Warm season · 3 sub-seasons
Warm, light and bright: the season that needs freshness and cheer.
If you’re a Spring, you often feel it before you know it.
Black looks harsh on you. Gray drains you. And the minute you hold a coral or a soft green up to your face, someone asks if you just got back from vacation.
The Spring season is for people who look best in colors that are warm, light and bright. Colors with sunshine in them, never heavy.
It’s the most delicate of the two warm seasons: where Autumn can carry depth and muted shades, Spring needs clarity and freshness.
The palette
Warm, light, bright and clear colors. Low to moderate contrast.
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Solid black, charcoal gray, burgundy and any very muted or very cool color near your face. They dim your natural light.
Nothing is off-limits. If you love one of these, wear it away from your face: pants, a skirt, shoes or a bag.
Yellow gold, light rose gold, shiny gold tones. Light, luminous stones: turquoise, coral, peridot.
The 3 sub-seasons
They all share the base of the season. What changes is what leads in your coloring, and that is where precision comes from.
The lightest of the warm seasons: all light and freshness, never heavy.
Sunshine in your skin: golden, cheerful, clear colors.
The most dazzling season: pure, saturated, almost electric colors.
| Sub-season | Temperature | Lightness | Intensity | Contrast | Signature color |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light Spring | Slightly warm | Very light | Medium, fresh | Low | Peach |
| Warm Spring | Very warm | Medium to light | Bright | Moderate | Coral |
| Bright Spring | Neutral to warm | Medium | Very bright | High | Bright Coral |
Makeup and hair
The broad lines change from one sub-season to the next. Here are the basics for each.
Head to head
Spring and Autumn are both warm seasons. The two-color test below tells them apart.
Each Spring sub-season leads with a different trait.
The quiz can’t see your skin react to colors, so read its answer as a hint, not a verdict. Take the free quiz
The two-color test. In daylight, with no makeup, hold a piece of fabric in each of these two colors up to your face. If the coral wakes up your complexion and the rust weighs you down, you lean Spring.
Can’t see the difference? That’s common: we all see through our own taste. Read the Autumn page too, or let the quiz give you a first hint.
The quiz shows you your likely season and a sub-season hint, with no sign-up. A first hint, not a verdict.
Full palette, capsule wardrobe, makeup, hair and a shopping list for each sub-season. Not on sale yet: join the waitlist.
Twelve sub-seasons instead of sixteen, the three things we look at, and why a quiz is only a first hint.
Questions
Both seasons are warm. The difference comes down to lightness and saturation: Spring looks best in light, bright colors, Autumn in deeper, more muted ones. Hold a bright coral and then a rust up to your face, bare-faced, in daylight. Whichever one evens out your complexion gives you the answer.
Yes. Hair color alone never rules out a season. What matters is how your skin reacts to colors. A brunette with golden tones and a luminous complexion can absolutely be a Warm Spring or a Bright Spring.
Nothing is off-limits. But black near your face is the hardest color for a Spring. Save it for the bottom half of your outfit, or swap it for a warm navy, a light chocolate or a camel.
Coral, Peach, Sunshine Yellow, Meadow Green, Pear Green, Warm Turquoise, Lagoon Blue and Light Camel. Each of the three sub-seasons has its own version of this palette.
Solid black, charcoal gray, burgundy and any very muted or very cool color near your face. They dim your natural light. Nothing is off-limits: if you love one of them, wear it away from your face.
Yellow gold, light rose gold, shiny gold tones. Light, luminous stones: turquoise, coral, peridot.
Light Spring: Peach, light coral, salmon pink. Light, glossy formulas rather than matte, dark ones. Warm Spring: Coral, poppy red, rich peach. Orange-leaning reds are your reds. Bright Spring: Tomato red, bright coral, watermelon pink. You can pull off a bold lip.
Start with the free quiz. It shows you your likely season and a sub-season hint in two minutes: a first hint, not a verdict.