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What colours suit you.

The question has a measured answer. Four readings from a photo place you in one of four colour families, each family has twelve curated shades, and you need only four of them to start. This page shows the four starting shades of every family, the neutrals behind them, the same face in a shade from inside its palette and one from outside, and how to get your own read free.

Find my four shades, free A few questions first, then one photo. The read itself takes about a minute and comes back on screen: your face shape, your colour direction and four shades. No account and no card.

How the answer is decided

Your skin's undertone, its depth, how much colour it carries and how far your hair sits from it in lightness are measured from the photo and placed on four scales. Those four readings choose a family; the family chooses the palette. The measuring is on its own page, Colour analysis, measured. This page is about what comes out the other end.

Each family's palette is twelve shades: eight that carry its character and four neutrals to build on. The free read shows you the first 4, which are the family's signature shades and the fastest way to see whether the read holds in your mirror.

Four families, four starting shades each

The line under each family is the rule that assigns it, in plain words. The swatches are the exact four a free read in that family shows.

Spring

Warm undertone at the lighter depths, or bright at medium-deep.

  • Coral
  • Warm peach
  • Golden yellow
  • Apple green

Neutrals Warm ivory, Camel, Warm grey, Warm brown

Directions inside it: Light Spring, Bright Spring, Warm Spring, True Spring.

Summer

Cool undertone at the lighter depths, or soft at medium-deep.

  • Soft rose
  • Powder blue
  • Lavender
  • Sage

Neutrals Soft white, Cool grey, Slate, Cocoa

Directions inside it: Light Summer, Soft Summer, Cool Summer, True Summer.

Autumn

Warm undertone at the deeper depths.

  • Rust
  • Olive
  • Mustard
  • Terracotta

Neutrals Cream, Camel, Warm taupe, Chocolate

Directions inside it: Deep Autumn, Soft Autumn, Warm Autumn, True Autumn.

Winter

Cool undertone at the deeper depths.

  • True red
  • Emerald
  • Royal blue
  • Fuchsia

Neutrals Pure white, Silver grey, Charcoal, Black

Directions inside it: Deep Winter, Bright Winter, Cool Winter, True Winter.

Same face, two shades

This is what an analyst watches for when a drape is held under your chin, and what the palette is for. The portrait below reads Light Spring. On the left, coral, the first shade of its own palette. On the right, true red, the first shade of the Winter palette, the opposite family, which is how the comparison is chosen.

Example portrait against coral, a shade from its own palette Coral · in the palette
The same portrait against true red, a shade from outside its palette True red · outside it
Look at the skin, not the colour. Against a shade from its own family the face keeps its own light; against the other, the shade takes the eye first and the skin goes flat behind it. Two flat panels only hint at it. Real fabric held under the chin in a shop mirror is where the difference shows. Example read, measured from a stock portrait.

How to use four shades

  • Start next to the face. Tops, knits, scarves, a collar under a jacket. The shades do their work within a hand's width of the skin; trousers and shoes can be almost anything.
  • Buy one, not four. One piece in one of your starting shades, worn for a week, tells you more than a shopping trip. If it holds, the other three usually follow.
  • Let the neutrals carry the rest. Each family's four neutrals are chosen to sit with its colours. A wardrobe built on them needs only a few pieces of colour to read as put together.
  • Read your formula with it. The same free read gives a face shape family and one formula for line and cut. A shade that suits worn in a shape that does not is half an answer; the two together are the point.

What the free read gives you, and what the system adds

Free, on screen in about a minute: your colour direction, the first 4 shades of your palette, your face shape family and one formula. No account and no card.

Your Style System, $9 once: all twelve shades shown against your own photo rather than a chart, a capsule of twelve pieces and four accessories chosen in your shades with up to ten shops that stock each one, and guidance on fit, hair and eyewear. Yours as a page and a PDF, with no subscription. The free read is complete on its own; the system is there if you want it.

What the system chose for the example

Four of the twelve pieces in the sample system for the same Light Spring portrait, with the number of shops that stock each. Generated once for this example and its sample answers; yours comes from your own read. The images are illustrations of each piece, not a shop's photo.

  • Warm Peach Silk Blouse Warm Peach Silk Blouse 6 shops stock it
  • Light Moss Green A-line Skirt Light Moss Green A-line Skirt 3 shops stock it
  • Tan Linen Blazer Tan Linen Blazer 7 shops stock it
  • Cream Cotton Shirt Cream Cotton Shirt 6 shops stock it

Questions people ask

Can I still wear black?

You can wear anything. The palette says which shades flatter, not which are allowed. Black is in the Winter palette; the other three families end in a deep neutral of their own instead: warm brown for Spring, cocoa for Summer, chocolate for Autumn. Wear black away from the face and one of your own neutrals next to it, and both will do their job.

What if I sit between two families?

The free read does not say how close to the line you sit. If your photo had no white reference, look at the neighbouring family on this page as well, and let the mirror decide between the two sets of starting shades.

Do my colours change in summer or with age?

They can. A tan lowers your skin's lightness and can shift its hue; hair going grey changes the gap between hair and skin. Both are measured, so a read taken in a different season may honestly differ. The free read has no limit; take it again when you change.

What happens to my photo?

The measurement runs in your browser. When you continue, the photo is uploaded so your result can be built, and it is deleted after 14 days unless you unlock the full system, which keeps it 120 days for a re-style. It is never used to train anything. Details are in the privacy policy.

Read next: Colour analysis, measured, how the four readings are taken. Or Face shape, measured, the formula half of the same read.

Find my four shades, free A few questions, one photo, about four minutes in all. Measured in your browser, before anything is uploaded.

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