Frequently Asked Questions
A few things people often want to know before trying AI personal color analysis. If you have a question that is not here, our contact page is the place to reach us.
Clad is a web-based AI personal color analysis. From a face photo, it estimates your color season — Warm Spring, Cool Summer, Warm Autumn, or Cool Winter — and suggests makeup and fashion colors that tend to suit you.
How does AI personal color analysis work?
You upload a face photo, and the AI looks at the brightness and undertone of your skin along with the overall contrast in your face to estimate a season — Warm Spring, Cool Summer, Warm Autumn or Cool Winter. When it finishes, you also get a palette of colors that tend to suit you, colors to go easy on, and makeup color keywords.
How reliable is AI personal color analysis?
The AI estimates your type from the color information and contrast in your photo. Because lighting, camera processing and makeup can change the outcome, it works best as a reference guide rather than a verdict. If you want something more precise, consider pairing it with an in-person drape analysis in natural light.
How is this different from an in-person analysis?
In an in-person session, a consultant holds drapes up to your face under natural light and watches how your complexion responds. Online analysis is fast and free, but a screen can only reproduce color so faithfully. Clad is a good way to get a rough sense of direction before booking an in-person session.
What kind of lighting should I shoot in?
A front-facing photo taken in midday daylight or near-white light works best. Strong yellow or blue light, or colored ambient lamps, can shift your skin tone and skew the result.
Can I wear makeup in the photo?
Color makeup covers your natural skin tone and can affect the result, so we suggest keeping it to a minimum if you can. Bold lip color, blush and colored contacts in particular tend to move the outcome.
Can I use an edited photo?
Filters and editing apps that change your skin tone or saturation lower accuracy. Please use a photo that is close to the original rather than one with brightening or smoothing filters and automatic color correction.
Can it analyze a photo where I am wearing a mask?
If much of your face is covered, there is not enough skin tone and contrast to analyze well. Please use a front-facing photo where your whole face is clearly visible.
Can men get a personal color analysis too?
Yes. Clad estimates warm/cool tendencies and a personal color type from a face photo regardless of gender. Men can use the result to choose shirts, knitwear, outerwear, hair color and even glasses frames.
Can I keep my glasses on for the photo?
Glasses can create reflections and color distortion, so we suggest taking them off if you can. If that is not possible, use a front-facing photo with as little glare as possible.
Does dyed hair affect the result?
Clad mostly looks at your skin tone and facial contrast, but the impression your hair color gives can be a contributing factor. If your hair is far from its natural color, keep that in mind when reading the result.
How are Warm Spring and Warm Autumn different?
Both have a warm undertone, but Warm Spring suits clear, vivid colors that are light and medium-to-high in saturation, while Warm Autumn suits deep, toned-down colors that are medium-to-low in brightness and softer in saturation. Even within warm colors, the dividing line is whether they read bright and clear or deep and calm.
How are Cool Summer and Cool Winter different?
Both have a cool undertone, but Cool Summer suits soft, low-saturation pastels that are light in brightness, while Cool Winter suits vivid colors with strong contrast and high saturation, or neutrals like black and white. The key difference is whether the colors feel soft or sharp.
Can a result come out as a mix of warm and cool?
Yes. Plenty of people sit near the boundary, and in some cases brightness and saturation matter more than warm versus cool. Rather than locking you into a single box, Clad tries to share your overall tendency along with the neighboring possibilities.
Can I learn my sub-type as well?
Clad estimates against the four seasons — Warm Spring, Cool Summer, Warm Autumn, Cool Winter — and within the result it also describes your brightness and saturation tendencies (light, bright, muted, deep and so on). Sub-types do not have sharp boundaries, so it helps to read them as tendencies.
Why does my result come out differently each time?
When lighting, white balance, camera processing or makeup change, the color information in your photo changes too, and so can the result. Shooting under similar conditions each time — natural light, no editing, front-facing — makes it easier to get consistent results.
Can I run the analysis again?
Yes. You can analyze a new photo anytime. If the lighting or photo quality was not ideal, try again with a front-facing shot in natural light.
Can I save or share my result?
You can share your result page by link. Personal result pages are kept out of search engines, so you can pass the link only to the people you choose.
Are my photos stored on the server?
Photos are processed only as far as the analysis needs, and our image data policy explains how they are handled and how to delete them. You can request deletion of your own photo whenever you like.
When are uploaded photos deleted?
When you request deletion directly from your result page, we delete that photo. You can find the deletion steps and our handling standards on the image data policy page.
Is it free to use?
Yes. Analyzing a face photo for personal color and viewing the result are free.
If there were paid features, what would be different?
Clad’s personal color analysis is currently free with no separate paid features. If anything is added later, we will let you know on this page.
How are product recommendations decided?
Rather than recommending a specific brand’s product, Clad suggests color families that suit your type (for example a clear coral lip or a peach blush) as a color guide. Since the same color shows up differently on each person, it is best to try it on yourself.
Can I get lip color suggestions too?
Yes. For each type we share color directions (color keywords) for lips, eyeshadow and blush. These are color-family guides rather than specific products, so check how a shade actually shows up when you buy.
Can I get clothing color suggestions?
Yes. We provide a recommended palette and colors to go easy on for each type, which you can use to choose tops, outerwear and other pieces that sit close to your face.
Is a skin tone analysis the same as a personal color analysis?
Skin tone refers to the brightness and undertone of your skin itself, while personal color is about which colors suit that skin. The idea that darker skin is warm and lighter skin is cool is a myth — brightness and undertone are independent of each other.
Can I buy makeup based on my result with confidence?
Use the result as a starting point for choosing colors, but keep in mind that even a product known to match your tone can show up differently on each person, so a match is not guaranteed. When you can, try it on before deciding.
What if the AI result differs from an in-person analysis?
Online and in-person use different methods and lighting, so the results can differ. If the two disagree, hold colors up to your face in natural light and factor in the reactions around you and the colors you feel best in.
Does only light skin work for this?
No. Personal color is unrelated to how light your skin is, and warm/cool tendencies and a type can be estimated for both light and dark skin.
Can darker skin tones be analyzed too?
Yes, darker skin tones can be analyzed. The idea that darker skin is always warm is a misconception — skin brightness and undertone are separate things.
Who is Clad a good fit for?
It is a good fit if you want to get a sense of your tone before an in-person session, if choosing makeup or clothing colors often feels hard, if telling Warm Spring, Cool Summer, Warm Autumn and Cool Winter apart is confusing, or if you simply want a quick check on the web with no app to install.
Is AI personal color analysis reliable?
The AI estimates your type from the color information and contrast in your face photo. Because lighting, editing and makeup can change the outcome, it works best as a reference guide — and if you want something more precise, you can pair it with an in-person drape analysis.
Where can I get an AI personal color analysis online?
Clad is a web-based AI personal color analysis.
With no app to install, you upload a face photo to find your season — Warm Spring, Cool Summer, Warm Autumn, or Cool Winter.
It comes with makeup and fashion color guidance that matches your result.
Results can shift with lighting and photo editing, so it works best as a helpful reference guide.