Color Season
True Spring Color Palette
True Spring is purely warm - warmth is your primary characteristic. Your palette is bright, vivid, clear, and luminous with a medium value range.
The full True Spring palette — 67 colors.
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Colors to use sparingly
These shades tend to fight True Spring coloring — too pure or saturated for a True Spring palette. Wear them only as small accents away from the face, if at all.
True Spring characteristics
The defining quality of True Spring is warmth.
- Undertone
- purely warm
- Value
- medium (from buttery ivory to medium warm gray, not true white to true black)
- Chroma
- medium to medium-high (bright, vivid, clear, luminous - but not as high as Bright Spring)
- Contrast
- higher contrast pairings work well (can mix multiple values)
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Best neutrals for True Spring
- Black: warm gray, warm chocolate brown, or medium-dark blue (not pure black - too harsh and draining)
- White: French vanilla, almond cream, or buttermilk (not pure white - too stark)
Sister Season
True Spring sits next to Bright Spring on the seasonal flow chart — compare their palettes to tell them apart.
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True Spring — frequently asked
Is True Spring warm or cool?
True Spring has a purely warm undertone. Its defining quality is warmth.
What does the True Spring color palette look like?
True Spring is purely warm - warmth is your primary characteristic. Your palette is bright, vivid, clear, and luminous with a medium value range.
What black and white should a True Spring wear?
For black, choose warm gray, warm chocolate brown, or medium-dark blue (not pure black - too harsh and draining). For white, choose French vanilla, almond cream, or buttermilk (not pure white - too stark).
What season is True Spring most often confused with?
True Spring sits next to Bright Spring on the seasonal flow chart, so they are easy to mix up. Compare their palettes side by side to spot the difference in undertone and depth.
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