True Summer Colour Palette

Summer family · Cool · soft · medium

You suit cool, blue-based colours with a gentle finish. Think rose, raspberry and soft blues rather than anything golden or neon.

UndertoneCool (blue-pink)
Value (depth)Light to medium
Chroma (clarity)Soft to medium
ContrastLow to medium

The True Summer colour palette

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

Raspberry#C1446B
Dusty blue#6F8FB8
Soft teal#4F9A9A
Soft plum#8E5A85
Rose pink#D9839A
Blue spruce#3F6E7A
Cornflower#6487C8
Lavender grey#A79BC2
Watermelon#E0607A
Cool sage#8EAE9E
Periwinkle#7C86C9
Soft fuchsia#C25A9C

True Summer neutrals

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

Soft white#F4F4F2
Rose taupe#A38E8A
Blue grey#7D8A99
Navy#2E3E5E
Cool charcoal#4A4E57

Colours True Summers should avoid near the face

Orange#F07A1A
Camel#C99A62
Mustard#C9A12A
Bright yellow#FFD400
Best metalsSilver and platinum
Best whiteSoft white
Season familySummer

Are you a True Summer?

True Summers often have:

  • Cool, rosy or neutral-cool skin
  • Ash blonde to ash brown hair, often with no gold
  • Soft blue, grey-blue or grey-green eyes

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

True Summer or a similar season?

True Summer vs Soft Summer

Soft Summer is more muted and smoky, and suits dusty, greyed colours. See the Soft Summer palette

True Summer vs True Winter

True Winter is cool too but much higher contrast, suiting pure, icy and jewel colours. See the True Winter palette

True Summer make-up and hair

Lipstick shades

Rose, Raspberry, Cool berry.

Hair colours

Cool brown: Ash brown, Mushroom brown, Cool medium brown; Cool blonde: Ash blonde, Beige blonde, Dark ash blonde.

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.

Find out if you're a True Summer

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The other seasons

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