Light Spring Color Palette

Light Spring is one of the three Spring types in 12-season color analysis. Its leading trait is lightness and its second is warmth. The palette looks like a garden in April: soft yellows, peach blossoms, fresh greens and clear sky blues, all light enough that nothing overpowers a delicate face.

Light Springs usually have light coloring with low to medium contrast. Typical signs:

• hair in golden, honey or strawberry blonde, or light golden brown;
• eyes in light blue, light green, aqua or light warm hazel, often clear and bright;
• skin that is fair to light, peachy or ivory;
• black and dark brown look heavy on you, while light warm colors make your skin glow.

A quick test: compare a peach top with a charcoal one. If peach makes your face look rested and charcoal makes it look grey, you are on the Light Spring side.

Ivory, cream, buff, light camel and stone are your neutrals, with light navy or soft taupe when you want something darker. Use peach, light coral, aqua and light periwinkle as everyday colors and keep golden yellow and watermelon for accents. Keep contrast gentle: light colors with light-to-medium ones rather than black with white. Fresh, lightweight fabrics and small, delicate prints suit you.

Black, charcoal, burgundy, dark brown, dusty mauve, olive drab, deep plum and midnight navy are the colors to avoid. They are too dark, too heavy or too muted for your light, warm coloring. Wear them away from your face, and choose ivory or a light warm color at the neckline.

Peach-nude, coral, warm pink and light poppy lipsticks suit you, with peach or apricot blush. Champagne, soft bronze, light teal and warm taupe work well on the eyes; skip heavy black liner. Hair looks best in golden, honey or strawberry blonde or light golden brown. Light yellow gold, rose gold and polished brass are your metals, with cream pearls and aquamarine.

Light Spring is most often confused with Light Summer. Both are light, so the question is temperature: if peach, coral and butter yellow flatter you more than powder pink, lilac and icy blue, you are the Spring. Its other neighbor is True Spring, which is richer and more golden; if bright orange and marigold feel too strong, Light Spring fits better.

See the palettes side by side: Light Summer and True Spring.

If you are torn between Light Spring and Light Summer or True Spring, compare two colors from each palette under your chin in daylight; the one that makes your skin look smoother and your eyes clearer wins. A photo is a second opinion: the free selfie analysis reads your skin, hair and eye colors, and the color analysis quiz works without a photo. If it says Spring, the paid report tells you whether you are this type or a neighbor, with a printable Light Spring color card. See pricing.

Black is usually too heavy for a Light Spring. Light navy, warm grey or soft taupe give a darker neutral without overpowering a light, warm face.

Both are light, but Light Spring is warm (peach, coral, golden yellow) and Light Summer is cool (powder pink, lilac, powder blue).

Ivory or cream. Pure optical white can look stark next to light, warm skin.