My Method
The science of color analysis. Applied with intention.
Color analysis is a precise practice built on understanding three fundamental characteristics of your natural features. My approach is methodical, thorough, and designed so that you leave every session not just with a result — but with a genuine understanding of why your colors work.
The Foundation
Every analysis starts with three things.
Color analysis is built on three measurable characteristics that every person carries in their natural features. Understanding where you fall across all three is what makes a result accurate — and what allows for the precision of 12 distinct seasons.
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Hue
Undertone
Whether your coloring leans warm or cool. This is the most fundamental characteristic — and the first thing I determine in my analysis. It immediately narrows your possible seasons by half.
02
Value
Depth
How light or deep your overall coloring is — from the lightest features to the darkest. Your depth tells us which end of the seasonal spectrum you sit on and narrows your season further.
03
Chroma
Brightness
Whether your features are vivid and clear or soft and muted. Chroma is what takes color analysis beyond the basic four seasons — allowing for the precision of 12 distinct seasons by distinguishing between colorings that share the same undertone and depth but differ in brightness.
The Process
A step-by-step approach to finding your season.
Every analysis I do follows the same deliberate process — working from broad to specific, eliminating possibilities at each step until we arrive at your personal color season with confidence.
Determining your undertone
The first thing I assess is your hue — whether your natural features carry warm or cool undertones. This single determination immediately divides the 12 seasons in half, giving us a clear direction to work from. I look at the interaction between your skin, eyes, and hair rather than any single feature in isolation, because undertone is a holistic characteristic that shows up across all three.
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Comparing your home seasons
Once I know your undertone, I compare the two remaining home seasons — for warm clients, Spring versus Autumn; for cool clients, Summer versus Winter. Here I'm evaluating your depth and brightness to determine which home season your coloring aligns with most naturally. This is where I look most closely at how light or deep your features are, and whether your coloring feels clear and vivid or soft and muted.
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Identifying your personal color season
With your home season established, I then compare drapes within that season and its sister seasons to pinpoint exactly which of the three personal seasons within your home season is yours. This is the most nuanced step — the differences between personal seasons within the same home can be subtle, and it's where thoroughness and experience matter most. I take my time here, comparing carefully until the right season becomes clear.
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Walking you through the why
I don't consider a session complete until the result makes complete sense to you. Once I've identified your personal season, I walk you through exactly what I saw and why — explaining how your undertone, depth, and brightness led me to that conclusion. My goal is for you to leave understanding your coloring well enough that the result makes complete sense to you, not just takes my word for it.