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Color analysis · Spring

Light Spring

The lightest warm season. Light Spring sits next to Light Summer, and the two share delicacy — but Light Spring's palette is warmed with gold where Light Summer's is cooled with blue.

The read

Value
Light
Chroma
Medium
Temperature
Warm-leaning
Family
Spring

Your palette

Peach#FFCBA4
Warm pink#FFB0B8
Mint#A8E6CF
Buttercup#FFE680
Light coral#FF9E80
Light aqua#7FDBDA

Neutrals

Ivory#F5EFE0
Light warm gray#D6CEC2
Light camel#D2AF83

Metals

Light yellow gold and rose gold. Keep the metal delicate — heavy antique gold is too much weight. How your metal is measured.

Wear

  • Light, warm, gently saturated color
  • Tonal light-on-light outfits rather than high contrast
  • Ivory instead of stark white

Avoid

  • Black and charcoal
  • Deep burgundy, forest, espresso — anything heavy
  • Strong dark-light contrast

Not sure? Check the neighbors

Most mistyping happens between adjacent seasons. These are the two most likely to be confused with Light Spring.

Light SpringLight Summer

Light Spring or Light Summer? Compare peach against soft rose at the jaw. If peach warms the skin and rose grays it, you're Light Spring.

See the full Light Summer palette →

Light SpringTrue Spring

Light Spring or True Spring? If full golden yellow and poppy red look heavy rather than vivid on you, you're Light Spring rather than True.

See the full True Spring palette →

How Light Spring dresses

Light, warm and delicate. It carries light navy and warm pale neutrals; charcoal and heavy dark suits overwhelm the face rather than framing it.

Neutrals to build on

Better than the defaults

Nearly every season has a stronger version of black, white and gray. Swapping these three is the single change that makes a wardrobe look chosen rather than assembled.

Instead of blackCocoa, Light Navy
Instead of whiteSoft White, Oatmeal
Instead of grayWarm Light Gray, Mushroom

Light Spring for men

A Spring man's wardrobe fails in the same predictable way: he buys the charcoal-and-black uniform that suits his colleagues and wonders why he looks tired in it. Warmth in the neutral is the whole fix.

Tailoring

NavyLight Navy #4A5A74
CharcoalSoft Charcoal #54504A
Light grayWarm Light Gray #BCB4A6
Mid grayMushroom #A89A88
Dark grayPebble Gray #7A7264
BrownLight Camel, Soft Tan, Cocoa
EveningDeep Cocoa #5A452F

Black and white — the most common Spring mistake

Spring buys black because everyone else does, and it is the single choice that most reliably makes a Spring look tired. The warmth in this coloring has nothing to answer black with. Warm charcoal, deep brown or navy carry the same weight, and cream beats optic white against golden skin every time.

Warm weather

Dress shirts

Ties

Leather — shoes, belt, watch strap

Belt, shoes and strap sit in the same frame as your face all day. Matching their temperature to your coloring is the cheapest upgrade in a wardrobe.

Men’s color analysis · All twelve seasons’ suit colors

Light Spring for women

The palette below is sorted the way clothes are actually bought: colors to wear weekly first, then the accents that work best in small doses against the neutrals above.

Everyday color

Accents

Shoes & bags — neutral
  • Bone
  • Warm Nude
  • Light Camel
  • Taupe Suede
  • Cocoa
Shoes & bags — accent
  • Coral Pink
  • Warm Pink
  • Clear Aqua

Women’s color analysis · Makeup by season · Hair color

Makeup

Peach and soft coral lips, warm light pink blush, champagne and soft gold eyes. Nothing smoky.

Makeup colors for Spring seasons →

Hair color

Hair color follows the same undertone and depth as the palette above, which is why a shade that flatters one Spring can fall flat on another.

Hair colors that suit Spring coloring →

Try it on your own face

Chroma reads your coloring from a photo and drapes any palette color under your chin, so you can judge Light Spring against its neighbors on you rather than on a model. Then Style Studio turns your result into real outfits: men’s color analysis covers suits, shirts and leathers, women’s covers the wardrobe, shoes and bags, and suit colors by season names the exact navy, charcoal and gray for this palette. Free, no login — your photo never leaves your device.

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