Online Color Analysis
Submit unfiltered photos for a personalized assessment of your undertone, value, intensity, and contrast. Receive color direction that helps you choose flattering clothing, hair, makeup, and jewelry shades.
Discover the colors that make your natural features look brighter, more balanced, and unmistakably you. Sterling Personal Styling delivers personalized online color analysis for Greensboro clients using the Sterling Color Quality System, evaluating undertone, value, intensity, and contrast. Receive practical direction for clothing, makeup, hair, and accessories—ideal for building a polished wardrobe through North Carolina’s changing seasons.

Personalized virtual color guidance, from focused palette analysis to live styling and wardrobe support.
Submit unfiltered photos for a personalized assessment of your undertone, value, intensity, and contrast. Receive color direction that helps you choose flattering clothing, hair, makeup, and jewelry shades.
Meet virtually with a professional stylist for real-time color guidance. Explore your best shades, ask questions, and receive tailored recommendations for dressing with greater clarity and confidence.
Combine live color analysis with a virtual closet review to identify wearable favorites, refine shopping priorities, and create outfits that support your personal coloring and lifestyle.
Rather than relying on a one-size-fits-all seasonal label, Sterling Personal Styling evaluates the color qualities that work together in your appearance: hue, value, intensity, and contrast. Your personalized guidance makes everyday decisions easier, from choosing a work-ready top to selecting makeup or a hair shade. For Greensboro clients, virtual delivery provides expert direction without adding another appointment across town.

See how thoughtful image guidance helps clients make confident, intentional wardrobe decisions.
Expert-led virtual guidance built around your individual coloring and goals.
The Sterling Color Quality System assesses undertone, value, intensity, and contrast for nuanced recommendations.
Michelle T. Sterling brings more than 20 years of fashion and image consulting experience.
Greensboro clients can receive personalized professional color guidance conveniently through an online consultation.
A worldwide alumni network informs an inclusive approach to varied coloring, style, and goals.

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.
Color analysis is a personalized assessment of the colors that best support your natural features. Sterling Personal Styling considers qualities such as skin undertone, color temperature, value or depth, intensity, and personal contrast. The result is practical guidance for selecting clothing, makeup, jewelry, and hair colors that look harmonious rather than overpowering or draining.
Speak with a stylist about the consultation that fits your goals.

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

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

Recognized for influence and leadership in online personal styling.
Featured in Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, WWD, Business Insider, E! News and HuffPost.
Share your color and style goals, and we’ll help you select the virtual consultation that suits you.
You can also send us a quick email at info@sterlingstyleacademy.com.
You can also send us a quick email at info@sterlingstyleacademy.com.