True Spring Color Palette
Warm · Clear · Light-to-medium · Spring family
Warmth is the dominant characteristic rather than a side effect of it. The palette is golden and clear — color with sun in it, no grey, no ash.
Dominant characteristic → temperature. That is the axis the quiz scores highest for this season; temperature then places it in the Spring family.
The palette
Anchors
- Metal
- Yellow gold
- Your white
- Ivory
- Your red
- Tomato red
- Drains you
- Dusty grey-blue
How to wear it
- Hue
Every color should have yellow somewhere in it. Turquoise yes, teal no; grass green yes, pine green no.
- Clarity
Clear over dusty. If a color looks like it has grey mixed in, it will flatten you — this is the single most useful test in the palette.
- Neutrals
Camel, warm brown and ivory. Grey is the hardest neutral for this season and cool grey is the hardest of all.
- Makeup
Warm coral and golden-peach tones, bronze rather than taupe on the eye.
Stylist's noteGold hardware matters more than you would expect. A perfect warm-palette jacket with nickel buttons can be fixed in ten minutes at a tailor; the dye job cannot.
Common questions
Is True Spring the same as Warm Spring?
Yes. Both names describe the Spring whose dominant characteristic is warmth rather than lightness or brightness.
Why does grey look bad on True Spring?
Grey is a desaturated cool neutral, and this palette depends on warmth and clarity. Camel, warm brown and ivory fill the same role without muting the coloring.