Bright SummerversusLight Autumn

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 Light Autumn palette belongs to the Autumn family: The Light Autumn palette is warm, golden, and luminous. If you're a Light Autumn, you have delicate features with warm undertones that look best in light, warm colors. Your best colors are gentle, golden, and radiant. 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 Light Autumn is a Autumn 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 Light Autumn is anchored by tones like Warm Peach, Golden Honey and Soft Coral. 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 Light Autumn is characterised by warm golden 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 Light Autumn palette include Blake Lively, Jennifer Aniston and Cameron Diaz. These examples are illustrative — your own colouring is the most reliable guide.