Light Summer color palette
Airy, cool and powdery. Light Summer has lightness as its dominant and a cool secondary. Its palette is made of soft, cool pastels: powder blue, lavender, rose. It is the gentlest and airiest of the Summer seasons.
What is Light Summer? Light Summer has lightness as its dominant and a cool secondary. Its palette is made of soft, cool pastels: powder blue, lavender, rose. It is the gentlest and airiest of the Summer seasons.
What does a Light Summer look like?
Ash blonde or light ash-brown hair; light blue, grey-blue or grey-green eyes; fair, pink-toned or neutral skin with low contrast. Every person is unique: coloring is confirmed by draping, never by hair or eye color alone.
Best neutrals
Soft white, light grey, cool beige, grey-blue, soft navy.
Best metals
Silver, white gold, platinum and rose gold.
Makeup
Soft pink blush, rose or berry-pink lips, grey or taupe liner.
Colors to avoid
Black, orange, golden yellow and heavy dark colors.
The Light Summer palette
Lavender, Powder blue, Soft pink, Soft aqua, Soft white, Grey blue, Rose, Periwinkle, Mauve, Sky blue, Seafoam, Light navy.
Close seasons
Light Summer is often confused with Cool Summer, Light Spring. 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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