Bright SummerversusBright Winter

The Bright Summer palette sits in the Summer family: The Bright Summer palette is electric, vibrant, and cool. If you're a Bright Summer, you have the ability to wear the most vivid cool colors with stunning results. Your best colors are bright, saturated, and cool-toned. The Bright Winter palette belongs to the Winter family: The Bright Winter palette combines the coolness of Winter with the brightness of Spring. If you're a Bright Winter, you have cool undertones but can handle extremely bright, saturated colors. Your palette is electric, dynamic, and show-stopping. 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 Summer is a Summer palette while Bright Winter is a Winter palette. Because they come from different seasonal families, they differ in undertone, contrast, and the colours that bring out your natural features.

Bright Summer leans on shades such as Electric Coral, Vivid Turquoise and Hot Pink, while Bright Winter is anchored by tones like Electric Blue, Hot Pink and Lime Green. 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 Summer is characterised by cool vibrant undertones, whereas Bright Winter is characterised by cool & bright 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 Summer palette include Taylor Swift, Emma Stone and Scarlett Johansson. Examples linked to the Bright Winter palette include Anne Hathaway, Liv Tyler and Zooey Deschanel. These examples are illustrative — your own colouring is the most reliable guide.