Personal Color Analysis Consultants for Your Best Palette

Discover the colors that bring clarity, balance, and confidence to your wardrobe with Sterling Personal Styling. Our personal color analysis consultants evaluate undertone, value, intensity, and contrast to create guidance tailored to your natural features. Choose a convenient online analysis, a live virtual session, or an in-person experience where available, then shop, dress, and select makeup with greater certainty.

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Our Personal Color Analysis Consultants Services

Flexible color consultations and resources that turn your natural coloring into practical wardrobe, hair, jewelry, and makeup direction.

Online Color Analysis

Submit unfiltered photos for a personalized assessment using the Sterling Color Quality System. Receive practical color direction based on your hue, value, intensity, and personal contrast levels.

Live Virtual Analysis

Meet one-to-one with a consultant by video for real-time guidance on the colors, hair shades, jewelry, makeup tones, and clothing choices that best support your features.

In-Person Color Express

Book a focused New York consultation combining personal color analysis with shopping guidance. Build confidence choosing flattering pieces and coordinating colors while you browse.

Your Signature Palette

Color Guidance Made Personal and Practical

A personal color analysis gives you more than a seasonal label—it provides a usable framework for getting dressed. Sterling Personal Styling uses the Sterling Color Quality System to consider undertone, temperature, value, chroma, intensity, and contrast. Your resulting guidance can support clothing, hair, jewelry, and makeup choices, helping you create combinations that feel cohesive, reduce uncertain purchases, and keep your wardrobe aligned with your natural coloring.

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Clarity Through Color

Client Transformations

See how focused color direction supports more confident, intentional personal style decisions.

"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

"Excellent color analysis experience!! I purchased the $49.97 package, and had been struggling for a while because I have asian skin with yellow overtones and it is really difficult to find colors that flatter me. Michelle is very direct and seems to have a lot of experience handling this subject,..."

C Leung

"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 really dislike shopping - I feel awkward, I never know what to choose / what will look good on me, or where to go, what will last, etc. I was preparing to start a new job so I contacted Michelle from Sterling Style Academy and she was incredible: she..."

Georgina Blackett

"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 recently purchased the Sterling Style Academy's Online Color Analysis, and it's one of the best decisions I've made for my personal style. At just US$67.97, the value I received was incredible!The analysis revealed something shocking but truly insightful – my personal coloring had dramatically changed! This was a game-changer..."

Heather Anderson

"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

"Excellent color analysis experience!! I purchased the $49.97 package, and had been struggling for a while because I have asian skin with yellow overtones and it is really difficult to find colors that flatter me. Michelle is very direct and seems to have a lot of experience handling this subject,..."

C Leung

"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 really dislike shopping - I feel awkward, I never know what to choose / what will look good on me, or where to go, what will last, etc. I was preparing to start a new job so I contacted Michelle from Sterling Style Academy and she was incredible: she..."

Georgina Blackett

"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 recently purchased the Sterling Style Academy's Online Color Analysis, and it's one of the best decisions I've made for my personal style. At just US$67.97, the value I received was incredible!The analysis revealed something shocking but truly insightful – my personal coloring had dramatically changed! This was a game-changer..."

Heather Anderson

"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

"Excellent color analysis experience!! I purchased the $49.97 package, and had been struggling for a while because I have asian skin with yellow overtones and it is really difficult to find colors that flatter me. Michelle is very direct and seems to have a lot of experience handling this subject,..."

C Leung

"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 really dislike shopping - I feel awkward, I never know what to choose / what will look good on me, or where to go, what will last, etc. I was preparing to start a new job so I contacted Michelle from Sterling Style Academy and she was incredible: she..."

Georgina Blackett

"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 recently purchased the Sterling Style Academy's Online Color Analysis, and it's one of the best decisions I've made for my personal style. At just US$67.97, the value I received was incredible!The analysis revealed something shocking but truly insightful – my personal coloring had dramatically changed! This was a game-changer..."

Heather Anderson
The Sterling Difference

Why Choose Sterling Style Academy?

Work with a color education leader whose method connects visual analysis with real-world style decisions.

Deep Experience

Founder Michelle T. Sterling brings more than 20 years of fashion and image consulting experience.

Modern Method

The Sterling Color Quality System assesses multiple color characteristics beyond a single seasonal classification.

Global Perspective

An alumni community across 60+ countries informs an inclusive approach to diverse personal coloring.

Luxury Insight

Corporate and luxury-fashion experience brings strategic perspective to wardrobe and image recommendations.

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

How much does a color analysis service typically cost?

Sterling’s online color analysis options begin at US$49.97 for a basic analysis delivered within 24 hours using five unfiltered photos. A more detailed online assessment for skin, hair, and clothing is US$97.97. A live online color analysis consultation is US$347, while a live analysis with a virtual closet cleanse is US$597. In-person Color Express Shopping consultations in New York are US$297 for 1.5 hours.

What does a personal color analysis evaluate?

How does an online color analysis work?

Do I need to use traditional seasonal color analysis?

Can a color analysis help me choose makeup and hair color?

What should I prepare for a virtual color consultation?

Can men book a personal color analysis?

Will I receive a color palette after my consultation?

Still Have Questions About Your Colors?

Speak with a stylist about the consultation that fits your goals.

Experienced and Recognized

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.

Find the Colors That Feel Like You

Tell us what you want to refine, and we’ll help you choose the right color analysis consultation.

Contact Us Today

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