Hi Carter, thanks for returning with the source picture, which is truly a lovely one of you!
Looks like artificial light based on the window reflection, which always adds another fun twist. But I see what may be cool deep brown, cool light pink, brighter white, and orange in there.
IME one of the best ways to "play" with color systems *other* than using fabrics or cards that have been developed for such things is to test colors on yourself in natural light, or look for photos of yourself taken in natural light. Then pop those photos against the closest palettes and see what seems to fit.
Even though our eyes and photos can throw off results, I think this helps narrow it down by helping us see "ok, so basically wearing this warm, semi-intense yellow shirt I look pretty good placed against photos of X, Y, Z palettes."
FWIW, I fall into the camp of preferring personal palettes (drawn from body colors and complements to those shades) vs a hard-core "system." And while I don't think we're necessarily drawn to the shades that flatter us the most, I do think we know when a certain color or item looks really good or really bad on us.
So that's always my rec, too -- start with what looks good and explore from there, and start with what looks terrible and see how far away from that you can get!
I think CocoLion mentioned in her color thread that she sees some personal color "afters" and thinks, [paraphrasing] "YIKES." I ditto that hard but won't name names....
Generally the personal color analysts who create custom palettes [often derived from pioneer Suzanne Caygill's approach] produce results that are a lot more integrated to my eye.
Here's one analyst -- Kathy at BeautyValued -- whose results skew WOW in a great way IMO. Would sure love to yap about color with her!
[On an unrelated note, you look so much like someone I know. Let me know if you have a PNW relative. ]
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