True Spring
This is your palette
Warm, clear and golden. Everything is lit from inside; nothing is greyed.
Also called Warm Spring.
If this is your palette
Your colouring is golden, light in value and clear in chroma. Those three properties are the whole of it – every rule below follows from them.
Shades that share all three sit quietly beside your face. Shades that miss one are usually still wearable at a distance from the face; shades that miss two are the ones that make people ask whether you are tired.
Colours that suit you
- Golden Poppy#F0812B
- True Marigold#F5B12A
- Grass Green#7FB742
- Clear Turquoise#16B5AE
- Warm Cornflower#5E82D6Your blue. Warm-based, so it sits beside gold.
- Spring Amethyst#A468C4Violet with warmth in it – not the cold plum of Winter.
Your white and your dark
- Best whiteIvory SilkBest white for you. Warm and soft, never chalky.
- Best darkEspresso BeanUse instead of black. Your best dark.
Colours to keep away from your face
Harder next to your face – cool, dusty or blackened against clear warm colouring. Lower down, or as a small accent, they can still work.
- Jet BlackHard edge on a golden face. Wear Espresso Bean.
- Icy PinkBlue-based pastel; it turns your skin grey.
- Dusty MauveGreyed and cool – the opposite of clear and warm.
- Cold BurgundyBlue-red. Your red is Golden Poppy.
- Ash SlateNeutral grey has no warmth to answer yours.
- Blackened EmeraldToo dark and too cold. Your green is Grass Green.
Make-up and hair
Everything you put near your face follows the same three rules: keep it golden, keep it light, keep it clear.
- BaseWarm-toned bases, and finishes from matte to a soft sheen. Anything with a cool grey base will look ashen on you.
- EyesBronze, warm brown and deep teal. Skip anything with a violet base.
- BrowsKeep them a shade lighter than your hair and softly filled.
- LashesA defined lash suits you. Black works if your colouring is deep, brown if it is not.
- LipsCoral, warm red and bright peach.
- NailsA single saturated shade from your signature range, or a clean sheer.
- HairStay within warm or neutral tones. Ash and cool-toned dye fights golden skin.
- EveningDeepen and saturate. Evening is where your palette can go to its fullest strength.
Metals and stones
Metals
Bright silver sits cold against golden skin. If you like a pale metal, choose a warm-toned pewter.
Stones
Cloudy or heavily included stones look dull beside clear colouring – the stone should have some light in it.
Colour combinations
Check it at the mirror
In daylight, by a window, hold these two colours under your chin in turn.
- True SpringIvory Silk
- True SummerIcy White
Whichever makes your skin look clearer and the shadows under your eyes softer is your side. If it is the second, compare the two palettes:
Often confused with
How to find your palette
Colour analysis reads three things in your colouring: warm or cool, light or deep, clear or soft. The quiz asks about your eyes, hair and skin, looked at in a mirror by a window in daylight. It never photographs or scans your face, and the palette it finds is yours to keep.
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