Learn seasonal color analysis, step by step.
From understanding your undertone to finding your exact sub-season, this learning path walks you through everything you need to know about seasonal color analysis. Follow the stages in order or jump to whatever you need.
The Four Seasonal Palettes
Getting Started
Understand what color analysis is, why it matters, and how the system works.
What is Color Analysis?
The complete introduction to seasonal color analysis and how it changes the way you shop.
Read guide →What is Seasonal Color Analysis?
How the four-season system categorizes natural coloring into harmonious palettes.
Read guide →How Does Color Analysis Work?
The science behind undertone, contrast, and how colors interact with your features.
Read guide →What are Seasonal Color Palettes?
How palettes are structured and why each season has a specific set of harmonious colors.
Read guide →Understanding Undertones
Your undertone is the foundation of your color season. Learn to identify yours.
What is Undertone?
The difference between surface skin color and undertone, and why it matters for color analysis.
Read guide →Am I Warm or Cool Undertone?
Practical tests you can do at home: vein test, jewelry test, and fabric draping.
Read guide →Is Olive Skin Cool or Warm?
How olive skin fits into the warm-cool spectrum and which seasons it maps to.
Read guide →The 12 Seasons Explained
Each main season has three sub-seasons. Explore the full palette for each one.
Winter Color Season
Cool, bold, and dramatic. Jewel tones, icy pastels, and high-contrast combinations.
Read guide →Spring Color Season
Warm, clear, and bright. Coral, peach, warm green, and sunny yellow.
Read guide →Summer Color Season
Cool, soft, and muted. Dusty rose, lavender, powder blue, and gentle pastels.
Read guide →Autumn Color Season
Warm, rich, and earthy. Terracotta, olive, burnt orange, and deep gold.
Read guide →Seasonal Color Wheel Chart
A visual map of how the 12 sub-seasons relate to each other on the color wheel.
Read guide →Finding Your Season
Narrow down from your broad season to your exact sub-season.
What Season Am I?
A step-by-step walkthrough to determine your color season from your natural features.
Read guide →Can I Be Between Two Seasons?
What to do when you seem to fit two sub-seasons and how to pick your primary palette.
Read guide →What Colors Make Me Look Brighter?
How to identify the colors that bring life to your face versus the ones that drain it.
Read guide →AI Color Analysis from Photo
How technology can analyze your coloring from a selfie and suggest your season.
Read guide →Season Comparison Guides
Side-by-side comparisons of commonly confused sub-season pairs.
Read guide →Ready to discover your season?
Season Approved makes seasonal color analysis actionable. Find your season, browse products scored for your palette, and build a wardrobe where everything works together.