The SPHERE Palettes

45 different palettes to cover the full range of human colouring
A complete circle of hues in each palette – no undertones or pre-curated seasons
Unique design to make finding and swatching your colours easier than ever

What colours are in a Sphere palette?

Sphere palettes each contain 320 colours in total, spread out over 16 cards. All of these are precisely calibrated to your temperature and brightness (tonality).

For the clear colours, we have: pink, red, orange, yellow, chartreuse, sap green, true green, turquoise, cyan, blue, purple and violet.
You get a full card for each of these, so you can see the light to dark and warm to cool span that you have. You get an overview of the entire section of colour space that works as your clear pink, red, etc….

In the dark colours, we have the same hues but now in a darkened version, giving us amaranth (darkened pink), burgundy (darkened red), rust (etc.), camel, pea green, kiwi green, emerald, teal, petrol, navy, grape and aubergine.

In the pastels, the same hues are lightened and that gives blossom, coral, salmon, lemon, lime, pistachio, mint, aqua, sky blue, arctic blue, iris and orchid.

Both the darks and pastels are condensed into one card each – together with the clear colour cards, they also give you an overview of your your pastel and dark

Then there are the neutrals, the taupe family going from cream, beige, sand, taupe, bark brown to coal black, and the grey family going from white, chrome, steel, graphite to black.

The Feeling

Finding your own colours is always going to be special. It affirms your sense of who you are, helps you understand what you are made of, and brings permission to simply be. The pressure of ‘not good enough’ falls away. That’s the internal part.

From a practical perspective, so much money, time and energy gets saved when you know exactly what works and what doesn’t. Getting dressed, buying clothes, wearing makeup if you choose to, flattering hair colours – all of it becomes easy and doable.

The Difference

Get the beautiful results you always wanted, and skip the fluff.

No seasons – Sphere palettes are not seasonal, because seasonal palettes violate how colours behave in nature in multiple ways – it’s a long story. You can read it here.
No undertones – Contrary to common belief, undertones are sign of disharmony. Think of a red lipstick that turns orange when you put it on – the orange undertone appears because that red is too warm for you. The right temperature red lipstick just stays red, without undertone.
No mess – Sphere palettes are ‘what it says on the tin’: containing all and only colours of their temperature and tonality. There are no colours left out, and no colours put in that have no business being there.
Nobody left out – Stereotypes have no place in colour analysis. Dark-skinned people can have Light(leaning) palettes, not every redhead has a warm temperature, and Soft palettes are not the waste bin for people that don’t seem to fit anywhere.

Sphere is pure colour science instead. For everyone who wants to get their colours right, once and for all.

The Goal

The goal is beautiful style and storytelling for everyone.

Beauty is as easy as getting your colours right. Which Sphere makes truly easy since the science actually tracks and all the work is done for you.

Storytelling starts from the colours you selected from your Sphere to be your Signature.

Since your Sphere palette contains your ideal version of every single colour, you have complete freedom to select the colours that bring you joy.

The Science

Sphere palettes are determined by temperature and tonality.
Temperature comes in 5 steps, labeled A to E: cool (A), cool-neutral (B), neutral (C), warm-neutral (D) and warm (E).
Sphere uses relative temperature (warmer and cooler versions within each hue) instead of absolute temperature (‘warm-feeling’ hues vs ‘cool-feeling’ hues). For colour harmony, it’s relative temperature that matters. Absolute temperature doesn’t (it only affects storytelling).
Tonality is a combination of brightness and light-dark qualities, and has 9 categories, labeled 1 to 9: Bright (1), Bright-Light (2), Bright-Dark (3), Light (4), Median (5), Dark (6), Soft-Light (7), Soft-Dark (8) and Soft (9)
Crucially, every combination of temperature and tonality is possible. That gives 5 x 9 = 45 palettes in total
We find your temperature and tonality by draping under high CRI daylight lamps inside a neutral grey surround, or by using calibrated tester cards for online analysis.

The Process

Sphere colour analysis appointments are available in-person AND online. In both cases, I will guide you to observe, test and interpret colour, so you understand what palette we chose for you and why.

In-person appointments consist of:

Short intro in colour theory
Draping to find your Sphere palette
Finding your orientation, affinity, tolerance and preference
Creating your Signature from your Sphere
Makeup swatching, sorting and application
Reveal
Swatching and sorting clothes
Questions

In-person appointments take between 3-4 hours and are now available at a special introduction price: 350 euro, including EU VAT and including Sphere palette (value 120 euro).

Book your SPHERE colour analysis (IN PERSON in NL)

Online appointments consist of:

Taking pictures with calibration items to send via email
Online video meeting 1: Short intro in colour theory, and determining the likely contenders for your palette
Receiving sample cards via post to observe, test and compare colours from each palette
Online video meeting 2: determining your palette
Receiving palette via post
Online video meeting 3: finding your orientation, affinity, tolerance and preference, and creating Signature
PDF with makeup advice, swatching and sorting instructions
PDF with swatching instruction
Email support throughout

Online Sphere appointments are a multi-stage process spread out over a number of weeks, depending on postal delivery times and online scheduling, among other things. Now available at a special introduction price:

For EU residents: 350 euro including EU VAT, including Sphere palette (value 120 euro, incl. VAT) and international shipping

For non-EU residents: 290 euro excluding EU VAT (for residents from outside the EU only!), including Sphere palette (value 99,17 euro, excluding VAT) and international shipping.

Book your SPHERE colour analysis (ONLINE)

SPHERE FAQ

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The Terms and Conditions

Sphere appointments are non-refundable.

If you feel your result isn’t accurate, please get in touch and we’ll discuss if and what needs to change.

Cancellation and Rescheduling
Cancelling or rescheduling an appointment, online or in person both, needs to be done 24 hours before start of the appointment at the latest. When cancelling less than 24 hours before start of the appointment, you will be charged 50% of the appointment fee.

General Terms and Conditions
Æquitela provides advice for clothing, wardrobe building and personal style. Following that advice is at your own risk and discretion. Æquitela is not responsible for any damage or loss that might result as a consequence of following the advice. You are solely responsible for your actions, including but not limited to: buying of clothing, makeup and accessories, donations to thrift-stores and similar, and modifications (such as dyeing or alterations) to your clothes by you or someone else.

Æquitela reserves the right to change the pricing for services and products, at any moment and without notice.

SPHERE COLOUR ANALYSIS