Seasonal color analysis, made practical.

Each season has a dominant color quality. Light seasons need delicacy, dark seasons need depth, soft seasons need muted color, bright seasons need clarity, true warm seasons need golden heat, and true cool seasons need blue-based coolness.

The system works best when it stays flexible. Many people sit near a border, such as Soft Summer and Soft Autumn or Dark Autumn and Dark Winter. A good analysis should explain the close call instead of pretending every face fits one box perfectly.

Undertone is the temperature of your coloring. Value is how light or deep your best colors need to be. Chroma is how clear or muted those colors should feel. These three traits are easier to use than memorizing a long list of color names.

For example, Bright Spring and Light Spring are both spring seasons, but Bright Spring handles sharper contrast and clearer color. Light Spring needs a softer, lighter version of spring warmth.

Use your season as a starting point for colors near your face: tops, scarves, glasses, hair, and makeup. Pants, shoes, and bags can move farther from the palette because they have less effect on your complexion.

The most useful wardrobe strategy is to build a few reliable neutrals, then add best-color accents. Paletta turns that into a 24-color palette and style boards so the season is easier to use.