How to self-test your personal color

1. Set up first

Half the accuracy is lighting. Stand by a window in midday daylight, remove makeup, pull hair back, and drape a white cloth or paper over your shoulders.

• Avoid fluorescent and cool-white LED — they distort color.
• Under warm lamps everyone looks warm.

2. Read warm vs cool, fast

Check three signals. Wrist veins reading green lean warm, blue lean cool. If gold lifts your face you're warm, silver you're cool. If ivory flatters you more than pure white, warm.

3. Where self-tests fall short

Vein and metal tests are hints, not verdicts. You also need value, chroma, and contrast to land among the 16 types. The eye is easily fooled by light and expectation — the same person can get a different answer each day.

4. Confirm it objectively

One photo lets AI correct lighting and weigh all four axes for a consistent result. Verify your self-test for free — your photo is discarded right after analysis.