Color analysis glossary
What is value in color analysis?
Value is the lightness or depth of your coloring — how light or dark your hair, skin, and eyes are overall. It's one of the three axes (with undertone and chroma) that determine your color season.
High-value (light) people — fair skin, light hair, light eyes — suit light, airy colors and are washed out by very dark shades. Low-value (deep) people — deep skin or dark hair — can carry rich, saturated darks that would overwhelm a lighter person.
Value separates the Light seasons from the Deep ones. A Light Summer and a Deep Winter can both be cool, but their palettes differ entirely because of value.
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- What does high value vs low value mean?
- High value means light overall coloring (fair skin, light hair, light eyes); low value means deep coloring (deep skin or dark hair). Value sets how light or dark the colors you wear should be.
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