Welcome to the True 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
True Spring is the essence of renewal and vibrancy, capturing the spirit of new beginnings.
This palette radiates warmth and brightness, echoing scenes of sunlit shores, tropical blue-green waters, golden sands, lush greenery, and juicy fruits. The colors are as fresh and lively as the budding leaves, blossoming flowers, and newly sprouted grass that herald spring's arrival.
True Spring is the season at its liveliest and most radiant, brimming with the saturated hues of nature coming alive.
Colour Dimensions
On the three dimensions of colour, True (Warm) Spring has the following settings:
Hue
True Spring’s colours are warm. The colour palette sits at the warmest end of the hue scale and the colours contain yellow undertones.
Chroma
In line with True Spring’s secondary colour aspect, the colours are high in chroma. That means they are bright rather than soft.
Value
The colour range of this palette is quite broad, but it tends to be lighter in value. There are no extremely dark colours on the palette.
Your beauty and contrast
If you are a true spring, your primary colour aspect is your warm undertone (hue), meaning yellow based colours suit you a lot better than blue based colours.
Your secondary colour aspect is the brigthness of your features (high chroma). Your skin, eyes and hair have a fresh and clear appearance. Instead of blending, they contrast each other, and there is no greyness about them.
Overall, the level of contrast between your features is medium to low.
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!
True Spring Colour Palette
The true spring colour palette combines warmth with brightness.
The palette is filled with warm greens, yellows, orangey reds, peachy pinks and every shade of light brown from beige to tan. These colours are naturally yellow-based and warm.
Due to the warmth of your natural colouring, true black is too cool and dark for you. In its place, you have dark browns and greenish greys. These are the best dark neutrals for you.
True white also does not go well with your appearance because, even though is light, it's also a cool colour. The best versions of white for you are slightly yellowed off-whites that are warmer than pure white. They are the variations of beige and cream on the palette and you can use these as light neutrals.
Yellow-based nude tones 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.
What if I still want to wear white or black?
No one is going to stop you. Remember, this is a collection of the best colours, what works best for you, but you also get to decide how and when to apply that information.
Colours to avoid
Since True Spring's colours are warm and bright, your worst colours are the opposite of that: cool and soft.
Apart from white and black, other cool colours, such as icy blues and greys, will clash with your natural warmth.
Similarly, soft colours, such as dusty blues and muddy browns, will clash with your natural brightness.
Other dark, harsh colours, such as deep blues and purples, will also make you look off.
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 medium 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 True Spring colours only. But what if most of the colours in a pattern are True 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 true 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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