True Spring color palette: a cozy corner painted in its colors

Spring · Color season

True Spring color palette

Warm and bright

Also called Warm Spring

Warm and lively, like a fruit market in April.

Warmth is your thing: golden skin, warm hair, a sunny look. Clear, warm colors with plenty of yellow in them make you shine; cool, icy or grayish ones turn you pale.

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The True Spring palette: 24 colors

With their names and hex codes. The first twelve are the essentials; the other twelve round out the palette.

The essentials

  • Coral#FF7F50
  • Tangerine#FFA33A
  • Sunflower#F6C343
  • Apple green#8DC63F
  • Turquoise#20B2AA
  • Poppy#FF5A4A
  • Salmon#F5A27A
  • Lagoon#33A1D6
  • Golden#D99A2B
  • Grass green#3CB371
  • Camel#D8B07A
  • Cream#FFF4D6

More colors

  • Daffodil#FFE14D
  • Peach#FFB98A
  • Watermelon#FF6F7D
  • Violet#8A6FD8
  • Periwinkle#8FA6F0
  • Aquamarine#4FD1C5
  • Jade#00A383
  • Leaf green#6BB24A
  • Cinnamon#C98A4B
  • Cocoa#8A5A3B
  • Navy#2F4F8F
  • Ivory#FFF8E7

True Spring neutrals, metal and lips

Neutrals

  • Cream #FFF4D6
  • Camel #D8B07A
  • Cocoa #8A5A3B

Metal

Yellow gold

Your white

  • Ivory #FFF8E7

Your black

  • Navy #2F4F8F

For your lips

  • Coral #FF7F50
  • Poppy #FF5A4A
  • Peach #FFB98A

True Spring hair and makeup

Hair

True Spring hair color tends to need warmth you can see: golden blonde, clear copper or a sunny golden brown. Dark hair looks its best with cinnamon or golden highlights, and gray with a warm cream cast rather than steel. Ash blonde, cool burgundy and blue-black usually drain the yellow this season relies on.

Makeup

True Spring makeup likes clear, warm color. Reach for a salmon blush, then coral, poppy or peach lips, and golden, cinnamon or cocoa shadow, with a line of turquoise if you feel like it. Leave out icy pink, gray-toned shadow and burgundy lipstick, which tend to leave the face pale.

True Spring colors to avoid

The ones that dull this coloring most, next to the face.

  • Black #111111
  • Icy pink #F4D9E4
  • Dove gray #A9A9B3
  • Burgundy #6D1A36

Where it sits

Every season is a point on three axes: undertone, depth and chroma. The one that defines it is marked.

Undertone: Warm Defining trait

CoolWarm

Golden, peach or olive undertones: colors with a touch of yellow light you up.

Depth: Light

LightDeep

Light hair, eyes or skin: soft, airy colors are your best.

Chroma: Bright

SoftBright

Your features are clear and contrasted: pure, vivid colors make you glow.

Neighboring seasons

The two closest to True Spring: if a color here doesn’t convince you, look at theirs.

Opposite season

The palette furthest from True Spring.

How to wear it

  • Wear your colors close to your face: a top, a scarf, your glasses. Further away, they matter less.
  • Build on your neutrals, then add one or two colors from the palette.
  • Try them in daylight, next to your face: the right ones even out your skin and light up your eyes.

A test can’t see you, so take it as a starting point: try your colors next to your face, in daylight.

All twelve seasons