Cool Summer (True Summer) color palette
Fresh, rosy and elegant. Cool Summer has coolness as its dominant, with a soft secondary. Its colors are blue-based and gentle, never warm and never harsh. It is the most classically cool of the Summer seasons.
What is Cool Summer? Cool Summer has coolness as its dominant, with a soft secondary. Its colors are blue-based and gentle, never warm and never harsh. It is the most classically cool of the Summer seasons. It is also called True Summer in other 12-season systems.
What does a Cool Summer look like?
Ash brown or ash blonde hair; blue, grey or cool hazel eyes; pink or rosy skin. Every person is unique: coloring is confirmed by draping, never by hair or eye color alone.
Best neutrals
Navy, blue-grey, rose-beige, cool grey, soft white.
Best metals
Silver, white gold and pewter.
Makeup
Rose and berry lips, cool pink blush, grey, navy or plum eyeshadow.
Colors to avoid
Orange, rust, mustard and golden browns.
The Cool Summer palette
Cornflower, Soft plum, Raspberry, Soft teal, Cool grey, Denim, Rose pink, Blue lavender, Watermelon, Spruce, Orchid, Navy.
Close seasons
Cool Summer is often confused with Light Summer, Muted Summer, Cool Winter. The difference lies in the dominant: a professional analyst compares the seasons side by side with fabrics to see which one truly lights up the face.
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