in this video I'm gonna share with you the three steps of an in-person color
analysis many of you have been commenting on my video saying you're
confused about what the steps are well in this video I'm gonna break them down
and make it so easy for you stay tuned
hey everyone I'm Carol Brailey of carolbrailey.com I have been battling a nasty
cold lately and so if I look red and puffy well I am red and puffy right now
so deal with it and I don't wear much makeup and I don't like to wear much
makeup so I'm not gonna take my face and makeup to hide the fact that I'm red and
puffy so sorry about looking red and puffy on your screens so this video is
about the three steps of color analysis I've been reading online about people
being confused about the steps and what have you and so I'm just gonna break
down what the three key steps are in a summary fashion to hopefully help you
eliminate the confusion of what the steps are a four color analysis so I
just also want to recap first of all what is seasonal color analysis so
seasonal color analysis looks at your underlying quality of coloring to arrive
at what value intensity and undertone of colors make you Sparkle and so there's
several reasons why why you do that and you can see some of my other videos on
that but I want to break down that seasonal color analysis it has a
significant history behind it based on science logic and objectivity and so if
you are following any other system other than seasonal color analysis or relying
on any other test other than seasonal color analysis I'm not suggesting that
information is wrong I'm just suggesting that before you go out and spend time
and money implementing those results just be clear about what the system is
based on is it based on you know valid information for instance the vein test
I'm not a fan of the vein test I've seen so many people who have warm undertone
you have blue veins particularly around the wrists so you know just really
question before you go out and spend your time and money on implementing
information for makeup colors hair colors clothing colors etc just you know
be clear that is it based on a system of science logic and objectivity and has it
been proven throughout the years so that's my little spiel on you know
really questioned the source of information all my videos are based on
my training and on the ground experience implementing seasonal color analysis if
you've gone over to visit my DIY color analysis workshop page the link is below
you'll notice on that page I have five steps and those extra two steps because
there's three steps I'm gonna go through in this video covering color analysis
the extra two steps on my DIY page just helps you further validate your results
based on the science logic and objectivity of seasonal color analysis
so the two additional steps because I've added into that process because you
don't have the training and experience that I have on the ground implementing
color analysis so I've added those two steps just to help you further validate
the results that you've arrived at for yourself and like I said using the
system of science logic and objectivity that's been proven throughout the years
with seasonal color analysis okay so now I'm ready to cover off in a summary
fashion the three key steps of color analysis that I use for every in person
color analysis appointment step one is to decide whether you or my client leans
cool or warm and that would take some of the cool colors
so these are all cool colors medium value medium intensity range and compare
them to some warm colors so warm undertone medium intensity medium value
range and I also sometimes use the silver versus cold gold test to decide
undertone as well so that gold is warm silver is cool and so that's step one
and I've done so many videos to cover off weather you lean cool or warm in
terms of your skin undertone so I'll include a link to some of those videos
people below if you want it to self color analyze so that is step one and
step two is if you leaned cool you then test for summer coloring so cool
undertone medium to light value soft intensity versus winter coloring so
medium to deep value cool undertone bright intensity typically and if you
lean on the warm side of things your gonna test autumn coloring so warm
undertone medium to deep value you know typically more softer in intensity and
if you're warm you can go to compare autumn versus spring so here's the
spring palette warm undertone high-intensity medium to light value and
so that's step two so step two is a step by called determined primary color
season so just to summarize if you're cool you're gonna compare winter versus
summer colors on you and if you're warm you're gonna compare autumn versus
spring colors on you and so I actually find the determined primary color season
step the easiest because in many cases you're looking at two
extremes so deeper colors so this is cool undertone this is winter versus
summer you know softer and lighter colors so you're looking at two extremes
in in some cases and so it's it's actually the easiest step in my opinion
and the last step is where we pull out the other palettes which I call the flow
palettes and decide whether you have a combination of color seasons within you
so in the primary color season step if you decided you leaned to the winter
side of things you're gonna compare true winter against
bright against deep and what's the last one
and again school and if in the primary color season step your if you decided
you lean to the summer side of things you're gonna compare true summer against
cool gates muted some systems call it soft and light and if in the primary
color season step you decided you leaned to the spring side of things you're
gonna compare true spring against warm against light and bright and if in the
primary color season step you decided you lean to the autumn side of things
you're going to test true autumn against warm against deep and against muted some
systems call it soft and so ultimately you're going to decide after the flow
step what colors you like best on you and so let's say let me walk you through
an example let's say in the first step you decided you have a warm Skynyrd's
own primary color season is autumn and in the third step which is flow season
step you decided you lean to the warm side of things you would pair the warm
palette name which is a combination of autumn
and spring coloring with the primary color season games so that's warm autumn
let me walk you through a cool season example so let's say in the first step
you decided you leaned cool your primary color season is winter and in the last
step you decided you leaned to the deep side of things so a combination of
winter and autumn you'd be known as deep winter so where does neutral fit in here
neutral really just fits in if you decided that you have both warm season
and cool season coloring in you and that really comes out in the last step which
is the flow step and so the flow palettes made up of winter and autumn is
deep so that's a winter is cool coloring autumns warm coloring and there's light
which is summer spring which is summers cool springs warm
there is also muted or soft which is a combination of summer and autumn and
there is also what's last one bright which is winter and spring so neutral
really just comes into play your mix of cool and warm and so in the primary
color season step if you decided you lean to a cool season and you belong to
deep light right or muted you just be your undertone would just be neutral
cool and if you were reversed so in the primary color season stuff if you
decided your season was autumn or spring and fell within the bright deep light or
muted palette you just be known as neutral warm so those are the three
steps of color analysis if you're interested in what to look for when
comparing colors on you and what colors to compare on you head on over to my
workshop page I definitely walked in you through a whole bunch of detail on there
and add on the two steps that I recommend for
that do-it-yourself color analyzer so hopefully this has cleared up any
confusion you have on the three steps of color analysis happy shopping have a
fabulous day