How to Choose Lip Color by Personal Color Season
K-beauty lip shades by warm or cool undertone and personal color season
Personal color analysis is popular in Korea, and Seoul has many personal color consulting salons. The system sorts people into four seasonal types, Spring Warm, Summer Cool, Autumn Warm, and Winter Cool, based on skin undertone, hair color, and eye color. Romand, Peripera, and CLIO describe many of their shades by personal color season, which makes choosing easier.
To identify your season, look at three things. Vein color: blue-purple veins suggest cool undertones, green veins suggest warm. Jewelry: if gold flatters you more, you are likely warm; if silver, cool. White paper: hold white paper next to bare skin; yellowish skin suggests warm, pinkish or bluish suggests cool. Spring Warm suits bright coral and peach. Summer Cool suits muted rose, mauve, and dusty pink. Autumn Warm suits brick, terracotta, and burnt orange. Winter Cool suits berry, true red, and deep plum.
For Spring Warm, look for bright warm corals such as Romand Juicy Lasting Tint #09 Litchi Coral. For Summer Cool, muted rose tints such as CLIO Dewy Blur Tint in rosy shades. For Autumn Warm, brown and peach shades such as Peripera Ink Velvet #33 Pure Pecan Brown. For Winter Cool, berry and red shades. Shade names and numbers change, so check the brand's current shade list.
Korean lip tints are usually priced well below Western luxury lipsticks. For the lip products in our database, the product page shows the Korean price and the date we checked it.
When testing lip colors, swatch on your inner wrist and look in natural daylight, since store lighting changes how color looks. An MLBB (My Lips But Better) shade in your season is a subtle choice that works every day. A clear gloss over a matte tint changes the finish without changing the color. If you sit between seasons, dusty coral works for both Spring and Autumn, and mauve-pink works for both Summer and Winter.