Color Season
Light Summer Color Palette
Light Summer is cool-neutral (primarily cool with touch of Spring's warmth) with light value and medium chroma. Your primary characteristic is value (lightness) - you are the lightest and brightest of Summer palettes.
The full Light Summer palette — 63 colors.
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Colors to use sparingly
These shades tend to fight Light Summer coloring — too pure or saturated for a Light Summer palette. Wear them only as small accents away from the face, if at all.
Light Summer characteristics
The defining quality of Light Summer is lightness.
- Undertone
- cool-neutral (primarily cool with touch of Spring's warmth)
- Value
- light (lightest and brightest of Summer palettes)
- Chroma
- medium (soft clarity without extreme brightness or heavy muting)
- Contrast
- low (monochromatic, gentle contrast, analogous colors)
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Best neutrals for Light Summer
- Black: medium-dark gray, medium navy, or cocoa brown (not true black - too harsh, drains life from face)
- White: cottonball white, ice cream white, flower-petal white (slightly softer than True White, not warmed to ecru/ivory)
The Light Summer mood
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Light Summer — frequently asked
Is Light Summer warm or cool?
Light Summer has a cool-neutral (primarily cool with touch of Spring's warmth) undertone. Its defining quality is lightness.
What does the Light Summer color palette look like?
Light Summer is cool-neutral (primarily cool with touch of Spring's warmth) with light value and medium chroma. Your primary characteristic is value (lightness) - you are the lightest and brightest of Summer palettes.
What black and white should a Light Summer wear?
For black, choose medium-dark gray, medium navy, or cocoa brown (not true black - too harsh, drains life from face). For white, choose cottonball white, ice cream white, flower-petal white (slightly softer than True White, not warmed to ecru/ivory).
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