Bright SummerversusTrue Spring

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 Spring palette belongs to the Spring family: The True Spring palette is the quintessential spring palette - warm, clear, and vibrant. If you're a True Spring, you have medium coloring with warm undertones and can handle bright, saturated colors. Your palette is like a garden in full bloom. 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 Spring is a Spring 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 Spring is anchored by tones like True Red, Golden Yellow and Kelly 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 True Spring is characterised by warm & clear 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 Spring palette include Jennifer Lopez, Julia Roberts and Julianne Moore. These examples are illustrative — your own colouring is the most reliable guide.