Welcome to the Light Spring Season!
Now that you've discovered your unique color palette, this guide will take you on a deep dive into everything that makes this season shine. From your best colors and those you’ll want to skip, to ideal prints, patterns, and makeup choices—we’ve got it all covered to help you get the most out of your season.
If you are one step ahead and want to always have your best colours with you (and stop spending money on garments that don't flatter your natural beauty), make sure to check our digital and physical colour swatches. Think of this as your ultimate style companion!
Intro
Effortless, lively, and brimming with vitality, Light Spring is the most youthful and refreshing of all the seasonal palettes.
Light Spring’s colors are warm and fresh, yet they retain a light and gentle quality, reminiscent of pastel candies and delicate spring flowers. It captures the essence of new beginnings and nature's gentle awakening. They radiate a cheerful energy that feels effortlessly chic and full of life.
Its hues evoke the creamy pastels of gelato on a sunlit afternoon, the softness of baby animals exploring their world, the golden warmth of soft sandy shores, and the playful charm of Easter pastels. Picture the vibrant blues of inviting swimming pools, sparkling under the gentle sunlight.
Colour Dimensions
On the three dimensions of colour, Light Spring has the following settings:
Hue
Light Spring’s colours are neutral-warm. That means they lean towards the warm end of the scale but are not extremely warm. Most of the colours contain yellow undertones than blue undertones.
Chroma
Light Spring colour palette is medium-high in chroma. The palette combines brightness with lightness, creating the typical pastel colours.
Value
In line with Light Spring's primary feature, the colours have low value. That means most colours in this palette are light, and there are just a few darker tones.
Your beauty and contrast
If you are a light spring, your primary colour aspect is the lightness of your features (low value).
Your secondary colour aspect is your neutral-warm undertone (hue), meaning yellow based colours suit you better than blue based colours.
Light Springs have very little contrast between their skin, eyes and hair. All of your features are similarly light.
The contrast is important when we talk about hair colour, makeup, prints and patterns, and the rule never changes: if you want a harmonious look, repeat your natural contrast!
Light Spring Colour Palette
The light spring colour palette combines lightness with warmth.
This season combines the freshness characteristic of Spring with some of the softness from the Summer season. That combination results in a range of colours that are light and gente, but also vivid and colourful.
It includes medium-saturated, low-contrast and warmish colours, like rose pinks, light oranges, wamish blues and purples, and grass greens.
This season is all about low value, which means pure white can be part of your palette. But you can notice that I deleted the pure white from your range of colours above. The reason for that is because you also have a warm undertone as your secondary aspect, so the colours will suit you a lot better if they have some warmth to them (pure white is a cool based colour). Pure black is definitely not part of your palette, since it's doo dark and cool, and it will look quite harsh on you.
So wherever possible, wear your palette’s versions - bright creams and off-whites, light oranges, taupes and camel. To replace black choose the darker shades from your palette.
Following the same thought process, yellow-based nude tones (yellowish) tend to work a lot better for you, as they bring the warmth that matches your beauty. You can also use them as light neutrals.
Colours to avoid
Since Light Spring's colours are light and warm, your worst colours are the opposite of that: dark and cool.
Apart from black, other harsh, dark colours, such as deep purples and blues, will overwhelm your light colouring. Try to replace them with a lighter and warmer version.
Similarly, steer away from icy cool colours, such as such as icy blues and greys, as they will clash with your naturally warmer colouring.
If you want to learn how to use the colours that are not in your palette, make sure to read this post.
Colour Combinations
One of my favourite things about colour analysis is how effortlessly it makes mixing and matching. When you have a colour-coordinated wardrobe based on your ideal shades, every piece works in harmony with the others. It’s like having a personal style formula – no more second-guessing or wondering if that new top will go with your favourite trousers!
Each item complements the next, making it easy to create fresh, stylish outfits without the stress. With your personalised palette as your guide, your wardrobe becomes a curated collection where everything flows together beautifully.
For a Clean, Sophisticated Look: Monochrome is your go-to.
For a Harmonious, Balanced Outfit: Analogous combos.
For Bold Outfits: Complementary combinations are perfect to create that impactful look.
Patterns and Prints
Since your natural colouring has a striking high contrast, opt for patterns that reflect this natural contrast level.
Below you can find an example of low, medium and high contrast respectively.
The best prints will always be the ones that contain Light Spring colours only. But what if most of the colours in a pattern are Light Spring colours, but there’s one that clearly isn’t? Does it matter?
1. Try checking it against your face. If the colours are right, you’ll see similar effects to what you saw during your colour analysis (maybe your skin is brighter, your eyes pop, etc).
2. As a rule of thumb, an off colour is less likely to ruin a print if it’s:
a neutral;
from a nearby tone, like your sister palettes
a smaller element in the print
See below some perfect prints if you are a light spring:
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Now, let's get personal, shall we?
Firstly, getting acquainted with your new palette takes time. Many people get surprised with their results, so make sure to give it some time to sink in and to explore your new palette.
Secondly, you absolutely don’t need to discard everything that is out of your season or buy a whole new wardrobe. Instead, start by replacing one clothing piece you wear regularly with a similar piece in your palette. And remember, your palette has a range of colours, so if you don’t like pinks don’t start with pinks – let's keep it simple.
Over time you will develop a new baseline and begin to see how the new colours can work for you and how versatile and easy to mix & match your wardrobe is.
Embracing your palette is not just about following rules, but celebrating your unique self. If you have any questions or need help with anything—whether it's how to use your swatch or styling tips—please don’t hesitate to reach out. I’m always here to support you along the way!
Yours in style,
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