Warm, light, clear
Spring
Spring colours feel like sunlight through new leaves — golden undertones, fresh greens, clear corals and sun-warmed yellows. Think clarity and warmth rather than depth.
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Discover colour analysis.
Colour analysis sorts everyone into one of four seasonal families — Spring, Summer, Autumn or Winter — then into one of 12 sub-seasons. The four families speak about warmth; the sub-seasons fine-tune chroma, value and contrast. This is the gentle tour, before you get into the theory and the wheel.
The four seasons
Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter.
Cool, soft, muted
Summer
Summer is a soft cool palette — dusty roses, hazy blues, lavender mists and pearl greys. Edges blur, contrast is gentle, the mood is calm and powdery.
Warm, deep, muted
Autumn
Autumn is the earth at harvest — burnt oranges, mossy greens, rust, ochre and chocolate. Rich warm pigments, low chroma, grounded depth.
Cool, deep, clear
Winter
Winter is high-contrast and icy clarity — true reds, royal blues, jewel emeralds, pure white and absolute black. Cool, vivid, dramatic.
The three dials
Temperature, chroma, value.
Every season is a unique setting on three dials. Get these right and a colour lifts your face. Get one wrong and the same colour can drain it.
Temperature
Warm vs Cool
Warm colours carry golden, peach or orange undertones — they look as though the sun lives inside them. Cool colours carry blue, pink or violet undertones — they read like shade, water and snow. Almost every season leans one way; only a few sit on the neutral fence.
Warm
Warm
Warm
Cool
Cool
Cool
Chroma
Bright vs Muted
Chroma is how saturated a colour is. Bright seasons (Bright Spring, Bright Winter) wear clear, high-octane pigments. Muted seasons (Soft Summer, Soft Autumn) wear dusty, dialled-down tones. Wrong chroma is the single most common reason colours feel 'off' on someone.
Bright
Bright
Bright
Muted
Muted
Muted
Value
Light vs Deep
Value is how light or dark a colour is. Light seasons (Light Spring, Light Summer) thrive in airy, pale shades. Deep seasons (Deep Autumn, Deep Winter) come alive in low-light, saturated darks. Your natural value is set by your hair-skin-eye contrast.
Light
Light
Light
Deep
Deep
Deep
The 12 sub-seasons
One of these is yours.
Tap any sub-season to see its full palette and shop the edit.
Next step
Ready for the theory behind it?
Colour Theory & The Wheel goes deeper — undertones, harmonies and how to combine your palette with confidence.