Tool 05 · Colour
A palette is not a list of pleasant colours. It is a set of decisions about which colours sit beside which, and in what proportion. This builder takes a season from the twelve-season system, adds the accent families you actually like, and returns a working palette: hex values, the role each colour plays, the contrast ratio between the main pairings, and the combinations to keep apart.
The palette is generated from hue relationships rather than copied from a fixed table, so it responds to the accents you ask for.
Choose your season, pick two to four accent families, and say how many pieces the palette has to cover.
The roles do the real work. A base colour is the largest area, the deep anchor holds the bottom of the outfit down, the light neutral sits closest to the face, and accents stay small. Most bad outfits are proportion problems, where a second large colour competes with the base.
Contrast tells you whether two pieces separate. A high ratio means the shapes stay legible when you walk. A low ratio means a navy skirt and a navy top read as one block.
Hue relationships are a starting point, not a rule. The builder leans on standard relationships — analogous neighbours, complementary opposites, split complements — because they are a reliable default. They are not laws of taste. A confident clash is a legitimate choice no wheel position can adjudicate.
The avoid list is a diagnostic, not a ban. Each entry explains a specific risk in this palette. If a combination on that list is the one you want, wear it.
It depends on you picking the right season. The whole palette inherits its warmth, depth and clarity from that one choice. The wrong season produces a consistent palette that still fights your colouring.
It has no idea how the fabric behaves. A silk scarf and a wool coat in the same colour read very differently. Sheen, pile, drape and weight change how a colour behaves in daylight.
It cannot see your skin. Contrast ratios and hue distances are objective; whether a colour flatters your face is not something a hue angle can answer. Treat the palette as a shortlist to test in a mirror.
It assumes one dominant family. A look with three strong colours from different families is a legitimate style, and this builder always steers you back toward one voice plus small accents.
Use the 12-Season Color Analyzer on this site first, then come back with its season name. The names are identical in both tools, so you can copy it straight across. If you have never been analysed, pick the season whose palette looks closest to the colours you already own, and treat the result as a hypothesis.
Because the accents are generated, not looked up. Each family has a hue position, and the builder applies your season's saturation and depth, then shifts warm hues slightly for cool seasons. The result is an accent that sits in the same family as your base rather than an off-the-shelf shade that fights it. For an exact brand colour, use your own hex.
Yes, in two ways. The role order changes: a three-piece wardrobe gets base, deep anchor and light neutral only, while a seven-piece one adds your accents and a mid neutral. It also decides how much of each role you need — with more pieces the palette adds softer and lighter relatives, not more saturated colours.
The avoid list is generated from the palette in front of you, so it only flags combinations that exist in your own output. The biggest risk is two mid-depth colours from different hue families used in equal areas. Fixing it usually means making one of them small, which is why the list names a piece size.
Because separation is what makes an outfit readable. The same luminance method used for web accessibility tells you whether two garments will still look like two garments side by side. It is the arithmetic the Contrast and Legibility Checker uses, applied to clothes rather than type, and it catches the commonest wardrobe mistake: two pieces that vanish into each other.
No. It is a palette — a bounded set of colours with defined roles, the way a brand guide defines a range. You still decide which pieces exist, where you buy them, and which roles you fill with what you already own. Many people need four colours from a palette of eight, and that is a good result.
About this tool
Purpose. Turn a colour season and a set of accent preferences into a bounded palette with hex values, named roles, a contrast table, and a list of combinations to keep apart.
Methodology. The season sets a base colour, its saturation and its depth. Accents are generated by rotating hue to a family position while keeping the season's chroma, with a warm/cool correction so a coral in a cool season becomes a dusty rose. Pairings use the WCAG relative-luminance ratio.
Best use. Once you know your season, as a shopping shortlist and a reality check before committing to a colour scheme.
Limitations. No fabric, drape, finish, or lighting model. No awareness of your skin in person. Hue relationships help you start; they do not decide.
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Disclaimer
Seasonal colour analysis, hue relationships and contrast ratios are conventions drawn from personal colour analysis and colour theory. They are useful defaults, not universal laws, and they vary between analysts and traditions. A palette generated here may differ from another analyst's for the same person.
This tool does not constitute professional image consulting or colour therapy. Personal preference, culture, workplace dress codes and the specific occasion may legitimately lead you to a different palette.