Light Summer Colour Palette

Summer family · Light · cool · soft

Your colouring is soft, light and cool. Gentle pastels with a blue undertone flatter you, while strong orange or black can feel heavy.

UndertoneCool (light and soft)
Value (depth)Light
Chroma (clarity)Soft to medium
ContrastLow

The Light Summer colour palette

The colours that flatter Light Summer colouring most, best worn near the face.

Powder blue#A9C8E8
Soft rose#E8A5B5
Lavender#B9A8E0
Seafoam#9FD8CC
Light raspberry#D9668A
Periwinkle#94A3DB
Sky#8EC1E6
Soft lilac#CDB4DB
Cool mint#B5E3D8
Soft watermelon#F08AA0
Cornflower#6F93D6
Pale aqua#A8DDE0

Light Summer neutrals

The backbone of a Light Summer wardrobe: coats, trousers, bags and shoes.

Soft white#F7F7F5
Light pewter#B8BCC2
Rose beige#D8C2BC
Soft navy#4A5A80
Grey blue#8C9BAE

Colours Light Summers should avoid near the face

Black#141414
Orange#F07A1A
Mustard#C9A12A
Rust#A44A24
Best metalsSilver, white gold or rose gold
Best whiteSoft white
Season familySummer

Are you a Light Summer?

Light Summers often have:

  • Light, cool or pinkish skin that can flush easily
  • Ash blonde or light ash brown hair
  • Soft blue, grey or light green eyes

These are common traits, not rules: any skin tone can be any season. The surest way is a daylight selfie.

Light Summer or a similar season?

Light Summer vs Light Spring

Light Spring is light too, but warm: it suits peach and gold where you suit rose and silver. See the Light Spring palette

Light Summer vs True Summer

True Summer is a little deeper and more clearly cool. See the True Summer palette

Light Summer make-up and hair

Lipstick shades

Soft pink nude, Rose pink, Cool pink.

Hair colours

Cool blonde: Ash blonde, Beige blonde, Pearl blonde; Light cool brown: Light ash brown, Mushroom.

In the full report

A 45-colour extended palette, blush, eyeshadow and foundation shades, hair colours to ask your colourist for, a style guide for your shape, and a try-on studio to see it all on you.

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