Bright SummerversusTrue 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 True Autumn palette belongs to the Autumn family: The True Autumn palette is the quintessential autumn palette - warm, rich, and deeply saturated. If you're a True Autumn, you have warm undertones and can handle intense, earthy colors. Your palette captures the essence of autumn foliage in full glory. 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 True 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 True Autumn is anchored by tones like Burnt Orange, Forest Green and Golden Brown. 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 True Autumn is characterised by warm & rich 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 True Autumn palette include Jessica Chastain, Susan Sarandon and Debra Messing. These examples are illustrative — your own colouring is the most reliable guide.