Light Summer
cool & gentle
Light Summer is cool, light and soft. The colouring is gentle and low-contrast — light ashy hair, cool light eyes, skin with a cool cast — so the palette stays light, powdery and cool, without heavy darks.
Your black
Your black is a soft slate blue-grey. It does the anchoring work of black while staying in your cool, light register; true black simply weighs your face down.
Your palette
Anchors
Statement colours
Metals
Silver and rose gold, kept soft rather than shiny. Warm yellow gold can look brassy against your cool lightness. (silver, rose gold.)
Colours to sidestep
Black, orange, mustard and anything hot or heavy overwhelm your gentle, cool colouring. The rescue is soft blues, roses and cool greys.
Are you Light Summer, or the neighbour?
True Summer wears cool colour at fuller strength. If the soft, light versions suit you better than the medium cool tones, you're Light Summer.
More on True Summer →Light Spring shares your lightness but is warm. Hold a cool rose beside a warm peach: Light Summer looks fresher in the cool rose, Light Spring in the peach.
More on Light Spring →Questions
- Best neutral for Light Summer?
- Soft blue-greys and dove grey, over black. They keep the outfit cool and light.
- Can Light Summers wear white?
- A soft cool white, yes. Warm ivory can look slightly off against cool, light skin.
Not sure you're Light Summer? The free quiz gives you your season in two questions — and the app reads a photo and confirms your exact sub-season, then shops the palette.