A clear result
One season comes out ahead
You get its name, a hint of your sub-season among the 12, and the palette to match. Read the season page, then the sub-season page, and compare the signs with what you see in the mirror.
Free · no sign-up · 2 minutes
Color Analysis Quiz: What Season Am I?
Ten questions about what you really observe: your veins, your jewelry, what black does to you, the colors that earn you compliments. At the end, your likely season and a hint of your sub-season. No photo, no AI, no sign-up: a first hint, not a verdict.
Before you start
What you get
- Your likely seasonSpring, Summer, Autumn or Winter.
- A sub-season hintAmong the 12 sub-seasons.
- Your paletteThe colors of your season.
- 10 questions
- 2 minutes
- No sign-up
A first hint, not an analysis. To answer accurately: near a window, in daylight, with no makeup.
How the quiz works: temperature, lightness, intensity
Color analysis looks at three things in your natural coloring. The quiz measures them one at a time.
Temperature
Is the tone under your skin more warm (golden) or more cool (pink, bluish)?
Lightness
Do light or dark colors bring you out?
Intensity
Can you handle bright colors, or do you need soft ones?
Your strongest axis then points to your sub-season hint.
Before you answer
To answer accurately
- Stand near a window, in daylight.
- No makeup.
- Hair pulled back if you dye it.
What your result means
The quiz gives you one of two answers. Both are a first hint, and both come with next steps.
Between two seasons
Two seasons are almost tied
It happens, and it’s not a failure: your sub-season is probably on the border between the two. The quiz shows both side by side and how to tell them apart yourself.
New to color analysis? Read how seasonal color analysis works
What a quiz can’t see
A color analysis is about how your skin reacts to colors held up to your face. Here’s what each way of finding your season can and can’t do.
This quiz
- Looks at
- What you can observe yourself: veins, jewelry, black, bright colors, compliments.
- Limit
- It can’t see your skin react to colors.
An app or an AI on a photo
- Looks at
- A photo of you.
- Limit
- Light, screen and camera settings change the result from one picture to the next.
A trained eye
- Looks at
- Your skin reacting to colors held up to your face.
- Limit
- It needs daylight, a mirror and a bare face.
That’s why every result here is a first hint. The check happens in front of a mirror, in daylight, with the colors on your season page.
The four possible results
Each season combines three qualities. Here’s what they look like.
Spring
WarmLightBright
Warm, light, bright and clear colors. Low to moderate contrast.
See this season
Summer
CoolLightSoft
Cool, muted, pastel and light colors. Low to moderate contrast.
See this season
Autumn
WarmDeepSoft
Warm, dark colors, muted or desaturated. Moderate to high contrast.
See this season
Winter
CoolDeepBright
Cool, bright, clear and dark colors. Moderate to high contrast.
See this seasonAfter the quiz: check your sub-season
Each of the 12 sub-seasons has its own page, with the signs that sound like you and the colors to keep away from your face.
Questions about the quiz
Is the color analysis quiz really free?
Yes, and with no sign-up: you see your result right away. If you want, you can also get your result and the link to your palette page by email.
Is the quiz reliable?
It gives you a likely season based on ten clues, and that’s a good first hint. But a quiz can’t see your skin react to colors, and the way we see ourselves is shaped by our tastes. Treat the result as a first hint, not a verdict. To check it, hold the colors from your season page up to your face in daylight, with no makeup.
Why doesn’t the quiz ask for a photo?
Because a photo depends on the light, the screen and the camera settings. Automatic photo tools give results that change from one picture to the next. The questions are about what you observe yourself, in real life.
What if I’m between two seasons?
It’s common, and it often points to a sub-season on the border between two seasons (for example Soft Autumn and Soft Summer). Read both season pages and try the two-color test on each. Whichever one evens out your complexion is your better bet.
Does the quiz work for every skin tone?
The questions are about undertone, contrast and how you react to colors, not about how light your skin is. Every skin tone shows up in all four seasons: no question sorts you by your skin color.
What about men?
The quiz works the same way. Just swap the lipstick question for a shirt or a sweater in those two colors.
What color season is cool olive skin typically in?
None by default. A cool undertone points toward Summer or Winter, but temperature is only one of the three things the quiz looks at, and olive skin tones show up in all four seasons. Don’t pick a season from your skin tone alone: take the quiz, then check your top result on its season page.
What colors don’t look good on olive skin?
There’s no list for olive skin as a whole, because olive skin tones belong to every season. The colors to keep away from your face depend on your season, and each season page lists them.
Which seasons have medium contrast colors?
Contrast is the gap between your skin, eyes and hair, and the method rates it for each of the 12 sub-seasons. Moderate contrast goes with Warm Spring, Cool Summer and Warm Autumn. Soft Autumn sits between low and moderate. The quiz asks about it in the black-and-white photo question.
Take the quiz, then check it in the mirror
Two minutes for a first hint, then daylight and your season page to check it.