Color analysis (art) Color analysis (art) Color analysis (American English; colour analysis in Commonwealth English), also known as personal color analysis (PCA), seasonal color analysis, or skin-tone matching, is a term often used within the cosmetics and fashion industry to describe a method of determining the colors of clothing and makeup that harmonise with a person's skin complexion, eye color, and hair color with the benefit of being able to use this tool for wardrobe planning and style consulting. Color analysis demonstrates how certain shades are capable of being flattering or, conversely, unflattering by observing the optical illusions that occur on the face
Shades of black "X11 web colors". The color "ebony" is a representation of the color of the wood ebony, a tropical hardwood widely used to make fine furniture, notably for French kings. The first use of "ebony" as a color name in English was in 1590. The color displayed at right matches the color sample called "taupe" referenced below in the 1930 book "A Dictionary of Color", the world standard for color terms before the invention of computers. However, the word "taupe" is currently often used to refer to lighter shades of taupe, and therefore another name for this color is "dark taupe".