What is a season colour palette?

The set of colours that work with your own colouring, grouped into one of twelve seasons. Each palette here is twelve named colours with their hex values, plus the colours to avoid and the metals that suit you.

How do I find my colour season?

Answer three questions — one each for temperature, value and chroma, the three axes the twelve-season system actually resolves on. It takes under a minute, needs no photograph, and nothing you answer is transmitted or stored.

What are the 12 colour seasons?

Bright, True and Light Spring; Light, True and Soft Summer; Soft, True and Deep Autumn; Deep, True and Bright Winter. They are the twelve combinations of warm/cool, light/deep and bright/soft.

Is this the same as professional colour analysis?

No. This is an educational self-assessment, and no analyst credentials are claimed. It resolves to the same twelve seasons a professional works in, and it tells you when your answers sit between two of them rather than overclaiming.

Season Color Finder · a swatch bench by a north window

Find your season, and the twelve colours that go with it

A three-question self-assessment that resolves to one of the twelve seasons a professional colour analyst works in — then hands you a palette of named, hex-accurate colours you can actually shop with.

Take the three-question quiz

The twelve seasons 12 SEASONS

Bright Spring #FF6B4A

Bright Winter #ED4796

Torn paper colour swatches overlapping on a pale bench in daylight

What the twelve-season system is

Every colour you wear sits on three axes: temperature (warm or cool), value (light or deep) and chroma (bright or soft). The twelve seasons are the twelve combinations a professional analyst actually works in — not the vague four-season label most free quizzes stop at.

You cannot judge a colour in isolation. That is why the chart above runs the seasons in a continuum, and why the comparison rail holds two colours edge to edge.

The axis map 3 AXES

01–12 match the reference chart above. Pips read chroma: ●●● bright, ●●○ medium, ●○○ soft. Three axes do not separate all twelve — True Winter and Bright Winter; Bright Spring and True Spring sit at the same coordinates here, and are told apart by finer distinctions than this map records. That is why the quiz offers a tie-break against your neighbouring seasons rather than claiming certainty.

The four families

Spring

Warm and clear — bright, fresh colour that wakes the skin up.
Summer

Cool and soft — muted, dusty colour that sits quietly on the skin.
Autumn

Warm and rich — earthy, golden colour that grounds the face.
Winter

Cool and clear — deep, icy colour that carries strong contrast.

What this is not

This is not professional colour analysis, and no analyst credentials are claimed. It is an educational self-assessment. There is no photo upload, no camera, no account — you look in a mirror and answer in words, and nothing you answer is transmitted or stored.

Common questions

What is a season colour palette?: The set of colours that work with your own colouring, grouped into one of twelve seasons. Each palette here is twelve named colours with their hex values, plus the colours to avoid and the metals that suit you.
How do I find my colour season?: Answer three questions — one each for temperature, value and chroma, the three axes the twelve-season system actually resolves on. It takes under a minute, needs no photograph, and nothing you answer is transmitted or stored.
What are the 12 colour seasons?: Bright, True and Light Spring; Light, True and Soft Summer; Soft, True and Deep Autumn; Deep, True and Bright Winter. They are the twelve combinations of warm/cool, light/deep and bright/soft.
Is this the same as professional colour analysis?: No. This is an educational self-assessment, and no analyst credentials are claimed. It resolves to the same twelve seasons a professional works in, and it tells you when your answers sit between two of them rather than overclaiming.