If you’ve been trying to figure out your seasonal colour palette using your phone screen… this might be why you still feel unsure.
The biggest mistake I see?
Relying on AI filters, online quizzes, and phone screens is keeping you in the dark.
As a professional offering Colour Analysis in Sitges, Barcelona, I’ll be blunt: Your phone is lying to you.
Digital sensors automatically adjust white balance, brightness, and saturation. Your camera “corrects” your skin tone for a “better” photo, not an accurate one. That tiny shift is enough to ruin your results.
If you want to find your natural harmony, you need to go analog.
Most online colour analysis quizzes rely on subjective self-reporting.
Are your veins teal or forest green?
In what lighting?
Without controlled draping and proper comparison, it’s just guesswork.
Professional Colour Analysis is based on live comparison, not assumptions.
The Fix: A 3-Step Real World Reset
If you want to experiment at home before booking a session? Try this:
Step #3: Drape, Don’t Guess
Use real clothing.
A true power colour will:
• define your jawline
• brighten your eyes
• smooth your complexion
• make you look rested
If a colour makes you look tired, dull, or shadowed, it is not your best tone — no matter how trendy it is.
That’s the difference between fashion and harmony.
Why DIY Methods Fail
1. Online Colour Analysis Quizzes
2. The “Celebrity Clone” Effect
Just because you have dark hair like Anne Hathaway doesn’t mean you’re a Cool Winter.
Hair colour is not your undertone.
Undertones live beneath the surface of your skin. They are subtle. They require trained eyes and proper draping to identify.
I’ve seen clients in Sitges convinced they were Autumns... untilcool tones made their skin light up instantly.
3. The Bad Lighting
Overhead LEDs.
Bathroom mirrors.
Evening selfies.
Artificial lighting can turn everyone yellow, grey, or flat.
Proper Seasonal Colour Analysis must be done in neutral natural light to see how colours truly interact with your skin.
Step #1: Kill the Tech
Step away from the screen.
Stand near a window with indirect natural daylight. No makeup. No filters.
Bare face if possible.
Step #2: The Gold vs. Silver Test
Use real jewellery or fabric.
Hold silver near your face.
Then hold gold near your face.
If silver makes your skin look clearer and brighter, you likely lean Cool.
If gold makes you glow, you likely lean Warm.
If both work beautifully, you may be Neutral.
This simple gold and silver colour analysis skin test can already reveal more than any app.
The Takeaway.
Stop chasing a season label.
Start chasing the glow.
Professional Colour Analysis in Sitges, Barcelona is not about strict rules. It’s about alignment between your natural undertone and the colours you wear.
If the fabric wears you, it’s a fail.
If you wear the fabric, it’s a win.