Do you remember seeing viral TikTok and Instagram videos of people getting their colour analysis and realizing how certain colours and shades clash with their profiles? Or spent hours looking at comparisons of celebrities in their correct colour palettes?

While I am not an expert in Korean colour analysis, I was curious and conducted my analysis to see what my colour palette is. No, I didn’t fly to Korea and forked out hundreds to get it done. I got it done for free in my living room, and here’s how I did it!

Step one: take a selfie.

Take a selfie in natural light with no makeup. I took my selfie standing next to my window with a scrubbed face. 

Step two: get your hex codes.

If you don’t know what hex codes are, don’t worry! Hex codes are a string of letters and numbers making a specific colour. There’s a formal hex code for any colour you can think of. One slight change in a letter or number can render you an entirely different shade!

You’ll want to grab hex codes from three areas of your selfie: the roots of your hair, your eye colour, and your skin tone. 

You can use the eyedropper tool in any photo editing software to grab your hex code or use this website.

Step three: log into ChatGPT.

If you don’t have an account with ChatGPT yet, you can create a new one for this step. It’s free. 

When logged in, you want to ask ChatGPT what your colour palette is based on your hex code. You can copy and paste this paragraph and enter your hex codes. 

My hair colour is [hex code], my eye colour is [hex code], my skin tone is [hex code]. Based on these colours, what is my colour palette? 

Step four: look at your results. 

ChatGPT will start to spit out a response to your colour palette. You can further ask what colours are in autumn/winter/summer/spring to get a better understanding. As you can see, ChatGPT gave me references to colours that belong to an autumn palette. 

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How do you feel about finding your colour palette? 

Personally, I didn’t find my wardrobe changing too much. I didn’t want to be pigeonholed into having only a closet with specific colours. I like having patterns and colours in my wardrobe to mix and match so while it’s great to know what colours work best for me, I don’t follow it too much. 

Of course, this method may not be 100% accurate but I feel it is fairly reliable to get the results if you don’t want to spend the money on getting this service done professionally. 

Let me know what your thoughts are on the Korean colour analysis!