Online Color Analysis
Receive a personalized assessment using the Sterling Color Quality System, with guidance on colors for your skin, hair, clothing, jewelry, and makeup. Choose a photo-based analysis or a live virtual consultation.
Discover the colors that make your natural features stand out with a personalized online color analysis from Sterling Personal Styling. From Madison’s changing seasons to professional, everyday, and special-occasion dressing, you’ll receive practical guidance for clothing, makeup, hair, and accessories. Our modern tonal approach goes beyond a one-size-fits-all seasonal label, helping you shop and dress with greater clarity and confidence.
Explore virtual color guidance and practical tools designed to make personal color choices easier.
Receive a personalized assessment using the Sterling Color Quality System, with guidance on colors for your skin, hair, clothing, jewelry, and makeup. Choose a photo-based analysis or a live virtual consultation.
Use a customizable digital palette featuring 120 Pantone colors organized by seasonal color types. Save colors for mood boards, personalize client materials, or reference your most flattering shades while shopping.
Learn core color concepts—including undertone, depth, and chroma—with a digital guide that helps you evaluate harmonious wardrobe colors without relying solely on traditional drapes or swatches.
A thoughtful color analysis can simplify every wardrobe decision. Sterling Personal Styling evaluates the interplay of your undertone, color temperature, value, chroma, intensity, and personal contrast to identify shades that support your natural coloring. For Madison clients, virtual delivery makes expert guidance accessible without travel, whether you are refining a work wardrobe, choosing makeup, or planning looks for Wisconsin’s distinct seasons.
See how personalized color direction brings confidence and consistency to everyday style choices.
Color guidance grounded in established image-consulting experience and a modern, individualized method.
Benefit from a founder with 20+ years across image consulting, fashion, retail, and corporate environments.
Our tonal system considers contrast, intensity, depth, and temperature beyond a basic seasonal label.
Madison clients can receive professional color direction online without coordinating travel to an in-person location.
Our alumni network spans 60+ countries, reflecting broad experience across diverse personal colorings and style needs.
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 evaluation of the colors that work harmoniously with your natural features. Sterling’s approach considers undertone, temperature, value, chroma, intensity, and personal contrast rather than assigning color choices from a single characteristic. The result is practical guidance for clothing, makeup, hair color, jewelry, and accessories, helping you recognize shades that create a more balanced and intentional appearance.
Speak with a stylist about the right virtual analysis option.
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.
Tell us what you want to improve, and we’ll help you select an online color analysis option that fits your goals.
You can also send us a quick email at info@sterlingstyleacademy.com.
You can also send us a quick email at info@sterlingstyleacademy.com.