FAQ.

A 13-question diagnostic, drawn from the seasonal color analysis tradition first developed in the early twentieth century. La méthode classifies your coloring into one of twelve sub-seasons, each with its own palette of twelve colors that flatter you specifically. The diagnostic takes 8–12 minutes and is performed entirely from your written answers. We collect no images.

Approximately 80% of users receive a high-confidence verdict on first reading. Roughly 15% receive a sister season classification, which acknowledges that their coloring sits between two adjacent seasons. The remaining 5% receive either a parent season fallback or an invitation to repeat la méthode in better light.

The maison errs on the side of declaring uncertainty rather than issuing a verdict on incomplete evidence.

Yes. The methodology reads underlying signals – undertone, value, and chroma – rather than surface skin colour. Two people with identical surface skin colour can be entirely different seasons depending on the underlying signals. The diagnostic asks about palm undertone, natural flush, sun reaction, and other signals that work across all skin depths and ethnicities. Whether your skin is the lightest pale or the deepest mahogany, the maison reads the same underlying architecture.

Yes, freely. The maison observes that some users find their answers more deliberate on a second reading – the questions feel less abstract, the comparisons sharper. There is no limit on retakes.

Take the result as a starting point, not a sentence. The colors in your palette are calibrated against your answers; if you find that some don't flatter you in practice, this is useful information – it suggests your coloring may sit closer to an adjacent season than the algorithm could resolve.

8–12 minutes for most users. The maison recommends taking the diagnostic in good light, without makeup, with the hair drawn back, and without distractions.

A device. A window with natural daylight if possible, or good indoor light if not. A piece of plain printer paper and a piece of off-white paper or fabric for one of the questions. For the rest, your hand, your eyes, and your memory.

La méthode collects no images, no biometric data, no facial information. Your written answers are processed to compute your result. We retain your email address only if you provide it for the dossier delivery and the future studio session waitlist. We do not sell or share data.

Your twelve principal colors with their hex values. Your recommended metals. Your key stones. The colors and color types to avoid. A descriptive paragraph in voice describing your season's character. A note on how the palette adapts as your hair silvers, if you have indicated this.

Your underlying coloring – the relationship between your hair, eyes, and skin – changes only with significant biological transition: silvering hair, prolonged sun exposure, illness. The palette accommodates these changes. The seasons, unlike fashion, do not change.

The studio session is in development. Add yourself to the waitlist and the maison will write to you when its doors open. In the meantime, the diagnostic and dossier are la méthode in its complete digital form.