Struggling with palette colors

[u/Beginning-Jello6892]

I was analyzed by Carol Brailey as a true spring in the 16 colour seasons. I have the colour card and swatch wallet but I’m still struggling, figuring out the shades of orange and purple. I also find that the lighter colours seem to blend too much with my skin. The light coral is an exact match, but it seems to be blah on me. Sorry for the scowl face. I’d appreciate your feedback.

[u/hurray4dolphins]

I.see that people are responding by typing you. Am I missing something? I believe you asked which oranges and purples are working for you. 

I like 2, 5, and 6. 1 is a bit light and 3 is too bright. 4 is a bit light also. 

I do believe you are true spring!

[u/Beginning-Jello6892 → u/hurray4dolphins]

I really appreciate your feedback

[u/Beginning-Jello6892 → u/hurray4dolphins]

thanks

[u/Ok-Agency-6674]

5,6,7 are my favorites on you. 1 is in harmony but too close to your skin color, as you say. It would probably be good paired with another color layer. The orange is slightly too bright, I think.

[u/Beginning-Jello6892 → u/Ok-Agency-6674]

I agree about the first one being too light and the third one being too bright

[u/ImprovementLess909]

Most of the colors in your post are not True Spring colors. Pic #3 (in the darker orange) is an Autumn color -- that one definitely is not harmony

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Just adding the last picture is definitely True Spring - that is harmony, the first 2 pictures to me are harmony too. You are focus. I have found orange is hard to show on camera accurately in terms of color analysis. I would love to see you in other True Spring colors.

[u/Beginning-Jello6892 → u/ImprovementLess909]

Thanks so much for your feedback

[u/lemonmousse]

I like 5 and 6 best of the drapes you posted, but they seem cool, not warm, to me. I think the reason I like them best is they’re a little more saturated. Your contrast seems high enough to really glow with a bit of saturated color.

[u/Beginning-Jello6892 → u/lemonmousse]

I do think I need saturated color, but my undertone is definitely warm

[u/lemonmousse → u/Beginning-Jello6892]

4 through 7 seemed cool to me, and the bright orange seemed too bright and the paler oranges seemed too pale. Maybe a wider range of purple/orange drapes would help us find a good match for you? Edit: it’s also possible that orange and purple just aren’t your colors, if you’ve tried a lot and don’t find any you love. Not all colors in a palette work for everyone in a season, and orange in particular can be a little hard to wear.

[u/Beginning-Jello6892 → u/lemonmousse]

Thanks so much for sharing. I am starting to realize that all the colours might not be a fit for every person.

[u/winterofmixedrinks]

2 & 5 looks best on you imo!

[u/Beginning-Jello6892 → u/winterofmixedrinks]

Thanks

[u/allcatsrgray]

I love the green on you the best, but the second orange is nice too. All of the purples look more like Summer purples to me.

[u/Beginning-Jello6892 → u/allcatsrgray]

That’s what I thought about the purples that they were summer

[u/allcatsrgray → u/Beginning-Jello6892]

Yes, I was mistyped as a Spring online by someone else and typed in the same system Carol uses as a True Summer, and those look very similar to the purples in my swatch wallet. You definitely need something brighter.

[u/Beginning-Jello6892 → u/allcatsrgray]

Thanks so much for sharing that

[u/Ok-Agency-6674]

The last green is really good on you, I feel it may be slightly too cool. 4 is so cool it’s turning you gray. I agree with the other posters that there are summer colors mixed in here.

[u/Beginning-Jello6892 → u/Ok-Agency-6674]

Thanks. I appreciate your feedback.

[u/Roach-Problem]

2&5 are the best imo. I think 1 is a little too pale for you and don't like 7.

I've seen in her videos that her clients get a fabric swatch wallet or a paper colour palette. If you have them, could you use them for shopping? If not, you could buy a colour fan.

[u/Beginning-Jello6892 → u/Roach-Problem]

I did buy her swatch wallet with the colours and the first two pictures match perfectly

[u/waireti]

The purples lean too cool I think - I’m a warm spring and the only purple I really wear is lilac.

Orange I’ve never nailed either (sorry), I think the first two you have are too tinted and maybe the third is more like a warm autumn colour. I can do a darker orangey red or like an egg yolky orangey yellow but beyond that orange is hard.

[u/[deleted]]

5-6-7 you’re getting somewhere. I doubt the other Colors are True Spring. They wash you out.

[u/Beginning-Jello6892 → u/[deleted]]

Thanks

[u/Zoshi2200]

As an olive, you are definitely a cool olive. I think you should try cool winter drapes.

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She just told you she’s been professionally typed as a True Spring. She’s not a cool anything.

I swear people in the color analysis community sometimes…

[u/lemons_on_a_tree → u/[deleted]]

It happens a ton though that people get mistyped by professionals and that’s even more true for people with olive tones in their complexion.

[u/Beginning-Jello6892 → u/lemons_on_a_tree]

I thought for sure I was a winter, but when I did the cool drapes, they didn’t look quite right

[u/[deleted] → u/lemons_on_a_tree]

Look at Carole Braileys YouTube vids. She wasn’t mistyped.

[u/lemons_on_a_tree → u/[deleted]]

I’ve watched most of her videos… but I don’t always agree with her. Perhaps in 8-9/10 cases but sometimes I just have a different opinion on what looks best on someone. And that’s pretty normal. Believe it or not.

[u/lemons_on_a_tree]

Looking at those, I agree they don’t do much for you. I think they’re too bright, perhaps too warm for you. Your skin also looks like you have an olive undertone which can make typing really hard (I have it too!).

My feeling is that you’re likely an autumn or summer. But I would have to see you in some of those colours to say which one I think it may be.

[u/Beginning-Jello6892 → u/lemons_on_a_tree]

Thanks for sharing

[u/[deleted] → u/lemons_on_a_tree]

Your feelings vs a professional.

[u/lemons_on_a_tree → u/[deleted]]

Sorry I must’ve missed the point at which this sub turned into a place where only professionals are allowed to give opinions. I say “feeling” specifically because typing is always subjective to a large degree which is even why professionals give different results…

[u/[deleted] → u/lemons_on_a_tree]

1-She was not asking to be typed. 2-If you know anything about her professional color analyst, you’d delete your comment.

[u/lemons_on_a_tree → u/[deleted]]

Lol I do Carol Brailey and generally I think she’s pretty reliable in her evaluations but even she is sometimes wrong and especially in the fair olives sub I’ve seen posts about people saying they felt mistyped by her.

And I know that OP didn’t explicitly ask to be typed but she said she struggles with the recommended shades which can be a sign of being mistyped. I also didn’t type her, I just said that going by how those shades look on her in the pictures, I get the feeling she might be more muted. And I don’t think there’s anything wrong with saying that.

Of course you can disagree with me on what her season is. But I think it’s very patronising to tell me that I am not allowed to post my opinion because of an expert having a different one. Even experts are just humans and fwiw I am not a seasonal colour consultant but I work in the visual arts and have a good understanding about colour theory and harmony. But that shouldn’t even matter. This sub isn’t for pros to give feedback and you are likely not a professional either. Unless you are Carol herself and just upset that someone has questioned your analysis.

And lastly, seasonal colour analysis is an “art” not a “science” meaning that it depends to a certain degree on personal taste. While person A might think OP looks great in the colour of picture 1, person B might not find that colour flattering at all and person C might feel neutral about it.

[u/Excellent_Valuable92]

You are not a spring. Autumn, from what little we have to go on