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Color Season Quiz

Twelve questions. Answer from your natural coloring, in daylight, without makeup.

1. In daylight, the veins on your inner wrist look…
2. Which metal looks better against your skin?
3. Held under your chin, which looks better?
4. Your skin, without makeup, leans…
5. In the sun without protection, you…
6. Your natural hair color (or what it was before grey) is…
7. In sunlight, your hair shows…
8. Your eyes are closest to…
9. Compare your hair, skin and eyes. The difference between them is…
10. A black top right under your face…
11. Powder pink or baby blue near your face…
12. Compared with dusty colors (sage, mauve), vivid ones (fuchsia, cobalt)…

Answer at least six questions. More answers give a more reliable result.

Your result

Soft Summer

Undertone: coolRunner-up: Soft Autumn

coolwarm
lightdeep
softbright
Example palette · Soft Summer
  • powder
  • rose
  • mauve
  • periwinkle
  • dusty blue
  • seafoam
  • sage
  • soft navy
  • slate
  • pewter
  • ivory

Soft first: muted, smoky and cool-leaning. Blended, never loud. Avoid: bright saturated color and stark black and white.

See the full Soft Summer paletteCheck your undertone

Example result. Answer the questions to see yours.

How the quiz works

Each answer moves you along three axes: temperature (cool to warm), value (light to deep) and chroma (soft to bright). Your strongest axis names the season family, the second decides the side. For example, a strong soft reading with a cool lean gives Soft Summer, while the same softness with a warm lean gives Soft Autumn.

This is how the twelve-season system is usually taught. It is a styling framework, not a lab measurement, so treat a close result as two seasons to test with real fabric near your face. The color season guide explains all twelve.

Questions people ask

How accurate is an online color season quiz?

It narrows you to the right family most of the time and often to the exact season. Lighting, makeup and hair dye can skew answers, so answer from your natural coloring in daylight.

What if my result feels wrong?

Look at the runner-up season. The quiz shows which axis decided your result, and a close call means the neighbouring season is worth trying with real fabric near your face.

Is my result stored?

Only in this browser, so the guides can show your season. Nothing is sent anywhere.