SOFT? 6 Dominant Characteristics Color Analysis Explained
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- Опубликовано: 16 апр 2024
- Welcome to Color Class, your ultimate destination for unraveling the mysteries of color analysis! In this episode, we embark on an illuminating journey into the enchanting realm of the soft seasonal color palette. Prepare to discover the nuanced interplay of hues and tones that define this captivating palette, guided by the insightful lens of the 6 Dominant Characteristics.
Join us as we delve deep into the intricacies of soft seasonal color analysis, exploring the harmonious fusion of undertones, contrasts, and intensities that form the foundation of this exquisite palette. From the gentle warmth of soft autumnal shades to the serene coolness of soft summer hues, each characteristic unveils a new dimension of color expression.
Through expert insights and practical demonstrations, we'll uncover the secrets to identifying your unique soft seasonal palette and mastering the art of color coordination. Whether you're a seasoned enthusiast or a curious newcomer, this comprehensive guide promises to elevate your understanding of color theory and revolutionize your approach to personal style.
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Yeah, I think a lot of us dark blonde/light brown haired hazel-grey eyed people are confused by seasonal systems.
This is me! What are we? Lol
Soft summer!
Yes!!
Skin. Probably soft
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Love this mother-daughter duo! I'm a 52 years young soft summer. When I was a little girl my hair was golden blonde. Later on, it changed to greenish ash blonde. It was matching with my green greyish eyes and at school they used to tease me for my green hair. For the last ten years I dyed my hair to cover my greys, but artificial ash blonde is terrible. For a while I dyed my hair auburn and it looked quite nice. Aas I reached my 50s I started to notice that that hair color was making me look tired. Three months ago I decided on doing a big pixie chop and leave my natural hair. And now I look even younger! Without knowing anything about color analysis I always loved the muted soft summer palette. Those are my favorite colors. And many hairstylists should study color analysis in depth. Because some don't understand that a soft/muted person won't grey white or salt and pepper. My greys are silvery blonde, they reflect light. They are not white.
Color intuition is REAL! And a pixie on the right face is an instant face lift. Thanks for subscribing and we have lots planned for you.
I was very blonde with blue eyes as a child (dark blonde now) and it took me so so so long to realize why so many cool, Summer colors didn’t suit me when I was supposed to be the perfect example of Summer. Being soft/muted puts me closer to neutral than cool and dusty blues and roses look great on me. Anything with a bit of gray or taupey brown is great. Just took me 40 years to figure it out.
Also, agree about all the names for dark blonde: dishwater, dirty, mousey. Such terrible judgment in a few adjectives. For now I’m going with “mushroom blonde.”
I call my hair color bronde, it’s exactly between the lightest brown and darker blonde, and naturally very streaky, it has gold streaks in it. I had white hair as a child, then became golden blonde around age 7, then it gradually darkened to my adult color.🙂
I have black hair and brown eyes (east Asian) and a soft summer. There are many of us 😅 you might want to look at how personal color is done in east Asia as the rules mentioned in this video don’t seem to apply to Asians. I got draped by a Korean analyst with extensive experience looking at Asian skin tones. We have a lot of nuance and variety of skin tones.
I agree. I think Soy ASMR (she has a YT channel), she's Korean, is also a summer, but I forgot which type. I watched her color analysis vid some time ago and the winter colors looked too strong for her.
Yes some soft summer/ autumn have Dark hair and light skin but their skin and eyes are soft Kinda grayish and no shine to it
I was typed by draping as a deep winter but some of the brights are just too bright. The soft summer colors look great as long as they are deep because otherwise they are too soft. I am looking forward to their exploration of the 16 palette system but I also just go for slightly grayed versions of the colors in my palette.
I am not high contrast like you and only partially Asian, but I am medium contrast, so my hair and skin won't kind of blend into each other if you squint your eyes. I'm a Soft Autumn. So, with all respect to the authors of this channel, I completely agree that they should look at higher contrast Soft people
@@affectojfgidi1246 I agree. The channel owners should also examine people or celebrities (since pics of celebs are available) of other ethnicities. They've featured Zendaya (who is mixed race) but so far, most of their examples are white/ Caucasian.
I love the tip about wearing colors/tones within two shades of each other! Makes total sense and I could immediately scan and find past outfits in my mind that would've worked better had I stuck to this.
I personally love vibrant, high contrast coloring...alas, clothing in that coloring often looks like a costume on me. Luckily I love (most of) my natural palette as well!
Also, I'm a fellow member of the invisible eyebrow society 😂 The struggle is real! Jajaja. So glad mine have started darkening more in the past ten years, AND that my sister finally convinced me to fill them in if I'm in the mood for makeup. What a difference to break up the space from eyeballs to forehead hairline!!!
I LOVE that you talk about breaking the rules!!! I have seen others get out their for me and tie your color analysis to your spiritual energy lol! Or just be so militant about staying in your season. I do believe we have colors that suit us best, but I don't always want to wear my pallet. You guys have some of the best PCA content out there! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!!!
Thank you so much! We are working hard to build a subscriber base, provide important information in a field which can be "all over the place". We've got so many projects in process. Stay with us, I think you will be pleased. - Lucinda
I love this explanation of soft. I also think it might be helpful to point out that a good way to tell is to look at a grayscale picture of yourself. If there is lower contrast within the picture, you might be soft. I also think it is helpful to point out that deep skin tones can be soft, especially if the whites of the eyes aren’t super bright, or if you are that silvery green type of olive (think Zoe Saldana). I am typed as a deep winter by draping but some of the brighter colors, optic white and the brighter greens, pinks and blues, most notably, just don’t sit well on me at all. The deeper colors of soft summer can work better but some of those are too soft. I am really looking forward into your foray into 16 palettes, as I seem to be more of a soft winter.
I LOVE how off topic you guys get - it’s hilarious!!!! Always happy when I see a new video pop up - thank you! 💕
So glad it works for you, because I cant control it haha. -Lucinda
I've been loving your channel! I do want to make a case for someone with high contrast being soft :)
I am Hispanic and my home season is True Winter (cool undertone, mid skin tone, deep brown/black eyes, deep brown/black hair)
BUT I am very olive (WARM overtone + lots of gray and green)
I can still look harmonious in soft colors regardless of temperature which contradicts true winter. I actually feel like I look too extreme if I am fully true winter without adding something soft or a little warm. Being olive makes the color seasons a bit more difficult lol
Much like Sarah, I can also camouflage seasons. I can do my own versions of bright spring, any winter, deep autumn, soft summer, etc. I would probably categorize myself as a soft winter, but there aren't too many resources for that.
Yes, this!!
I think Soft coloring is best described as a blended or delicate, low to medium contrast, grayed-down look. As in my photo here, nothing in my coloring really stands out. I just don’t look my best in bright, clear colors, they overwhelm my delicate coloring, so one doesn’t see me, just the bright color. I favor muted/soft colors, mostly lighter ones, and cooler ones. So tones (gray, or black and white, are added to the hue) are better than shades (black added) or the lightest tints (white added). Pure, saturated hues don’t work, so I avoid brands that push them, like Talbots and Boden. (The hue is the basic color, like red, blue, green, etc.).
I just found your channel. I am loving it. I was a color analysis for a makeup company back in the eighties. I loved draping women and seeing how the pores disappeared and complexion just looked so healthy in the right colors before even applying makeup!
When my color analyst put a light aqua drape on me, everyone exclaimed how great I looked, they said it was like I had put on perfect makeup. That clinched my Soft Summer type.🙂
@@kimberlyperrotis8962 It does make shopping for clothes a lot easier. Glad it was clear to you!
The “ish” thing was the most helpful definition of Soft I’ve heard yet! I really liked the example of how you shift hair/lips to accommodate wearing a deep color. Any thoughts on how to do that for a light color, or, because i am both warmish and coolish, a decidedly warm color or a decidedly cool one? And is it safe to assume that the hardest colors for me as a soft dominant person will be brights?
That’s a tough question to answer without seeing you. If you want to send a photo with your question to ColorClassInc@gmail.com we can give a more informed answer.
@@ColorClassIncI just sent you an email because I, too, am confused.
This is the BEST explanation of Soft I have ever come across. I am the definition of -ish lol (no longer bleach blond now but my natural ashy dark-ish blondish brownish haha)
Thanks for this video. Many of the tips you talk about, are recognising characteristics for yourself, which enables you to make choices and experiment. I love the more open style discussion about different aspects of colour analysis and the inclusion of hair and makeup.
These tips are out of this world! I love your point about knowing multiple systems, and am grateful to you for sharing them.
I would love a video of you wearing outside of your palette with cool colors and makeup ❤
We can do that. Sara does it brilliantly with just a few modifications.
Love this! I have found my colour twin! I have dark red-ish auburn hair which was much brighter red when I was younger, grey/blue/green eyes and lighter and cooler skin tone. I also have to draw my eyebrows on as they are very light brown. I've also felt drawn towards soft colours but thought I couldn't because people want to shove me in a warm box, because of my hair, but I don't suit any warm colours. I feel validated haha.
Sarah, you look amazing in that darker color! Gorgeous
Great class. I am now aware of why my hairstyle for the day feels wrong at times and I go back and pull it back…
Thanks ladies, so lovely to see your both working together. I totally fit in the changing eye category. I'm in my mid 50's and love having two generations delivering this content in one. Even when your off topic, your discussion is helpful.
Keep up the good work 🙂
Just found your channel. Am loving your take on color analysis. I looked into it yay years ago, but since then changed my hair color and I’m older, which drains your coloring. So great job you too. I loved the eye color/shadow charts too. Thank you.
Thank you again for another great class. It was good to learn about stepping outside of our color zone & how to do it. Sometimes you just want to wear a certain color with something else and it just doesn't work. Now I also know why my dark navy blazer doesn't work when I wear a lighter blue top in my colors. You both make colors much easier to understand how they work together. I love your color classes.
I love the way you talk about ish. I have freckles and i feel like that makes my skin ish (mix of cool and warm). I would love if you could address freckles in a future video!
We will do that- do you know which season tends to have the most freckles?
I like this blue on you as well. I’m sure you look good both in soft autumn and soft summer❤
Fantastic ❤❤❤
I'm tending to pull back my hair to even enhance my contrast without ever thinking of it. So this info was so interesting. I would consider myself as dark winter but like some parts of deep autumn as well. Greetings from Germany!
I had no eyebrows either so I went with powder ombré brows and that made a huge impact. Yes, I recommend it as well.
What you said about “ish” hair color strikes a chord with me. I have a sister whose natural adult hair color was “ reddish light brown”. My other sister has ash lightish brownish. The reddish haired sister is considered a soft spring/ kinda autumn ish.!
We Welcome your “ish” family to ours!
I am softy too :) and when Sarah explains trick with pulling out her hairs back , finally I understood what happens to me ! When I leave my hair loose, I can wear warm colors like some shades of beige and brown and greens that I love, my hairs add some warmness to my face . But when I pull it back, I definitely can't wear those colors , they look off , my cool skin tone dominate me . And my eyes are getting more blue or more green , depending what color I wear close to my face , I find that hilarious and I actually like it 😅
Sarah was an adorable baby!!!
I want to be a soft autumn. I love the colors in the soft autumn palette. I can't figure out if they're my best though. I do look good in those colors, but not sure better than true autumn colors. I definitely am soft, just not sure it's my dominant trait. I do have ish in me, reddish, blondish brownish hair. Greenish, tealish, grayish eyes, with yellow, orange and brown. Not much contrast. Still I think warm may be more dominant.
Hi. I think you can choose to buy clothes in the 2 subseasons (warm & soft autumn). It's hard to pigeonhole one's self into 1 palette only, esp since those colors may not be available in your place (or the size may be different, etc). For me, I'm a warm autumn but I sometimes wear dark autumn colors (because my hair is dark, I'm a POC). I also have some soft autumn colors - they don't make me shine but I wear them when I want to be more invisible. Good luck in exploring your colors!
Lucinda! That turquoise sweater is stunning on you! New subscriber who is learning SO MUCH from you two! I’ve spent my life confused by if I’m a summer or spring but now know I’m a soft! Many thanks💕 I’m sorry if I missed this but do you have a color palette for softs please?
Absolutely!
Thanks so much for this video! I’ve never known my season because I’m kinda in the middle for everything. I definitely have warm-toned golden brown hair with a hint of auburn, but my eyes are a cool blue grey. I always assumed I lean clear/bright because of the contrast of warm and cool but I think I might be a soft autumn! Also Sarah and I are brow twins with the grey brown 😂
I’m Jealous. -Lucinda
I can see so much of myself in soft! Golden blondish reddish ash-ish hair, green eyes, blonde eyebrows, neutral skin tone. Not a lot of contrast over here! 😂 Super bright colours just wear me, not the other way around.
One thing I am struggling with that might be a great video topic is adjusting for being on camera. I work from home and am on Teams calls all day. The beautiful summer blues and pinks wash out immediately looking like a dirty white shirt on camera. So I wear a lot of royal blue. Thoughts on finding best colours for virtual meetings would be great.
This is a brilliant suggestion, as you may already know, when you go on stage or on camera you must intensify your makeup so it doesn’t lose contrast on air or on stage.
My hair color changed, too. As young girl it was light blond and soon it turned to brunette.
I wonder what percentage of little blondes stay blonde?
I’m definitely soft and all my ”going gray” is platinum (about 40% these days)
Pretty positive I'm a soft summer! In grayscale, I'm lower contrast. As pale as I am compared to the depth of my eyes and hair, I thought it'd be higher contrast but it's different. The contrast is there, but much more grayed out and muted and not at all stark. I have deep blue gray eyes, cool nuetral skin, the softened contrast. My hair is so dang orange though lol! That gave me pause tbh. It's got that "ishy", toned down ginger brown quality though so I suppose that kinda fits too
Please do clear
This is the first video where I heard you say Sarah is your daughter. I thought you were just friends this whole time, lol
All her life. She’s an amazing wife, mother, and has been the best daughter a Mom could have. 😊
When I was growing up and especially when I was a young woman, I was always frustrated because I felt like I was all one color, which was dull gray.. I have blonde hair, which went from light to dark ash as I grew older, and I have light skin and green gray eyes with blue rims. I always felt like I wanted to be one of those people who had bright eyes and bright lips and shiny bright hair. But when I would try the kind of makeup that should have made me shiny and bright, it just never worked. It just made me blotchy. I finally understood when I learned the three aspects of light/dark, warm/cool, soft/bright. Now I try to play up my features rather than fight them. I have a feeling a lot of people who are soft know it, even if they don’t know the name, esp if they’re summers.And yes, my eyebrows are the bane of my existence, but I am afraid of microblading. Also, it’s the soft that gets me in my color palette. I can find my colors, but I have way too many bright colors for me because it’s just too hard to find soft.
This is brilliant. Your intuition guided you, Now let me tell you what we did. Sara, of course, is my daughter. And as two softs it was hard to find new clothes that werent black, vibrant colors or neutrals. If you think about the year, no part of leans into soft colors. So Sara and I becaume avid consignment and thrift shoppers looking for classic pieces in our palettes. Today Amazon makes clothes shopping a little easier because you can see a broader range of colors and return things that just dont work.
So proud to have you as a member of the Color Class family and know that we have big things planned. Four new in between seasons for example. Thanks for being a founding subscriber and delighted to have you on board.
Same. I’m a True summer instead of a soft summer in the 12 color season system, not entirely muted but still very muted, and I’ve fought my softness all my life. Dyed my ash brown hair with henna, highlighted it golden, etc… nothing ever looked right.
Then I’ve learnt about color analysis, I’ve let my natural hair color grow and I shop within my color palette. Now I LOVE how soft I am. As long as you wear the right colors, it’s gorgeous.
My hair shows up as taupe if I pull the color on Procreate. I like dusty because everything about us has a bit of ash/dusk. I hated being called “dirty blonde” as a teen. I like my softness now.
Have you sampled multiple photos?
WellI I was told me I was a winter and I now have white hair! I did definitely agree that I can not wear a beige unless i wear another color on top.
White haired winters are stunning!
I love the color class and I've been learning so much from you both these past few weeks! Would love to see more pictures to see how your colors developed over the years.
I was a warm/bright spring as a little girl with pale yellow hair and blue/gray eyes. Now I'm ending up with soft/deep autumn color analysis results!
My features did change to olive green eyes and light brown hair with a rust tinge.
Is this normal?
Hi. Yes it's normal. Many people who were blonde as children develop darker hair as they age. As for the eyes, blue eyes have the least melanin/color. It's also possible for eye color to change slightly (become greenish) as your body produces more melanin pigment as you age.
Happened to all three of us- so pretty normal I think
OMG I was told in my 20's that I was the only person in NZ ever to have a passport issued with two eye colours green/grey. I must be a soft!
When I was in elementary school, someone told me my eye color looked like a mouse. I have green, grey, blue eyes that change depending on what color clothes I wear.
This comment was mean, but now I love my eyes, because they are the same color as my mom's ❤
However they don't make it easy to identify myself in color analysis 😂
Same thing here! My hair was light bronze until I was 13 then gradually turned into a dark bronze. Drivers license people have said my eyes are blue or green or grey I've had each one on my ids lol.
I've never found a season that I was sure of until I found the overlapping colors of soft autumn and soft summer. I guess I'm right on the cusp of one of them cause sea, fig, sage, bronze, and dove colors look best. My hair is warm for sure with natural copperish and goldish highlights but my eyes are cool and I have freckles but have always been typed as cool 😂
I’m between deep winter and soft summer. I am deep but just don’t have quite as much contrast as other winters and the brights look like I’m back in the 80s😂. I’m really excited to see their breakdown of the 16 palette system.
Send a photo to ColorClassInc@gmail.com and we will help if we can
Great video! I hope you do cover bright, because I look best in somewhat bright colors, softened just a bit. Does that make me "ish"? 😅
Probably more neutral. 😊
Do eyebrows that dissapear also exist in the light summer group? Or only in the soft group?
Light summer can also have brow challenges.
I am definitely a soft summer -- ash blonde hair (very blond as a kid), blue-green-gray eyes that change (blue on my license), and very disappearing eyebrows. I look crappy in warm colors. I think 'muted' might be a better term than 'soft' in terms of understanding the coloring
YES! I think we might have similar eye color 💕 Some systems use muted instead of soft in their terminology.
9:59 omg I have cool toned brows & neutral- warm hair. Still trying to get my natural color back. 😂 been matched dark ash blonde to medium golden brown. But…neither look right. Ash blonde went too cool & medium brown is too dark & too much red in it. My hair has NO detectable red. But then my skin is very fair & very yellow & my eyes are a dark warm olive ish color. Wth. 😂 nothing feels cohesive but I think I look good in certain mauves & dark purples. 🤷🏼♀️
Any tips on figuring out my hair color?
We will be doing some shows on people with mix and match characteristics soon- so please subscribe. In the meantime- think about your Dominant characteristic and lean into that.
Does soft = muted?
Something I don’t understand is:
I have medium to deep ashy brown hair, greenish, blueish, grayish eyes with warm flecks they change colors, light brown/dark blonde eyebrows and light to medium skin tone. Am I deep or soft? I’ve been draped by a CMB analyst as a winter but she had a hard time deciding between winter and autumn. I was analyzed as a true summer in the 16 seasons system but that was a virtual season.
You are likely neutral and can wear colors from both palettes, which is why you flow from both seasons.
Can you be soft with dark hair? My natural hair colour is medium brown ish, sometimes ashy, sometimes red hued in summer. My eyebrows are very dark, which does create some contrast. But the soft palettes look soooo much better on me.
You could be a summer.
Thank you so much for this video! Sometimes I feel like the most neutral person on the p!anet and it has been so hard and frustrating to figure it all out before discovering that softeness and neutral is an actual thing :)!!
I’m not sure I can fake warm colors? I look so sickly in autumnal colors. Maybe I could fake spring since it has so much more intensity. Thanks for teaching us the variants. I appreciate the brow sidetrack.
I can’t either. But I can wear peach 😊. - Lucinda
I have salt+pepper hair, dark brown eyes, and light cool olive skin. I used to have dark brown auburn hair. I don't know whether I am soft or clear. My best lipsticks are mauve, and muted berry and plum. Red lipsticks are too harsh as are fuchsias. I can wear black, emerald, and ruby red clothing. Any guidelines for where to get more info? Thank you.
I have been in-person analyzed twice as a summer. The first time one year postpartum at age 33. The second time was last year in my mid 50’s. It doesn’t seem to suit the fact I wear gold better than silver. It doesn’t align with my golden blond pushing strawberry blond hair that I had until my late 20’s. And I only get the compliments “I like that color on you.” when I wear clear chroma colors that usually match with spring colors. I don’t get it. My current hair color is yellow gray/white on top and still dark blond underneath. How does this make me a soft like a summer?
I have a brassie hair color with brown/green eyes, I was told I have a natural skin color . Can I be soft too.
What color is your hair- light or deep?
I am about to give up on figuring mine out. I am torn between Cool Summer/or maybe Winter. Not sure. I am about to think "True Cool" - right between winter and summer. My hair is med ash brown, but almost all gray now. My eyes are bluish/greenish/greyish. My eyes change with what I'm wearing. I can't see myself objectively. But I Suspect I'm soft also.
Send a photo to ColorClassInc@gmail.com and we will try to help.
@@ColorClassInc Thanks, Lucinda, you were kind enough to get back with me yesterday and determined I am Soft and maybe neutral either soft summer or soft autumn? I have those cool gray eyes with the green centers. I think I'm probably soft summer, and I really appreciate your response. Thanks again! I'm so enjoying these classes.
I'm a deep, cool but was also told as soft which I really like the colours in this pallet. In your opinion is there such a thing?
Brown skin, black eyes that are faded, grey hair that looks cool, pink and not yellow undertones in skin....am I soft or deep? Is there such a thing as soft winter or dark summer?
Thank you. I’m very ish.
I am a SA with a bit higher contrast than Sarah. Just my 2 cents for the data! My hair color is just slightly darker and my eyebrows are visibly darker than my hair. And yes my eyebrows, besides being darker, are also cooler than my hair for some reason😭😂 funny thing
Frankly, I think it’s a beautiful combination. I’ve always been jealous of Sara’s lashes and brows. -Lucinda
Wish you would zoom in on your eye colors.
We are working on a “hazel” video, I will ask Sara to include photos of our eye color- great suggestion!
I’m a dominant Soft, or Soft Summer.
Please do clear video.
Lucinda your mom instincts came through for Sarah 🙌🏽! She looks incredible with red hair!
She’s absolutely gorgeous, the video doesn’t do her justice. (not just because I’m her Mama)
Just a small criticism about your delivery, its confusing when you say your soft but keep saying eyes are bright and hair is vibrant, just stick to vocab that makes sense please 🙏🏻 im struggling to understand
We will be mindful. These concepts are surprisingly difficult to articulate, so they must be difficult to follow. This is why we are working to provide charts and graphs as much as we can.
Should have been a spy 😮😂
It's crazy how different us softies are. I am neutral leaning cool skin with ashy with warm silver highlights (used to be some red in there) and warm eyes olive green with orangey gold centre with a cool, dark grey rim yet yellow and orange terrible on me, even though in my eyes. Olive green is okay, greyish green better. Definitely suit mauve rather than peach lipsticks and definitely not anything bright. Best metals are pewter and a dull champagne gold, nothing bright and shiny. Really light colors are not great, mid-tones best.
Welcome to the soft club! 💕
If your daughter is “soft”, how does the bright red lipstick look so great ?! I’m a soft summer & could never wear that red on my lips.
Two seasons can be soft- summer and autumn. As an autumn, he hair is deep, the contrast between the hair and her very very fair skin tone gives her extra latitude in depth of color. Play special attention to when she pulls her hair back. On those days he dominant characteristic is her fair skintone, so she sometimes lets loose with a cooler more vivid lipstick. But I hear you, now that I am older and all my characteristics blend together, some of her shades make me look like the joker.
I want to see baby pics of Sara(h)!
Help me convince her and maybe she will let me show them. 😃