What Is a Color Season? Undertone, Depth & Chroma, Explained

A color season is the 30–40 color palette that flatters your natural coloring — set by your undertone, depth, and contrast. What a color season is, and how to find yours.

The 12 color seasons

• Bright Spring
• True Spring
• Light Spring
• Soft Autumn
• Warm Autumn
• Deep Autumn
• Bright Winter
• True Winter
• Deep Winter
• Light Summer
• True Summer
• Soft Summer

Frequently Asked Questions

What does "color season" mean?

A color season is the palette of 30–40 colors that harmonize naturally with your skin, hair, and eyes. The Korean 12-season system places you in one of twelve seasons based on three traits: undertone, depth, and contrast.

How many color seasons are there?

The Korean 12-season 퍼스널컬러 system has 12 seasons — four families (Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter) each with three subtypes. The older Western system has 4 seasons (the families only).

Can my color season change over time?

Your underlying undertone does not change, but as hair greys, skin tans, or you change hair color, your apparent depth and contrast can shift you to a sister palette within the same family.

What's the difference between color season and skin tone?

Skin tone is one input — your undertone (warm, cool, or neutral). Color season is the full classification that combines undertone with depth and contrast to place you in one of 12 specific palettes.

Do I have to get analyzed to know my color season?

The fastest accurate path is an AI analysis from a selfie (60 seconds, $4.99). A quiz is a useful starting place but color perception is the point — self-assessment is often inaccurate.

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