Making the Most of Your Seasonal Color Palette

So you've had your color analysis done. Now what?

Seeing your colors for the first time can bring a real sense of clarity. But once you're shopping or getting dressed, new questions often come up.

Is this color really mine? Which neutrals should I choose? How do I put these colors together?

This course helps you answer those everyday questions with greater understanding and confidence.

Three things change once you know how to use your palette

What becomes easier

  • Shop with confidence

    Learn specifically what to purchase in each of your colors to create a workable wardrobe

  • Build outfits that work

    Understand how to combine your colors, choose your neutrals, and work with prints and texture more intentionally.

  • Trust your own eye

    Understand what effect makes a color genuinely right for you, so you can gradually rely less on the shopping palette and more on your own instinct.

Joan's Approach

Your colors were never about a formula

Joan's approach to seasonal color analysis is rooted in the Suzanne Caygill method : the goal wasn't to sort you into a category, but to discover the harmony that's already present in you.

This course carries that same philosophy forward. Instead of giving you another set of generic seasonal rules to follow, Joan helps you look more closely at your own palette, consider its qualities, relationships and contrast, so you begin to understand why a color belongs to you and how you can best use it.

What You'll Explore

The quality of your color, not just the color itself
Two blues can both look “correct” and still feel completely different depending on how they're mixed. You'll learn to recognize qualities such as pure, tinted, muted, toasted and shaded — and understand what makes your colors feel like yours.

Your inherent contrast
Using Joan's Contrast Compass, you'll explore the amount of contrast naturally present in your coloring and how to reflect it in what you wear.

Your personal neutrals
Learn which colors on your palette can become the dependable foundation of your wardrobe and how to put them to work.

Every color's purpose
Not every color on your palette plays the same role. You'll explore which colors work as everyday foundations, which bring more drama, and how different parts of your palette can support different wardrobe choices.

Fabric and texture
See how the same color can change in matte, shiny or textured fabrics — and how prints add another layer to consider.

How your colors bring you forward
The goal isn't a perfectly color-co-ordinated outfit. It's using color in a way that allows people to see you first.

Course Experience

    1. Welcome

    2. Get Clear on Your Color Quality

    3. Get Familiar with Your Inherent Contrast

    4. Contrast Compass

    5. Get Comfortable with Your Skin Tone

    6. Exercise: Explore Your Skin Tone

    1. Your Personal Neutral

    2. Wearing Your Inherent Color Harmony

    3. Exercise: Creating Outfits Using Your Inherent Colors

    1. Neutrals Defined

    2. Neutrals Are Key to Your Wardrobe

    3. Formal Neutral

    4. Casual Neutral

    5. Related White

    1. Here Comes The Color

    2. Relating to Your Red

    3. Your Dramatic Color: The Color That Gets You Noticed

    4. Your Subdued Color: The One That Calms

    1. Alternate Colors

    2. Pretty Pastels

    3. Your Metallics: The Finish That's Yours

    4. Prints & Patterns

    1. What's Your Starting Point?

    2. Your Inherent Visual Impression

    3. First Impressions Can Be Changed

    4. A Thank You From Joan

About this course

  • $350.00
  • 26 lessons
  • 5 hours of video content

Who This Is For

Designed for people who already a seasonal color palette and want to understand how to use their colors with greater confidence.

  • You've already had a professional seasonal color analysis and have a palette in hand, from Joan or another qualified consultant.

  • You have confidence in your palette, but still hesitate when you're shopping or getting dressed.

  • You want to understand why a color works for you — not just be told that it does.

  • You're a trained color consultant who wants to gain a better understanding of how to assign specific colors on the color palette for your client

  • You haven't had a color analysis yet.

  • You're hoping for a full reassessment or second opinion on your existing palette. This course teaches you to use the palette you have, rather than re-analyzing it.

See the whole picture

Get both courses in one bundle, beginning with Making the Most of Your Seasonal Color Palette and building into Beyond Color: Explore Your Seasonal Style. Purchase them together at a bundled price.

Testimonials

A Happy Student

"Joan has the ability to take a topic and break it down into easy-to-understand steps and then build on each step until you’ve reached an advanced level of concept, understanding and the ability to apply what you’ve learned. I look forward to building my wardrobe with this key color fact as guidance and inspiration".

Joan has changed how I shop for clothing. I know what colors & style to buy. Her Making the Most of Your Color Palette course has taught me how to use my palette to make me stand out! Best service I have ever invested in.

Color is my passion and as a color consultant myself, I was awed, wowed and thoroughly excited after watching Joan’s videos. Joan knows how to explain complex concepts, making it easy to understand. I’ve expanded my color knowledge learned new ways to use color, and now use my own colors with much more confidence and fun. In this course Joan provided an in-depth module on inherent color harmony. What insights! Since keying my wardrobe to my inherent color harmony, (my hair, skin and eyes are all varying shades of brown), I can be dressed and out the door in record time knowing my outfit is aligned with my color harmony and I’m looking my very best.

"I loved the seasonal color analysis training I took from another trainer back in 2008, but I didn't understand how/why certain colors were chosen. So it was difficult when going out into the world to know why I was choosing one color stick over another. After taking your course I feel that I have more context into how we come up with the colors someone wears. I never understood the process and that was frustrating for someone like me who needs to know the why.

Your instructor

Joan Kosmachuk

Joan is a sensitive, intuitive and thoughtful guide through the complex and subtly textured world of personal color psychology, helping you navigate each step with her expert hand and reassuring good humour. Joan is certified from the Image and Color International and The StyleCore Institute. Joan was mentored by Cathy Williams and has since built a thriving business on her reputation for being able to bring clarity where others have struggled and ensuring her clients are fully equipped to dress with style and full confidence. She is a sought after mentor and teacher in the Suzanne Caygill method. https://www.joankosmachuk.com/

FAQ

  • Do I need a physical palette for this course?

    You'll get the most from the course if you can work with a physical palette, since several lessons invite you to compare its colors directly with clothing and fabric. If you received a digital palette, the ideas are still useful, though the experience may differ slightly.

  • Does it matter which color analysis method was used?

    Joan's teaching is rooted in Suzanne Caygill's approach to seasonal color analysis. If your palette was created through a different methodology, many of the principles will still apply, though some terminology and specific recommendations may vary.

  • Does my palette need to be from Joan?

    No — this course welcomes anyone with a professional seasonal palette from a qualified consultant, subject to the note above.

  • Will I have access to the videos after the course?

    Yes. You'll have ongoing access to the course videos through your Thinkific account.

  • Can I ask questions as I go?

    There is no "live instruction" component to this course but if there's an issue please contact Joan by email