Learn How to Perform a Complete Color Analysis.
Learn the Your Color Style method step by step so you can evaluate a person's coloring, determine their color direction and build a personalized palette with confidence.
You'll learn how to assess depth, undertone, chroma, specificity, dominance and color harmony—then practice the complete process using the YCS Professional Color Analysis Toolkit.
Stop guessing at color. Learn a process you can actually follow.
Understanding color theory is one thing. Looking at a real person and knowing what to evaluate—and in what order—is something else.
Foundations teaches you a structured approach for moving from a client's photo to a thoughtful color direction and personalized palette.
- Know what to look for in a usable client photo
- Evaluate depth instead of relying on hair color alone
- Distinguish Warm, Cool and Olive undertones
- Evaluate Clear versus Soft chroma
- Understand how individual features refine the analysis
- Bring the observations together into a complete color direction
The complete Foundations training is $127.
This is a one-time course purchase. You receive lifetime access to the Your Color Style methodology lessons, so you can learn at your own pace and return to the material whenever you need it.
Your first four weeks of the Professional Color Analysis Toolkit are included so you can practice the method with the same digital tools used in the professional workflow.
The software is not required to keep your training. After the included four weeks, continuing the Professional Toolkit is optional.
Build color analysis skills you can use professionally.
Foundations is the professional learning path for people who want to understand and perform the Your Color Style analysis process.
Aspiring Color Analysts
Learn a structured methodology you can practice independently as you develop your skills and begin offering color analysis.
Personal Stylists & Image Consultants
Add a repeatable color analysis process to the wardrobe, styling or image services you already provide.
Beauty & Wardrobe Professionals
Develop color analysis skills that complement work in makeup, hair, wardrobe and other client-focused color services.
Learn the method—and practice the complete workflow.
Foundations combines methodology with hands-on practice so you're not simply memorizing color concepts.
Complete Foundations Training
Learn depth, undertone, chroma, specificity, dominance, color direction and personalized palette development.
Four Weeks of Professional Tools
Practice photo preparation, structured analysis, virtual draping, palette comparisons and saved client analyses while you learn.
Step-by-Step Tool Tutorials
Follow instructional videos showing you how to use the professional software alongside the methodology.
Professional Workflow Practice
Learn how an analysis moves from photo and observations through palette development, reports and client delivery.
Train your eye with structured comparisons.
Color analysis becomes easier to understand when you can compare colors beside the same face and observe what changes.
During your included Toolkit access, use digital comparisons to reinforce what you're learning in the Foundations lessons.
- Prepare photos for online analysis
- Compare colors side by side
- Evaluate Light, Medium and Deep coloring
- Compare Warm, Cool and Olive undertones
- Assess Clear versus Soft chroma
- Explore the YCS palette library
- Create and save custom palettes
- Save client records and analyses
See how different colors interact with the same face.
Use the Professional Lip & Draping Studio to explore color relationships directly on a client's photo and document what you're seeing during an analysis.
- Digitally drape colors around a client's face
- Compare color and lip options
- Save draped photos as part of your analysis
- Use saved images in professional client reports
Learn how the pieces fit together.
You're not just learning isolated color concepts. You'll see how they become a complete professional workflow.
Analyze
Evaluate the client's coloring using the structured YCS process.
Build a Palette
Work with YCS palettes or create and save a custom palette.
Create a Report
Bring your observations, recommendations and saved images together.
Deliver
When working professionally, generate an interactive digital palette for your client using a palette credit.
Learn a process you can use with client photos.
Your Color Style was built around online color analysis. Learn how to evaluate client photos and work with digital color tools without relying exclusively on an in-person draping setup.
Use the method independently or incorporate it into an existing personal styling, image consulting, beauty or wardrobe business.
Learn the Your Color Style method step by step.
The course is self-paced. A four-week learning path gives you structure while your included Professional Toolkit access lets you practice the concepts as you learn them.
Start Here: Using the Professional Toolkit
Get oriented with client records, photo preparation, virtual draping, comparisons, palettes, saved analyses, reports and client delivery.
Photo Prep + Understanding Depth
Learn what makes a photo useful and how to evaluate Light, Medium and Deep coloring.
Understanding Undertones
Learn to evaluate Warm, Cool and Olive undertones using visual evidence.
Understanding Chroma
Explore Clear and Soft color intensity and how chroma interacts with natural coloring.
Specificity
Learn how individual features refine an overall color direction and palette.
Dominance + Pulling It All Together
Combine depth, undertone, chroma, specificity and dominant characteristics into a complete analysis.
Wrap Up + Professional Application
Review the complete process and begin practicing the methodology independently.
Build your color analysis foundation for $127.
Make one purchase and keep the complete Foundations training. Your first four weeks of Professional Toolkit access are included so you can put what you're learning into practice.
Color Analysis Foundations + 4 Weeks of Professional Tools
- Lifetime access to the complete YCS methodology training
- Structured self-paced learning path
- Depth, undertone, chroma, specificity and dominance
- Complete color analysis workflow
- Four weeks of Professional Toolkit access
- Step-by-step software tutorial videos
- Virtual draping and structured comparison practice
- Palette and report workflow practice
Your training remains yours after the four-week tool-access period ends. Continuing the Professional Toolkit is optional.
Keep the professional tools only if you need them.
Your Foundations training does not expire when your included four weeks of software access ends.
If you decide to continue using the professional tools for client work, the standalone YCS Professional Color Analysis Toolkit is available for $49/month.
Active toolkit subscribers who offer color analysis services may also request a listing in the YCS Find a Color Analyst Directory.
$49/month after your included four weeks
- Professional color analysis software
- Client records and saved analyses
- Structured color comparisons
- Professional digital draping
- Palette creation and reports
- Eligibility to request a YCS directory listing
Client Digital Color Palette credits are purchased separately when you need them. Continuing the software is optional.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need previous color analysis experience?
No. Foundations begins with the core concepts and builds progressively through the complete Your Color Style analysis process.
Is this intended for professional color analysts?
Yes. This is the professional learning path for aspiring color analysts and professionals who want to add color analysis to their services.
Is the training online and self-paced?
Yes. Work through the lessons independently. The suggested learning path is four weeks, but your course access is lifetime and you can revisit the lessons at your own pace.
What does the $127 include?
Your $127 one-time purchase includes lifetime access to the self-paced Color Analysis Foundations course plus four weeks of access to the Professional Color Analysis Toolkit.
Do I have to pay $49/month to keep the course?
No. Your Foundations training is yours to keep. The $49/month subscription applies only if you choose to continue using the Professional Color Analysis Toolkit after your included four-week access period.
What happens after the four weeks of toolkit access?
Your course remains available. Your Professional Toolkit access ends unless you choose to continue the software for $49/month.
Are software tutorial videos included?
Yes. Step-by-step instructional videos show you how to use the professional tools alongside the methodology training.
Does this include YCS certification?
No. Your Color Style no longer offers a certification program. Foundations provides self-paced education and professional software practice; it is not a professional credential or assessment of competency.
Can I use the tools with paying clients?
Yes, while you have active Professional Toolkit access. The software supports client records, structured comparisons, digital draping, palettes and professional reports.
Can I give clients their own Digital Color Palettes?
Yes. Client palette credits are purchased separately in packs of 1, 5 or 20. A credit allows you to generate a unique interactive digital palette link for a client.
Can my business be listed on Your Color Style?
Active Professional Toolkit subscribers whose businesses include color analysis may request a listing in the Find a Color Analyst Directory. Directory visibility does not guarantee inquiries or bookings.
I already know how to perform color analysis. Do I need Foundations?
No. If you already have the color analysis training you need and only want access to the YCS professional software, you can subscribe directly to the Professional Color Analysis Toolkit .
Learn how to move from a client's photo to a personalized color direction.
Start with the complete Your Color Style Foundations training for $127. Learn at your own pace, keep your training for life, and use your included four weeks of professional tools to practice what you learn.
See the professional tools in action first.
Take the free Professional Tools Training to explore the YCS digital workflow and see how the tools support an online color analysis.
When you're ready to learn the complete methodology behind the tools, come back to Foundations.
