Your Color Style - What Colors Look Best On Me?

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Introduction
Welcome to a new way of learning what colors look best on you! Youre about to discover not only
what colors will look best on you... but WHY these colors look good on you... and what other colors
you may be able to wear.

This is not a seasonal color analysis. We will not be talking about seasons and which season you be-
long to. This is an entirely new system, called Your Color Style, that will walk you through a simple
step-by-step process that helps you understand what colors will look best on you.

Heres the thing... bucketing yourself into a season, whether its one of the 12 seasons or one of the
16 seasons is limiting. Many of the seasons share colors... I cant even tell the difference between a
few of them, except one color palette has a few darker colors.

We get so caught up in what season we should belong to, that we miss the entire point... which is to
know and understand what colors look best on us.

The Your Color Style system is going to open up the possibilities and show you the colors that align
best with your natural coloring. Forget trying to fit into a specific season. Who cares! Instead, lets de-
fine your custom color palette together. This is going to be a lot of fun.

And dont worry, if you still really want to know what season you fit into based on your results from
the Your Color Style system, I will let you know which seasons are the most similar. I get it... if
youve already been analyzed as a season, you may have invested in a color fan and colors for your
wardrobe. All is not lost, this new system will complement what you already know.

I hope you enjoy the Your Color Style system and that it helps you define your best colors. For inspi-
ration and learning on color analysis, color theory and more, please visit the blog YourColorStyle.com

Now... lets get on with it!

Jen Thoden
Founder and Owner of Your Color Style
YourColorStyle.com
ColorStyleClub.com

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BRIGHT or SOFT
One of the biggest reasons a color may not look good on you is because you may be wearing the
wrong chroma of that color.

Let me explain.

Chroma is the clarity of the color. A clear color is a color that has pure chroma. Meaning there is no
grey added to it. Its not muted.

You can add black to a clear chroma color to darken it and you can add white to it to lighten it, but
the color is still considered to be clear.

A soft color is a color that has muted chroma. There is some grey added to the color to mute or soften
it.

You can also add black to a soft color to darken it and add white to lighten it.

Colors that look best on you must be in alignment with your natural coloring and tone. If you have
soft coloring, then softer colors, like the muted reds above, will look best on you. If your overall color-
ing is clear and bright, then clear colors will look best on you, like the brighter reds above.

At first, you may be thinking... how can I tell? What makes me bright vs. soft?

One way to tell is that soft muted colors will drain the color on a bright person and just look blah and
boring. A bright clear color will jump right off of a soft person and youll notice the color instead of
the person.

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Once you can determine your natural chroma, youve made a huge step towards understanding what
colors look best on you... because, even if a color is a little too cool or too warm for you... it will still
look better on you than a color that is too bright or too muted. This is true for any skin tone and color.

Here are some rules that will help you determine if you are soft:

You have a combination of light and dark. Blonde hair with dark eyes. Hair that is a mix of grey,
light browns and darker browns.
You have a combination of cool and warm. Warm eyes with cool hair. Warm hair with cool eyes.
Dark hair with soft eyes. Grey-green, hazel.
Soft grey-blue or grey-green eyes.
You have soft hazel eyes. Theyre not really any color. They can be light or dark.
If your eyes are super dark, super bright, bright blue, light and bright, you are likely not soft. You
are bright.

Your eyes arent the ONLY indicator but its a great place to start.

Women of color. These rules may not apply exactly to you because you are darker overall. You want
to look for a brightness in your skin and eyes. I will provide some links to videos to show you several
examples to help you.

So, lets look at some colors that will

help you determine if you are bright
or soft. You should be able to tell if
you would wear these colors.

To the right are some universal col-

ors. On the left are the soft versions
of the colors and on the right are the
bright version of the colors. Which
side resonates with you?

Can you wear clear red? or Clear

blue? Or when you wear a bright col-
or, it feels too bright.

When looking at the reds, which

color would you wear as a lipstick? If
you can pull of a bright red or coral
pink, then you can wear bright colors.
If you wear softer reds and muted
pinks, then you wear soft colors.

Can you wear a hot bright turquoise?

Does that color make you pop? Or
does it wear you and is just too
bright?
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Can you wear bright yellow or bright light yellow? Or is a dusty yellow better on you?

When you wear the wrong colors, you may get complements like... I love that color! or... What a
cute top.

BUT when you wear the right colors, you will get complements like... That color looks so nice on
you. or You look great in that color. or You look really nice today or Have you done something dif-
ferent with your hair?

The right colors let YOU shine. The wrong colors are seen first and wear you.

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Warm Colors
Here is a set of warm colors. On the left are the soft versions of the colors and on the right are the
bright version of the colors. If you typically wear golden hues, then one of these sets should resonate
with you.

Does a bright watermelon brighten you up or do you look better in a soft rose pink. Can you wear a
clear orange or light orange? Or do you look better in dustier colors like buff orange and dusty or-
ange?

Clear golden yellows look great on a bright warm person and are way too bright for someone with
soft coloring.

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Cool Colors
Here is a set of cool colors. On the left are the soft versions of the colors and on the right are the
bright version of the colors. If you typically wear cool blues, purples, magentas, then one of these sets
should resonate with you.

Can you wear an electric magenta or slightly lighter shade of magenta? Or is that just way too bright
for you and you prefer the softer red-voilets.

Can you wear a clear blue or royal blue? Or do you prefer a softer grey-er blue?

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Color Wheels
In the Your Color Style system there are 2 main color wheels. A bright color wheel and a soft color
wheel. Based on your self analysis of being soft or bright, you will refer to one of these color wheels
to create your custom color palette.

SOFT BRIGHT

Still Not Exactly Sure If Youre Soft or Bright?

Ive created several videos that show dozens of examples of women of all colors in soft and bright
colors to help you determine if you are soft or bright.

Soft vs. Bright : 10 Examples

Soft vs. Bright : 10 More Examples

Soft vs. Bright: Examples with red hair, auburn hair

Soft vs. Bright: Women of Color

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DIY Online Color Analysis Tools

Ive also created online interactive tools, where you can upload your photo and see your
face within the soft and bright color wheels. This tool can really help you decide if you are
soft or bright. Its the exact tool I use to do a professional online color analysis.

The color wheel tools are part of the Color Style Club which includes all DIY tools,
mini-courses and more... or you can learn how to get access to just the DIY Color Analyis
tools by clicking here.

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WARM or COOL
Now that you know whether you are bright or soft, you will know which color wheel to refer to when
creating outfits and organizing your closet. The next step in the Your Color Style system is to deter-
mine if you have warm undertones or cool undertones.

Some people say they are neutral, but I believe that even if you appear neutral you still lean towards
warm or cool. It IS possible for a person to wear both sets of warm and cool colors, but typically they
will look better in one set over the other.

Here are some quick rules of thumb to help you determine if you have cool undertones or warm un-
dertones. Then youll want to jump to either the Bright section of this chapter, if you are BRIGHT, or
the Soft section of this chapter, if youre SOFT.

You may have warm undertones if you have:

Obvious yellow tones to your skin

Obvious golden tones to your skin
Warm golden hues in your eyes
A mix of blue, green and yellow in your eyes
Golden brown or golden blonde hair
Warm orange hair

You may have cool undertones if you have:

Cool blue or blue-grey eyes

Cool grey or green-grey eyes
Cool hues in your eyes like cool orange, brown and yellow
Olive green and brown eyes
Blue-black hair
Olive skin tone
Blue-black skin
Red tone to your skin (darker skin tones)
Obvious pink tones to your skin
Ashy appearance
Silver hair

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BRIGHT
This section is for you if youve determined you wear colors from the BRIGHT color wheel best. Now,
its time to figure out if you wear bright and warm colors best or bright and cool colors best.

Youve seen your bright color wheel, but as you may have already realized, there a lot of colors in the
color wheel and not all of them will look great on you.

Youre going to likely favor one side of the color wheel over the other. Meaning, you have warm un-
dertones or cool undertones. This may not be obvious to you, but in most cases, a person favors one
side over the other. This does not mean you cant wear colors from both sides of the color wheel, were
trying to define which colors look BEST on you, so we need a starting point.

Look at the colors below. On the left are cool colors and on the right are warm colors. These are colors
that are destinct to those undertones and will not look good on someone who is not that undertone.
So, if you have warm undertones, you will be able to wear the warm colors below but not the cool col-
ors shown. A person with warm undertones never looks good in magenta or blue-purples.

The same is true for cool undertones. A person with cool undertones will never look good in the warm
colors shown below. You dont have to love the colors shown here. These are here as a process of
elimination. If you know you really dont look good in the cool colors shown here, you may have warm
undertones. And if you know you really cant wear the warm colors shown here, you may have cool
undertones.

Another way I think about it is lip color. If you can wear a cool pink lipstick well, you likely have cool
undertones. And if you can wear a tomato red or salmon lipstick well, you likely have warm under-
tones.

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DIY Online Color Analysis Tools

Ive also created online interactive tools, where you can upload your photo and see your face within 4
color wheels. These color wheels contain colors that are specfic to the 4 color types of the Your Color
Style system. They are Bright & Warm, Bright & Cool, Soft & Warm and Soft & Cool. This tool can
really help you decide which color type you are. Its the exact tool I use to do a professional online
color analysis.

The color wheel tools are part of the Color Style Club which includes all DIY tools, mini-courses and
more... or you can learn how to get access to just the DIY Color Analyis tools by clicking here.

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SOFT
This section is for you if youve determined you wear colors from the SOFT color wheel best. Now, its
time to figure out if you wear soft and warm colors best or soft and cool colors best. This will deter-
mine your color type.

Look at the colors below. On the left are cool colors and on the right are warm colors. These are colors
that are destinct to those undertones and will not look good on someone who is not that undertone.
So, if you have warm undertones, you will be able to wear the warm colors below but not the cool col-
ors shown. A person with warm undertones never looks good in magenta or blue-purples.

The same is true for cool undertones. A person with cool undertones will never look good in the warm
colors shown below. You dont have to love the colors shown here. These are here as a process of
elimination. If you know you really dont look good in the cool colors shown here, you may have warm
undertones. And if you know you really cant wear the warm colors shown here, you may have cool
undertones.

Another way I think about it is lip color. If you can wear a cool pink lipstick well, you likely have cool
undertones. And if you can wear a tomato red or salmon lipstick well, you likely have warm under-
tones.

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DIY Online Color Analysis Tools

Ive also created online interactive tools, where you can upload your photo and see your face within 4
color wheels. These color wheels contain colors that are specfic to the 4 color types of the Your Color
Style system. They are Bright & Warm, Bright & Cool, Soft & Warm and Soft & Cool. This tool can
really help you decide which color type you are. Its the exact tool I use to do a professional online
color analysis.

The color wheel tools are part of the Color Style Club which includes all DIY tools, mini-courses and
more... or you can learn how to get access to just the DIY Color Analyis tools by clicking here.

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LIGHT, MEDIUM or DEEP

The last step to defining the colors that look good on you is to remove colors from your color wheel
that may be too dark for you or too light for you.

The rule of thumb is, you shouldnt wear colors that are darker than your darkest feature. Consider
your hair, eyebrows, skin and eyes.

For example, I am bright and warm with muddy blonde hair and medium brown eyebrows. Im light to
medium in depth. So, the darkest color I should wear is the second ring of colors on the color wheel. I
would simply ignore the darkest colors.

Decide if you want to keep the darkest ring or remove it...

And if you are very very fair, you may want to remove the second ring as well.

If you can wear the darkest ring, then categorize yourself as DEEP
If you can wear up to the second darkest ring, then categorize yourself as MEDIUM
If you can wear up to the only the third ring, then categorize yourself as LIGHT

The only other modification I would make, would be for the DEEP and WARM individuals. If this is you,
I would remove the lightest inner ring. I think these colors may be too pale for you.

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BRIGHT
Through the 3 steps of the Your Color Style system (Chroma, Temperature and Depth), you should
have an idea of what type of colors look good on you. In this section, Im going to review the Bright
color wheel and show you what colors to reference depending on your temperature and depth.

The bright color wheel is below. Divide the color wheel in half down the center. All of the colors on
the left are warm colors. All of the colors on the right are cool colors.

If you have warm undertones, you can wear all the colors on the left PLUS the colors on the right with
stars. The colors on the left range from pink to tomato red to golden to spring green.

If you have cool undertones, you can wear all the colors on the right PLUS the colors on the left with
stars. The color on the right range from kelly green to true green to blue to violet to magenta.

Remember to remove the darker rings if they are too dark for you.

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SOFT
Through the 3 steps of the Your Color Style system (Chroma, Temperature and Depth), you should
have an idea of what type of colors look good on you. In this section, Im going to review the SOFT
color wheel and show you what colors to reference depending on your temperature and depth.

The soft color wheel is below. Divide the color wheel in half down the center. All of the colors on the
left are warm colors. All of the colors on the right are cool colors.

If you have warm undertones, you can wear all the colors on the left PLUS the colors on the right with
stars. The colors on the left range from soft pink to tomato red to golden to spring green.

If you have cool undertones, you can wear all the colors on the right PLUS the colors on the left with
stars. The color on the right range from kelly green to true green to blue to violet to soft magenta.

Remember to remove the darker rings if they are too dark for you.

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Whats Next?
If youre still not sure what color type you are, you have 3 options:
Do your own DIY Online Color analysis with the online interactive color wheel tools
Join the Color Style Club which includes a FREE online color analysis
Sign up for a personal online color anaysis. Click here to learn more.

If you know your color type... then congratulations!

Your next step will be to get access to your color palettes and color
wheels. PLUS youll want to learn HOW to wear your colors!

Check out the Color Style Club! Theres a ton to discover!

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Similar Seasons
If you already have a season and want to know how the color wheels Ive shown you align with your
season, here is a simple list of which seasons go with each color wheel:

The Bright Color Wheel includes colors for the following seasons:

Bright & Warm

Light Spring (aka Tinted)
Clear Spring (aka Pure)
Warm Spring (aka Shaded)
Warm Autumn (aka Pure)
Deep Autumn (aka Shaded)

Bright & Cool

Light Summer (aka Tinted)
Cool Summer (aka Pure)
Clear Winter (aka Pure)
Cool Winter (aka Tinted)
Deep Winter (aka Shaded)

The Soft Color Wheel includes colors for the following seasons:

Soft & Warm

Soft Spring (aka Toned)
Soft Autumn (aka Tinted & Toned)

Soft & Cool

Soft Summer (aka Toned & Shaded)
Soft Winter (aka Toned)

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