What Is My Color Palette?
Your color palette is the set of colors that match your natural undertone, depth and contrast. Upload a selfie below and get your season and a basic palette in seconds. It's free, with no email and no signup.
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What is a color palette?
A personal color palette is a short list of shades that work with your natural coloring: your skin, eyes and hair. Worn near your face, these colors make your skin look even and your eyes look clear. Colors outside your palette tend to make you look tired, sallow or washed out, even when they're on trend.
Each palette is built on three traits:
Undertone
Warm (golden, peachy), cool (pink, blue) or neutral. It decides whether your best colors lean yellow or blue.
Depth
How light or deep your overall coloring is. Light coloring suits lighter shades; deep coloring carries dark, rich ones.
Clarity
Bright or soft. Clear eyes and high contrast handle saturated color; blended coloring looks best in muted, dusty shades.
Put the three together and you land in one of 12 seasons. That is what seasonal color analysis does: it turns your coloring into a season, and each season comes with its own palette. So when you ask "what is my color palette?", the real question is "which season am I?"
Which colors go with each of the 12 seasons
Every season has a palette of its own. These six shades are a starting point for each one, with the colors that usually work against it.
Light Spring
Warm and light. Soft peach, clear aqua and buttery yellow keep your face bright.
Usually skip:Black, burgundy and heavy dark shades
Warm Spring
Clearly warm. Coral, golden yellow and fresh green.
Usually skip:Icy pastels, blue-grey and stark black
Bright Spring
Warm-leaning and vivid. Clear, saturated color.
Usually skip:Dusty, greyed colors and heavy browns
Light Summer
Cool and light. Powder blue, lavender and soft rose.
Usually skip:Black, orange and dark earthy tones
Cool Summer
Cool and muted. Dusty blue, rose and sage look effortless on you.
Usually skip:Orange, mustard and golden browns
Soft Summer
Cool-leaning and soft. Greyed blues, mauve and slate.
Usually skip:Neon brights, pure black and orange
Soft Autumn
Warm-leaning and soft. Camel, sage and muted rose.
Usually skip:Black, pure white and icy brights
Warm Autumn
Clearly warm. Rust, mustard and olive.
Usually skip:Icy pastels, fuchsia and blue-based pinks
Deep Autumn
Warm and deep. Chocolate, brick red and forest green suit your depth.
Usually skip:Pastels, icy tones and cool greys
Deep Winter
Cool-leaning and deep. Black, burgundy and emerald.
Usually skip:Pastels, beige and soft dusty tones
Cool Winter
Clearly cool. Royal blue, true red and pure white.
Usually skip:Orange, camel and golden yellow
Bright Winter
Cool-leaning and vivid. Fuchsia, electric blue and crisp white make you glow.
Usually skip:Muted earth tones, beige and dusty pastels
This is a summary. For every shade of every season, with neutrals, metals and makeup, see the full seasonal color palette guide.
How to find my color palette: 4 checks
You can get a rough answer in front of a mirror. Use daylight, no makeup, and pull your hair back.
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Check your undertone
Look at the veins on your inner wrist: green leans warm, blue or purple leans cool, a mix is neutral. Then hold gold and silver jewelry next to your face and see which one looks more natural.
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Check your depth
Squint at your face in the mirror. If your hair, eyes and skin read as light overall, you lean light. If they read as dark, you lean deep.
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Check your clarity
Hold a pure white and a cream fabric under your chin. If crisp white and bright colors look sharp on you, you lean bright. If they overpower you and cream looks better, you lean soft.
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Match it to a season
Your strongest trait names the season. Light and warm is Light Spring, deep and cool is Deep Winter, soft and warm is Soft Autumn. Then test the palette with clothes you already own.
The hard part is being honest about your own coloring. Hair dye, a tan or indoor light can push you toward the wrong answer. If you'd rather answer a few guided questions than judge yourself in a mirror, the 10-question color analysis quiz scores the same three traits for you in about a minute.
Finding your palette yourself vs. with a tool
Both routes end in the same place, a season and its palette. They differ in what you need and where things go wrong.
| By yourself | With a tool | |
|---|---|---|
| What you need | A mirror, daylight, gold and silver jewelry, white and cream fabric | One selfie, or a minute to answer questions |
| Time | 20 to 30 minutes | Under a minute |
| Cost | Free | Free for the season and basic palette |
| Where it goes wrong | Hard to judge yourself; hair dye, tan and lighting skew it | Filters, colored light or heavy makeup in the photo |
| What you get | A direction, such as warm and soft | One of 12 seasons plus a 6-color palette |
A tool doesn't replace your own eye. It gives you a clear starting point that you then check with real clothes. The photo tool on this page reads your skin, eyes and hair from a selfie. The quiz works from your answers instead, so it's handy when you don't have good light for a photo.
If the two disagree, trust the one taken in better light, and try both candidate palettes next to your face.
Find my color palette free online, no email
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The photo analysis at the top of this page is free. Upload a selfie, and you see your season, your undertone and a basic color palette on the page. You don't need to sign up and you don't leave an email, not even to see the result.
The free analysis runs in your browser, so your photo never leaves your device.
If you want more after that, there's an optional full report with the finer 16-season breakdown and a downloadable palette card, from $1.99. You never need it to learn your palette.
No good photo right now? Take the free 10-question quiz instead.
My color palette FAQ
What is my color palette?
It's the group of colors that suit your natural undertone, depth and contrast. Most systems sort these into 12 seasons, such as Soft Autumn or Cool Summer, and each season has its own palette. Find your season and you have your palette.
How can I find my color palette for free?
Upload a selfie on this page. The season, undertone and basic palette are free, with no email and no signup. You can also take the free quiz or do the four mirror checks yourself.
Can I find my color palette from a photo?
Yes. Use a photo taken in daylight, facing the camera, without a filter or heavy makeup. The free analysis reads your skin, eyes and hair in your browser and matches them to one of 12 seasons; an optional AI analysis gives a more precise result.
Is a color palette the same as a color season?
They go together. The season is the label for your coloring, like Deep Winter. The palette is the set of colors that come with that season.
Can my color palette change?
Your undertone stays the same, but depth and contrast can shift as your hair greys or you change your hair color. A palette that suited you ten years ago may need a lighter or softer version now.
Do I have to wear only colors from my palette?
No. The palette matters most near your face: tops, scarves, glasses and makeup. Further away, such as trousers, shoes and bags, you can wear what you like.
What if I'm between two palettes?
That's common, especially with a neutral undertone. Compare the two palettes next to your face in daylight. The one that makes your skin look smoother and your eyes clearer is your palette.
Do I need to give my email to see my palette?
No. Your season and basic palette appear on the page right after the analysis. No email, no signup and no card.