I just saw this response to a Facebook draping post this morning:
"There is no such thing as a dark summer, obviously it doesn't work on you. You are not soft, so it doesn't work. You can't be soft and deep. These are opposite ends of the spectrum, so it does not work."
This bothers me.
More and more, I find myself thinking in terms of color attributes and not seasonal "boxes." What biological reason is there that someone could not be both soft and deep? There is not one... instead it is that the standard 12-season system doesn't support the ability to be both soft and deep (and cool).
I think the same could apply for the Myers-Briggs system. One of the more common complaints is that it forces you into one or the other function for each process. I will say though that in my training every mentor emphasizes time and again that we use both functions within the mental process... we just find one preferential or more natural.
What do you think? Do seasonal labels help us communicate or are they becoming too limiting as you learn more about color theory and personal color presentation?