Light SummerversusTrue Winter

The Light Summer palette sits in the Summer family: The Light Summer palette is fresh, airy, and delicate. It's a blend of cool and neutral undertones, with an emphasis on lightness and subtlety. If you're a Light Summer, you'll glow in ethereal colors that are neither too bright nor too muted. The True Winter palette belongs to the Winter family: The True Winter palette is the quintessential winter palette - cool, clear, and intensely saturated. If you're a True Winter, you have cool undertones and can handle the most vibrant, pure colors. Your palette is like a crisp winter day with brilliant clarity. 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. Light Summer is a Summer palette while True 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.

Light Summer leans on shades such as Powder Blue, Primrose Pink and Lavender Haze, while True Winter is anchored by tones like True Black, Ice White and True Red. 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. Light Summer is characterised by neutral-cool undertones, whereas True Winter is characterised by purely cool 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 Light Summer palette include Naomi Watts, Gwyneth Paltrow and Cate Blanchett. Examples linked to the True Winter palette include Elizabeth Taylor, Courteney Cox and Megan Fox. These examples are illustrative — your own colouring is the most reliable guide.