This is a great article, and I just thought I would add my two cents on the topic. I do not have the opportunity to get myself analyzed, and so I have (after much research and draping of various things around the house (including curtains, lol) come to the conclusion I am a bright spring. I always thought I was a spring, but I lost interest through my teenage years as some of the true autumn colours did not sit right. However after the discovery of clear spring colours, I went and brought 2 tops in those colours, and everytime I put them on it’s like I’ve had a coffee. Those happy colours, literally make me feel and look glowing and sparkling. My one struggle is at the moment to find the right (brunette) hair colour.
Also I wanted to add that not only am I a clear spring, but my husband is a clear winter. (I thought this was interesting to note after reading the comments above)

Thank you for all this awesome information Christine.

It is really good to know, I feel happy in these colours, comfortable. They feel obvious now, but they sure didn’t when I didn’t know which way to go (but I noticed very early on that autumn and winter tones were out of the question, very heavy, I look tired and/or greyed). Maybe I’ll send you a photo or two when I feel settled

If anyone else would like to try and self-analyze I would say to go through one tone at a time, with photos, and not jump to this tone or that – because the tones are distinctly different even when they share season. Excluding a tone because of a misunderstanding throws the whole process off… not so needless to say. Moving through them one at a time makes it easier to control the variables. A good point to start is to find out whether black is wearable or not. Looking only in the mirror is not an option. I felt safe with Light Spring colours when looking in the mirror, but the photos revealed that those colours didn’t balance my skin. Understanding what looks good is the hardest part, it takes a lot of time not only to find out but also to change perception accordingly (and there’ll be setbacks here and there, always).

It would be very interesting if someone were to research the effect of colour analysis (on, say… stress levels?) with a combination of objective and subjective measures.

I’m glad you’ve solved the mystery. Most families are quite spread out. Couples are usually spread out, though I’ve seen 1 who share the same Tone. I agree that lipstick and blush do more for eye color than eye makeup. Well spoken

I’ve concluded that I’m a True Spring! Seems that lipstick can be a good tie breaker between two seasons. I tried four lipsticks for Light Spring and my lips look kind of swollen and sore bacuse the actual colour disappear and only shimmer is left on top. My skin looked like glass about to shatter. Then I studied your article about best mu colours for True Spring and ended up getting a lipstick from The Body Shop called Sunset Peach, balances the eyes. Later on I decided to get MAC Fleur Power without trying it on first (my b/f went on a trip to one of the three cities in Sweden with MAC counters, a man visiting a mu counter apparently doesn’t happen everyday, haha). Fleur Power is perfect, very nice of you to recommend it, Christine. The colour is in perfect balance, could’nt be stronger or lighter, definitely not more pink (it doesn’t turn up pink – and my colouring is very sensitive when it comes to pink). It is simply really, really good. If I had someone to recommend it to I would, but I don’t seem to know any woman who’s a True Spring.

Speaking about intensifying eye colour, I think that lipstick and blush matters more than eye shadow. I have small eyes and even though I notice the difference when I put eye shadow on, I have to keep the colour quite light (I’ve made a highlighter and a yellow grey from stuff in my mu bag based on your recommendations for TS mu colours). Eye shadow seems to have more of a “clearing the way” function, while lip colour balance the eyes to make a triangle leading up to the eyes. Cheek colour sort of widens the triangle below the eyes, balances eye size. At least, that’s how I perceive it. Everything together looks really nice, mu make the colour effect accumulate.

My family is all over the map tonal wise, my mother is True Summer, my father looks fantastic in True Autumn and my brother is very likely a Soft Summer (no one can do cool faded colours better). My b/f, his mother and his sister are all Dark Winters while his father’s Soft Autumn. So weird!? Seems to be quite good fit in personalities too. Christine, do you see many families? Are their colouring more spread out or more held together? And couples? A good friend of mine is a True Summer and I’m quite sure that her b/f is too, but my guess is that that’s not very common. (The other day that same friend showed me her new lip colour together with a scarf in soft navy, dusty cool pink and lavender… Summers can look so **** elegant! Right out of Monet’s garden. Like there’s no effort to it. I have serious summer colour envy now.)

About the light summer article… What I really meant was that I’d need a photo or two with drapes and mu to be able to wrap my head around the Light Summer concept.

My next step will definitely be to order a palette. Thanks again!

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