What a result means
Colopals offers an exploratory palette, not a confirmed personal color analysis. The questionnaire is not professionally validated and has no measured accuracy rate. Its nine questions include one browsing preference and eight color comparisons. A preference never changes the season score.
What contributes to the score
Three comparisons concern warmth versus coolness, three concern muted versus clear color, and two concern light versus deep color. Each decisive choice contributes one point toward its direction. Both / cannot tell contributes no points.
Each axis is divided by its maximum possible points, giving a range from -1 to +1. This gives the three qualities the same scale despite their different question counts. Missing or unclear comparisons reduce the strength of a direction; they are never counted as warm, cool, light, deep, muted, or bright.
We do not use vein color, sun response, hair color, ethnicity, or jewelry preference to assign a season.
How a starting palette is selected
The warm-cool score selects a side of the framework. The strongest absolute score selects the leading quality: temperature leads to a True season, lightness to a Light season, depth to a Deep season, softness to a Soft season, and clarity to a Bright season.
For a temperature-led result, the muted-clear direction distinguishes Autumn from Spring on the warm side and Summer from Winter on the cool side. If muted-clear responses balance, the tie goes to Spring or Winter. Exact ties between leading qualities prefer temperature, then depth, then softness or clarity. These are explicit Colopals rules, not established diagnostic thresholds.
At least four decisive comparisons, including one on each axis, are required. If those are missing or warmth and coolness balance, we show an unclear result rather than assign a season. An unclear result does not overwrite a previously saved result.
The twelve-season framework
Our canonical Spring labels are Light Spring, True Spring, and Bright Spring. Warm Spring is treated as an alternative name for True Spring; older Warm Spring links lead to that guide. We use Deep Autumn and Deep Winter where some references use Dark Autumn and Dark Winter.
Other systems can use different names and boundaries. This framework is a way to organize styling experiments, not a universal classification of people.
Limits of screen comparisons
A screen emits light and does not reproduce the way fabric reflects light onto your face. Display settings, surrounding colors, makeup, and illumination can change the apparent effect. Our pairs are illustrative and are not calibrated physical drapes. Where possible, compare similar real fabrics under the same indirect daylight.
HEX codes describe digital examples created for this site. They are not standardized clothing, foundation, or hair dye specifications. Keep favorite colors and avoid major purchases or hair changes based solely on this quiz.
Sources and editorial approach
Published by Colopals. The references below describe seasonal styling frameworks; they do not validate our quiz or define official HEX colors.
Our outfit, makeup, and hair suggestions are styling ideas, not individual recommendations. These guides were drafted with AI assistance and have not been independently reviewed by a personal color analyst. Read our method and limitations.