In "Am I Spring?" we'll delve deep into the world of warm undertones and how they can be your best friend when it comes to choosing the perfect colours to enhance your beauty. Whether you're on a quest to revamp your wardrobe, redefine your personal style, or simply understand why certain colours make you feel like you're walking on sunshine, this blog will be your ultimate guide to embracing the Spring within you.  So let's get started ....

The Spring seasonal palette can be divided into True Spring, Light Spring and Bright Spring.  Let’s explore each of these …

Let’s explore each of these …

TRUE SPRING

True Spring is the colour season reminiscent of sunshine, tropical islands with turquoise water, yellow sand, lush green leaves and juicy fruit. The colours are warm and fresh, taking in the light of the warming spring sun.

The palette contains the saturated colours of spring flowers, freshly grown grass, and green leaves. True Spring is spring at its peak.

Overall appearance:

When you look in the mirror, the first thing you notice about your colouring is its warmth. There is no cool quality in your appearance, and golden and honey hues dominate your features.

In addition, your skin, eyes and hair have a fresh and clear appearance. Instead of blending, they contrast each other, and there is no muddiness or greyness about them. Overall, the contrast between your features is medium.

Eyes:

True Spring eyes are medium-light with enhanced brightness and warmth. They range from warm blue over warm green and light hazel in colour.

Light brown or topaz are also common (especially in non-white ethnicities). And while they do stand in contrast to skin and hair, they are not as overly bright and vibrant as Bright Spring eyes. You may also notice a sunburst pattern around the pupil, which is characteristic of Spring eyes.

Skin: 

True Spring skin is characterised by warm and golden undertones. That means that while gold makes the skin look healthy, silver looks very disharmonious against it. Skin tones range from fair to dark, but it always has warm undertones. True Springs may also have freckles.

Hair:

Warm, golden tones also reign the hair. It comes in a variety of shades, from medium golden blonde over strawberry blonde and coppery red to light golden brown. Many True Springs were blonde as children and have grown up into brunettes. For darker ethnicities, light or medium golden brown are frequent shades.

Contrast: 

True Spring is a season of medium contrast between skin, hair, and eyes. In the images below, you can see that while the features contrast each other. But there are no dark areas. The colouring is relatively light to medium.

 LIGHT SPRING

Light Spring is the colour season reminiscent of new life. These are the days when the warming sun makes the last of the spring flowers bud and the first hint of Summer lies in the air.

These colours are warm and fresh but still light and gentle – like the pastel colours of fairy floss and cherry blossoms

Overall Appearance: 

When you look in the mirror, the first thing you notice about your colouring is that there is very little contrast between your skin, eyes and hair. All of your features are similarly light.

This means that if you have dark eyes or dark hair, but you aren’t a person of colour, then you are most likely one of the darker seasons. If you are a person of colour, but you have very light colouring for your ethnicity, you may be a Light Spring.

In addition, your colouring has warmer undertones, meaning gold flatters your skin more than silver.

Eyes:

Light Spring eyes are, of course, light. They come in light blue, green, hazel, and light brown. Like all Spring eyes, they are bright and have warm undertones. You might also notice the typical Spring sunburst pattern on the iris.

Skin:

Light Spring skin is also light and ranges from fair to medium. Light Spring skin is either neutral or has neutral-warm undertones – which means that both gold and silver look good against it, but gold looks better. The skin may have golden or peach undertones. Light Springs can also have freckles.

Hair:

The primary colour aspect of Light Springs is lightness. Therefore, the hair of this sub-season is naturally also light. It ranges from light to medium golden blonde, light red (strawberry blond to light copper) and light golden brown. Whatever the shade, the hair has warm, golden undertones or highlights. Most Light Springs were also fair-haired as children. Individuals of darker ethnicities (whose colouring is very light for their ethnicity) may have a lighter shade of brown.

Contrast:

Light Spring is a colour season of very low contrast between skin, hair and eyes. There is even a low contrast between the iris and whites of the eye. In the images below, you can see how little difference in shades there is between the features. There are no dark areas anywhere.

BRIGHT SPRING

The Bright Spring colour palette is reminiscent of exotic summer holidays. From tropical waters to remote islands, these are the most saturated colours out of the twelve seasons.

These colours are vibrant, wild and vivid – the colours of tropical landscapes, plants and fruit. In the western part of the northern hemisphere, Bright Spring colours are present in the first spring flowers, announcing the end of the dark days of winter.

Overall Appearance:

When you look in the mirror, the first thing you notice about your colouring is that it is highly saturated. There is no greyness in any of your features, and your appearance is vibrant and bright. There is also a very high contrast between your skin, eyes and hair. Your eyes will probably be clear and perhaps sparkling.

In addition, your colouring has warmer undertones, meaning gold flatters your skin more than silver.

Eyes:

Bright Spring eyes are generally clear. Because of the high contrast with the whites of the eye, they typically stand out.

They can be blue, green, topaz or even brown as long as they are bright. Bright Spring eyes have warm undertones, and you may notice a sunburst pattern on the iris, which is typical for Spring eyes.

Skin:

Bright Spring skin comes in a broad range of shades: from fair to tan. It has either neutral or neutral-warm undertones - meaning both gold and silver look good against it, but gold look somewhat better.

Hair:

Like the skin, the hair is typically warmer and tends to develop highlights when exposed to the sun. Medium golden to dark golden blonde with highlights are very common. But copper, auburn and medium brown with reddish undertones are also possible.

 

Contrast:

Bright Spring has one of the highest contrast levels between skin, hair and eyes among the twelve colour season. There is even a high contrast between the iris and the whites of the eye. This is because brightness creates contrast. In the images below, you can see how the features all contrast rather than blend into each other.

Are you a Spring? If so, you might want to check out the Spring Seasonal Collection

 Until next time,