What is my color season?

Your color season is determined by three traits: your skin's undertone (warm, cool, or neutral), your overall depth (light, medium, or deep), and your contrast level (low, medium, or high). The combination places you in one of 12 seasons — Spring, Summer, Autumn, or Winter, each with three sub-types.

Your color season is the palette of approximately 30-40 colors that harmonize naturally with your skin, hair, and eyes. The 12-season system — used in Korean 퍼스널컬러 analysis — groups people into Bright/True/Light Spring, Light/True/Soft Summer, Soft/Warm/Deep Autumn, and Deep/True/Bright Winter.

To find your season, you need three measurements: undertone (the underlying color of your skin — warm/golden, cool/pink, or neutral), depth (whether your features are light, medium, or deep overall), and contrast (the gap in lightness between your hair, skin, and eyes).

The fastest way to find yours is an AI selfie analysis (under 60 seconds, free). Traditional in-person draping with a certified analyst takes 60-90 minutes and costs $200-500. A quiz alone is the least accurate method because color perception is the entire point — but it's a useful starting place.

Once you know your season, you'll know which 30-40 colors flatter you most, which to avoid, what hair colors and makeup shades suit you, and how to build a wardrobe that always works.

  1. Photograph yourself in natural light: Take a clear, makeup-free selfie facing a window during daylight.
  2. Identify your undertone: Look at your wrist veins (blue/purple = cool, green = warm, mix = neutral) and check whether silver or gold jewelry flatters you more.
  3. Assess your depth: Compare your hair, skin, and eye tones — are they overall light, medium, or deep?
  4. Measure contrast: Take a black-and-white photo. High contrast = clear gap between hair and skin. Low contrast = they blend.
  5. Match to a season: Use a free AI analyzer or run through a quiz to map your three traits to one of the 12 seasons.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Can my color season change over time?

Your underlying undertone doesn't change, but as hair greys or skin tans, your apparent depth and contrast can shift you to a sister palette.

Is the 12-season system the same as the 4-season system?

The 4-season system is the original; the 12-season expansion (used in Korea) adds three sub-types per season for far greater accuracy.

How accurate is AI color analysis?

Modern AI analyzers using calibrated photo analysis achieve 85-92% agreement with professional in-person draping when given a quality selfie.

Find your Korean color season — free AI analysis in 60 seconds