The 12 Color Seasons

By the Skintonic team · SKINTONIC LLC · Updated October 30, 2026

Color analysis sorts people into twelve seasons based on four things: undertone (warm or cool), depth (light or deep), contrast (how far apart your hair, skin and eyes sit) and clarity (bright or muted).

Each page below lists that season's best colors, its neutrals, the shades to avoid and why, plus notes on clothing, metals and hair. Every color comes from the same data the Skintonic tool uses, so a page can never disagree with your result.

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By family

Each family shares an undertone and a quality. Start here if you know you are a winter but not which one.

• Winter palette
• Summer palette
• Autumn palette
• Spring palette

Spring — warm and light to bright

• Are you a Light Spring? Light, warm coloring — fair skin with a golden or peachy cast, light to mid blond or light brown hair, and light eyes. Signs, colors and what to avoid
• Are you a Warm Spring? Clearly warm coloring of medium lightness — golden skin, warm blond to warm brown hair, and green, hazel or warm blue eyes. Signs, colors and what to avoid
• Are you a Bright Spring? Warm but very clear coloring — bright eyes, noticeable contrast between hair and skin, and a complexion that takes strong color well. Signs, colors and what to avoid

Summer — cool and soft

• Are you a Light Summer? Light, cool coloring — fair skin with a pink or neutral cast, light ash blond to light brown hair, and soft light eyes. Signs, colors and what to avoid
• Are you a Cool Summer? Cool coloring of medium depth — skin with a pink or neutral cast, ash brown hair, and gray, blue or cool green eyes. Signs, colors and what to avoid
• Are you a Soft Summer? Cool but muted coloring — a complexion and hair that blend into each other rather than contrasting sharply. Signs, colors and what to avoid

Autumn — warm and muted to deep

• Are you a Soft Autumn? Warm but muted coloring — golden or neutral-warm skin, soft brown hair, and hazel or soft brown eyes. Signs, colors and what to avoid
• Are you a Warm Autumn? Clearly warm, rich coloring — golden or olive skin, auburn to warm brown hair, and amber, hazel or warm green eyes. Signs, colors and what to avoid
• Are you a Deep Autumn? Deep, warm coloring — rich skin with a golden or olive cast, dark brown to near-black hair, and dark eyes. Signs, colors and what to avoid

Winter — cool and deep to bright

• Are you a Deep Winter? Deep, cool coloring — dark hair, noticeable contrast with the skin, and dark cool eyes. Signs, colors and what to avoid
• Are you a Cool Winter? Cool, clear coloring — skin with a cool or neutral cast, dark hair, and clear cool eyes. Signs, colors and what to avoid
• Are you a Bright Winter? Cool, very clear and high-contrast coloring — bright eyes against dark hair and a complexion that handles strong color. Signs, colors and what to avoid

How the four factors split the twelve

Undertone decides the half: warm coloring goes to Spring or Autumn, cool to Summer or Winter. This is the one factor that does not change.

Clarity decides the pair within that half: clear coloring goes to Spring or Winter, muted to Summer or Autumn. It is the factor people judge worst on themselves.

Depth and contrast then pick which of the three inside a season you land on — the light one, the deep one, or the pure middle.

That is why neighboring seasons share so much and still need different palettes: Soft Summer and Cool Summer have the same undertone and differ only in clarity, and that single factor changes which shirt works.

Not sure which one is yours?

The self-checks on What season am I? narrow it down to a family. The free scan reads undertone, depth, contrast and clarity from one photo and names the season.

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