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Color analysis: virtual draping

Turn on your camera, frame your face in natural daylight, and flip through drape colors from each of the 12 seasons to see which ones flatter you. The video never leaves your device.

Try colors against your face

A virtual drape fills the bottom of the frame like fabric under your chin. Your camera stays on your device.

Best results: daylight from a window, no makeup, hair pulled back. Look at your skin, not the color: a good drape evens out redness and shadows; a poor one makes you look tired or sallow.

What draping is

Professional color analysts sit you in daylight in front of a mirror, cover your clothes with a neutral cape, and hold fabric swatches, called drapes, under your chin one after another. They aren't judging the fabric. They're watching your face: whether shadows soften or deepen, whether redness calms down, whether your eyes look brighter or the skin looks gray or yellowish.

This tool does the same with your camera. The bottom of the frame is filled with a curved band of color, like fabric under your chin, and you flip through colors to compare.

How to use it

  1. Press Start camera and allow access, or choose Use a photo.
  2. Frame your face so your chin sits just above the color band.
  3. Pick a season and a group: Best (the season's core colors), Neutrals, Accents or Avoid.
  4. Click swatches one after another, or press Auto-cycle to step through them every two seconds.
  5. Use Compare test to alternate warm and cool versions of the same idea: gold versus silver, coral versus cool pink, cream versus pure white, chocolate versus charcoal.

The camera view is mirrored by default, like a mirror, which is what most people expect. Turn Mirror view off to see yourself as others do.

What to look for

Look at your skin, not at the color.

A flattering color tends to…An unflattering color tends to…
Even out skin toneEmphasize redness, blotches or dark circles
Soften shadows around the nose and mouthDeepen lines and shadows
Make eyes look clearerMake eyes look dull
Make the face look in focusMake the face look washed out, or "wear" you

Trust first impressions. After a few seconds of staring, your eyes adapt and the differences shrink.

The 12 seasons in brief

The seasonal system sorts coloring along three traits: temperature (warm or cool undertone), value (light or deep) and chroma (bright and clear, or soft and muted). Each of the four seasons is split into three, named after its strongest trait:

SeasonStrongest traitOverall character
Light Spring, True Spring, Bright SpringLight, warm, brightWarm and clear
Light Summer, True Summer, Soft SummerLight, cool, softCool and gentle
Soft Autumn, True Autumn, Deep AutumnSoft, warm, deepWarm and rich
Deep Winter, True Winter, Bright WinterDeep, cool, brightCool and high contrast

The palettes in this tool are HexaCalc's own curated sets of 18 colors per season, plus colors to avoid. They aren't an official standard; analysts and books each use their own versions. The About this season link opens that season's full palette page.

Getting reliable results

  • Daylight is essential. Face a window on an overcast day or out of direct sun. Warm bulbs make everyone look like an autumn; cool LEDs push toward winter.
  • Go bare. Remove makeup, or at least foundation and blush, and cover colored clothing with something white or gray.
  • Hair back. Hair color reflects onto the face. Pull it back, or cover dyed hair with a neutral towel.
  • Mind the camera. Phone cameras adjust white balance and smooth skin automatically. Compare colors against each other rather than judging any single one on its own.

A virtual drape can't replace real fabric under real light, because a screen doesn't reflect color onto your skin. Treat it as a way to shortlist two or three seasons, then confirm with clothes you own or with a professional analyst.

Privacy

The camera image is shown only on your screen. Nothing is recorded, uploaded or analyzed remotely, and the camera turns off when you stop it or leave the tab.

Not sure where to start? The seasonal color quiz asks ten questions and suggests a starting season, and you can then test it here. To read the color of a garment or a lipstick, the camera color identifier names it.

FAQ

Can my season change?

Your undertone stays the same throughout life, but hair color, tanning and age change your overall contrast and depth. Many people shift to a neighboring season, for example from True Summer to Soft Summer as their hair grays.

What if two seasons both look good?

That's common, since neighboring seasons share many colors. Wear the colors they have in common, and use the Compare test to break the tie on temperature.