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Color analysis · Spring

True Spring

also called Warm Spring

The warmest season in the system. True Spring is golden all the way through — no cool undertone anywhere in the palette, and no need for the extreme brightness Bright Spring demands.

The read

Value
Light to medium
Chroma
Medium-high
Temperature
Warm
Family
Spring

Your palette

Warm coral#FF7F50
Golden yellow#FFC324
Leaf green#6DBE45
Warm turquoise#2EC4B6
Peach#FFAD73
Poppy red#F0503C

Neutrals

Camel#C19A6B
Warm beige#E0D2BC
Golden brown#8A6237

Metals

Yellow gold, brass, warm copper. Silver reads cold and cheap against this coloring. How your metal is measured.

Wear

  • Golden, sunlit color at medium-high saturation
  • Warm neutrals as the base instead of gray or black
  • Ivory and cream in place of white

Avoid

  • Black — it hollows the face out
  • Icy pastels and anything with a blue undertone
  • Gray as a wardrobe neutral

Not sure? Check the neighbors

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

True SpringLight Spring

True Spring or Light Spring? Value is the test. If deep golden brown and poppy red hold their own on you, you're True Spring. If they overwhelm and you look better in peach and buttercup, you're Light.

See the full Light Spring palette →

True SpringBright Spring

True Spring or Bright Spring? If your best colors are golden and sunlit rather than electric, you're True. Bright Spring needs the extra saturation to come alive.

See the full Bright Spring palette →

How True Spring dresses

Warm and clear at medium depth. Golden neutrals, warm mid-tones, and real camel; gray as a base neutral is the mistake this season makes most often.

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 blackChocolate, Warm Navy
Instead of whiteIvory, Stone
Instead of grayWarm Gray, Golden Tan

True 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

NavyWarm Navy #34445E
CharcoalWarm Charcoal #4A443C
Light grayLight Warm Gray #B6AFA2
Mid grayWarm Gray #9A9284
Dark grayPebble Gray #6E675C
BrownCamel, Bronze, Golden Tan
EveningChocolate #5C4430

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

True 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
  • Ivory
  • Golden Tan
  • Camel Suede
  • Cognac
  • Chocolate
Shoes & bags — accent
  • Poppy
  • Salmon
  • Turquoise

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

Makeup

Warm coral and peach lips, apricot blush, golden and warm-copper eyes. Skip cool berry shades.

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 True 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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