I look bad on both because Im light olive 🤣 Some tips to my fellow girls: - Dark red lipstick with lots of blue like burgundy or wine look better - Nude lipstick doesn’t work - peachy blush but don’t wear orange or yellows! - pastels like pastel pink or lavender, mint makes you look more green and washed out - dark colors like dark purple, Navy, or pure colors like white, cream (not too warm) , fucsia, wine, burgundy, military (cool and dark) green, look AMAZING on us!!!

@mimvlog3236

10 ай бұрын

Wow, you just described me to a T!

@berlineczka

10 ай бұрын

I'm a light warm olive and some of your best choices look terrible on me :D - dark red lipstick or cool toned ones is true for me too (Ruby Woo is my best red), but I have to have them mat to not overpower me. If I want to go more purple, then CT Viva la Vergara is great. - nude lipstick does work but you have to go in the darker nudes for your match. I am at the NC15 level in MAC, and my nude lipsticks are the ones tailored towards medium-tan range. Granted, I also have naturally dark lip pigmentation, but this is what works for me. No pale corpse-y tones for me. - I can wear well almost all types of blush except of cool powdery pink and cool mauves. My best matches for natural look are bronzer-blushers, though. - ALL pastels look terrible on me, but true, pale violets like lavender or periwinkle are the worst of them. Lime is just next to it. But I also look bad in all whites, creams, beiges, khaki. Greys and cool greens are the terrible too. - Dark(ish) muted colours that are neutral or leaning slightly warm are my best friends. Fire brick, burgundy, plum, barn red, maroon, navy (the more neutral one without a purple hint), anthracite (i.e. almost black grey), warm blacks, rich chocolate brown, warmer dark greens like bottle or forest green and warm lighter greens (like grass green), stormy or darker steel grey-blues. I can also wear mustardy yellows well if they are saturated and not almost-white. My absolutely best colour is petrol.

@HaHaHaLMFAOtv

10 ай бұрын

Exactly! except I'm still going to wear my lavender colors haha

@anacristinamoura881

10 ай бұрын

Light olive here too!😂😂

@donnadrane4977

10 ай бұрын

I don’t know. I’m light olive skin tone with dark brown hair and eyes. I think I look good in both warm and cool colors. I was previously determined to be a winter.

Omg and all these years I had wondered why every color looked off on me. In my case the intensity of the color was way more important than the hue itself. What an eye opening video!

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

I'm glad you found the video refreshing and helpful! :D

@jackie_nicole

7 ай бұрын

Yes! I too had the same revelation! I kept getting stuck between SA and SS for literal years, because warm and cool are equally fine on me. But, this is only true if the color is muted and low-low medium contrast. I've spent SO much money trying to figure out why I didn't "fit" into a certain seasonal box by trying new clothes or new makeup. Im so so hyped I found this video ahhhhh

@Juli_a.a.

6 ай бұрын

@@stylemejenn, you’re Wonderful.

@ST52655

3 күн бұрын

@@jackie_nicoleSame

Temperature is just one aspect of color and people are so obsessed with it! It’s temperature, clarity and depth that inform our overall appearance. Most of us only LEAN cool or warm but it’s the value of a color or the softness or vibrancy of a color that make us look good or bad.

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

Agreed! :)

They always say "Choose the one that minimises your under eye circles" Not one color under the sun can minimise the babies lmao.

@laurasmith6933

10 ай бұрын

I tend to go by what makes my lips look healthier. If I wear colours that are wrong for me, they look washed out. When I wear colours that look good on me, they’re more peachy-pink.

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

I agree with both - the blue tones show up in both my under eyes and lips when I wear colors that are too cool on me!

@suek7086

10 ай бұрын

Some days no color helps and I can put on enough make up to look like an elderly street walker and it still won’t help. I have wallpaper paste complexion with bunny eyes ( my daughters description.)

This explains why the professional color analyst initially struggled in determining whether I’m warm or cool, my dominant characteristic is Soft. I’m a Soft Summer, but can wear some Soft Autumn colors, too. So long as the colors are soft, light to medium intensity and neutral to cool, they work fine. The worst colors for me are bright, very warm or very dark ones.

I feel like as an olive skinned person the hue of your best colours should reflect the warm-cool balance of your specific olive. I am a slightly warm learning pale Olive with a little more yellow than blue. For me colours work best that reflect that. Like petrol: a green with a tad of blue. Or plum: a red with a tad of blue. Being a little soft I also benefit from every colour being a bit muddy, it doesn’t really need to be super greyed out but the colour should be ambiguous, i should not be able to say „it’s a green!“ it should be „is it green or brown or grey?“ „is it a yellow, a brown or a green?“ „is it a red a brown or a purple?“ also patterns with contrast in itself work super well, contrast is even more important in winter when my skin is pale. Dark colours look stunning, regardless of their temperature, as long as they are a little muted they are fine . Patterns can also be in a mix of a cool and a warmer colour. It looks amazing. I got a pullover in dark green, navy and mustard yellow and it looks so in harmony. I feel that for olives tan does matter more than for others. When I am tanned softness becomes more important and contrast and warmth become less important. In Summer i wear soft autumn and soft summer colours very well, which in winter does not work at all. I’d say my home palette is deep autumn(/deep soft winter)and depending on my level of tan I can go into soft autumn and soft summer very easily.

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

Such a detailed explanation - thank you!! I agree with you 100% abiyt the colors being somewhat ambiguous ❤ I find that when I tan I'm actually able to wear brighter/clearer colors better as opposed to soft/muted colors!

@kn803x

3 ай бұрын

I second this. I’m a very cool olive. Olive is an overtone, not an undertone 😢

I really like the seasonal color videos , there's a million channels about this but honestly you are one of those channels that explains the information the best😊❤🎉

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the compliment! ❤ Another color video coming next week too :D

@ernestonunez2400

10 ай бұрын

​@@stylemejenngreat,and you are very welcome

@curious_soul7

10 ай бұрын

I agree. Have seen many videos and explanations but this one gives more clarity. Thank you!

@Leticia_b_ceratti

10 ай бұрын

True! Jenn is The best 😊!!!

@sciencenotstigma9534

10 ай бұрын

Yes! Many U.S. color analysts are very adamant that everyone is either more Warm or more Cool. I have some things in common with Olives, because I’m a very fair redhead. There are some redheads who are fully warm and, I’ve heard, a few who are cool. However, many, like me, are somewhere in the middle and can play it up either way, like many Olives can. That’s because we have far more pheomelanin (produces yellow, pink, red) than eumelanin (produces beige, tan, brown, black). Like me, many reds have the very warm yellow/red (shades of orange) hair, but pink/red under the skin, which color analysis says is cool. However, our freckles add warmth. We are usually bright and high chroma (though only the darker reds are high contrast). Within our subtype (usually Light or Bright, but all are possible), we combined temperature redheads can usually pull off powder blue, light purples and pinks (cool) and yellow greens, grass greens, light/bright olive, blue -green, warm or cool reds and yellows…the whole gamut, although some have trouble with very warm or very cool colors. On me, the more neutral colors, in temperature, look best. Neutral temp = coral (pink plus orange), mint, blue greens, butter/daffodil yellow, salmon, and other colors midway between Warm and Cool. Still, the dominant color analysis theory holds that no one, or almost no one, is truly neutral. I am considered Warm-Neutral (typed as Light/Bright Spring), because of my warm hair eyes and freckles, though my skin has what are usually called cool undertones and a yellowish/peachy skin tone. It’s just not pigmented enough pigment to change my blush to peach or bronze, so the effect is pretty neutral skin. If there are Warm and Cool people, logically speaking, there should also be neutral people and people at every point on the spectrum. What do you think? P.S. Thankfully, tonal theory says that temperature is not everyone’s dominant trait, so that does account for many of us neutral types.

This video was made for me. I'm pale with medium golden brown hair. I could never figure out my season. I look horrible in pale colors (warm or cool) and look best in things like navy, burgundy, burnt orange, cobalt, warm and cool greens. I think I may have an olive undertone.

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

Check out my Olive Skin video if you haven't already ❤

@bibliophilelady6106

10 ай бұрын

I could have written this comment. Pastels are the enemy, but deep, saturated warm and cool colors are both friendly. I am still not sure what that makes us though. 😂

@maritta2504

10 ай бұрын

​@@bibliophilelady6106I feel like I am totally the same! Though I just have yellow undertones I think, not olive skin. I still can't place myself on that wheel 😂. All I know is that I look good in rich jewel tones, but pastells are a no no 😄

@violetviolet888

9 ай бұрын

@@bibliophilelady6106 It makes you neutral bright.

@rhondapelletier2141

9 ай бұрын

@@bibliophilelady6106SAME!!!

Everyone is unique. Of course we are closer to some season type, but everything depends on an exact shade.

I love this video. I find color analysis so confusing, but the explanation of olive skin and warm/cool colors was a lightbulb moment. I've settled on dark autumn for me but can wear some cooler (not too cool) colors. I love that there are no hard and fast rules and that everyone has a little bit different framework.

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

I'm glad you liked the video Stephanie ❤❤❤ There really is no reason to box ourselves into a season as long as we know what works / doesn't work with our skin!

Thank you Jenn for this video! Im also a warm olive. I have discovered that I can wear cool reds, but I look horrible in cool pinks and purples. They really bring out the green in my skin🤢I prefer warm, deep and slightly soften colors on me, because they help to warm up my complexion without making me look like I have jaundice 😂

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

That's me! Cool pink & purples are my absolute wrost colors lol

I believe I have fair olive skin, but I feel that darker, brighter colors tend to look better on me. Lipstick, for example, has to have an extra shine, otherwise it won't work! The fact that I have hazel eyes that pull green and skin with a certain pink also helps with that! You could make a video showing who looks best in neutral colors and colorful colors or a mix of them!

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for the suggestion! Let me add it to my topics list :)

@violetviolet888

9 ай бұрын

It means you have fair skin with a bright olive undertone. However you didn't indicate if you are cool or warm. Would you look better in warm or cool colors?

@carlamattei7276

9 ай бұрын

@@violetviolet888 More in cool colors!

@SueRosalie

9 ай бұрын

"fair olive" is a contradiction. You can't have both. Fair skin is the very white blue/pinkish skin of English/Irish/Scottish ancestry, that freckles and burns easily. Pretty much the opposite of olive skin. What you are probably trying to say is light olive skin. Tip: all olive skin falls into the Winter palettes. Tip #2 hazel eyes can belong to any of the seasons, eye colour is not linked to skin types.

@violetviolet888

9 ай бұрын

@@SueRosalie Incorrect. Anyone of any skin value (lightness/darkenss porcelain to deep black) can absolutely have an *olive undertone*. Ask anyone who is fair with an olive undertone. I can assure you they exist.

Really interesting! I am a redhead (warm, bright red hair) with cooler skin. I find that my important characteristic is clarity; I suit bright colors infinitely better than muted. But warm or cool colors equally suit me. I use colors from both bright winter and bright spring palettes. :)

@brooker.b.nelson7777

10 ай бұрын

This is where I am with my 2 year old red head. He looks bad in completely warm colors. His skin turns yellow with true spring and orange and ruddy with true autumn. I’m leaning towards Bright Spring for him. But Bright Winter is not bad, I think it just drains him slightly. Excited to find another red head with similar coloring. I’ve been having the toughest time finding his colors since he was born. Most people automatically put red heads into the True Warm seasons based off of the overtone instead of undertones.

@Julia29853

9 ай бұрын

My coloring is somewhat similar but with dark brown auburn instead of bright red, and I think for me, my colors that work are opposite. I think redhead coloring is the hardest to figure out for sure because most of us are a mix of seasons. Ive found colors that make my complexion glow, do nothing for my hair and eyes. 🤔

@MillieMaa

9 ай бұрын

i@@Julia29853 it might get easier when your hair starts to gray/whiten, maybe you'll naturally gravitate to cooler tones. I was a natural bright redhead and I have neutral/warm (not olive, but kind of sallow) very fair skin and hazel brown eyes, and deep/bright autumn colors (royal and other warm bright blues, olive, warm greens, warm chocolate browns) as well as certain soft autumn colors (rose-mauve, mustard, warm charcoal gray) are the best for me, and with makeup I can pull off black (my hair/skin have a nice bright contrast to the black). I'm almost 50% gray/white, and when I don't dye my hair (right now it's the perfect shade, almost like what my hair used to be - a bright warm auburn with no cool tones) I look completely washed out and sallow. I'm not looking forward to when I let go of dying my hair as it will really mean having to re-do a lot of my color sense. I'll probably wind up being a decidedly soft autumn, which is a bummer (eg no more dramatic contrasts, which I love). Thanks Jen for your deep dives into color and makeup types - so helpful.

@alexis101107

9 ай бұрын

My husband is the same! Red hair with cool/neutral pale skin and he can pull off highlighter neon colors and look effortless, typically regardless of undertone, but bright spring is really the best overall when looking for neutrals due to his warm hair and bright blue-green eyes :)

@martina_laray

9 ай бұрын

I have the opposite problem! My natural hair color is a very ashy dark blonde but my skin has a warm undertone. I have always added golden highlights to my hair to make my look more cohesive. I suppose my hair does naturally appear more golden with a little sun anyway, but it's still a strange combination of tones.

Some of the issues arise from saturation - muted colours can make olive tones look washed out. I find the deepest but bright, most saturated cool colours are most flattering.

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

I think it depends on the olive! There are olives that look better in muted than saturated too :)

@ivasbilic

10 ай бұрын

​@@stylemejennYes! Pale olive here, muted colors are the only ones that look good on me.

@violetviolet888

9 ай бұрын

@seemakazmi965 "muted colours can make olive tones look washed out". No, there are muted olives (you are a bright olive) just as there are warm olives and cool olives.

@seemakazmi965

9 ай бұрын

Point taken - just shows how complicated it is to find colours that suit us! Hence the need for so many different colours! I have to wait until my flattering colours and styles are in vogue! @@violetviolet888

Very fascinating analysis! It took me decades to work out what colours suit me, as I am all contradictions. I have dark blonde hair, pale skin and blue eyes. I look terrible in pastels, deep jewel tones and neutrals like beige and grey. Cool colours look best, but I can only wear foundation with neutral rather than pink undertones. I look great in mauve/lilac, emerald green, white and black. I can't wear navy, but I can wear cool brown/bronze/taupe only if it is a medium value. I can wear silver and rose gold jewellery. It's been a challenging journey.

I like your nuanced take on colour analysis and treating it as a spectrum, feels very realistic! I had a similar but opposite realisation to yours about my colours:) light-dark contrast looks bad on me (and light colours in general look bad), but I feel like my best outfits have a warm-cool contrast (like deep blue with some bright warm red). So for me the softness is in the lack of value contrast but the colours themselves work better on me when bright and contrasting, if that makes any sense:D

I'm a soft summer from your analysis. And I realized it by seeing my favorite colours. As you say seeing pictures of myself does give me this impression. I have porcelain skin with bluish undertones, brown eyes, but I tan easily and have a golden tan afterwards. I always liked soft pinkish bordo, dark pinkish champagne, fort lila and violet, muted greyish turquoise and muted colours in general. When I was younger I would choose black, dark violet, bordo, now I lean more into lighter colours but they need the extra darker accent to not look dull on me. Great video, very accurate.

@stylemejenn

9 ай бұрын

You could also be a Deep Summer if you need that extra darkness!

Ugh, wish I found this video sooner!! I agree so much with everything you said, and finally I have an explanation for why I don't seem to fit into any single season. For me, the closest season is Deep Autumn, but somehow I look best in cool-ish (but not too cool, more muted) makeup. Very warm makeup looks horrible on me.

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

You're probably sitting closer to the Deep Winter (like in between Deep Autumn and Deep Winter) than to the True Autumn! :)

@brittmagadini5105

9 ай бұрын

@@stylemejenn that's exactly what i was going to say. I just discovered I am Deep/Dark winter and can borrow from dark autumn a bit. Go to Spice Market Colour...Discover...and read up on Dark winter. I resonated so well! I find I look best in Jewel colors. I'm 58 and it's so exciting! I always thought I was an Autumn and am realizing that although skin-tone wise, I can get away with it...but the brightness of the Deep Winter colors brings me to life.

Thanks for this explanation. It really opened me up to consider more colors than I had previously.

thank you so much for this video! it was so very badly needed on social media -- where temperature seems to be the prioritized trait and the other traits are secondary in general!

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

I'm glad you found the video helpful! ❤❤❤

I cant even begin to explain how much I needed this video! Thank you so much! Everything was so very well explained!!!

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

I'm so glad you found the video helpful! :D

I’ve just had my first big eureka moment in quite some time thanks to this video. So thank you! The black-gray-white was perfect. As someone who was stuck on the warm/cool question for years (figured out last year finally) I really appreciate you bringing this up in general.

@stylemejenn

9 ай бұрын

I'm glad you found the video helpful! ❤❤❤

The system is a guide for a personalized palette. I really love this video because it’s realistic. Thank you Jenn ❤

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

You're welcome ❤ Yes the system is only meant to be used as a guide, but I see so many people expect very concrete rules and palettes that apply for each season and being frustrated about it!

Best explanation of colour analysis ever!! Thank you

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

I'm glad you think so! Thank you ❤

I love when I'm watching your videos and I just give an audible "ohhhhh" everything makes sense !

@stylemejenn

6 ай бұрын

❤❤❤

This actually makes sooo much since to me. I’ve finally determined that I’m a bright spring, but it took me a long time to come to that conclusion. It think the main reason why is because I fall closer to the neutral end of bright spring, and because I happen to have the combination of dark, but very bright brown eyes, and dark brown hair, as well as very pale complexion. It also confused me that I could get away with black and white even if warmer black/brown, or eggshell looked better. For me it’s the bright, highly contrasting colors that matter more than the temperature of the colors. Once too much white, or gray are added to a color it really starts to look off, so grays, pastels, icy colors or neons that have too much white added are my absolute worst colors, and make me look tired, and sickly. I worry more about warm or cool when it comes to makeup, or hair color choices because then you can tell it kind of doesn’t work for me if the colors lean cool rather than neutral/warm. It was really freeing for me to figure all of this out because I didn’t feel like I had to be as picky about the color being warm or cool as long as it was clear and bright when picking out clothes, but I can immediately zero in or what makeup colors will work, and which ones won’t.

Best color analysis I’ve seen. I am definitely going to start taking pictures of myself to help me see what looks best. Thanks for a great video!

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

You're welcome! I'm glad you found it helpful ❤

TLDR: each subseason has a predominant characteristic: brightness (clarity), value (lightness), or temperature (warmth). The temperature is the predominant characteristic for only 4 of the 12 subseasons. The remaining 8 subseasons are predominantly soft vs bright or light vs dark.

Jenn, I found your channel yesterday and I'm binge watching all the videos. Your explanations make so much sense and are better than anything I ever watched/read about color palettes, facial features, etc. I already changed my eyebrows shape and got bangs, haha 😅

@stylemejenn

7 ай бұрын

Welcome to the channel ❤❤❤ I'm glad my content is of help to you :D

This video was perfect and super helpful, thank you!! Love hearing another olive and deep autumn/winter girl trying out different colours and walking us through the process.

@stylemejenn

7 ай бұрын

I'm glad you liked the video! ❤

This is a great video! I am similar to you in that colors being high contrast is the most important characteristic, but since my skin is so pale, I don't get the same contrast from white as you do so I generally need a dark color somewhere in my outfit. I thought for the longest time that I was primarily muted, because super bright colors like neons looked so terrible on me, but I realized through your earlier videos that a dark saturated color like deep red actually looked amazing on me in comparison to grayed out mid toned colors. If I had to pick a season, dark/deep autumn would be my choice, but like you said, warmth is not that important, since one of my best colors is actually navy blue.

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

I'm glad you were able to find your colors through my earlier videos ❤❤❤

@karleejames3717

10 ай бұрын

The the same exact way! Being quite pale, the brighter colors not giving as much of a contrast makes a huge difference. I always find myself going for very and saturated dark colors frequently! I used to self tan and it definitely opened up my wardrobe to lighter colors! So cool!

@sciencenotstigma9534

10 ай бұрын

@@karleejames3717. Yes! I’m a Strawberry haired Spring with very fair , neutral skin. I can’t wear Warm Spring, but I can’t wear the lighter Light Spring colors either, despite my light red hair, because I cannot tan. My hair is high chroma and my eyes are a vivid dark Olive with gold flecks, so they create enough contrast with my skin to wear the more classic, crayon colors (green, red, yellow, royal blue, etc.). However, I can’t wear the neon, or nearly neon colors. That seems to require more darkness, like the pastel colors do. I can wear light, bright colors…just not pastels or neons, of any shade. I think there are some fair-skinned people who may be able to wear neon, with the thicker pigment layer often found in Winters that creates a stark white skin tone. I have a very thin pigment layer, so a lot of ruddiness shows through, which looks ridiculous with neon.

Thank you for putting the marks on the good examples!! So often in videos like these, I honestly don't know which one is the example of something working!

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

Haha you're welcome! I'll do that more to make things clear ❤

Appreciate this video! I’ve learned I can wear both warm and cool colors so long as they’re soft and muted with a bit of contrast but overly bright or dark colors can look harsh on me 🙌

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

I'm glad you liked the video! I'm similar to you but lean more towards dark ❤

Wonderfully help and so logical and clear! Thank you.

This video describes my situation perfectly. I’ve frustrated myself trying the linear way. So much more clear now. Thank you! (I need to keep it soft and muted in either the warm or cool color I choose to wear.)

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

I'm glad you resonated with the video! ❤

I'm a spring and can look good in some cool colors like baby blue or icy grey especially when a little tan. We can tend to be very fair with yellow or peach undertones and some cool tones can contrast that nicely. Get a little tan and try on cool light greys and light blues - so so nice!

This was the most in-depth easy to understand video I have seen on color theory, and I've watched A-lot.

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for the compliment! I'm glad you found the video informative :)

This is such a great and helpful video. Very easy to understand. I was always told I was an autumn because I have hazel-green eyes but now that I have gray hair it's so much more obvious to me that I'm a soft, and both soft autumn and summer work for me.

You really are helping me, so I know you are really helping so many people! Thanks beautiful!!!

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

It makes me so happy to hear that you're finding my content helpful ❤❤❤ You are so welcome!!

This is the best color analysis video I’ve ever seen and I’ve watched I bet a 100. Thank you❤

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

Aw thank you so much for the sweet comment ❤

Loved this video!! This pretty much explains The Tonal system analysis 🙌🏼 thanks so much for putting it so clearly!

@stylemejenn

7 ай бұрын

I'm glad you found it helpful! :)

Wow you explained this so well, great job and thank you! I go back and forth between thinking I’m bright spring or bright winter all the time, but definitely muted colors look the worst on me.

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

I'm glad you liked the explanations! As long as you know that bright colors suit you the best and clarity of the colors is the most important to you that's all that matters :D

Omg I can't thank you enough for this video. I learned about the color theory more than a year ago and I've been trying to find my undertone and season ever since. I couldn't tell if I was warm or cool with any method I tried, so I decided that I am neutral. But I couldn't find my season because I thought undertone was the first step and I got overwhelmed and even stopped trying. Until this video! Now I'm thinking that maybe I could be a "soft winter." Thank you so much Jenn! 🥰

@stylemejenn

9 ай бұрын

I'm glad you found the video helpful! :)

This is SO helpful!!! Thank you! I have been spiraling around the color wheel and this video finally made me realize BRIGHT is the most important

Best video of color analysis ever! Seriously! 🫶🫶🫶👌👌👌💜💜💜🙏🏻😊☀️ Best wishes and greetings from Portugal

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

Wow thank you so much for the compliment! ❤❤❤

I know I'm most sensitive to value of colour, meaning dark colours are best and light ones generally bad; with brightness I'm somewhere in the middle, so both too soft and too bright are bad. As you described, temperature is not as important to me, though some colours are clearly too cool or too warm :) So it's obvious I'm one of the Dark seasons, just not entirely sure which one (though my natural colouring isn't that dark, per se). :)

Well done. Such a great way to look at the seasons in a more sophisticated way. I had finally just figured out that I needed DEEP colors and I could cheat a little between autumn and winter deep- now I see why!

@stylemejenn

5 ай бұрын

Glad you liked the video! ❤

This is really helpful! I didn't understand why I couldn't determine my actual season. But I'm one of those people who look better in soft, muted colors.

Try My Color Style. She would call what you are Deep Soft Cool, I believe. I like how she (also a Jen!) breaks down the color variables into three, but different than the seasonal analysis, which can be confusing. I also learned from Merriam Style how adding black to anything cools it down, which is why deeper colors are also cooler no matter their undertone in their true value form (so this is why deep winters can also wear some of deep autumn).

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

That's a really good point about black cools down any color!

@Me-xo5tw

4 ай бұрын

Surely black doesn’t cool down an already cool colour like blue?

This resonates a lot with me, I lean towards cooler colors but I have some olive undertones as well. I look best in dark colors but not bright colors because I have softer features! Thanks for the insight!

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

I'm glad you found the video relatable! :D

@violetviolet888

9 ай бұрын

Sounds like you have a muted cool-olive undertone

@SueRosalie

9 ай бұрын

no, olive is an overtone not an undertone.

Wow, this is the video I was needing! I was so confused, believing I had "changed seasons" (when all stylist say seasons never change). That was cause I felt equally towards how I looked in cool and warm colors - provided they were bright. Now you've made me understand temperature is not the decisive factor for me. Thank you so much!

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

I'm glad you found the video helpful! ❤

Thanks for the fresh logical perspectives. So needed! I struggle so much with this. I’m medium dark olive, and none of the primary characteristics seem to work for me. I *think* that actually I am most sensitive to temperature, but not ‘has to be warm’ or ‘has to be cool’ - for me it has to be close to neutral. Too warm, terrible. Too cool, terrible. They have to be in the spectrum between perfectly neutral and, say, halfway between neutral and either totally warm or totally cool. The more neutral the better. Those tones can be anywhere between light and dark and also anywhere from muted to bright and they look great on me. And by neutral I mean neutral in temperature, not classic neutrals. Pure grey is a really cool color, and I do not look good in it. (Shudder). Bright pinky peach is a pretty neutral color.. Taupe? Chef’s kiss. It can be hard to distinguish between ‘neutral in temperature’ and ‘muted’. They’re not the same thing. Especially, muted warm colors can seem close to neutral when they’re really not. Muted pumpkin and that warm beige you demonstrated? Terrible. This is kind of a book, but it took me so long, I hope it helps someone. I’m curious if it’s something you’ve come across?

I needed this so much. I am a soft summer, but also love olive green and warm browns, and wear both silver and gold jewelry. I felt like I must be doing something wrong, but I think muted contrast is more important for me than temperature. Thanks so much!

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

I'm glad you found the video helpful! ❤❤❤

Thank you for this, yours is the first video I've seen on colour analysis that has made this point that warm/cool may not be the most important distinction.

This is why I love dressing according to your energy - like via the Dressing Your Truth method by Carol Tuttle. So liberating!

@stylemejenn

9 ай бұрын

I've never heard of it but it looks cool! I'm gonna watch some of her videos now ♥

Brilliant video ❤ I've seen tones and tones of color analysis videos and I can say with confidence that your way of approaching the subject is by far the most interesting and logical. So thank you ❤

@stylemejenn

3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Great video. I've always just thought clarity (no grey in the color) is the single most important thing for me across all colors that look decent on me.

This was so helpful, thank you! Ellie Jean in England developed her own style roots to reflect one's personal style and then recommends picking the 3 that reflect you the most. Maybe it'll give direction on that end to some of you. 😊

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

Yes I have seen her videos about style roots which I thought was quite interesting! ❤

Fantastic video, THANK YOU! I'm in the same spot as you--I'm a light olive in between Dark Winter and Dark Autumn (but not veering too far into either) and also need a bit of softness. The mid-tone meh and why bright lipsticks look too intense on me finally make sense! No wonder even the grey I prefer is more of a darker grey.

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

Yay skin twinss ❤❤❤ I'm glad you liked the video!

That was really helpful! Definitely my most important aspect is the brightness of the colors. I noticed that I can wear both bright winter and bright spring quite well, the temperature definitely doesn't have a big impact on me. ❤

@stylemejenn

9 ай бұрын

I'm glad you found the video helpful! ❤❤❤

I am shooked because I think I have the exact the “issue” as you (in which I need overall contrast with a little bit of softness). Neutral/olive skin. Typed as a deep autumn but doesn’t feel like it fits perfectly. I didn’t know exactly what the issue was but now that saw the video I know I finally know! Thank you!

Yay! This finally gives me my answer. I can wear both soft summer and soft Autumn colors and really didn't know why. Now I know that as long as it's soft and muted I can pull it off. Thanks!!!

@stylemejenn

9 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! ❤️

The soft black looks so good on you.

Im so much like you. I especially struggled because I'm a very pale olive skin girlie!😭 This video helped me a lot because I noticed that Im more of a soft winter or like a medium mixture of few seasons.

You’re the only person that makes sense on this difficult topic. I almost understand.😮

@stylemejenn

9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! I'm so glad you found the video helpful

This video was so - clarifying, pardon the expression! I'm soft/muted, and those shares with Autumn/Summer have baffled me forever. THANK YOU

@stylemejenn

8 ай бұрын

I’m glad you found the video helpful! ❤️

I love how unique your videos are and that you understand how touchy color can really be. I am trying to find a plumberry blush. It can't have too much red or brown or it looks like I have dirt on my cheeks! I love that you understand how hard it really is to find our colors. 🥰

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

I know the feeling when what seems like a tiny difference to the eye makes a huge difference when you actually apply it on your skin!!

@nickyonstilts128

9 ай бұрын

You might try looking at ULTA's own brand of Flushed Blush in the shade "Pink with Envy." It's a dark pink color, similar to Lancome's Aplum.

@Seoulsearch616

9 ай бұрын

@@nickyonstilts128 Thanks very much! 🌹

You clearly know your stuff! I really enjoy your videos 😊

This makes perfect sense to me. It explains why I never quite fit those categories. I think I'm a *soft* summer/autumn. And it kinda fits what is in my wardrobe.

@stylemejenn

7 ай бұрын

I'm glad the video helped!

Hey Jenn, great video! It's crazy, but I have almost the exact same situation as you and I already figured it out on my own that I would theoretically fall under deep autumn-deep winter, but not exactly. It's so awesome to see someone with the exact same issue and explain it sooo well and give so helpful advice! By the way, I LOVE to wear white, although my stylist who typed me said I should wear dark autumn colours, but honestly it's just not my vibe 😭 I do wear deep autumn colours, too, but personally I prefer light and bright colours.

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

You wear what you feel the most comfortable in! ❤❤❤

This was so helpful! I have light olive skin and have always had trouble with but the typical draping because I think I look washed out in both white and ivory.

What a great video! I suppose I’m fortunate with this video having olive skin and that I fall in the deep winter category but feel like I can do the dark autumn as well. I also relate to the comment about wearing black. If I wear a black jacket and top I disappear. If I wear a strapless or sleeveless black top showing more skin or balance with a lighter color it looks so much better. Thanks Jenn!

I tried so hard to determine my season. Allways thought that I'm neutral, but in every video they say that you have to be warm or cool. Now I understand that softness is the thing to pay attention to. Thank you.

Great video. Very helpful in understanding the role of contrast and value...which I never really understood before. Thank you.

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

I'm glad you found the video informative! ❤

This video is the missing link that I was looking for. Congratulations to your clear pronounciation. It enabled me as a German to understand the content. Thanks a lot. I send you greetings from Munich ❤

@stylemejenn

4 ай бұрын

Aw thank you! I’m glad the video provided clarification for you ❤️❤️❤️

God bless you hahah, you've just resolved my dilemma. I realised myself I am definitely dark on the spectrum (dark winter or autumn) and that I need contrast. I am a light olive. But I couldn't for the life of me determine if I was warm or cool cause depending on what I was wearing (cool or warm colors), it would bring out more of yellow or grey but it didn't look bad if it wasn't too warm or too cold and you've just explained why! Also the part about soft winter, mindblowing cause I fall in that category too! Thank you so much!

@stylemejenn

7 ай бұрын

I'm glad the video was helpful! :D

It's so comforting to watch your videos 😭

@stylemejenn

6 ай бұрын

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A personal palette makes total sense. It may seem like more work to figure out ones personally palette, but I’ve wasted years trying to make myself fit into fixed categories, with no success, and lots of wasted money. Your ideas and suggestions are really helpful, especially the process of elimination. Thank you@

@stylemejenn

8 ай бұрын

You're very welcome! Glad it was helpful ❤

Such a great an helpfull video!! I was colour-analyzed in person and it took hours, but to this day I feel there is something off or limiting my choice to less than possible. Your video helps me a lot!

@stylemejenn

9 ай бұрын

I'm glad you're finding my videos helpful! ♥ There can be instances where you're typed into a wrong season, or even if it is the right season for you, you might just not feel comfortable with the palette! These things are so personal that it's hard to find a single right answer :)

You nailed it again, Jenn! I have cool undertones with a golden tanned surface color. Deep Winter is my best season. Soft or muted doesn't work very well for me, but I can borrow some of the purples and blue/teals from Deep Autumn...even some browns. I can wear black and more saturated or vivid colors, but not red. Additionally, I look horrible with red on my lips! I realize that I look better with a more neutral color on my lips because of the prominent, rounded, tip of my nose (like SJP or Julia Roberts) thanks to your videos!

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

Thanks Andrea! YES red lips is not only about colors but also about your features ❤ So all things are considered hollistically!

This!!!! All of this!!! Spent so much time trying to type myself and find that perfect palette just to realize none of the standard approaches work. I was so frustrated! And you show up like some kind of a fairy and present the answer that noone else could. I also watched your video on olive skin - and you seriously are the best in this. You look beyond the standard knowledge and take it to the next level. And I'm so inspired to review my colors now that I understand them. I can't thank you enough for your insights!

@stylemejenn

8 ай бұрын

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I think clarity then depth then temperature are the most important characteristics on determining what colour looks good on me, thanks for your help!

@stylemejenn

7 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Really looking forward to the video about your consultations - I have been thinking about signing up. I love your videos!

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

Coming up on Wednesday! :D

I have olive skin as well and to me I look bad in most colors 😅 even makeup, most foundations look off, so I prefer not to wear them, most lipsticks look grey, 90% of my wardrobe is black or jeans

@esthers.5364

10 ай бұрын

True for me 😂 I also have a problem with jewelry... I feel like I look bad in both silver and gold

@irsprst

10 ай бұрын

Hey! I‘m olive too and felt the same way. I now have the theory, that all types of reds, oranges and pinks bring out the green in our skin - since they’re opposite on the colour wheel. You can therefore try greens, blues and yellows. I found that these cancel out the green and bring out the (little 😅) pink, orange or lilac in my skin. Let me know if that works for you as well! :) x

@esthers.5364

10 ай бұрын

@@irsprst I like your theory!! That may explain why I feel like color pink make me look "shrek", but olive green or mint green actually suits me.

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

The fact that you feel at ease in black could also indicate that depth of color is important for you! :D

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

Could also be the texture of the jewelry that you don't find looks good (if it's too shiny for example)!

Thank you for this video!! Everything in this covered all my conclusions about my own skin tone. I look better in muted and dark tones but just wearing muted colours washes me out and just wearing dark looks too much on me. Deep winter/autumn suits me best but sometimes can be too heavy on me and temperature doesn't matter but warm colors make me a bit yellow. I felt super confused and lost cause it didn't make sense and your video really validated my own conclusions on my skin and made me feel a little less crazy haha.

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

I'm so glad you found the video helpful and it provided some clarity for you! ❤

@sciencenotstigma9534

10 ай бұрын

That’s the hardest part about finding your color season, subtype and palette…feeling crazy! I often feel crazy, because I have Warm red hair and green/gold eyes, but my pinkish/red undertone is described as unequivocally cool. Yet, my skin tone is yellow/peach and freckle are warm. What am I? I was determined to be between Light and Bright Spring, but I can’t wear the warmest Spring colors and can wear the bright Summer colors. I finally know the palette that works well for me. It’s a Tonal palette, with the brighter Light colors and the lighter Tonal Brights. I was typed as Spring, but can’t wear the warmer Spring colors. They bring out my hair and eyes, but I look like a ghost 👻

@Julia29853

9 ай бұрын

@@sciencenotstigma9534 we mixed warm/ cool redheads are the most challenging! ( often very cool undertones , fair skin value, with warm surface or tan freckles, brown or gold eyes with green and either darker auburn ( so high contrast) or golden strawberry blond, we just really don’t fit into a typical season. I think redheads should have a totally different system than the 4 seasons

This is a really good video. Clears things up for me. I believe I was a deep winter when I was younger and had naturally jet black (almost blue-black) hair. Now I have salt and pepper / grey hair. The soft winter palette definitely suits me better now.

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

I'm glad you liked the video ❤❤❤

@sciencenotstigma9534

10 ай бұрын

I have never heard of Soft Winter. Is that in a more expanded system, or do you mean what they call Cool Winter? I’ve noticed it has more light colors than other Winter palettes.

@HarmonyLotus

10 ай бұрын

@@sciencenotstigma9534 It is really difficult to find a palette for soft winter online. I've seen that some stylists have a 16 season colour analysis and Soft Winter seems to be part of that. I just know that pure black looks a bit harsh on me now (before it looked amazing, one of my best colours along with royal or navy blue). Now I find I need to add a lighter colour alongside it to soften it. But I know I'm definitely not a summer - they are too muted and without enough contrast for me.

@violetviolet888

9 ай бұрын

@@sciencenotstigma9534 As explained in the video, softer means more grey is in the hue.

I cannot thank you enough, understanding the temperature/hue/chroma thing has been invaluable! I finally understand why I was pretty sure I'm an autumn but looked alright in dark/deep winter and ok in some soft summer colours and couldn't figure out what to do. I now know I'm dark autumn BUT chroma and value (especially value) make more of a difference to me than temp, which is what's been throwing me! Warm does look better than cool, but it was hard to be sure because it can't be bright in chroma terms, and should ideally be darker. As long as a colour is on the darker end of the range and more muted, I can get away perfectly well with some colours from other seasons - notably the darkest colours of soft summer and deep winter, which are cool temp. But even though it's warm, spring doesn't really do dark so no spring colours really work for me at all despite them being the "right temperature"! (Even light spring's more muted colours are too light). Meanwhile, the muted tones of the darker soft autumn colours work for me but most true-autumn colours are too bright (though some of the neutrals work ok). And this is the part that's been really throwing me - how could I be an autumn but not find the 'true' colours worked for me at all?! I know it's just colour seasons, but this has been frustrating me for months, thank you so much! Saved this video and am subscribing, 😄 [Edited to add: with a bit of further digging I felt like I had an almost equal match to dark and soft autumn in different ways when I saw more palette examples, but the "soft autumn dark" or "toned autumn" in the 16 season wheel fits me perfectly. This video still led me to the right answer though and I'm very grateful!]

@stylemejenn

9 ай бұрын

❤❤❤ I'm so glad you found what you were looking for from this video!! Welcome to the channel 😄

Thank you for another informative video Jenn!!! 😊

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

You're so welcome Linda! I'm glad you enjoyed the video ❤❤❤

THANK YOU. No one has ever explained this and it makes so much sense. I can’t wear white at all but I can wear colours across a number of seasons. Now I know why.

@stylemejenn

9 ай бұрын

I’m glad you found the video helpful!! ❤️❤️❤️

This makes SO MUCH SENSE! I was recently typed by a House of Colour consultant, and she had the hardest time ever deciding if I looked best in the muted drapes of autumn or summer. She landed on summer, and some of those colors look good on me. HOC consultants are taught to put bold lipstick and blush on everyone, and it does nothing for me, even though it's in my season. It just makes me look like the lipstick is wearing me. I've always preferred more muted makeup. So your thoughts about soft summer and soft autumn working for me make a lot of sense when it comes to how I can wear colors from both those seasons but not bright colors from my own season.

@stylemejenn

8 ай бұрын

I'm glad you found the video helpful! ❤

Omg this made so much sense why I could pull colors from cool tones as well as warm tones ❤❤❤ ty for this

@stylemejenn

9 ай бұрын

You're so welcome! Glad you found the video helpful ❤

@Internet_user777

9 ай бұрын

@@stylemejenn can you make a video with actual test subject getting a make over?? Make overs are so fun 🤩

I'm so excited about the updates to your consultation structure! I currently have an alarm set up for your bookings open which is 4:55 am NZ time😅

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

The updates are precisely for people that are outside of my own time zone ❤

This video was well explained, and I am glad somebody did explain, because I was wondering about this. I feel like I'm in between on all 3 colour dimensions. The best I could do was eliminate the dark seasons and the light seasons, because my skin is light and my hair is sort of medium chestnut with copper-orangey sheen. after that, I feel like I'm not super soft, nor super clear, altho I'm probably more clear than I am soft. And when it comes to undertone, I feel like I can wear most colours ok (as long as they're not too dark or too light, or too nude), but when it comes to lipstick it's very hard to find a good match, they are either too cool or too warm, too light or too dark. All in all I think warm red goes better with my warm overtone (even tho I can't go too orange with makeup and can't wear nudes). My best guess so far is warm spring.

Touché! Finally! I have watched a ton of videos on this and nothing made any sense when I went to use the information. I have an olive complexion and the warm vs cool just didn't work but I noticed that pastels absolutely don't work . . . Thank you!!

@stylemejenn

9 ай бұрын

You're so welcome - I'm glad you found it helpful! ♥

@nonsequitur5057

9 ай бұрын

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Ohh my god, actually I can relate so much to what you’re telling about your clothes choices. I cannot find out about my temperature for years, not like I try too hard but still.. And I tend to love the dark deep colours, but not always solid black and definitely not contrasted black&white. And the top under the black shirt looks better than the black shirt itself 😮 and the lipstick! these are minor notices about myself that at last start to form a clear picture thanks to you ❤ Maybe I’m a soft winter or autumn too 😊

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

I'm glad you found the video relatable and helpful! ❤❤❤

This really hit the spot. YT algo and content on point. Been grappling with colour theory ever since seeing a draping video. My first foray was through Modest Man. He brought up two good metrics; tone, and contrast. The a-ha moment was that all colours could be warmer or brighter. So, it wasn't just warm = yellow, but how dark the yellow was. Or rather, how yellow a given colour was. Now there's how white or black it is, and with chroma, there's how grey it is (saturation.) After a lot of deliberation I found myself ditching calling myself simply "warm", and realised that in good lighting, cooler colours were lifting me up. After some struggle, I settled on winter, then cool, then summer, then decided I'm good with all three, but only to certain extents. Now I'm here and I've figured out that my entire face is low contrast, but with my hair, I'm medium value or brightness, in that I'm high contrast between hair and face. I'm fine with any contrast, in that regard, depending on what I want to highlight. White and black for the contrast between my hair and face, medium for my face itself. Same thing with warmth, as mentioned in this video: I can wear either warm or cool, but lean slightly cool. The real kicker is saturation; I get severe disconnect with highly saturated colours. I'm low to medium saturation. That's all I have to really look out for. Slightly cool, low to medium saturation colours. Light or dark depending on my mood. The end? Possibly? 🤪

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

I think that you have it all figured out!! No need to know your specific season when you have that much info about the colors that look good on you :D

@aagm.

10 ай бұрын

@@stylemejenn Thanks for saying, Jenn. If I was forced to say, I'd settle on Cool, but ever since desaturating the palette manually, given ideal chroma as per this video, it feels so much better. Appreciate the take!

That blew my mind. Gosh thank you. 💗

@stylemejenn

9 ай бұрын

You are so welcome! I'm glad you liked the video ❤❤❤

Thanks for this video! Your explained it perfectly.

@stylemejenn

9 ай бұрын

You're so welcome! I'm glad you found it helpful ❤

Yes, thank you very much for this video. I did a colour analsys about five or six month ago. I turned out to be a (soft) autumn. No big surprise fo rme. Most of the colours I do like. Still, I don't like every colour in my pallette on me for reasons. And I still have some black tops ... makes me look mean, but sometimes that is just what I'm going for. Funnily enough, white is not as "bad" for me as black (most of my lighter tops are creme or ivory but I think, I have one nice blouse in white) but grey is absolutely terrible. I'm still learning but I am glad I made the colour analysis. Helps me to quicker decide what I want or not.

I'm fair warm olive and as most olives, cool and warm colors look both good on me. This video helped me a lot. I know I'm within the autumn season, but was struggling to define the subseason 'cause eventhough I have contrast in my features (dark green eyes, dark brown hair with warm natural highlights and very light skin), it leans more towards the mid range and is not as high to be a dark winter, but my skin isn't rich enough to be a dark autum. Today I tried the value test you suggested and I definetly need some contrast in my clothes and makeup but with a touch of softness due to my mid contrast. I think I might be in between dark autumn and winter, as you are. P.S: I also realized my wardrobe and makeup is mostly dark autumn/winter colors, that might mean something.

@stylemejenn

10 ай бұрын

I think that looking at what you own in your closet / makeup is such a great idea because we subconsciously are drawn to colors that make us feel the best! :D

@madisonshepard7947

9 ай бұрын

Exactly my color combo for my features!