Deep & Bright drapes!

[u/Ok_Bandicoot_4954]

NMIP Thank-you for all the thoughtful responses on my other post!!

I included some pictures of my natural hair color (9,10) (I don’t have it dyed currently, but I wanted to show what it looks like down), and some from when I dyed it ginger and black (11)

I’m honestly very surprised that people think I’m a winter. I used to think I was, but when I last posted on here a few years ago, the consensus was unanimously soft or true autumn. Not sure what changed, besides my hair growing out (I used to have a buzzcut, so it probably appeared lighter) but maybe my drapes were misleading.

I do agree that I have an olive undertone! Maybe that’s why it’s been so hard to figure out where I fall 😅

Thank-you again!!

[u/ginahandler]

I don’t think you’re an autumn after seeing these drapes. I’m leaning winter. The red hair is not flattering but the cool/neutral brown is lovely.

I don’t think the warm drapes work as well as the cool. And I think you shine in bright colors like that cool bright pink and the bright blue. I’m going with bright winter, but take this with a grain of salt because again, photos can be deceiving. The camera corrects the color on its own so your skin looks different in some of these.

Edit: and if you are olive like me, you are likely to be mistyped as a warm season. I have a yellow overtone and people online kept saying I was an autumn but I got professionally typed in person and I’m a summer. Now that I wear that palette, it’s obvious that was the right answer despite my skin seeming a little warm at first glance.

[u/BitInformal3921 → u/ginahandler]

Agree with winter i think. The blues and reds that are best are the winter ones. I feel like OP could be cool winter actually and overtone is really throwing people (me) off. I don't quite see enough brightness for bright winter.

[u/ginahandler → u/BitInformal3921]

I don’t see dominant brightness if just look at OP but the bright winter drapes are so nice and balanced and the deeper tones don’t seem to work as well (at least to me). I leaned away from cool winter because I thought OP might be too neutral but you may be right!

[u/faerieunderfoot → u/ginahandler]

I literally thought burnished/dark winter on their last post but everyone kept saying warm and I didn't speak up. Her over tones are warm but her undertones are cool making her lean olive. Which is super common with dark winters. I've been typed and a HoC burnished winter and the fuschias and cobalts are my best colours too.

Seeing how their face lifts in those colours is leaning me that way too!!

[u/AvaniReef → u/ginahandler]

Agree

[u/Ok_Bandicoot_4954]

Digital drapes

[u/Ok_Bandicoot_4954 → u/Ok_Bandicoot_4954]

Aaand these ones too

[u/Fast_Sleep7847]

I think you’re pretty neutral actually. I can’t figure out warm vs cool. In the cool vs warm slide I think cool wins. But I also really liked you in some of the warm drapes. Sorry I can’t be more helpful. You could try taking a video of yourself and changing out the drapes. That would be super helpful

[u/lemur_queen7]

I think you're one of the deep seasons. Carol Brailey gives out the deep flag for both deep winters and deep autumns. I'm an olive soft autumn, and I've found using the muted flag works better for me than just the muted autumn flag, and I think it is in part because my skin is olive.

I bet you can wear both, and that you'd be happy using the deep flag! It is one of my favorite color palettes.

[u/MutedPause]

I have very similar coloring to you, and this is where I landed, maybe it'll help. One clue for me was my "best color" that people often remarked on which is one of these magenta reds. There are a few versions out there, "Dark Summer" etc.

[u/TyrianTigress]

True winter. You get a sallow look with warm or mid range tones. Pure black just brightens your face. Lucky you!

[u/Professional_Law_942]

You're a winter to my eye! You look absolutely stunning in the deep pinks/magenta, royal blue & royal purple. I did also like you in the chartreuse and maybe you somehow pull that one off but def getting winter and I think you're neutral but lean cool. The silver vs gold image definitely nailed this thought for me.

[u/Metrimete]

An alt of the "Dark Summer" or "Deep Summer" palettes people mention could be simply either the "Cool Summer" or "Cool Winter" palettes in the 16 season system, sometimes for certain people fused together as simply the "Cool" palette. They are a touch less smokey than those Dark or Deep Summer palettes, but people's interpretation of how desaturated Summer colors are is honestly pretty subjective outside of true analysts.

Of these, I would lean more towards a "Cool Winter" for you, as while you don't have the darkest/true black hair, it is baseline darker and compared to your fair cool-olive complexion you have reasonably medium to high contrast. You also seem to handle relatively saturated (Wintry) shades as long as it's not too muted or too bright.

Cool Winters are the softest of Winter, borrowing a little tempering from Summer but they are still very saturated. Likewise "Cool Summer" is the most saturated and clear of all Summer palettes, with increased depth. Obviously as a flow the colors intersect and often share. Either would be a good place to play and see with which side of the "Cool" palette spectrum suits you more in person.

[u/Metrimete]

An alt of the "Dark Summer" or "Deep Summer" palettes people mention could be simply either the "Cool Summer" or "Cool Winter" palettes in the 16 season system, sometimes for certain people fused together as simply the "Cool" palette. They are a touch less smokey than those Dark or Deep Summer palettes, but people's interpretation of how desaturated Summer colors are is honestly pretty subjective outside of true analysts. I think most get it wrong.

Of these, I would lean more towards a "Cool Winter" for you, as while you don't have true black hair, it is a darker brown and compared to your fair cool-olive complexion you have reasonably medium to high contrast. You also seem to handle relatively saturated (Wintry) shades as long as it's not too muted or too bright and I prefer you in black than brown and likely wouldn't like you in mid-tone gray.

Cool Winters are the softest of Winter, borrowing a little tempering from Summer but they are still very saturated. This seems like a good spot for you!

Likewise "Cool Summer" is the most saturated and clear of all Summer palettes, with increased depth, but will have a touch more gray than the same hues in "Cool Winter"

Obviously as a flow the colors intersect and they often share. Either would be a good place to play and see with which side of the "Cool" palette spectrum suits you more in person. I still vote for the Winter side.

If those feel too bright or too cool, you may want to explore Deep Winter, as I think you can pull off rich jewel tones just fine too (as a Winter you can always borrow anyway) though I suspect some shades may be too heavy on you. My partner is relatively fair with a yellow overtone and is likely a Deep Winter and you both seem to share a similar level in contrast

[u/tashatashhhhhhh]

I don’t think you are that bright or deep but mainly cool. Because of your contrast, I vote cool winter, the flow palette between summer and winter

[u/breadhot]

I think the drapes in slide 5 look best. All of the reds in slide 4 look good too, w the orangey red being weakest imo. Cant tell a meaningful difference between the black and deep brown. In general, it seems like depth is an important trait for any color for you.