Have you ever noticed that you look dull and washed out when wearing certain colors, while others make you look vibrant and stunning? This isn’t just your imagination, there is a perfectly logical explanation, and it all has to do with color theory.
A color analysis session with us will embrace this theory to identify and help you to recognise which colors bring out your natural radiance, allowing you to create a wardrobe that emphasises your beauty.
We all have unique chromatic characteristics and globally there is a wonderful variety of skin tones, hair colors and eye colors.
With such a vast variety of colors and shades, it makes sense that some people will be more suited to certain colors than others.
By breaking color down into three main characteristics (warm vs cool, bright vs soft and light vs deep), color analysis allows us to determine which combination of these characteristics best
suit you!
Undertone – Warm or Cool: This is the most foundational element. Your skin’s undertone helps determine whether warm hues (like golden, peachy tones) or cool hues (like icy blues or pinks) harmonise best with your natural coloring. It's not about how light or dark your skin is it's about the subtle tones underneath.
Depth – Light or Deep: Depth refers to how light or dark your overall coloring is, including your hair, eyes, and skin. Lighter individuals typically suit soft, airy colors, while deeper-toned people glow in richer, darker hues.
We all have unique chromatic characteristics and globally there is a wonderful variety of skin tones, hair colors and eye colors.
With such a vast variety of colors and shades, it makes sense that some people will be more suited to certain colors than others.
By breaking color down into three main characteristics (warm vs cool, bright vs soft and light vs deep), color analysis allows us to determine which combination of these characteristics best suit you!
What will your season be?
Our process is based around in-person and digital draping, where we compare a series of carefully selected colors and observe how your complexion reacts. Using our expertly trained eye to eliminate the colors that drain color from you and keeping those that brighten you up, we are able to identify your undertone (warm or cool), intensity (bright or soft) and value (light or deep) to assign you one of our 16 seasonal profiles.
Wearing your ideal colors brightens your complexion, makes your eyes pop, and reduces the appearance of blemishes or dullness no extra makeup needed!
When your clothes and accessories are all within your color palette, they naturally mix and match making outfit planning faster, easier, and always stylish.
No more impulse buys or unworn clothes. You’ll shop with clarity and purpose, choosing only pieces that highlight your best features and make you feel amazing.
Being aware of your color palette gives you the power to feel more beautiful and harmonious. You’ll discover amazing chromatic features that you naturally have and that maybe you are not aware of… yet! Stop trying to blend in or to reach unachievable beauty standards. Embrace your color palette and celebrate the beauty of your natural colors.
Once you discover your palette, it will be easy to identify colors that suit you and avoid those that don’t. You will shop less and better!
All colors within a palette match one another. Therefore, a wardrobe in palette is easy to manage because it contains fewer items that are easily combined.
Reach-Us
Colors by Shiv
Lower Hutt Studio
Wellington
New Zealand
Phone
+64 2COLORS22
+64 226567722
Email
info@coloranalysis.co.nz
At Colors by Shiv, we help you discover the shades that enhance your natural beauty and confidence. Led by Certified Color Analyst Siva Velladurai, we offer personalized color analysis consultations in Wellington and online. Whether refining your wardrobe or elevating your style, we guide you to your perfect palette with expertise and care.
Reach-Us
Colors by Shiv
Lower Hutt Studio
Wellington
New Zealand
Phone
+64 2COLORS22
+64 226567722
Email
info@coloranalysis.co.nz
At Colors by Shiv, we help you discover the shades that enhance your natural beauty and confidence. Led by Certified Color Analyst Siva Velladurai, we offer personalized color analysis consultations in Wellington and online. Whether refining your wardrobe or elevating your style, we guide you to your perfect palette with expertise and care.
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