I became color obsessed about a year ago. I'm not really sure why--I think just boredom more than anything else, because I have always had a strong idea of what colors look good on me. But I guess I wanted to characterize myself. I was draped (aka "had my colors done") a few months ago by someone who is considered one of the best of the best. She uses a 12 tone system, and the process was fascinating. I actually looked really good in the colors from six of the 12 seasons--all the warm and warm-neutral seasons. All of the cool seasons were obviously wrong. At the end of the day, I ended up as a True (or Warm) Spring. It's interesting because most people who look at me assume I'm a soft--and Mo, we do have similar coloring, although your hair is lighter than mine--but I wasn't. And that was good, because I never gravitated toward those colors at all. In the end, my instincts from my whole life were always on point.

So having said all that, Kafe, if you really do always gravitate toward cool colors, my guess is you would be one of the cool seasons. I can't see your photos anymore, but I do think we tend to have a color instinct. If you really like muted colors, maybe soft summer? Although even cool (true) summer is muted.

The book I have seen recommended many times is this one: http://12blueprints.com/unders.....-analysis/ Actually, at entire website is pretty interesting, and there is a very interesting Facebook page where people discuss color and their seasons with the same name as the website. Some people take it VERY seriously and will never wear anything that isn't exactly in their palette. My draping experience taught me that pretty much anything warm looked good, so I don't worry nearly as much. (And I still wear cool colors as well!)

Steph, your experience sounds similar to mine; mostly, it was an affirmation of my instincts. For example, when she asked me to bring out my makeup (which I hadn't worn for the draping) she said, "Wow, those colours are perfect for you." And it turns out that the colours I generally feel drawn to (to wear) really were the ones that best suited me. But one bonus was being reminded that I could also wear others that had somehow slipped past my radar. Not because I didn't like them, but I just never thought of them.

She had also asked me to bring along a few items I owned that were "questionable" in my mind. So I did. One was a patterned dress with navy, green, and mustard yellow. Although it really fit mostly in the autumn palette, the dress works on me because of the navy, which is dominant. There isn't as much of the mustard, and it works nicely with my hair. Another top I brought (also a pattern) had bright, clear red, a vivid pink, orange, and a yellowy cream in it. It also manages to look good on me—when I have a bit of a tan, that is. Not without. But the red and the pink sort of cancel the orange and yellow and altogether it works.

I liked that reminder that we don't have to stick rigidly to the "system," but can use our own best instincts once we've trained our eyes.