bella, can you make a video on how to tell if a color is cool of warm? Thanks

I am a winter green brown eyes. Am I a true, bright or deep winter?. i don't have particularly bright eyes and i do suit extreme bright colours

✨Bright (or clear) winter here! People often tell me I look like Zooey Deschanel or Katy Perry.

I'm either true or bright watching this to see if I can know my coloring. So far I know I look really good in pastel colors especially pink and blue. Also in cool darker colors.

i dont know if im just not able to wrap my head around this... but i technically fit under all 3 subgenres? how do i distinguish the difference when my features fit all 3? i have very pale cool skin, and i have very dark (almost black) hair and eyes. those were listed under all 3. is it just something i have to play around with until i can figure out what the best option is for me? im confident im a winter, but the subgenres seem like they have 0 differing features between them LOL

I’m so confused. My features are all mixed up! I have ash brown natural hair, hazel green eyes with a golden sunburst around the Iris, but cool/pink undertones and soft features. I feel like there’s not one category I fully fit in. All I know is I do not look good in red lol.

If I am a bright winter..fair skin , green/blue eyes, my natural hair color is a dark brown. I am 85 and have highlighted my hair lately, so it’s a ashy blond on a brown base.color. Years ago I was judged to be a jewel winter. Help?

I feel I am bright , dark, and coolish. My skin temperature is the least obvious characteristic, but it is on the cooler side. I have a lot of red.

I think I was a true winter but now my hair is gray. Does that change my season?

hey! i have a problem because i have no idea what season i am. i have watched millions of videos on this topic and i still can't understand what i am. my skin is fair and has a grey undertone, i have dark brown almost black eyes, and my hair is a blonde/dark blonde color. i am cool and there is a big contrast between my hair, eyes and skin. what am i?

where does cool hazel land on the bright vs dark winter spectrum?

hm i’m highly convinced that i belong in the winter season. i have very very dark hair , it looks black most of the time but sometimes when i’m outside i can see the ends of my hair be brown. i have light skin tone, i use 2.6 in the nars radiant concealer but i feel like i lean more neutral since i also have some cool veins . when i wear fuchsia like color i feel like it looks good on me. not sure what winter category i belong in 😵‍💫

About to buy a new wardrobe, sooo happy I watched this before I got started

I’ve been told I’m a true winter after having dyed my hair black. I have naturally dark eyebrows, but my natural hair color was this mousy brown color that was too dark to be blonde but too light to be brown. I had blonde highlights when I was a teenager (I had them done) and I can see the yellow tones in that blonde washed me out and looked weird with my eyebrows and fair skin tone. Now that I have black hair, my skin tone really pops and jewel tones look great on me! I’ve usually gravitated towards black and other dark colors anyways so it makes me happy. Only problem is I have very cool toned skin and warm hazel eyes. My skin will look sick in yellow toned colors whereas with cool jewel tones, my skin looks vibrant and my lips don’t look dead.

Can i be a dark winter even if i have highlights in my hair under the sun ?

All of my features match up with Bright winter except my brown hair has a little red when in the sun

I am a bright winter my natural hair color was black but I age I lighter my hair and now is a cool blonde my eyes a brown I am so sure but I feel that my colors that work before are not working now

Still looks to me like you don't need to fit in just one category. I have neutral skin tone and eyes and hair fit both autumn and winter categories. Same is true for the colors I can pull off. Maybe there is always a spectrum of colors out of your category that might be related to your main season, but belongs to another small season.

Someone help!! I have fair skin but has a hint of color. Cool skin tone. Grey/green eyes with blue hues. But my hair is a goldish brown. Not really dull. Got hues of red/gold ish blonde. But still a brown. (My profile picture is when I died it, my hair is natural the goldish brown) I have done so much research but still can’t decide my seasonal color palette.

I'm wearing hijab and I realized that I'm a true winter! Looks like I have to declutter my orange and brown outfit :')

Okay...after allllll this time I FINALLY have figured out my color season. Deff a dark winter (I think). This is VERY hard

I’ve been told I’m a winter a clear and cool I’m not sure if I’m a bright or true winter I have medium brown hair grey and fair skin

I am a true winter with graying hair, that used to be very dark brown

I'm still confused about mine please help me out:)

I'm a bright winter. It took forever for me to figure out; I was born with bright blue-grey eyes, a very odd shade of strawberry blonde hair, and brown-black eyebrows, leading to me being typed incorrectly for years. I only figured out where I really belonged when I started dyeing my hair (which darkened over time to brown). This was really, really helpful. I knew I was a winter, but I didn't understand my subcategory - now, my passion for jewel tones and my makeup preferences make perfect sense.

I still can't tell which one I am. Sometimes I think bright, sometimes I think true. Ugh.

I am pretty sure I am Winter, but I can‘t understand if I am Dark Winter or True winter, how can I understand it? Thank you :)

What if you are a winter but your eyes are amber?

Seema like I'm dark winter. I have light brown hair and dark brown eyes but I dye my hair black. My skin is fair but I seem sometimes confused if it is cool or neutral but I guess it is both. My skin gets pink and burnt easily in the sun lol.

I always wonder why vivid colors suit me better, i just realized that i'm a dark winter

I have medium brown hair with golden reflections and medium brown eyes with green outline with that I think I have a warm undertone but I have beige skin that tends to blush (silver suits me better than gold royal blue suits me better than mustard yellow everything that is cold in color suits me well but khaki green is not bad on me) I don't know if maybe cold undertones with hair and warm eyes?

Can brigou Winter have Hazel eyes ?

Here a Bright Winter with brown eyes!

Why is the number of colour for the winter season are fewer than the warm season

I am not sure if I am bright or true winter, my eyes are grey with light brown hair that has golden strands, pale white skin tone 🤦🏻‍♀️ this is so confusing

I thought dark winter only has dark colors? Now I'm questioning if I'm a dark winter since I actually look best with contrast.

I have dark ashy brown hair, swamp coloured eyes, very pale skin (110N is my perfect shade foundation in the Rare Beauty Line), dark red lipstick looks killer on me, my go to colours for clothes are dark green, black, red, dark red, green, etc. Pastels, light grey and light neutrals wash me out and make me look trash and tired. My veins are blue/purple, I look good in both gold and silver (silver looks better though), don’t tan only burn. What do you think I am?

I followed along and came up with Warm undertone/hue, Dark value and Bright chroma and in the end that didn’t fit anywhere so I’m confused.

isn't k.perry naturally blonde?

I think I'm a Bright or Dark Winter because of my dark brown eyes/hair and nc/c undertone.

I am defiantly 110% cool toned, but my hair is medium-dark brown with a redish tint. My eyes are blue/green/grey and I'm really pale. I feel like the dark winter color palette fits me the most tho??? I'm so confused. Mother nature really said a little bit of this, a little bit of that.

All signs point to bright winter for me. I am colored just like Zooey, but with dark warm green eyes. Also, I look awful in white (good in cream) and silver jewelry looks off on me while gold looks good. See how confusing that is? Am I missing something?

Can winters wear a brown color palette? I like more earth tone colors compared to bright colors.

Was the difference between deep winter and dark winter im one of this but don’t know if there the same

Hello, thank you for this video😊 will you do a video for warm autumn ?

I would have appreciated if you highlighted the similarities and differences between the types. The video overall was a little repetitive. I.e. all of the types had the exact same hair color types and so as someone trying to determine which one I am it was a little redundant. Thanks for the video!

What if you color your hair? I'm definitely some type of Winter with my natural medium brown hair. But I dye my hair and it's a dirty blonde. My hair does have a natural red cast to it, so some of that does come through.

I have dark brown eres, chocolate brown hair and I am Caucasian with fair skin and very noticeable pinkish-raspberry or teal undertones (on my hands; my face, not so much). It would appear that I should be a dark winter but the colors are too saturated for me. What do I do? It seems to me that the colors of the true winter suit me more (and more of the pallete) even though they are slightly undersaturated

I have come to the conclusion that i am either a dark winter or autumn. I have neutral undertones so i am not sure which it is. I will say i think cooler nail polishes look super bad on me and always go for more warmth.

I dissagree with you on dark winter I'm fair but I'm an dark auburn or dark chocolate brown hair with red highlights and dark brown eyes. I can't wear autumn colors because they make me look pail or lifeless. I'm definitely a dark winter. I'm drawn to darker colors..

Idk if you are aware, but I wanted to point out that you have a contradiction in two of your videos. Your original color analysis video has Anne Hathaway as a Summer, but here she is noted as a Winter. Whoops! Thanks for the videos 😊

Other pages use the terms Deep, Cool, and Clear. I'm guessing Deep matches Dark here but what about Cool and Clear?

According to this the eye hair and skin colours are all exactly the same, no discussion of undertones, warm brown/Cool brown hair, olive skin or neutral skin etc

Your lipstick is PRETTY!! what is it

I’m either true or bright winter I have gray eyes

I'm a true winter 😊

Hi. I would be dark winter, but now my hair is white. What am I now?

I still can't tell which winter I am. I feel like I might be a dark winter but my eyes are light brown and there is yellow in them in the light so maybe I'm a bright winter? People have actually said, wow, your eyes are actually really light brown in the light. I have olive skin and dark brown hair but I've seen auburn highlights in the sun in the past. It's just super dark though.

those are the best colors? doesn’t seem right… the best colors are supposed to be dark?

I had my color analysis done and was told I'm a winter (not sure which type) but I have blonde hair and gray eyes which I found unusual

very informative video, just what I was looking for but...why are you wearing a pale grey blouse? not flattering at all to your skin, eyes or hair color, at least not that grey.

May I ask what your season is? Oh, btw, I love your lipstick.

So, I've seen contrasting information about Winter seasonal color analysis online. My mom underwent Color Me Beautiful typing in the 90's, when there were only four color seasons. She was typed as a Winter. I believe she would now be called a True Winter. I really don't think she was mistyped. She wears jewel tones wonderfully, and doesn't look good in muted shades. So even though she might be able to wear some summer shades, I don't think she is a true summer. She has what would call light skin. However, she does not have blue, brown, hazel, or black eyes - they are green, with a blue rim around the iris. The green is not a warm green, it is a cool green. So is the blue ring. Her veins are blue/cool. Her hair is also not represented here, it is two or so shades lighter than the medium brown. I'd say it was closer to medium ash brown. We share many characteristics - I also have green eyes with a blue ring around the iris, and blue veins. But my skin is more fair and pink-toned than hers. My hair is also a shade or two lighter than hers. I'd say it's a light ash brown. Her hair got darker as she went through her 20's, while mine never did. When I was a baby, I my hair was so light, I was very close to being a blonde. But I really don't think I'm a True Summer, either. We both look very good in jewel tones! Is anyone of the opinion that, in some cases, Winters can be a little bit lighter than the examples given here? 🙂I am fairer than Brooke Shields, but I have seen some people type her as another True Winter. I also see many online who aren't totally comfortable with giving her that classification. However, she may be the closest celebrity outlier who looks the most like my mom in skin tone and eye color. Some websites say her eyes are blue, and some say they are green, but when I look at her photos, I see green. Does anyone disagree with me? I could be wrong. Maybe I'm incorrect, and need to look at being a True Summer. I know I can't handle the neon shades of Bright Winter. (Maybe Bright Summer though?) I keep going back and forth because I really don't think I look good with grey anywhere near my face. I love the color, but it just washes me out! Does anyone have any opinions they think might help? 🙂 Also, I just wanted to say to Isabella, your video is very well done. Your instructions are very clear and your visual presentation is beautiful. Nice work! 👍

I'm a cool winter

Hey, I have a suggestion, can you experiment the colors on you and make a video of it?

What is your season? My coloring and contrast is similar to yours.

What if a person has a cool undertone, light value, and bright chroma? The undertone and chroma would suggest bright winter, but winters seem to have dark values not light…

Olivia munn has hazel eyes

i think im a bright winter, but i have green eyes?

True winter.

i used to think im summer but now i think im winter

do you have a Summer video? Am I miss it