hue & hair.

Personal colour analysis · for everyone

Find colours that feel
like you.

A little understanding can open up a lot of possibilities. Explore how temperature, depth and clarity change a palette — and try the colours that catch your eye.

Seasonal colour analysis is a styling framework, not a scientific diagnosis. You can enjoy any colour, whatever your palette, gender or background.

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Three ways to look at colour

The starting points

Temperature

Warm palettes tend towards golden and earthy tones; cool palettes towards blue-based and rosy tones. Compare fabrics in consistent daylight.

Depth

Light, medium and deep describe the darkness of colours. Try a few depths close to your face and notice which combinations you enjoy.

Clarity

Soft colours have a muted quality. Bright colours feel more saturated. Balanced colours sit between the two.

Twelve invitations to experiment

Meet the palettes

A season gives a collection its name. It does not tell you what you must wear.

Look, compare, experiment

Colour in context

These illustrations show colour relationships. They are not evidence for assigning anyone a season; generated skin and lighting can be inconsistent.

Paired portraits of the same adult woman aged 36 with fair freckled skin and a short auburn bob, with warm coral fabric on the left and cool rose fabric on the right.
Warm coral and cool rose: compare the fabrics, rather than assigning the person a season.
Paired portraits of the same adult masculine-presenting person aged 28 with deep brown skin and short natural curls, with warm peach fabric on the left and cool pink fabric on the right.
Warm peach and cool pink: compare the fabrics, rather than assigning the person a season.
Paired portraits of the same androgynous adult aged 30 with light olive skin and short dark hair, with soft dusty blue fabric on the left and clear saturated blue fabric on the right.
Soft blue and clear blue: compare the fabrics, rather than assigning the person a season.
Paired portraits of the same adult woman aged 50 with medium brown skin and shoulder-length silver curls, with muted sage fabric on the left and bright emerald fabric on the right.
Muted sage and bright emerald: compare the fabrics, rather than assigning the person a season.
Paired portraits of the same adult masculine-presenting person aged 65 with fair skin and grey hair, with light blue fabric on the left and deep navy fabric on the right.
Light blue and deep navy: compare the fabrics, rather than assigning the person a season.
Paired portraits of the same adult woman aged 45 with deep brown skin and a natural coily crop, with light lavender fabric on the left and deep plum fabric on the right.
Light lavender and deep plum: compare the fabrics, rather than assigning the person a season.
Paired portraits of the same adult androgynous person aged 24 with light brown skin and short straight dark hair, with warm ivory fabric on the left and cool white fabric on the right.
Warm ivory and cool white: compare the fabrics, rather than assigning the person a season.
Paired portraits of the same adult masculine-presenting person aged 55 with medium brown skin and short salt-and-pepper curls, with soft terracotta fabric on the left and deep burgundy fabric on the right.
Soft terracotta and deep burgundy: compare the fabrics, rather than assigning the person a season.