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What colors look good on me? How to tell

The right colors even out your skin and clear your eyes; one selfie in daylight shows you which ones they are, with your palette.

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Take a selfie in daylight

Face a window, without makeup if you can, hair as it naturally falls. Daylight and no filter keep your real skin tone — colored lamps and beauty filters change the result.

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Your selfie is used for your reading and saved in your private Color Suite only if you go on to a try-on. Never shared, never used for training.

A color looks good on you when it agrees with your own coloring: the warm or cool cast of your skin, how light or deep your hair, skin and eyes are, and how clear or soft they look together. No color is good or bad on its own. The same coral can make one face glow and leave the next one looking tired.

When you ask "what are my colors", you want a list you can shop from, not one lucky sweater. That list is your season's palette: colors that share your undertone, depth and clarity, and so also suit each other. You can get close in a mirror with the tests below. Or tap "Find what fits me best" at the top of this page, and one selfie gives you your season out of twelve, the reason in one sentence, your best colors and the colors that work against you.

What a good color does to your face

Hold the color under your chin and watch your skin, not the fabric. A color that suits you calms redness around the nose and cheeks, makes the skin look even and softens the shadows under the eyes and around the mouth. The whites of the eyes look whiter, and people see your face before the color. A color that works against you leaves the skin sallow, grey or ruddy, deepens those shadows and seems to enter the room before you do.

The kind of trouble tells you what is off. Grey or sallow skin usually means the undertone is wrong: a cool color on warm skin, or a warm one on cool skin. A face that looks pale and drawn behind the fabric usually means the color is too dark or too vivid for you; a face that looks flat and dull, that it is too muted or too pale.

A fabric test in daylight

Stand facing a window in daylight with a bare face and the lamps off, since warm bulbs make every face look warmer. If your hair is dyed, wrap it in a plain towel so its color does not answer for you. Then compare two fabrics at a time, because your eye judges a difference better than a single color: camel against cool grey for temperature, peach against burnt orange or powder blue against sapphire blue for depth, kelly green against sage for clarity.

Photograph each pair in the same light and compare the pictures later, since in the mirror your eye adjusts within seconds. Note which side won each round. Your clearest result is usually the first word of your season, and the next one its second.

Why your neutrals matter as much as your colors

Most of what you wear is neutral: coats, trousers, knitwear, suits and bags. A neutral that fights your coloring does it every day. Black and pure white belong to the winters: Deep Winter and Bright Winter wear both near the face, and Cool Winter pairs black with crisp pure white.

The other nine seasons usually do better with a softer version. In place of black, try espresso for Deep Autumn, tobacco brown for Warm Autumn, coffee brown for Soft Autumn, soft charcoal for Soft Summer, charcoal blue-grey for Cool Summer or light navy for Light Spring. In place of pure white, cream suits Warm Spring, Warm Autumn and Deep Autumn, ivory suits Soft Autumn, and soft white suits all three summers. Metals follow the same logic: yellow gold and brass with warm coloring, silver and white gold with cool.

How to find the colors that look good on you

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    Face a window in daylight

    Take off your makeup and switch off warm lamps.

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    Compare two colors at a time

    Hold a warm and a cool version under your chin, then a light and a deep one, then a clear and a muted one.

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    Watch your skin, not the fabric

    Keep the color that evens out redness and softens shadows, and drop the one that leaves you sallow, grey or ruddy.

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    Test your neutrals the same way

    Try black against espresso or soft charcoal, and pure white against cream or soft white.

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    Get your palette from a selfie

    Tap "Find what fits me best" and take one selfie in the same light for your season and the colors to wear and avoid.

FAQ

How do I know what colors look good on me?

Look at your face instead of the color. A good color makes your skin look even and your eyes clear; a poor one leaves the skin sallow, grey or ruddy. Compare two colors side by side in daylight, since one color on its own is hard to judge.

What are my colors, and how do I find them?

Your colors are the palette of your season: the ones that share your undertone, depth and clarity. Tap "Find what fits me best" and one selfie gives you your season out of twelve, your best colors and the ones that work against you, at no cost.

Why do some colors make me look tired?

A color that is too dark, too vivid or the wrong temperature for you deepens the shadows on your face, and shadows under the eyes and around the mouth read as tiredness. Swap it for a color from your palette, or wear it further from your face.

Does black look good on everyone?

No. Black is a winter color, best on coloring that is deep or high in contrast. On light, soft or warm coloring it often looks heavy and drains the face, and a dark neutral from your own palette, such as espresso or soft charcoal, does the same job more kindly.

Can I wear colors that are not in my palette?

Yes, away from your face. Trousers, shoes and bags barely touch your skin, so their color matters far less. If you love a top in a color that works against you, put one of your best colors at the neckline, as a scarf or a layer underneath.

Can I see my best and worst colors on me?

Yes. With a free account, the comparison try-on drapes your own selfie in two of your best colors and two of your worst in one picture, best on top. It is a visualization that exaggerates the effect, not a measurement. Your first try-on is on us; more run on credits you buy once, with no subscription.

Can a selfie tell what colors suit me?

Yes, if it shows your real coloring: take it facing a window in daylight, with no filter, ideally no makeup and your hair as it naturally falls. Warm lamps, beauty filters, heavy makeup and dyed hair can push the reading toward the wrong season, and a retake in better light costs nothing.