Color Analysis

I remember, as a kid, hearing “Oh, I’m a [insert season here], so I can’t wear that,” and I always hated it. I’ve always been of the opinion if you like a color, just wear it.

That isn’t to say some colors don’t flatter some better than they do others. Since I was a teenager, I tried to stick to dark, often drab colors because I often did not want to be perceived. Looking back, I see that closed myself off in the opposite way.

Color analysis has come back around in the social media circles, and I think for the better. The message is more “these will draw attention to your beautiful face” or “these will make your eyes pop,” rather than the exclusionary language I remember. Because of that, I bit the bullet to finally find out what season I am.

I have zero clue what my skin undertone is, so I was already at a disadvantage there. I knew I have light brown/dirty blond hair and swampy green eyes, so if I had to guess, I would have thought I was an autumn.

After consulting with the color analyst, turns out I am a light summer! The analyst called my hair “ash-blond,” which I like, and my eyes “hazel,” probably because there isn’t enough blue to be outright green when picking a palette. And it turns out, I have a neutral on the edge of cool skin tone. In my best Paul Rudd impression, “Who knew? Not me!”

I got a whole bunch of cool tips, but the most interesting to me was the main six suggested colors to draw attention to my face: light and dark coneflower, lavender, rose pink, mint, and teal green. These are all lighter shades than I am used to wearing, but I decided to do a little stash diving to see if I could find some yarns that were close.

I did manage to find a few! The rosy pink is actually from a WIP, so I was inside the palette before I even knew it. I have a bunch of the lavender, which now I’m so much more excited for a bigger project with it.

What do you think? I’m so excited to check out these new colors. And if anyone ever asks me what season I am, I have a definite answer now.