Become a Certified Color Analyst with Your Color Style.
Learn the professional Your Color Style method, work with professional color analysis tools, receive mentorship and feedback, and demonstrate the skills required to earn the YCS Certified Color Analyst credential.
Certification is for the person who wants more than training. You want your work reviewed, your skills developed, and your competency formally evaluated.
Learning the method and proving competency are two different things.
The Professional Color Analysis Training teaches you how the Your Color Style method works and how to use the professional tool.
Certification takes you further.
Your work is reviewed. You complete required assignments. You receive professional feedback and mentorship. You refine your skills and demonstrate that you can apply the method accurately and consistently.
Once you meet the certification requirements, you earn the Your Color Style Certified Color Analyst credential.
- A structured certification roadmap
- Required practice and assignments
- Professional review of your analysis work
- Individualized feedback
- Mentorship during your certification year
- Opportunities to refine and resubmit work
- Competency-based evaluation
- The YCS Certified professional credential
Certification is layered on top of the Professional Training.
Certification students do not take a separate version of the YCS curriculum. Everyone learns the same professional methodology. Certification adds the structured evaluation and mentorship layer.
Professional Color Analysis Training
Learn the professional methodology and how to apply it using the YCS Color Analysis Tool.
- Photo preparation
- Depth
- Undertone
- Chroma
- Specificity
- Dominance
- Final color direction
- Professional tool training
Certification Pathway
Apply what you've learned through structured assignments, feedback, mentoring, and competency evaluation.
- Certification requirements
- Required practice analyses
- Assignment submissions
- Professional feedback
- Mentoring during certification
- Corrections and refinement
- Final competency assessment
- Certification credential
Learn to analyze real people—not memorize seasonal boxes.
Your Color Style teaches you to evaluate individual characteristics before deciding on an overall color direction.
You'll learn how depth, undertone, chroma, specificity, and dominant characteristics interact to create a more personalized analysis.
- Depth: light, medium, or deep
- Undertone: warm, cool, or olive
- Chroma: clear or soft
- Specificity: refine the overall direction
- Dominance: identify the characteristic carrying the most visual weight
- Application: create useful client recommendations and palettes
A structured path from learning to demonstrated competency.
Work at your own pace within your twelve-month certification period while moving through defined milestones.
Complete Professional Training
Work through the YCS methodology and learn how to use the professional Color Analysis Tool.
Practice The Method
Build confidence by applying depth, undertone, chroma, specificity, and color direction to real analyses.
Complete Certification Assignments
Submit required work designed to demonstrate your understanding and application of the method.
Receive Feedback + Mentorship
Review your work, identify areas that need refinement, ask questions, and strengthen your analysis skills.
Demonstrate Competency
Show that you can accurately and consistently apply the professional YCS methodology.
Become YCS Certified
Once all certification requirements have been successfully completed, earn your Your Color Style Certified Color Analyst credential.
Practice and work with the same tools you'll use professionally.
Certification includes full access to the Your Color Style professional Color Analysis Tool throughout your certification year.
- 15 photo credits each month
- Virtual draping and comparison
- Your Color Style palette library
- Custom palette creation
- Professional client report builder
- Interactive digital client palettes
- Client management
- Saved analyses and client records
Professional Training vs. Certification
“Jen Vax and Your Color Style offer a revolutionary system of color typing that is leading-edge and inclusive for everyone. Jen's mentorship and the supportive community of consultants made learning to become a YCS Certified Color Consultant fun and exciting.”
— LeanneStay connected as a YCS Certified Professional.
Your initial certification program includes twelve months of Professional membership and full access to the Your Color Style professional Color Analysis Tool.
After that first year, you can continue as a YCS Certified Professional Member to maintain access to the professional Color Analysis Tool, training library, continuing updates, professional resources, and ongoing mentoring for Certified Analysts.
Certified Professional membership includes ongoing professional mentoring and support. Individual client case reviews and private one-on-one consulting may be offered separately.
You don't have to start over to become certified.
If you're already an active Professional Color Analysis Training member and decide you're ready for certification, you can move into the Certification Pathway.
Up to $381 of eligible Professional membership payments from the previous 90 days can be applied toward your Certification tuition.
Start your YCS Certification pathway.
Your enrollment includes twelve months of professional training, tool access, certification requirements, mentorship, feedback, evaluation, and certification support.
12-Month Certification Plan
12-month payment commitment.
- Professional Color Analysis Training
- Full professional Color Analysis Tool
- 15 photo credits each month
- Certification Pathway
- Required assignments
- Professional feedback
- Certification mentoring
- Competency evaluation
- Certification credential upon successful completion
- 12 months of program access
Certification Program
One payment for your full certification year.
- Professional Color Analysis Training
- Full professional Color Analysis Tool
- 15 photo credits each month
- Certification Pathway
- Required assignments
- Professional feedback
- Certification mentoring
- Competency evaluation
- Certification credential upon successful completion
- 12 months of program access
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need previous color analysis experience?
No. Certification includes the complete Professional Color Analysis Training curriculum, so you can begin without previous professional color analysis training.
Is the Certification curriculum different from Professional Training?
No. Everyone learns the same core Your Color Style professional methodology. Certification adds a separate Certification Pathway with assignments, feedback, mentoring, competency evaluation, and credentialing.
What makes Certification different from the $127 Professional membership?
Professional membership gives you the complete training curriculum and professional tool. Certification adds structured assignments, personal feedback, mentorship, evaluation, and the Your Color Style Certified Color Analyst credential.
Is the professional Color Analysis Tool included?
Yes. Your certification year includes full professional Color Analysis Tool access and 15 photo credits each month.
How long do I have to complete Certification?
Your Certification enrollment includes twelve months of program access. You can work through the curriculum and certification requirements at your own pace during that period.
Does Certification include mentorship?
Yes. Mentorship, feedback, and professional guidance are part of the Certification experience because your work is being developed and evaluated toward competency.
What happens if an assignment isn't at certification level yet?
Certification is a learning and refinement process. You'll receive feedback so you can understand what needs improvement and continue developing your analysis skills before final certification.
Do I automatically become certified because I paid for the program?
No. Enrollment gives you access to the Certification Pathway, training, tools, mentorship, and evaluation. The YCS Certified Color Analyst credential is earned after successfully completing the certification requirements and demonstrating competency.
Can I start with Professional Training and certify later?
Yes. You can begin with Professional Color Analysis Training for $127/month and move into Certification when you're ready. Eligible active members can apply up to $381 of their previous 90 days of membership payments toward Certification.
What happens after my first year?
Your initial Certification program covers your first twelve months. After that year, you can continue as a YCS Certified Professional Member for $127/month or $1,270/year to retain access to the professional Color Analysis Tool, training resources, ongoing updates, and professional mentoring for Certified Analysts.
What support is included after Certification?
After your certification year, you can continue as a YCS Certified Professional Member for $127/month or $1,270/year. Certified Professional membership includes ongoing professional mentoring and support along with continued access to the Color Analysis Tool, training resources, and updates.
Individual client case reviews and private one-on-one consulting may be offered separately.
Can I build a business with this certification?
The program is designed to teach you the professional methodology and prepare you to analyze clients using a repeatable color analysis process. How you structure, market, and operate your business is ultimately your decision.
Start with Professional Color Analysis Training.
Learn the complete professional YCS method and use the same Color Analysis Tool without committing to certification.
Professional membership is $127/month or $1,270/year and you can move into Certification later.
Learn the method. Develop your skills. Earn the credential.
Build professional color analysis competency through structured training, practice, mentorship, feedback, and evaluation.
