Warm or Ash Colours?

There's the whole "finding your season" thing, but I've never really put any great amount of stock in to it, to be honest.  I fit the "winter" profile, but yellow and pastels look awful on me.

I fit Summer but it's not 100% right for me either. What you could try is taking a cold toned (a blue or a green or something) and a warm toned (a red or pink etc.) piece of fabric/clothing/curtain/whatever and keeping it next to your face or tying it around your neck, and alternate them. This often gives insight in what range looks best on you.

I only knew when I dyed my hair green and I instantly looked ill, haha. Sometimes it's trial and error.

They say the ultimate test is to look at the veins on the inside of your wrist/arm.  If they look greener, then you're warm.  If they look bluer, then you're cool.

I've tried for ages to figure out what season I am and can't tell!  And my veins seem to be between green and blue, lol.  All I know is I've always liked cooler, ashier-toned hair on me, so maybe that's the answer... whatever is your preference!

P.S.  When I was like 15, I remember absolutely loving the book by Carole Jackson, "Color Me Beautiful" (I think it was called), probably memorised most of it.  It still didn't help, lol, but it was such a fun book!

My veins (what I can see of them, anyway, they're tiny) look like a bluey-greeney-grey.

The shirt/paper thing is a good idea--helps you figure out how certain colours look against your face.