Deep skin
If your swaps land you here, keep the cool, soft colors at their richest, like a rose or a raspberry that stays clear against your skin. Pale versions can read chalky, so check one at your jaw by a window.
Summer, the light one
LightSummer.
Think light, soft color with a quiet cool base, easy on the face.
- Powder blue
#A9C8E6At the window - Rose pink
#E58EA9On a video call - Dusty navy
#4A5E7DIn the closet
01 Is this you
Is this you?
- DepthLight
- ClaritySoft to medium
- TemperatureCool-leaning
Depth leads. Lightness stands out first, so depth names this season, and a cool lean decides that it sits on the Summer side of the ring.
Very deep colors can sit apart from that, and softer ones tend to sit with it.
02 Your colors
Your colors.
Tap a color to copy its HEX.
Neutrals
Accents
Statements
Handle with care
Best white
Soft white
#F6F4F0A softer black
Dusty navy
#4A5E7DDenim
Light wash, bleached, soft blue
03 Wear it
Wear it.
Keep light, soft color with a cool base closest to your face.
Color near your face reflects onto your skin and frames it, so a light, cool, soft color there echoes your low depth and keeps your face first.
Soft white, cool gray and dusty navy are your neutrals.
Keep black for lower down.
Keep your pieces a step or two apart in lightness.
Add one soft accent near your face.
04 Neighbors
Or a neighbor?
Light Spring
Light Summer
Light Spring
Same light depth. Light Spring leans warm where Light Summer leans cool.
The swap test. Run two swaps, one at a time: soft pink against light peach, then soft white against ivory. Hold each under your chin by a window.
True Summer
Light Summer
True Summer
Both lean cool. True Summer sits at medium depth, where Light Summer 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 powder pink under your chin by a window, then a medium pink with some gray in it.
05 Your skin
Same season, your skin.
Olive skin
Olive tends to sit between warm and cool, so a cool pink can turn it gray. Try a soft rose and a lavender by the window and ask whether your skin looks grayer or more yellow-green.
- Lavender
Medium to tan skin
A tan can deepen your depth reading for a season, so run the strip again in another season if your swaps feel different. For now, try a soft rose or a powder blue first.
- Powder blue
Fair skin
Redness in your cheeks can look like a cool undertone when it is only blood flow, so test cool against warm with a rested face. Soft white against ivory, by a window, is a quick first swap.
- Soft white
07 Questions
Questions about Light Summer.
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 Spring and True Summer.
Do I have to give up black?
No. A harsh black can read heavy near your face, and soft navy or charcoal blue sit closer there.
Does fair skin mean I am a Summer?
No. Fair skin is not filed under one season.
Can Light Summer wear black?
Black can read heavy next to a light coloring, so it tends to work lower down, in shoes, a belt or trousers. Near your face, dusty navy or charcoal blue keeps the depth with less edge.
What lip color suits Light Summer?
Soft rose or a light berry tends to read as part of a light, cool-leaning coloring. Pick the depth by how far your lips sit from your skin, and check the shade by a window.
Carry Light Summer with you.
A closet in light, cool 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.
