Bright SpringversusSoft Summer

The Bright Spring palette sits in the Spring family: The Bright Spring palette combines the warmth of Spring with the clarity of Winter. If you're a Bright Spring, you have warm undertones but can handle very bright, saturated colors. Your palette is bold, clear, and energetic. The Soft Summer palette belongs to the Summer family: The Soft Summer palette is a nuanced and elegant collection of cool, muted colors. If you're a Soft Summer, your features have a gentle, dusty quality, and you shine in colors that are blended and soft, rather than bold and bright. Think of a tranquil, misty landscape – those are your colors. The clearest way to tell them apart is to compare their signature shades side by side and notice which set feels more harmonious against your skin, hair, and eyes.

No. Bright Spring is a Spring palette while Soft Summer is a Summer palette. Because they come from different seasonal families, they differ in undertone, contrast, and the colours that bring out your natural features.

Bright Spring leans on shades such as Bright Red, Electric Blue and Hot Pink, while Soft Summer is anchored by tones like Powder Pink, Sky Blue and Lavender Gray. Holding these signature colours next to your face is the simplest way to feel which palette harmonises with your colouring.

Seasonal colour analysis matches a palette to your natural undertone, contrast level, and the depth of your skin, hair, and eyes. Bright Spring is characterised by warm & bright undertones, whereas Soft Summer is characterised by cool & muted undertones. Drape the key colours of each palette in natural light and choose the set that makes your skin look clearer and more even.

Faces often associated with the Bright Spring palette include Beyoncé, Halle Berry and Kerry Washington. Examples linked to the Soft Summer palette include Jennifer Aniston, Sarah Jessica Parker and Leona Lewis. These examples are illustrative — your own colouring is the most reliable guide.