Depth
Evaluate how light or deep someone's natural coloring is.
Color Analysis Training & Professional Tools
Learn Color Analysis.
Analyze Clients with Confidence.
Learn the Your Color Style method for evaluating depth, undertone, and chroma—and put your knowledge into practice with professional tools designed for client work.
Start with free training, then build your skills through guided assignments, professional analysis tools, and personal feedback on your first complete report with YCS Professional Membership.
Learn the method. Practice with purpose. Build confidence with personal feedback.
A Clear, Repeatable Method
Color analysis shouldn't feel like guesswork.
Conflicting color advice and uncertain comparisons make it difficult to trust the result. The Your Color Style method gives you a clear order of analysis: understand depth, evaluate undertone, and define chroma before selecting a palette.
Undertone
Compare warm and cool characteristics in a consistent way.
Chroma
Determine whether brighter or softer colors are most harmonious.
Choose Your Next Step
Learn the method. Put it to work.
Whether you're new to color analysis or already working with clients, choose the path that matches your next goal.
Learn Color Analysis
Discover how the YCS method evaluates depth, undertone, and chroma, and see the process in action.
Start Free Training →Analyze Clients Professionally
Learn with guided assignments, practice using professional tools, and receive personal feedback on one complete color analysis report with YCS Professional Membership.
Explore Professional Membership →Discover Your Own Colors
Want to analyze your own coloring? Explore the guided DIY experience and individual digital color palettes—no professional subscription required.
Explore DIY Color Analysis →
Free Color Analysis Training
Learn the process, not just the palette.
Learn how to evaluate a photo, assess depth, undertone, and chroma in the YCS order, and use those observations to choose a personalized color palette.
- Understand the YCS approach to personal coloring.
- See color comparisons in action.
- Explore the next steps for deeper learning.
YCS Professional Membership
Learn color analysis. Build your skills. Serve clients with confidence.
Whether you are learning to analyze colors or already working with clients, YCS Professional Membership brings your training, guided assignments, professional tools, and personalized feedback together for $49/month.
- Learn the YCS method through lessons and guided assignments.
- Analyze depth, undertone, and chroma with Structured Analysis.
- Compare draping colors and lip shades side by side.
- Create professional client reports and deliver digital color palettes (delivery credits sold separately).
- Receive one personal review of your first complete report after the required assignments.
Digital Color Palettes
Your colors, available when you need them.
Explore digital palettes with named color swatches to support wardrobe planning and everyday color decisions. Purchased palettes stay in your My YCS account, independently of a professional subscription.
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YCS Professional Membership
Learn color analysis. Build your skills. Serve clients with confidence.
For $49/month, learn the Your Color Style method, complete guided assignments, and use the same professional tools for real client work. Your signup also includes one personal review of a complete color analysis report after you finish the required assignments. Additional reviews are available to purchase.
Training & Guided Practice
Learn depth, undertone, and chroma through lessons and assignments, then apply what you've learned.
Guided Client Analysis
Use Structured Analysis and the Lip & Draping Studio to evaluate photos and compare colors side by side.
Professional Client Deliverables
Manage clients, build personalized reports, and provide digital palettes. Palette delivery credits are sold separately.
Personal Feedback
Get one personal review of a complete report after finishing the required assignments. Additional reviews are available separately.
Tools for Your Business
Create custom palettes and, if eligible, list your services in the YCS Color Analyst Directory.
YCS Color Analysis Certification
Ready to become a certified color analyst?
Want a formal credential? Certification adds a structured evaluation path and personal review of three complete color analysis reports, each based on a different photo. Professional Membership alone does not award certification.
- 12 months of YCS Professional Membership and access to the professional tools.
- Guided certification assignments you complete at your own pace.
- Personal review of three complete color analysis reports.
- Certification awarded after successful completion and approval within 12 months of enrollment.
$597
Upfront for your first year
Explore Certification →Certification requirements must be completed and approved within 12 months. After the first year, Professional Membership continues at $49/month.
Frequently Asked Questions
Your questions, answered.
Do I need experience to start learning color analysis?
No. The free training introduces the Your Color Style approach, including the role of depth, undertone, and chroma.
Is YCS Professional Membership the same as DIY Color Analysis?
No. DIY Color Analysis is a one-time purchase for exploring your own coloring. YCS Professional Membership is $49/month for learning to analyze others, completing guided assignments, using professional tools, and receiving one included report review after the assignments.
Do I need Professional Membership to use My YCS?
No. My YCS is where you access the consumer products and tools you own, including DIY Color Analysis and purchased digital palettes. Professional Membership is only for access to the professional subscription features.
Can I purchase a digital palette without a subscription?
Yes. Purchased digital palettes are available in your My YCS account independently of professional membership.
Does YCS Professional Membership include certification?
No. The $49/month Professional Membership includes lessons, guided assignments, professional tools, and one personal review of a complete report after the required assignments. It does not award certification. For a formal credential with three evaluated reports, explore YCS Color Analysis Certification, which costs $597 upfront and includes 12 months of membership, guided assignments, and professional review of three complete analyses. All certification requirements must be approved within the first year.
When can I submit my included report for feedback?
After you complete the required assignments, you can submit one complete color analysis report for personal feedback from Jen. One review is included with each new membership signup; it is not a monthly benefit.
Can I get feedback on more than one report?
Yes. Additional report reviews are available as a separate purchase. Each review covers one complete report.
Can I list my business in the Color Analyst Directory?
Eligible professional subscribers can submit their business information for a directory listing, subject to the current listing requirements.
Does YCS Professional Membership include the Report Builder?
Yes. The Color Analysis Report Builder is included with YCS Professional Membership. It helps you organize analysis findings into personalized reports you can share with clients.
Your Color Style
Ready to learn color analysis—or take your client work further?
Begin with free training, or join Professional Membership to practice with guided assignments, use professional tools, and receive personal feedback on one complete report.
