Can YOU Tell the Difference? Let's talk about Bright vs Deep Colors!

Can't figure out if BRIGHT or DEEP colors are your best colors? Let's talk about the relationship between Bright and Deep colors, what their similarities and differences are, and how to figure out whether you belong to a Bright or a Deep season!

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[kitty_s]

You're one of the best people who explain about color analysis. I like that you show POC among your examples - maybe because you're a POC too. Some other channels are too white-centric in their examples. Thanks for all that you do. Btw you look great in this vid! 👍😊

[ouicertes]

I'd always shopped dark colours because I somehow understood that I needed intensity and contrast with my very pale skin, but thanks to colour analysis I know now why it's contrast AND brightness I need most and saturated colours are better for me than deep ones. Dark and black clothes are "safe" but bright colours bring so much more.

[maunarose]

Out of the nearly-saturated (pun intended) market of personal color videos, my favorite creators are you, Jenn, and another person who uploads in Korean only. Thank you bunches!!!

[MarcustheWu]

....this video series opened my color season theory third eye

[tringu]

You are a very good teacher. Your explanations are so clear and concise. Thank you for all your work in putting together great videos. Pretty sure it takes a lot of time and effort.

[janekof]

I always think of the 12 seasons wheel as being able to be reformed into smaller circles. One is reforming it into a cool vs warm wheel. So for example, soft autumn and light spring link and deep autumn and bright spring link into a "warmth only" wheel (and this is where you see the gap that 16+ seasons fill). But with this wheel you know a level of warmth is important but the levels of clarity/value move you along the wheel. Another way to separate is by linking the group of subseasons into four smaller loops. So here deep winter and bright winter link. In this smaller winter wheel, you know cool, light, and deep are important but one could be less important than the other two. And when you add the spectrum persective, it makes sense that someone could be in-between bright winter and deep winter!

12 seasons wheel can address neutral-temp people who can cross those lines from warm to cool but sometimes people get stuck on it being the only way to arrange the colors in some spectrum.

[nitzan]

My dad is a BW that's easy to confuse for DW. He has quintessential DA eyes and the skin and hair color I got from him is a major part of why I'm DW. However, he looks best in dark and bright OR bright and light combos while I look best in all dark. The key difference between us really is the direct vs indirect light effect.

[livelaughloveakhi]

Thank you for using dark skin examples of south asian descent too! Very helpful!

[pajamamama]

This is exactly the video that I've been waiting for! Thank you so much! You are a genius. I'm absolutely certain I'm a bright winter. The dark colors that I've been able to wear such as navy, charcoal, black, burgundy are good colors for me, but they're very saturated shades so they're pigmented. And I'm discovering that although they're good colors, they aren't my best colors. One of the ways I've created enough contrast is by wearing black bottoms with bright colored tops or a bright shirt with a black or white jacket. I've avoided dressing this way through the years because it seems extreme especially with shades like fuchsia. I never felt like bright colors represented my personality well. But now I realize I need them in order for my face to come alive. I find it very freeing to learn what my best colors are. A friend once told me that I look best in jewel tones. At the time I didn't really know what she meant but now I understand.

[cirrusm.]

Very good examples, thank you for an explanation! I still think even when the celebrities were technically wearing the "wrong" color, a lot of the time they still looked okay (with some exceptions that were immediately jarring to me), just not as stunning as in their best.

My current approach for every day clothes is trying to find the "worst" colors for me and yeet them out of my life. Some will be just okay, not stunning, but wearable. I think I'm going to stick to these anyway as I like to have some variety and it's not always easy to find clothes in the perfect shade that also fulfill all the other visual and practical criteria.

[tosh]

Exactly what I needed! I was dancing between Deep autumn, and Bright spring, because I noticed I needed high contrast, and liked vibrant jewel tones on me the most more than the warm ends of the spectrum, without ever feeling I was a cool season instead. I'm not sure which one to pick yet, but it's nice to know why I've ended up where I am in my style analysis.

[Carrie-sgda]

Im DA and i would say my most dominant trait isn't darkness but richness with darkness being my secondary trait. You can't get richness from a light colour it has to be medium - dark. No one ever speaks of richness being a dominant trait, just bright, dark, true, soft or light. I can get away with wearing cool colours as long as theyre rich such as burgundy, pine, ruby and even navy looks ok if its rich. Without richness i look washed out, nearly as bad as when i put on light colours, light colours are the worst for me because they're light and lack richness.

[EVA-kivw]

You are truly a blessing to have on the internet you've literally taught me so many things. You are an awesome observer I must say.

[sammi]

Thank you!! This is SO helpful, as I have always been stuck between Deep Autumn and Bright Spring. This video was made for me!

[jbel]

I like how you emphasised not feeling like we have to be bound by our sub season. I always debated between a bright spring or winter, maybe even a dark winter. But I recently had my colour analysis done professionally a few days ago and they landed on bright winter, which I'm happy with because although I still feel like deep colours suit me... they almost make me look too boring or blended.

Which also made me realise that maybe the reason why I tend to dress in deeper colours at work is so I can feel more professional and serious at work (I look young for my age and don't want to give off intern vibes when I've been working in my industry for 9 years!) But then during events where I have to dress up quite nicely, I tend to dress in bright, vibrant colours that bring out my features and personality the most. And these outfits are usually the ones that I get more complements in.

Overall, I guess it helps knowing and landing on a specific sub season. But I think I'm still going to explore its sister seasons depending on what vibe I'm aiming for with what I'm wearing 🤔

[AF-vknw]

Thank you so much for taking the time to break this down! I've fairly certain I'm a deep autumn, but I also look good in some jewel tones which I now know I can borrow for deep winter. While I can handle some clarity, matte or less reflective colors tend to look better on me so brights are doable, but not always my best!

[maranathamama]

Are you self taught or did you have tertiary education in color specific? As someone who appreciates & LOVES color, you are fantastic! Thoroughly enjoy your videos! Thank you for your investment & effort!

[minervarose]

my patience is finally rewarded and feels like this video is made for me 🤩


For the longest time i thought i was Deep Autumn but later felt am Bright Spring. I love the example you gave about Nicole vs Shay (never noticed it before, but they could be sisters!!) because i have very similar traits (with somewhat lighter skintone). I think with celebs it can be quite hard to tell because professional makeup, lighting etc can completely transform everything! But lipstick is often a dead giveaway, even more so than clothes. At 7:07 you can clearly see how the bright lip looks great on Nicole but overwhelms Shay.

I can also pull off both dark and bright coloured outfits pretty well (hence the confusion between Deep Autumn/ Bright Spring). For me, the tell-tale sign was also lipstick. A deep lip - such as maroon for example - tends to make me look a bit vampirish 😅 though there ARE ways i can make it work.. but i can easily pull off a bright red lip, even when the rest of my makeup/ outfit is very understated.

[monicariegelbook]

Hi Jenn. This particular creamy white that you’re wearing .. looks GREAT on you and really brightens your facial features, unlike the gray colors you’ve previously worn in your videos.

[French-Kiss]

Jenn, this was a big help to me. I have finally figured out where I belong — in deep, not bright. So now I know I’m a Dark Winter. Thanks!