Did Your Personal Color Analyst Get it Wrong?

Maybe.

Let me back up a bit before I proceed: I believe every one of us is beautiful in exactly one of the 12 palettes of color identified by Kathryn Kalisz. I mostly believe this because I haven't yet failed to match a real-life person to a palette.

So, two big assumptions underlie this whole site: there is one right answer, and the right answer is knowable.

I also believe that experienced people with great eyes for color can pick the wrong answer sometimes. The analyst can get it wrong.

Things that might cause an analyst to make a mistake:

- Poor lighting.
- Sunburn.
- Dyed hair that isn't covered.
- Makeup.
- Spray tans.
- Other colors in the room.

And  also:

- The analyst's biases and assumptions.
- Your wishes and expectations., which the analyst senses.

So you've been analyzed, and perhaps now you're thinking the analyst got it wrong.

Reasons you might be thinking your season was diagnosed incorrectly:

1. It actually was diagnosed incorrectly.

That's the obvious reason, and it may be correct.

But also:

2. It's not the season you were hoping for.
3. You dislike closure.

And also:

4. The initial high from the analysis has worn off, and you think the absence of that feeling means your season is wrong.
 
5. You thought that when you found your correct season you'd finally feel right. You still don't feel right, so you assume your season must be wrong.

This last point, this is what I really want to write about. This is what I think often happens but is never discussed.

Perhaps this is your situation: Something feels wrong. Something's missing. You've felt that way for a long time.

And you've decided that when you know your correct season, you won't feel that way anymore.

Now you've been analyzed and told a season.
But you still feel wrong.

I want to suggest to you, as gently as I can, this:

Even if you're feeling this way, your analyst may be right about your coloring. 

It may be that the feeling of wrongness is something that knowing your season can't erase.

Not to say that the analyst is always right. That's just impossible. Sometimes the analyst is wrong. That bears repeating.

What I'm saying instead is, don't assume that knowing your correct season will finally give you inner peace. It may not. (If only it did!)

And the lack of a feeling of peace is not conclusive evidence that the analyst got it wrong.

Sometimes, "trust your gut" is a great rule to follow. And sometimes it's not.