Personalized Color Analysis in Chattanooga

Discover the colors that bring out your natural features with a personalized online color analysis from Sterling Style Academy. Chattanooga clients can receive expert guidance on flattering clothing, hair, makeup, and jewelry shades without traveling. Using a modern tonal approach, our consultations help you shop with more confidence, coordinate outfits more easily, and build a wardrobe that feels authentically yours.

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Our Color Analysis Services

Explore virtual color guidance and professional learning options tailored to personal style goals and color-consulting careers.

Online Color Analysis

Submit unfiltered photos for a personalized assessment of your undertone, value, intensity, contrast, and most harmonious clothing colors.

Live Virtual Analysis

Meet with a stylist online for real-time color direction, personalized recommendations, and guidance on clothing, hair, makeup, jewelry, and wardrobe choices.

Color Consultant Training

Learn the Sterling Color Quality System™ through self-paced professional training, instructor feedback, assignments, live tutoring, and certification upon successful completion.

Personalized Color Direction

Find Colors That Feel Like You

Color analysis is more than being assigned a season. Sterling Style Academy evaluates the interplay of undertone, temperature, value, chroma, intensity, and contrast to create guidance that reflects your individual coloring. From Chattanooga, you can access a virtual consultation that clarifies which shades enhance your features, which tones compete with them, and how to apply your results to everyday clothing, hair color, makeup, and accessories.

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Color With Confidence

Client Success Stories

See how informed color choices help clients create more confident, coordinated personal style.

"I just got an online color analysis assessment with Michelle Sterling and it was amazing!! I’ve been wanting my colors done for awhile now but I live in a rural place so no one ever comes here. I googled it and Sterling Style Academy was number one so I did..."

Aspen Egan

"I had a two-hour Colour Express Shopping Session with makeup included, led by Michelle Sterling in Singapore today. The session was incredibly efficient, especially for someone like me who dreads shopping and is a novice when it comes to style. Michelle quickly realized that bright colors and even light pinks..."

VoN

"I wanted to get my 20-year-old daughter a color analysis done for her birthday. So I found Sterling Academy online and I purchased one for both of us. I mistakenly assumed we would have a live consultation online, but once I got past the fact that it would come in..."

Pamela Ruiz

"I booked a virtual styling session and was amazed at how personalized everything felt. From color guidance to wardrobe edits and shopping recommendations, every step was clear and practical. I finally feel like my clothes reflect who I am professionally."

Stéphane A

"I am so happy I found Sterling Style Academy! The online color analysis report I received from Michelle Sterling is going to help me immensely.I recently had my hair done and asked my hairdresser to use cool tones, thinking they would suit me better. She refused, saying I have a..."

Paige Brown

"I did an online colour analysis assessment with Michelle Sterling to learn about my best colours to wear to my brother’s wedding. I love that it’s so easy to do, in the comfort of my own home in Australia. After making an online payment, I sent a few photos to..."

Pinq

"I took the Sterling Style Academy’s online color analysis. The report was done very fast and detailed. I highly recommend."

Jana Dambekalne

"I just got an online color analysis assessment with Michelle Sterling and it was amazing!! I’ve been wanting my colors done for awhile now but I live in a rural place so no one ever comes here. I googled it and Sterling Style Academy was number one so I did..."

Aspen Egan

"I had a two-hour Colour Express Shopping Session with makeup included, led by Michelle Sterling in Singapore today. The session was incredibly efficient, especially for someone like me who dreads shopping and is a novice when it comes to style. Michelle quickly realized that bright colors and even light pinks..."

VoN

"I wanted to get my 20-year-old daughter a color analysis done for her birthday. So I found Sterling Academy online and I purchased one for both of us. I mistakenly assumed we would have a live consultation online, but once I got past the fact that it would come in..."

Pamela Ruiz

"I booked a virtual styling session and was amazed at how personalized everything felt. From color guidance to wardrobe edits and shopping recommendations, every step was clear and practical. I finally feel like my clothes reflect who I am professionally."

Stéphane A

"I am so happy I found Sterling Style Academy! The online color analysis report I received from Michelle Sterling is going to help me immensely.I recently had my hair done and asked my hairdresser to use cool tones, thinking they would suit me better. She refused, saying I have a..."

Paige Brown

"I did an online colour analysis assessment with Michelle Sterling to learn about my best colours to wear to my brother’s wedding. I love that it’s so easy to do, in the comfort of my own home in Australia. After making an online payment, I sent a few photos to..."

Pinq

"I took the Sterling Style Academy’s online color analysis. The report was done very fast and detailed. I highly recommend."

Jana Dambekalne

"I just got an online color analysis assessment with Michelle Sterling and it was amazing!! I’ve been wanting my colors done for awhile now but I live in a rural place so no one ever comes here. I googled it and Sterling Style Academy was number one so I did..."

Aspen Egan

"I had a two-hour Colour Express Shopping Session with makeup included, led by Michelle Sterling in Singapore today. The session was incredibly efficient, especially for someone like me who dreads shopping and is a novice when it comes to style. Michelle quickly realized that bright colors and even light pinks..."

VoN

"I wanted to get my 20-year-old daughter a color analysis done for her birthday. So I found Sterling Academy online and I purchased one for both of us. I mistakenly assumed we would have a live consultation online, but once I got past the fact that it would come in..."

Pamela Ruiz

"I booked a virtual styling session and was amazed at how personalized everything felt. From color guidance to wardrobe edits and shopping recommendations, every step was clear and practical. I finally feel like my clothes reflect who I am professionally."

Stéphane A

"I am so happy I found Sterling Style Academy! The online color analysis report I received from Michelle Sterling is going to help me immensely.I recently had my hair done and asked my hairdresser to use cool tones, thinking they would suit me better. She refused, saying I have a..."

Paige Brown

"I did an online colour analysis assessment with Michelle Sterling to learn about my best colours to wear to my brother’s wedding. I love that it’s so easy to do, in the comfort of my own home in Australia. After making an online payment, I sent a few photos to..."

Pinq

"I took the Sterling Style Academy’s online color analysis. The report was done very fast and detailed. I highly recommend."

Jana Dambekalne
The Sterling Difference

Why Choose Sterling Style Academy?

Learn from an established style education leader with a modern, practical approach to color.

Deep Expertise

Michelle T. Sterling brings more than 20 years of experience across fashion, retail, and image consulting.

Modern Method

Our tonal system assesses multiple color qualities beyond a single traditional seasonal label.

Virtual Access

Chattanooga clients can receive personalized guidance remotely without sacrificing focused, professional color direction.

Global Perspective

Training and consultation experience informed by an alumni community spanning more than 60 countries.

About the Sterling Style Academy

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Michelle T. Sterling

Founder and Training Director

Sterling Style Academy provides professional education in image consulting, personal styling, color analysis, personal shopping and fashion styling for students around the world. Founded by Michelle T. Sterling, the Academy offers both flexible online courses and intensive in-person certification programs designed to build practical, client-ready skills.

Students can choose from the 1-Day Stylist Training, 2-Day Color Analysis Training, 3-Day Fashion Stylist & Color Analysis Training, 5-Day Personal Stylist Training, 7-Day Image Consultant Training, or the comprehensive 2-Week Image Consultant & Personal Stylist Training.

In addition to training students, Sterling Style Academy works with private clients through Sterling Personal Styling, offering image consulting, personal styling, and color analysis services.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is color analysis?

Color analysis is a personalized evaluation of the colors that harmonize with your natural skin, hair, and eye coloring. Sterling Style Academy’s approach considers undertone, temperature, value, chroma, intensity, and personal contrast. The result is practical guidance on shades that can make your complexion appear clearer and more balanced, plus colors that may be less harmonious near your face.

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Have Questions About Your Colors?

Speak with our team about the right virtual consultation option.

Experience & Credentials

Awards and Recognition

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Certified Image Consultant

Multiple Award-Winning, Professionally Certified Image Consultant and Industry Leader

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Corporate LiveWire Award Winner — 2026/2027

Recognized for professional excellence and leadership in the image-consulting and styling industry.

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Most Influential Online Personal Stylist — 2026, Manhattan

Recognized for influence and leadership in online personal styling.

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Featured Expert in Major International Media

Featured in Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, WWD, Business Insider, E! News and HuffPost.

Ready to See Your Best Colors?

Share your goals, and we’ll help you choose the online color analysis experience that fits your needs.

Contact Us Today

You can also send us a quick email at info@sterlingstyleacademy.com.