I love looking at pictures of women before and after their personal color analysis. I can see how random color choices are replaced with consequent patterns. How a blurred face turns into a focused one. How the colors of the person, which used to be so painfully separate from her apparel, are now in soothing visual harmony. How she shied away from the camera before and now faces it with a confident smile.
There is so much to appreciate about what she has learnt about herself. Because there is just one important difference between those before’s and after’s: awareness. A powerful catalyst of better choices. An agent that turns confusion into clarity and indecisiveness into focus.
So, if you already have this kind of awareness, would you ever go back to the “before”?
If you know what looks good on you, why would you compromise?
Would you deliberately sabotage your own image with “less than” choices?
The same woman – me.
The same room.
The same lighting.
The same camera settings.
Four different drape colors.
Makeup in four different color palettes.
What do you see?
* Please note that these are not actual draping pictures. Season specific makeup is used to emphasize differences between the four Tones. Follow Anna on Instagram to find out the details behind each makeup.
** Photographs by Agnieszka Kaszycki, makeup by Izabela Sobczak Izymakeup.
*** The above post has been inspired by a One Woman, Two Versions series developed by 12B and YND analysts.
Dana K
Hi, I was typed as a very cool winter in Denmark by a highly experienced (30+ years) professional. The thing is I have warm hair (chestnut/auburn-brown) and a orangy freckly tan, even the color analysis was surprised. Most people on Reddit vehemently refuse my coolness, but truly I am extremely cool, else I look like a lemon. I saw your post and related strongly. I think our skin tones might be similar, very cool undertone with a seemingly warm ‘overtone’? Effectively it means I look warm in many cool colors, but in a good way, without sallowness. My palette leans extremely cool, deep (or icy) and clear. The only colors I can wear mid range are clear cool blues and pinks.
anna
Hello Dana,
It sounds like we have a lot in common in terms of both outer appearance and reaction to colors.
Most people consider colors in line with traditional approach to warm and cool, i.e. yellows and reds being warm, while blues and greens cool. With that, it might be challenging to perceive a color with yellow content as cool. In case of Winters, the apparent warmth comes with for example that yellow which is present in olive skin or red in hair tones. One of the reasons why we do not tell a Season just by looking at a person – testing color reactions is key.
Enjoy your color palette!
Dana Kamp
Thank you Anna!
It has taken me little more than a year to really enjoy it, but it makes shopping so easy that I no longer feel sad to stay away from warm colors, just happy that I know what works 🙂 Color analysis is very transformative.
I found your content through the Color Chrysalis podcast and I love to read your blog. I am grateful you shared your experience!
anna
I am happy you found your color home and feel confident in you color choices now. It is so easy to second guess the result and get swayed by Seasonal stereotypes, internet noise and opinions of armchair experts in Facebook groups. Thank you for reading PMB!