HEXCHECK BEAUTY
Understand why a seasonal direction leads
Seasonal Analysis compares complexion, hair, and eye color through four visible measurements: temperature, light-dark contrast, chroma, and overall lightness. Every one of the twelve seasonal directions remains visible, so close neighboring results are not hidden.
Create representative source colors
Enter the colors manually or load an unfiltered portrait and sample each role separately.
Sample several nearby jaw or neck areas under even light.
Use the dominant natural-looking midtone rather than the brightest highlight or deepest shadow.
Sample the iris color while avoiding pupil, sclera, catchlight, and heavy shadow.
Choose the closest condition honestly so common warm or cool casts can be reduced.
Dyed hair, colored contacts, tanning, makeup, facial hair, and strong environmental reflections may all change which palette is most useful right now.
Understand the four measurements
| Metric | What it measures | Seasonal effect |
|---|---|---|
| Temperature | The warm-to-cool direction across complexion, hair, and eyes. | Separates Spring and Autumn from Summer and Winter. |
| Contrast | The light-dark distance among the three features. | Separates light and soft groups from deep and bright groups. |
| Chroma | The average clarity or saturation of the source colors. | Separates bright seasons from soft or muted seasons. |
| Lightness | The weighted overall value of the features. | Helps separate Light, True, and Deep subtypes. |
The emphasis control lets you test how the result changes when temperature, contrast, or chroma is treated as the strongest evidence.
Read all twelve scores
The leading season is the closest profile to the measured source colors, but the complete score list matters.
- A large gap between first and second place supports a clearer direction.
- A small gap suggests a boundary between neighboring palettes.
- The confidence estimate also considers photo lighting and the number of sampled points.
- Select any season in the score list to inspect its palette and drape without replacing the underlying measurements.
- Compare the closest neighbor before treating the leading label as final.
Use parent-season drapes
The Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter drapes provide broad side-by-side comparisons.
- Look for clearer skin, more even feature definition, and less unwanted grayness or redness.
- Compare drapes at similar brightness so lightness alone does not decide the result.
- Use several colors from each parent season rather than one favorite or disliked shade.
- Review the face in neutral daylight and remove strong nearby colors when possible.
Selecting a parent drape opens its highest-scoring subtype for more precise comparison.
Use the palette in wardrobe roles
The generated result is divided into practical groups:
- Core neutrals for coats, trousers, shoes, bags, and repeatable basics.
- Everyday colors for tops, layers, and medium-impact pieces.
- Statement accents for smaller focal pieces and stronger color.
- Metal directions for jewelry, hardware, and accessories.
Open the result in Palette Studio to edit the colors, or send a color into Outfit Palette to build a complete role-based look.
Keep personal preference central
- Seasonal systems are styling frameworks, not biological classifications.
- Hair color changes and tanning can shift the most practical palette.
- Texture, print, proportion, makeup, and the complete outfit can make colors outside the suggested palette work.
- Camera and display processing can distort subtle temperature and chroma differences.
- Use the result as a repeatable comparison set, not a restriction on what you may wear.