Vol. 8 [Lifestyle] Using ChatGPT for Color Analysis and Styling Tips

• Personal color/seasonal color is a concept widely known through the theory introduced in the American book Color Me Beautiful.
• It refers to the colors that suit you best: colors that bring out your facial features, complement your face shape, and help you look confident, healthy, and polished.
• Using personal color can be helpful when styling yourself for an important occasion. It has the strongest effect when applied to clothing, especially items worn close to the face, such as tops, ties, scarves, and mufflers. It can also be applied to color makeup and outerwear.
  
• A personal color analysis is conducted based on a person’s natural physical coloring, using draping — placing diagnostic fabrics directly below the face to observe changes in complexion, facial features, and face shape.
• The standard and most accurate method is to receive an in-person draping analysis from a well-trained and experienced professional.
  However, as a more casual and accessible option, it can also be fun and helpful to upload your photos to ChatGPT, identify your personal color, and find practical tips for applying the result to your styling.
  Please note that photos and data uploaded to the online version of ChatGPT may be shared with the ChatGPT's system.

Steps

1. Take a selfie in natural light, with no color makeup on your face, while facing the sun.
2. On the device you used to take the photo, tap the photo and go to the “Info” or “Properties” section marked with an “i.” Find the white-balance information from the time the photo was taken. Each time a photo is taken, the device processes white balance to adjust the color tone.
   (Example: ISO 32, 29mm, 0ev, f2, 1/120s)
3. Go to the web version of ChatGPT, open “Settings,” then under “Data Controls,” turn off “Improve the model for everyone.”
4. In the web version of ChatGPT, start a “New Chat” and enter Prompt 1 below.
   In Prompt 1 below, replace the content inside < > with the white-balance information for each photo that you found in Step 2.
   

Prompt 1.

Use these portrait photos to create a single personal color analysis image.
Please consider the white balancing information of each image.
The first photo rom the left's white balance information: ISO 32, 29mm, 0ev, f2, 1/120s
The second photo from the left's white balance information: ISO 40, 34mm, 0ev, f2, 1/120s

Please determine which seasonal type suits the subject best among:

• Spring Warm
• Summer Cool
• Autumn Warm
• Winter Cool

Also determine which detailed tone fits best among:

• Very Pale
• Pale
• Light
• Bright
• Vivid
• Light Grayish
• Soft
• Strong
• Grayish
• Dull
• Dark Grayish
• Dark
• Deep

Please identify:

• the best match,
• the second-best match,
• and the worst match.

Analyze the subject according to the following attributes:

1. Warm vs. cool
2. Brightness / lightness
3. Saturation
4. Clear vs. muted

Among attributes 1–4, please identify which factor is the most critical for me.

Also explain what suits me best for each of the four attributes.

As a result, you may obtain an image like the one shown below:

5. Then, enter Prompt 2 below.

Prompt 2.

Create an image of a detailed summary of the best styling strategy to put this color analysis result into practice.
What fabric of outfit works best?
What size, color, and shape of jewelry works best?
What color of accessories including watches and handbags work best?
What size and shape (angular v. round) of patterns work best?
What hairstyle works best?
What finish of makeup works best?
For a woman, what color and pattern for the scarf, and what color of a top and an outer should I pair that scarf with?
For a man, what color and pattern for the tie, and what color of a shirt and a jacket should they pair the tie with?

As a result, you may obtain an image like the one shown below: