All Your Winning Colors

All Your Winning Colors by Wendy J. Smith:

All Your Winning Colors by Wendy J. Smith | Goodreads

All Your Winning Colors is a book about personal color analysis—helping you discover the clothing colors and styles that are most flattering for your unique inherited coloring (skin tone, hair, eyes) so you can look your best. The book builds on the traditional concept of seasonal color theory but expands it to account for a wider diversity of human coloring across different racial and regional groups. It provides guidance and classifications to help individuals identify which color palettes enhance their natural features and overall look. (Goodreads)

Key Points:

It’s fundamentally about understanding your own personal coloring and how to choose clothing colors that complement it. (Goodreads)

The author expands on traditional seasonal color theory to include more varied and inclusive classifications of coloring types. (Amazon India)
The book is practical for anyone interested in improving their wardrobe choices based on color analysis.

🌸 SPRING

General Spring Origins
Ireland, Scotland, England, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Scandinavia
These regions commonly have:

fair skin
freckles
golden or reddish pigments
bright eyes
➡️ Springs often arise where there is light skin + warm pigment + clarity
This matches:
Celt-Nordic blends
Atlantic coast genetics

Spring Recessively Winter — “Camelot”
Often Celtic
Think:
bright eyes
fair skin
contrasting hair
but warmth still present
This describes many Irish/Scottish types

Spring-Autumn “Gingers” — Scotch-Irish
Clear match:
red hair frequencies peak in Celtic & Scottish areas
Autumn warmth + Spring clarity together

Spring Recessively Summer

light moss green undertone, high color and very nice complexion platinum, honey blonde or taupe, yellow-gray, straw or sandy

transparent green-blue, light blue or bright blue-grey or light hazel

Spring-Autumn Both Winter & Summer — Mediterranean-Influenced Springs
Meaning:
➡️ More mixed European ancestry blending warm & cool tones

🌊 SUMMER
General Summer Origins
Finland, Scandinavia, Germany & places invaded by them
Summers = cool, soft, blended coloring
This appears most in:

Finland
Northern Germany
Poland
Baltic States
Russia
parts of Britain
Features:
ash blonde
cool brown
soft grey eyes
low contrast

Summer Recessively Winter
“The Summer who can wear black”
This correlates with:
Baltic / Slavic regions (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Prussia)
Where we see:
Soft features
But deep, strong eyes or hair contrast

Spring-Summer (rare)
Smith says: SPRING-SUMMER wears the Summer, Recessively Spring palette but lighter RARE only from Scandinavia very light blue, in striking contrast to blackness of pupil eyelashes that are so pale as to almost not be there

🍁 AUTUMN
General Autumn Origins
Western Scandinavia
This is fascinating — she suggests:

coastal Norway
Viking-Celt territories
Orkney, Shetland, Hebrides historically
Where:
red hair
freckles
ruddy undertones
golden brown hair
are common

Autumn Recessively Summer — France
Makes sense:
much of France produces soft, muted hair / eye colors
golden skin tones
dusty pigmentation

➡️ soft warm coloring rather than bright

Autumn Recessively Winter
Seen in:
Mediterranean-Nordic blends
Balkan highlands
some Iberian regions
Where:
deep hair
golden skin
strong contrast
co-occur

❄ WINTER
General Winter Origins (Smith)
European, Northern Europe, Russia, Baltics
This matches:

Scandinavia
Baltic States
Northern Russia
Northern / Eastern Germany
Poland
Czech region
Parts of Britain
Why?
Winters = cool, high-contrast, often dark hair + light skin or crystal-clear coloring
These regions show:

light eyes
fair skin
range from dark to light hair, but often cool-toned

Cool Light Winter — Gaelic
Likely pulled from:
Ireland
Scotland
Isle cultures
Where we see:
soft but cool pigmentation
dark hair + fair rosy skin
pale eyes
This aligns beautifully with North Atlantid.

Warm Light Winter — Basque / Central-East Europe
Smith lists:
Basque
Ukraine
Hungary
Romania
Czech
Serbian
These areas show:
dark hair
light skin
neutral-cool undertones
sometimes olive
➡️ This produces Winters with subtle warmth — not true Autumn warmth, but not icy either

Winter Recessively Autumn — Italy
(Except Tuscany per Smith)
Southern and Central Italy frequently produce:
deep hair & eyes
ivory → olive skin
higher contrast
Which visually mimics:
➡️ WINTERS with Mediterranean influence

Winter Recessively Spring — Scandinavia
Meaning:
clear warmth under a mostly cool palette
pale skin
yellow-based hair tones
Matches:
Norwegians and Swedes with golden blondes rather than ash

Winter Recessively Summer — Alpine / Central Europe
Smith lists:
Switzerland
Tyrol Austria
Vosges France
Hungary
Romania
Holland
These are soft cool regions, producing:
➡️ low-saturation Winters or deep Summers

DEEP WINTERS

Western Africa (deep winter, warm undertone)

Eastern Africa

Central Africa (cool deep winter)

Indic People (Arabia)

India

ASIAN WINTERS

China

Russia

Mongolia

Korea

Japan