Sample
Choose a point on a garment image. The extension reads the displayed pixel colour as a hexadecimal RGB value.
A transparent approach to colour
How it works.
Mindfully Fashionable samples a colour from an image on your screen, converts it into a colour model, and applies understandable rules to give it a seasonal colour label.
The aim is to make colour easier to explore while you shop—not to make the decision for you.
A spectrum of seasonal colour
HueSaturationLightness
The process
From pixel to palette.
The extension uses a rule-based classifier. It does not use machine learning and does not determine your personal season from your appearance.
Measure
The RGB value is converted to HSL: hue, saturation and lightness. These describe colour family, intensity and relative lightness.
Classify
Ordered rules check neutral colours first, estimate warm or cool, then apply lightness and saturation thresholds to return a seasonal label.
Important: this describes the colour sampled from the screen, not whether that colour will flatter a particular person. Treat the result as a starting point for your own judgement.
The colour model
Three measurements, one estimate.
Hue (H)
Measured in degrees from 0° to 360°. It represents the broad colour family, such as red, yellow, green or blue.
Saturation (S)
Measured from 0% to 100%. Lower values are more greyed or muted; higher values are more vivid.
Lightness (L)
Measured from 0% to 100%. Lower values are darker; higher values are lighter.
The extension rounds H, S and L to whole numbers before applying thresholds. HSL is convenient, but it does not perfectly model human colour perception.
The classifier
Rules in the order they run.
The first matching rule wins. Earlier rules take precedence when a colour could meet more than one condition.
| Order | Condition | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | L ≤ 8 or L ≥ 97 | True Neutral. Extremely dark or light colours are treated as unreliable seasonal signals. |
| 2 | Estimate temperature using hue, then S ≤ 7 | True Neutral. |
| 3 | S ≤ 22 and 18 ≤ L ≤ 84 | Warm: Light Spring if L ≥ 62, otherwise Soft Autumn. Cool: Light Summer if L ≥ 62, otherwise Soft Summer. |
| 4 | L ≥ 72 | Warm: Light Spring. Cool: Light Summer. |
| 5 | L ≤ 28 | Warm: Deep Autumn. Cool: Deep Winter. |
| 6 | S ≥ 66 and 24 ≤ L ≤ 76 | Warm: Bright Spring. Cool: Bright Winter. |
| 7 | S ≤ 28 | Warm: Soft Autumn. Cool: Soft Summer. |
| 8 | All remaining colours | Warm: True Spring if L ≥ 50, otherwise True Autumn. Cool: True Summer if L ≥ 50, otherwise True Winter. |
How the warm/cool estimate works
The code estimates a colour as warm when its hue is below 65° or at least 345°. It also treats hues from 65° up to (but not including) 95° as warm when saturation is at least 35%. Other colours are treated as cool.
These are pragmatic thresholds, not universal scientific boundaries. Hue is less informative for very low-saturation colours, which is why neutral rules take precedence.
The seasonal labels
Four families, three sub-palettes each.
These labels describe the rule's output for a sampled colour—not the season of the person shopping.
Spring
Light SpringTrue SpringBright Spring
Warm colours can be labelled Light or Bright Spring when they meet those thresholds; other qualifying lighter warm colours can be True Spring.
Summer
Light SummerTrue SummerSoft Summer
Cool colours may be Light Summer when light, Soft Summer when muted, or True Summer in the remaining lighter-value range.
Autumn
Soft AutumnTrue AutumnDeep Autumn
Muted warm colours can be Soft Autumn; darker warm colours can be Deep Autumn; other qualifying lower-lightness warm colours can be True Autumn.
Winter
Bright WinterTrue WinterDeep Winter
Vivid cool colours can be Bright Winter; darker cool colours can be Deep Winter; other qualifying lower-lightness cool colours can be True Winter.
Neutral exception: very dark, very light and low-saturation colours can return a neutral or muted seasonal label instead of one of the twelve core sub-palettes.
Confidence score
What the percentage does—and doesn't—mean.
The extension calculates a separate score using hand-written rules. Very dark colours receive 93%; very light colours receive 95%; very light, low-saturation colours receive 90%; and colours with saturation below 5% receive 92%. Other colours start at 55 points, then gain or lose points according to saturation and distance from 50% lightness. The final score is limited to 50%–95%.
This is not a statistically calibrated probability. The score has not been validated against a labelled reference dataset, so a result such as “80%” does not mean there is an 80% chance that the label is correct.
Limitations
A useful guide, not an absolute verdict.
- Screen brightness, display settings, lighting in the original photograph, editing and compression can change the sampled colour.
- One pixel may not represent a whole garment, especially where there are shadows, highlights, texture or patterns.
- Colours near a threshold may receive different labels from very similar colours.
- Seasonal colour-analysis systems vary, and this classifier has not been scientifically validated.
- The extension classifies a garment colour. It does not analyse your skin, eyes or hair, or determine your personal seasonal palette.
We aim to keep the method understandable: the rules are visible, testable and can be improved using carefully selected colour examples.
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