What the quiz looks at
The quiz puts seven observations in front of you. Four of them circle your undertone from different directions: the colour your wrist veins appear — blue and purple reading cool, greenish reading warm, a mix reading neutral; whether silver or gold jewellery sits more easily on you; whether pure stark white or cream is the kinder of the two near your face; and how your skin responds to sun, since burning easily is associated with cool undertones and tanning readily with warm, as a tendency only. Each of these is a convention with exceptions, which is why the quiz asks all four rather than trusting any one of them.
The remaining questions read depth and chroma. Depth is how light or dark your colouring is overall — chiefly the combined lightness or darkness of hair and eyes. Chroma is clarity: bright colouring is high-contrast, with saturated-looking eyes and hair, while soft colouring is low-contrast, greyed and blended. A final question asks which quality leads your overall impression.
How the result is scored
Your answers are scored against all twelve seasons — three Winters, three Summers, three Springs and three Autumns. The result screen shows the full point spread rather than a single verdict, and when two seasons finish close together it says so plainly: a near-tie is called a boundary between two seasons, because that is what it is.
How the palettes were checked
The season grid behind this quiz was authored twice, independently, and the two versions agreed on all 48 entries. The palettes were then judged blind in two further independent readings, and that judging was itself audited with 24 planted decoys — all of which were caught.