Cohort 1 · Starts June 1

Become a Certified Color Analyst.

Six weeks. Five seats. Train with Paige. Master the 12 seasons. Launch a studio of your own.

6 weeks4 modules16 lessons6 live calls5 seats
Paige McPartland teaching color analysis in the studio
Paige with a color analysis client

Studio training + real client work

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Who this is for.

Cohort 1 is for people who want to turn color analysis into a real client-facing skill.

Stylists, MUAs, and beauty pros

Add color analysis to the work you already do with clients and give your recommendations more authority.

Future color analysts starting from zero

Learn the language, visual reads, client flow, and practice standard before you start charging.

Boutique owners and personal brands

Build a service that pairs naturally with wardrobes, shopping, makeup, content, and client transformation.

Not for
  • Passive hobby learning with no practice
  • Anyone who wants a certificate without doing real client work
  • People looking to copy Paige instead of learning the method behind the calls
After Certification

What you can actually do with it.

The goal is not just to finish a course. The goal is to feel ready to sit with a real client, make a clear season call, explain it beautifully, and package the service professionally.

  • Run a complete 12-season color analysis consultation from intake to final palette
  • Explain undertone, value, chroma, contrast, and sub-season logic in client-friendly language
  • Make cleaner season calls and know what to do when a client is close between two palettes
  • Price, package, and present your color analysis offer with a launch-ready studio workflow
  • Use The Color Girl certification language, certificate, and trained-by badge after approval

What you'll leave with.

A real certification badge

The "Trained by The Color Girl" credential — something tangible to show clients and place on your studio site.

Recorded client sessions

Real consultations you can replay forever. See exactly how Paige reads each season, every contrast level, every sub-season call.

A launch-ready studio playbook

Pricing, scripts, intake forms, and the operational template Paige uses every week. Plug-and-play, not theory.

Direct access to Paige

Cohort 1 includes the private WhatsApp community chat, direct access to Paige, and unlimited mentoring with no extra mentoring fees.

This is Paige's actual training.

Built from the real Color Girl studio process, not generic slides or borrowed theory.

The studio process Paige uses now

You are learning the same client-facing framework Paige uses in real consultations, not a generic color theory download.

Real client reads and correction

The training is built around how to see undertone, value, chroma, and contrast on actual people, with live Q&A when the reads get nuanced.

Business tools included

You get the client scripts, intake thinking, service structure, and launch pieces that turn the analysis skill into a real offer.

How you become certified.

The certificate is earned through training, checkpoints, real client work, and Paige's personal review.

01

Train with the system

Work through the core recorded lessons, real session walkthroughs, and six live cohort calls with Paige.

02

Pass the checkpoints

Complete the lesson quizzes and module assessments so you are proving the process, not just watching the videos.

03

Submit 3 real clients

Document three real client analyses with your season call, photos, and the undertone, value, and chroma rationale.

04

Get Paige's review

Paige reviews your final work personally. Once approved, your certificate and "Trained by The Color Girl" badge unlock.

Certification Standard

Earned, not automatic.

Cohort 1 is intentionally small because Paige is reviewing the work. The certificate means you completed the training and proved you can apply the Color Girl method with real clients.

  • Complete the core recorded lessons
  • Attend or watch all 6 live cohort calls
  • Pass quizzes and module checkpoints
  • Submit 3 real client analyses with rationale
  • Receive Paige's final approval

What's inside Cohort 1.

4 modules · 16 lessons · 2h 22m of core recorded training · 6 live calls · 12 quizzes

01

Welcome

Meet Paige and learn how to get the most out of this certification.

1 lesson
02

Foundations of Color Analysis

The science of seasonal color. Undertone, value, and chroma — the three properties every analyst must read in a client.

3 lessons
03

The 4 Seasons and 8 Subseasons

Master the full Munsell-based 12-season system. Learn to distinguish flow seasons, sub-seasons, and how to call the right palette every time.

8 lessons
04

Running Live Client Sessions

Inside Paige's actual sessions. How she educates clients beforehand, finds undertone live on the drape stand, and arrives at the season call.

4 lessons
Paige McPartland, The Color Girl
Your Instructor

Paige McPartland — The Color Girl

Paige is the founder of The Color Girl in Miami Beach, where color analysis is not a side concept. It is the actual studio service clients book, travel for, and talk about. This certification pulls from the way she reads real faces, handles real client questions, and turns seasonal color into a full client experience.

In this cohort, she shares the practical system behind the sessions: what to look for first, how to explain a close call, how to build trust during the consultation, and how to package the result so clients leave confident.

Real studio processHundreds of client reads12-season method
I teach the way I wish someone had taught me — practical, generous, and grounded in real client work.

What 6 weeks looks like.

A weekly cadence designed to compound — every call builds on the last.

Week 1

Foundations

Seasonal color, client flow, the language of analysis, and how Paige thinks through the room before a call.

Week 2

Undertone

Warm vs cool reads, the drape comparisons Paige relies on, and how to explain undertone without sounding clinical.

Week 3

Value and chroma

Light vs dark, bright vs soft, contrast patterns, and the reads that separate close seasons.

Week 4

The 12 seasons

How the four main seasons become twelve client-ready palettes, with sub-season logic and real examples.

Week 5

Real client practice

Practice season calls, document your rationale, and start preparing the three client submissions for review.

Week 6

Certification review

Finalize client submissions, tighten your consultation flow, and prepare your launch offer.

Founding Cohort Advantage

For Cohort 1, the access is massive.

This first round is intentionally more hands-on. Paige is building the certification around a small group, so Cohort 1 gets the closest access, the most feedback, and no added mentoring fees.

  • Unlimited access to Paige during the first cohort
  • No separate mentoring fees for Cohort 1 students
  • Private WhatsApp community chat with direct access
  • Personal review of your 3 client certification submissions
  • Founding-student feedback loop as Paige builds the certification with you

How approval works.

No public checkout link. Apply first, then approved students receive the private payment link.

01

Apply

Tell Paige about your background, city, and why you want to offer color analysis.

02

Paige reviews

Applications are reviewed personally for fit, readiness, and city availability.

03

Get approved

Approved applicants receive a private payment link by email to confirm the seat.

04

Start training

After payment, your dashboard unlocks and cohort details are sent before the first call.

Everything included for Cohort 1.

Recorded training, six live calls, private cohort access, certification review, and unlimited first-cohort mentoring.

  • HD video lessons taught by Paige
  • Real recorded client session walkthroughs
  • 6 weekly live group calls with Paige (Google Meet)
  • Color analysis certification + "Trained by The Color Girl" badge
  • Lifetime access to all recordings and updates
  • Private WhatsApp community chat with direct access to Paige
  • Unlimited Cohort 1 mentoring included — no extra mentoring fees
  • 3-client certification review personally reviewed by Paige
Apply for Cohort 1

Apply first — we review every application personally.

Common questions.

No. Cohort 1 is built for new analysts as well as stylists, makeup artists, and beauty pros adding color to an existing practice. We start with foundations and build up. The application is mostly to confirm fit, not to gate experience.

Five seats. Six weeks. One studio of your own.

Cohort 1 begins June 1. Applications close when 5 seats are filled.

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