Jenni, the blue in my hair is totally gone (or almost totally gone). It washed out really quickly! Just a temporary rinse.

I think it got confused in my last question when I said "These look like winter colours." It just focused on the word "winter" and ignored the other part of my question.

It's right that I am cool summer but the colours it gave for cool or true summer were more like the colours you usually see in the palettes for soft summer or light summer. The palettes below are closer to the mark (and show a much better range of colours for me than the ones Chat GPT suggested except I don't wear the yellows really at all.

I did an analysis according to another method and one of the modifiers I got was "bright" -- I look good in a few muted or heathered tones (a soft heathered lavender or mauve is good, for instance, and faded denim blues) but apart from those I look better in cool clear light to medium toned (but not pastel) colours.

What a fun thread! I've never tried ChatGPT but how well the results have been for many YLFers is really interesting!

Very interesting isn't it.

Yes Helena that's what I mean. I do believe in the colour typing but think it is clearer for some people than others and for most of us we can push it a bit, especially if you know how to break the rules.

@Helena, I am glad you went back and added the AI generated photo. I can see how complementary the autumn tones complement your coloring in the photo. Interesting isn’t it?

To test my ideas above, I asked today for ChatGPT to parse out my colors based on a continuum or bright to soft using my original picture and here are the results:

Determining user's seasonal color type

Looking at the user's features, we can place them on a color continuum based on clarity and mutability. The user's light summer type fits well in the moderate-soft zone — not as muted as soft summer, but still on the softer, cooler side of the spectrum. The colors are on the softer side with low chroma, but still have some clarity due to lightness and cool undertones, so not overly muted.

Thought for 15 seconds

The clarity ↔ muted continuum in seasonal color theory
Spring Bright Winter Clear →← Muted ─ Soft Summer - Soft Autumn

↑ ↑ ↑
True Spring Light Summer True Summer

(far left = highest chroma / “clear,” far right = lowest chroma / “muted”)

Where you land

Light Summer sits just left of the fully muted seasons:

• Chroma: Low‑to‑moderate. Colors need a drop of grey (dusty teal, icy pink) but still retain a gentle freshness—not as greyed as Soft Summer.

• Value: Light overall—your silver hair + fair skin dilute contrast.
• Temperature: Cool‑neutral.

So on the continuum you’re 2–3 steps away from the Bright seasons, 1 step away from the Soft seasons.
Think of it as “soft–clear” rather than fully “muted.”

Visual cues from your original photoFeatureWhat it tells us about claritySilver‑grey hairAbsorbs saturation → favors softened hues.Light green‑grey eyesLow contrast ring; pop most with gentle pastels, not vivid brights.Cool, pink‑toned skinLooks healthiest when colors have a touch of grey or white mixed in (icy pink, powder blue).Overall contrastLow‑medium (hair, skin, and eyes are similar in value) → bright colors overpower, dusty colors harmonize.Practical takeaway

• Clear/Bright hues (fuchsia, neon teal) will dominate your features.

• Ultra‑muted/earthy shades (olive, camel, taupe‑brown) push you too far toward dull.
• Your sweet spot is soft‑clear pastels and light mid‑tones—exactly the Light Summer palette we’ve been using (powder blue, icy mint, dusty mauve).

  The chart showing the continuum gets distorted here when I copy it, I’m going to try to take a photo and attach.

Interesting, Staysfit, that the colours the bot offered for you in the first palette seemed paler/ softer than what you'd usually wear. So that is similar to what it did for me. I didn't ask it to "dress" me in my colours -- those might have been clearer or brighter, as they were for you. You certainly got it to explain its "thinking" process! I don't think I asked the questions with enough clarity to get it to provide that kind of answer, LOL.

I think my skin tone is actually light, and my contrast low to medium. Mid-tones suit me best. But the very light powdery pastels that the generator suggested at first are awful on me, completely draining. Winter's extremely saturated brights or darks overpower me. Bright navy is much better than ink navy on me. (I wear more ink mainly because it is more available.) Maybe I fall closer to this (different from the usual) typology -- below -- cool, bright, and light. Which may be closer to "light summer" than to "true summer" -- but without the soft and muted pastels? Ack, who knows. I feel pretty confident about what works on me, personally, so don't really care. But I would like to know how to ask better questions of the bot!

Suz, I am not a computer expert so it takes a bit of thinking for me to ask AI the correct questions with the correct wording. AI does not seem able to handle ambiguity as well as humans. I get the best answers to concrete questions that ask for a specific response.

I tried yet another iteration of asking about my colors. This time I used my makeup foundation, which is an excellent match to my skin, as an additional reference when adjusting my photo. Then I asked if making that adjustment would alter any answers in my previous query. It pushed me into a more refined palette that fell on the cool end of light summer and borrowed a small bit from true summer. Cool summer palette was no longer a part of my palette because it became too bright for me. The foundation information provided AI better information where I fall on the bright/clear continuum, as well as on the cool/warm and light/dark continuum. The color choices provided in the refined palette felt even more consistent with my personal experience. I stayed within the same main palette with the changes, but my best colors changed a bit as did the overall palette. It’s a bit brighter, cooler and the colors look more mid range intensity.

That is fascinating! You really got it to work for you! And it confirmed that everything you are doing is right!

The colors are mostly right, the neutrals less so. I have a lot of dark navy in my wardrobe that does not suit me well. I have a good understanding of what should work instead so I need to work on slowly revising things as they wear out.