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Thank you so much for this! I am a pale blue eyed lady with reddish brown hair and blue veins, and yet I look hideous in cool tones. No one wants to believe you can be warm toned with pale skin and eyes, but it is possible! I was starting to feel that I must be REALLY confused- thank you for dispelling this myth

I totally agree- I was tested when I was around 16 (courtesy of a shop). I have stuck to my colors since then with only a few exceptions and it saved so much money. I can combine all my pieces of clothing and I don’t understand why this is not common knowledge.

I've heard that olive skin is ALWAYS cool in recent years so I appreciate that you said that it's not always warm or always cool.

I went to a colour analyst last week and she said the same about the vein test 😂. I had a bad experience last year when a hairdresser insisted that I had warm undertone and gave me a warm blond hair dye. I looked sick! The colour analysis showed I'm a Bright Winter. I feel very confident with bright cool colours 💜

I thought I was in the light palettes, but when I got my analysis I learned I was a soft summer, who could suit a lot of the soft autumn tones, and a couple of the light summer ones. My skin was a lot softer than I imagined. The bad thing was that I realised a lot of my closet has spring colors, but the good thing was that my pinterest board with my dream wardrobe was perfect for my palette. Those were tones I was worried would be too soft for ne, but turned out it was right

i guess we all want to be any color type but our own. i am a dark winter but MAN do all those pastels and little flowers look amazing, wish i could wear such garments without looking odd

I appreciate this so much! I have been told I am Cool by so many random people, because I am light. I kept doubting my eyes, because of blue veins and the red flush under my skin. I’m a strawberry blonde with green eyes and very fair, translucent skin. Because of my pheomelanin and low pigment, the blue and red under my skin do show through. Yet, the pigment that I do have is distinctly warm and bright, with a yellow cast. I wasted so much money on Summer clothes, because people told me I should not be wearing my favorite Spring greens, corals, oranges and yellows! Watching this led me to do a lot of reading and get a professional analysis, which determined my characteristics are Light, Bright and Warm. I now wear Light Spring colors and borrow from Bright Spring. I was wearing too many Autumn colors and am so glad to know the difference! Thanks for the myth-busting. It’s so validating. Now I never have to wear baby blue or dusty rose again!

Fantastic video! Agree, there is a lot of misinformation. And just to add to your list of myths: That you'll automatically be the same palette as your parents. My mum, dad and brother are all summer, so for years I wore cool colours, toned my hair cool. Then I had my analysis done 10 years ago (best $ I've ever spent btw!!) and found out I'm a deep autumn - and the colours I'd been attracted to in my teens eg deep teal, russet red, chocolate brown, were all my best colours all along. I WANTED to look great in black, grey, denim and white, but could never figure out why I looked so lack lustre in them and thought it must be because I wasn't classically pretty. Finding out your palette makes you appreciate your natural looks, as well as make good shopping decisions. :)

Thank you so much for this video, being Asian no one believes me when I tell them my undertone is actually neutral to cool. So when ever I get my foundation matched, makeup artists always give me warm colour foundations with bronzer that just turns me orange…

I remember back then that all the clothes in my wardrobe are autumn colors(rust, brown, olive, and gold pieces of jewellery) and I always wondered why my clothes feel unnatural to me not until I discovered that I’m a dark winter and that’s my game changer, I can wear just a simple black or purple top with some silver jewellery and I look effortlessly good and glowing, unlike the days where I wear rusty and redish clothes🤍Knowing your seasonal palette is literally a life and money saver💅🏼💜

Christie, you NAILED IT! For YEARS I have struggled with the myth about the veins. I am a true/dark winter, but my veins look more on the green side and I "seem" to have a warm undertone. NOT TRUE! Thank you so much!!!

Totally agree with you that veins dont tell you anything. If i look at my own vein colour it looks blue and it looks green as well. Impossible idea.

I am a spring. Had golden blonde as a child. I’m over sixty. The blonde would fade quickly to white. White looks horrid on me. So after much work and searching, my hair is a lovely warm red. Not too dark. Everyone thinks it’s natural. I get comments all the time about being a natural redhead. Like Irish heritage. Like do my children have red hair. Being a spring my hair flows with the colors that have always looked good on me as a golden blonde. You did a great job.

I was always told, I was a summer. So I wore these cool, muted colors and I didn't feel like it looked right. I am pale with blue eyes and I believed that you had to have cool skin if you are pale. I was shocked that I am a spring but I was so excited to see the change in my complexion. I look amazing in my color palette and now I get compliments all the time. I mean not fishing for a compliment but just random people giving me compliments. The truth is when you look great, you feel great... and then people notice you!!

I just started researching finding my ideal colors and yes ~ several You Tubers have mentioned checking my veins. You look AMAZING in that color green!

♡ SUPER interesting! So glad you shared this. Advanced good wishes for March!

Very helpful. I always thought my veins looked a bit green, and I am definitely a summer. It's also reassuring to know that won't fundamentally change as I age.

I had my colors done in the 80s and I still use the advice given to this day. I should note that the analyst I had didn’t do the vein check that I can remember. I do recall that we couldn’t wear any makeup and she draped us under more intense lighting. Perhaps the vein analogy is more recent? I also wanted to be a cool season like a winter but I am more of an autumn. Interestingly enough I was gravitating towards those colors in my wardrobe prior to my analysis. Anyway this was very helpful and fun! Thank you

This is one of the best color analysis videos I’ve ever heard. The vein test definitely does not jive for me. I also think I’m a neutral but I’m really not 100% sure

The right video on the right time. Thank you Christie.

Autumn here. This was interesting and helpful. I’m so relieved that as I age further I’m not going to morph into some cool color palette that I hate.

I had my colours done many, many years ago. I so wanted to be an autumn, but I am a true olive skinned, Winter, and it proves itself each and every time I wear my colour palette.

This continues to be so interesting to me!

I had my colors analyzed in the mid 80s. I was told then I was an Autumn. No vain considered at that time. Autumn colors continued to be consistent as I aged & my hair has turned white from Ash blonde. The Autumn colors have continued to work best for me. I can wear muted spring colors also when I have sun tan. Thank you for your information. 🙏 🍂

I had a color analysis done with Christie and it was fantastic. I would never have guessed I was a Autum. I thought I was a Summer based on a lot of the myths she discusses in here. Having the analysis done really helps in my shopping because now I know what colors look the best on me.

I clicked on this because of the wonderfully bright thumbnail. The power of colours!

Christie did my on-line, color analysis, and I am really happy with the purchase. Thanks, Christie!

You look stunning! It does show that you know color

Great video so very interesting. Thank you.

I love this! Thank you!

Having a seasonal colour analysis many years ago, and a refresh more recently, have been the best fashion investments for me. Yes, I'm still a light spring with blue veins, light complexion and I am inspired by your style and creativity Christie. A timely video offering clarification on key points.

So good to hear about the vein thing cuz that never made sense to me

You are so correct about the vein test! I was analyzed as a combination of sultry (cool) and jewel (true) winter, but my veins look more green than blue. My olive skin has a warm overtone that makes my veins look greenish but my undertone is very cool!

This is really needed Christie! I had a colour consult done many years ago and it has been extremely helpful, but your guidance to really use this information to make the most of my closet has kicked it up several notched! I always look forward to your videos, thanks so much! Namaste 🙏

Thank you for sharing these myths! This was very helpful. I was wondering if it's possible to look good in colors from more than one season? For example, jewel tones complement me the best, but I also feel confident in shades of browns and oranges, such as rust.

I'm a light olive with a nutritional underton. My hair naturally goes from black to dishwater blonde at the ends. For the past 30 years I have been coloring my hair a True bright red. I get along well with most colors however, dark cool tones such as reds, purples, burnt oranges, blues and dark greens look the best on me. I constantly get compliments on my hair and how it works perfectly with my face.

Thank goodness about the vein thing. Mine a blue green. Or maybe greenish blue. 😅

I am a winter and the only difference I notice when I went to my natural color (now a silvery grey) I am tending toward bright pinks more. Seems to rosy up my skin tone, but still a true winter!

Awesome video :) I have always been confused as to whether I was a warm spring or a true autumn. I have fair skin, but I can tan, (no freckles) teal eyes, and was born with copper-red hair that softened by early childhood into a strawberry blonde - becoming a dark golden (almost honey) blonde by my twenties. But what makes me doubt that I’m a spring is that my coloring - while not completely soft - does not harmonize with the brightness of the spring palette. Bright lipsticks - even warm corals - make me look clownish, while slightly more muted, shaded colors like Brick or cinnamon look amazing. I know I am warm, but I don’t think I am warm and bright. I think I am slightly more muted, and I tend to gravitate towards the autumn colors - the majority of which just seem to work for me. In your opinion, would a warm person most likely be an autumn over a spring if bright colors look garish on them? (Sorry to be long-winded)

I am a new subscriber. I am a natural brunette, I have dark blue eyes and I am fair skin. I do burn in the sun not tan. I receive most compliments when I wear jewel tone clothes.

You look amazing!!!! This green!!! ❤

Great video 👍🏼 Thanks for sharing.

Oh you are so right, I have been told so many times by beauty counter consultants that I have a cool skintone, when it fact it is just very light, but neutral to warm in tone. I have been typed as an autumn twice in my life, many years apart. When young, I had very dark, with slight gold tone hair, and very pale skin, but was a deep autumn, my eyes have lightened with age and my hair is lighter, so now am regarded as a warm autumn, those very deep colours no longer suiting me; but I have never been a winter, as most people seem to think when they meet me, as I look ghastly in cool colours. My cousin, by contrast, had the same dark hair, but no gold in it, more ashy and eyes, but slightly olive skintone. Because people saw yellow tones in her skin, they automatically thought she was warm toned, but she in fact looks wonderful in cool pinks, mauves and so on, and cannot wear my warm olives, oranges and turquoise tones at all! I think this proves you have to drape and observe very carefully, as first appearances can be deceptive to the untrained eye.

I think I’m a winter and I had dyed blonde hair for years…but I always kept my jet black natural roots and eyebrows, I couldn’t help it. And I was always confused why it looked so harsh or disingenuous on me. Ash blonde really flatters my actual features but it was so obviously disharmonious on my skin, I had to eventually go darker and darker to get contrast back. So I kind of agree, that light hair is not contrasting enough :/

this so good to know.

You are truly the best at what you do! so proud of you wifey .

When I went grey in covid which really is beautiful I had to relook at this I also retired and now I’m a mess in what colour to wear and putting my lifestyle to purchase new items. I loved my workwear not my casual everyday so I’m stuck! Anyone else have this issue?

I too had mine done in the early 90’s. I’m a warm Spring, strawberry blonde (now going my version of grey) with aqua blue/green eyes. Never had the veins checked, but when I look they are a bit like my eyes, blue and green. I have dressed to my palette ever since, cuts the purchasing choices down immeasurably. I do wear cinnamon, terracotta, olive green and jewel based colours with a yellow undertone. I also wear black but make sure it is usually on my lower half. If it is on the upper torso, I add a scarf or an article that is in my palette. I have short hair and invariably wear drop earrings. I have an array of these, a very useful accessory. Definitely a yellow gold girl, silver or white gold looks horrible on me, doesn’t matter what the price tag.

You’ve convinced me I am summer or neutral. I know I’m not warm because I can’t wear any color or orange.

thank you thank you thank you thank you!

🙄 I knew that vein thing couldn’t be right! GREAT video … thank you 😊

This is helpful! I’m a spring-red hair, turquoise eyes, pale skin. But my hair, while it still has warmth, has gone blond/white. Some strands are still red from root to tip, but overall, I’m now a blond. The difference in contrast is throwing me for a loop!

I was analyzed 40 years ago when there were only 4 seasons. It was a struggle, and several "professional" opinions were involved. But I knew it wasn't right. My skin is fair and neutral. Last week I was analyzed again and was very glad to see there are now 12 color groupings. It was clear I am a soft Autumn and I LOVE the colors! I immediately cleaned out my closet and feel empowered to better purchasing of clothes and makeup. Worth it!!!❤

I always thought I was warm toned because I was fair olivey. I needlessly struggled with finding a warm foundation that would work with me for a decade and one day I put on a rusty orange shirt and realized how awful warm tones realy where for me🤣 Now I know I'm cool for sure! Not 100% sure if I'm winter or summer but the cool colors definitely suit me better then warm.

Oh God! Thank you so much! I'm also spring, my brains are blue but since childhood I knew that I must wear warm tones and anything that has blue tint , even if is red color makes me ugly. Black and light blue makes me look like a ghost. Thank you, Thank you

Ha-ha I saw the fair lady wearing apple green and knew what this video would adress! I struggled against so many voices telling me, that because I'm fair and blue eyed I am cool toned

I am a true spring with fair skin and warm undertones and although I let my hair go gray naturally (almost white now) I atill wear my spring colors with the exception of camel. I used to look great in camel but just can't wear it now. I wanted to be a winter because I love the cool jewel tones and gray hair still looks beautiful with those colors. Wishing doesn't make it so.

Hi Christie, thank you for this video! You said that it might be possible to shift from a warm spring to a true spring. So far I thought this is the same?

There’s a teal shade in the winter palette 🎨 (like mermaid 🧜🏻‍♀️ teal) that would look stunning on you!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤

Really good observations here, and thank you for clarifying and correcting some of the myths out there. I had three other videos on my screen before I found this one, and you are spot on with your observations. Some of the others were really giving wrong or at least confusing information. So thanks for clearing some of them up. Oh, and by the way, that green blouse looks lovely on you. The one comment that made me listen up though, is the comment about, there are no blond winter types. I actually think, I have one in my life, and believe me, I was very surprised, when I found that out. I have an adopted child, with Russian / Karelian cultural backgrounds. As a child, white blond, almost platinum color hair, the hair has darkened since, and is now always colored, so I cannot even tell you what it would be these days. Anyhow the celebrity that is most like my kiddo, is probably PINK, the singer. Now, I have no idea what PINK's natural hair color is, but any silver hair or white blond hair tends to look lovely on her, so does any shade of pink she has tried. She wears a lot of black or white and uses a lot of black around her eyes on a regular basis. Whenever I see her in beige or golden at evening events, she looks much more washed out. So, I think it is fair to say, she looks better in blueish colors than yellowish ones. Assuming she is naturally some kind of blond or darkblond, if she cannot be a winter, she would have to be a summer. But somehow, if you look at the summer palates, they are all a bit dusty - grayish, which is not what Pink likes or wears. Now, if you look at the bright winter palate, it has a ton of pink and blue tones in it, and she wears tons of these colors and they look great on her. Without having seen her natural hair color or complexion, it is hard to tell, but if you had asked me, I would have said, she is a 'bright winter'. Now again, the only reason I really care, is because I encountered this surprise in my own family, and I have since settled, for: Well maybe there are some exceptions after all. Just thought, I'd share.

I have seen blonds look truly stunning in jewel blue, jewel purple, or rich forest green dress! Other than that I like this video a lot

Top notch!

I’m a very fair olive so it’s been tricky. My undertone is neutral cool, I definitely can wear cool, but some of the light spring and soft autumn colors, not the warmest of them. I don’t look my best in the true warm colors but the cooler versions in the warmer palettes I can pull off depending on the value and intensity. I’m medium pretty much all the way around so anything close to that middle I can wear.

I loved this video. I was especially relieved to dismiss those vein color misconceptions, because they confused me so much and yet I have until now seen a hundred videos where it is mentioned as a valid method. I belong to winter palette, fair skin, dark hair, green eyes that stand out, with green veins... mostly. However, the thing where you mentioned that the color palette doesn't really change with years had me wondering about that and my mom. Based on the pictures that we have when she was 20 years old, she was a winter with features almost identical to mine - cool dark hair, fair skin with rosy cheeks, green eyes. That all changed more than 30 years later. She did change her hair color to honey blond, but her skin tone also took an overall warm and darker tone, so it is identical with her hair color now. Her eyes don't stand out as much and her overall contrast is low. Maybe her exposure to the sun did something to her skin? Maybe she still is a winter posing as spring?

Excellent video

It's interesting you mention hair and adding warmth into hair for those with warm undertones. I've only recently started doing this as in the past most of the brown/blonde shades I've gone with cooler, ashier tones which I've found to be quite popular amongst Asian hair colouring. From a cultural point of view though, there are Asians like that like to appear fairer so perhaps choosing a cooler tone for one's hair contrasts with the skin to make it appear paler which culturally some people prefer. Lots of food for thought!

Great video and very correct. The vein theory comes from makeup artists, they believe warm goes with warm and cold with cold. But honestly, the only "balanced" tone is the neutral one. So, often those with cold skin tone actually look more vivid in warm brights, and vice versa.

That's why I was never able to find what I was. My veins are blue AND green ! Still not sure what I am. I'm a natural red head and everyone told me to wear orange and brown but even if I look good in them, I'm also going for bright color like fuschia, purple and lime green. I look at every season paIette and there's always something that I think look good on me.😵‍💫 I think a color analysis would help me 🤔

Since I stopped dyeing my hair, it has changed what colors work on me. My hair is lighter and much cooler. People think my brown ends are auburn in contrast with the gray. Some clothing that used to wash me out is now now flattering. Some colors still work and others don't. I know that both my skin and hair are somewhere on the neutral spectrum, but cannot figure out if i am maybe olive, or lean cool or warm. I'm also not sure about intensity and value. I think trends and colors I love confuse me too.

Thank you for saying that blonde hair and blue eyes can be warm. I have always been told that I was automatically cool because I am blonde but cool colors make me look washed out.

Thanks Christie. Yep never could work out the colour of my veins. I was told I was an autumn years ago in an analysis by a professional. Hairdresser says I am neutral. My wardrobe is a mix. aagh ! so confusing. 🤔🇦🇺🙏

I've been analysed as a winter. I can see that deep colours suit me ( I was always more keen on dark colours actually) but what I don't understand is why do off white suits me better and why grey makes me look yellow. 🤔

I used to think dark hair+pale skin automatically make u a winter. Until i realized im more of a clear spring than winter. Like online tools gave me deep winter but nothing make my skin look more yellow than grey do and like tried greys and purples on my eyes for makeup and it just look wrong

You actually look great next to the summer palette! :D

More on neutral please.

Thank you for the usefull video. How would you treat someone with naturally cool skin and warm eyes and hair or naturally warm skin and cool eyes and hair? I think I don't fit into any category.

Before I had my colors done in the early ‘80s, we didn’t have much money and I sewed and spent many hours making/tailoring wool suits, dresses, capes, pants, etc using beautiful heathered summer pinks, blues, and greens

Hi Christie, I have light warm skin and used to be a warm blond. I'm now 60 and grey. I stopped dyeing my hair around 5 years ago. Hair is a warm grey at back, but the front just looks white now. I think I'm probably wearing wrong colours in clothing. I like grey, navy, light to medium blue. I convinced myself that that these colours are ok on me now as my hair is so light. Any advice on bringing light warm colours into my wardrobe to work with grey and navy without having to get rid of my current clothes?

I did a colour analysis course and learned the vein thing there, but I can’t say it’s true either. My veins are teal and I have a cool undertone and I haven’t found it useful with clients either.

I'm soooo happy I came across your channel. I was analyzed as a soft autum which I love but most of the hair colours on my pannel is dark and I'm a natural blond so I don't want to go dark, will this affect my overall autum look to be in perfect harmony?

Where can I buy those beautiful draping cloths?? Thank you for your video!

Back in the 80s, I had an analysis with Beauty for All Seasons and they typed me a Contrasting Autumn Panache. My hair was darker then, hence the contrasting part. And the Panache part is "Beautiful brown hair with golden or red highlights combines with the many colors of blue-green eyes-steel-gray, turquoise, azure. or gray. Skin tones are clear peachy-pink, golden beige, or suntanned" Anyway, I may have faded to a Soft Autumn..🤷‍♀️ I was a warm blond as a toddler until around 7 and my hair gradually became medium reddish brown.

What’s your take on the kibbe body system? I would love to watch a video about your opions on it or an analysis of celebrity body types or even outfit choices for the body types.

Black is so close to my heart, but I admit, I look better in brown. I have purple veins too. I have really pale skin and dark hair. Everyone is always surprised I look amazing in bright orange.

Love the towels! You should sell them

some women get confused by sallow skin, thinking it is yellow undertone but no. And yes most olive skin is winter. And those not so deep with misleading sallow skin (like my mother) are mostly summers. And YES so many women dying their hair the wrong colour so they have to pile on the makeup to compensate - making things worse!!!

Winters & Springs both have clear, bright colors in the palettes so it's understandable that you would be drawn to those jewel tones. Plus, they are the most common fashion colors especially for business & evening attire. I am a Spring too, originally analyzed as an Autumn during a class at an Adult Ed Center which is what I thought I was based on the color analysis literature of the time. I used to wear a lot of Summer shades too since I liked purples & blue-greens. I just preferred softer, faded out colors for a long time. My mother who was a Winter, used to yell at me about not wearing any color but I knew I couln't wear her colors--fuscia, deep cool reds, deep navy blue & sapphire looked horrible on me but I could wear just about any shade of brown/tan or green or rust/peach & receive compliments. I was so surprised when I had my colors done professionally & was given a customized swatch sample at how many shades of blue & pink were included. I had avoided pink & blue as an Autumn. Now I realize the Autumn palette was a little too strong/muted for me & I love the Warm Spring Palette I was given. And yes, if you are fair/pale with any redness in your skin, people assume you have a cool undertone. I have noticed that when I wear colors that are too cool or muted makes my skin look very yellow or "muddy"---by contrast. Best to keep those away from my face :) Spring colors are more difficult to find in general. I danced with joy when Brown came back "in" & I could finally find a coat that wasn't black or grey...

Re the haircolor I think I'm neutral. I love red hair so dyed red for years and wore warm clothes. I allowed myself to go gray it was gunmetal gray. I could not wear the warmer colors. My eyes are cool blue but have brown in them. Except black my fav colors fall into the warmer palette.

Thank you, such an informative video. But personally I have trouble with finding my true or top colors. I had have already three times a colour analysis and each time the result was completely different: I was an autumn, a summer and now a spring type. I have vitiligo, which can make it difficult to determine my colour set, I suppose.

I am a natural dark brunette with lightish skin. Because of alopecia I am a wig wearer and I'm wearing light blondes. I'm confused about your comment about light hair never being able to take the saturation of the winter colors but here I am a light blonde who is once a dark brunette and classified in the 80s as a winter. Are you saying that I'm still should be wearing winter colors even though my hair is very light and my skin is fairly light?

Does a tan affect things? Seems i can wear brighter colors when im tan? Thx so much💖

Thanks for posting this, very informative! Also, you rock in that green blouse. Few ppl can pull off that color, but you definitely do! (and wow, you have loads of shoes! Lol). Cheers & have a great day or night! 👍🏼💐

Thank you for debunking those myths! I’ve been so confused by trying to figure out my colouring. I have dark auburn hair and brown eyes and very pale skin, which makes people immediately think Autumn but when I try some Autumn colours, like in my profile pic, I really wash out and it doesn’t look quite right. Jewel tones can look great on me as well as multiple shades of blue and pink. I also look awful in an orangey red lipstick or anything too brown based. But I can wear brown and mustard yellow/gold. Please help!! 😢

What about a tan? My skin is very neutral and pale in the winter and when I get tan, which I do quite easily as a pale person, I am soooo yellow brown. The bright colors I wear in the summer would look awful on my winter self and the more muted colors that flatter me in winter look very flat in summer. Am I imagining things?

Is it possible to be a summer and a winter? I think I’m a light summer but I find that many winter colours also suit me.

I always had very dark warm brown hair with light skin and warm brown eyes. I look horrible in gold and orange and pretty in bright jewel tones. The strange thing is I also look and feel great in bright cool green and bright yellow? What pallet would that be?

i have grey hairs which i wanna ask, theyre super super bright, not WHITE more like greyish-white but extremely shiny, way more than the rest of the pigmented hair. I got to a professional to do an analysis and we took a long while to figure out my season. We decided to bright winter, but were in doubt if i could be a very neutral bright spring. Is the white hairs a hint that we're on the right track? Thanks. im still lost after the analysis

I am summer it works for me

I had black/brown hair, hazel eyes and very light skin when I was a young adult. So, of course I was a Winter. Because I was so pale, I had to wear lots of blush to counteract my paleness. I’ve just been professionally analyzed as a Summer. Who knew? I now know the colors were too bright. Black and white are too harsh. Now I don’t need lots of makeup. So glad I had it done. It was a surprise.