Deep skin
If your swaps land you here, keep the warm, clear colors at their richest, like a coral or a warm pink that stays clear against your skin. Pale versions can read chalky, so check one at your jaw by a window.
- Coral
Spring, the light one
LightSpring.
Think light, fresh color that sits close to the face without weighing on it.
- Warm ivory
#FBF3E0At the window - Coral
#F4776AOn a video call - Soft brown
#8A6B4FIn the closet
01 Is this you
Is this you?
- DepthLight
- ClarityMedium to clear
- TemperatureWarm
Depth leads. Lightness stands out first, so depth names this season, and warmth decides which side of the ring you sit on.
Nothing in the picture is heavy, so a very deep color can sit apart from you instead of with you.
02 Your colors
Your colors.
Tap a color to copy its HEX.
Neutrals
Accents
Statements
Handle with care
Best white
Warm ivory
#FBF3E0A softer black
Soft dark brown
#5A4331Denim
Light to medium wash, warm blue; ivory denim
03 Wear it
Wear it.
Keep light, warm, slightly clear color closest to your face.
Let deeper colors sit lower down.
Warm ivory, light camel and soft brown are your neutrals.
Let black wait for shoes, a belt or the bottom half.
Keep your pieces one or two steps apart in lightness.
Let one clearer color near your face do the talking.
04 Neighbors
Or a neighbor?
Light Summer
Light Spring
Light Summer
Same light depth. Light Summer leans cool where Light Spring leans warm.
The swap test. Run two swaps, one at a time: light peach against soft pink, then ivory against soft white. Hold each under your chin by a window.
True Spring
Light Spring
True Spring
Both lean warm. True Spring sits at medium depth, where Light Spring stays light.
The swap test. Use this swap only if the gray strip left you close to the line between light and medium. Hold a light peach under your chin by a window, then a medium coral, changing nothing else.
05 Your skin
Same season, your skin.
Olive skin
Olive tends to sit between warm and cool, so a very orange color can pull yellow. Try a warm pink and a light coral by the window and ask whether your skin looks grayer or more yellow-green.
- Coral
Medium to tan skin
A tan can change your depth reading, so run the strip again in another season if your swaps feel different. For now, try a warm pink or a light coral first.
- Coral
Fair skin
Redness in your cheeks can look like a cool undertone when it is only blood flow, so test warm against cool with a rested face. Ivory against cool white, by a window, is a quick first swap.
07 Questions
Questions about Light Spring.
Two apps gave me two seasons.
Photos carry their own light, and a consultant's room has another. The two answers are often next door: Light Summer and True Spring.
Can deep skin be Light Spring?
If your swaps land you here, keep the warm, clear colors at their richest, like a coral or a warm pink that stays clear against your skin. Pale versions can read chalky, so check one at your jaw by a window.
Do I have to give up black?
No. Black can read heavy near your face, so try warm brown or soft navy there, and keep black lower down, in shoes or trousers.
What hair color suits Light Spring?
Hair is the frame around your face, so it shifts how your palette reads. The usual direction is light to medium with a warm lean, like golden blond or a soft warm brown.
Can I be Light Spring and Light Summer at once?
You can sit near the line between them. They share a light depth and differ in temperature, so a result between the two is expected, and your card shows both as neighbors.
What lip color suits Light Spring?
Warm pink or light coral tends to read as part of a light, warm coloring. Pick the depth by how far your lips sit from your skin, and swatch by a window.
Carry Light Spring with you.
A closet in light, warm colors with outfit formulas, the words for a colorist, and a page for your skin tone.
or just the palette on your phone
Not sure it is yours? Take the free test.
