Season paletteNo. 03 of 12 · Spring
Bright Spring
Suits bright, warm, high contrast
Clear first, then warm. Vivid colours with a golden lean, and contrast you can carry.
Warm or cool
Leans warm
Light or deep
In the middle
Soft or bright
Strongly bright
The Bright Spring colour palette
12 core colours
The same twelve colours the drape test gives a Bright Spring, each with its name and hex code, so you can shop and dress by them. The Bright Spring color palette, in American spelling.
- Clear poppy#da4d39
- Brick#762015
- Clear coral#ff9276
- Clear apricot#f27634
- Clear buttercup#eac66b
- Clear leaf#68971e
- Pistachio#a2cd70
- Clear turquoise#00a4a0
- Clear cerulean#0095de
- Marine#003554
- Clear hyacinth#b259aa
- Lilac#eda0e5
Neutrals and metals
3 neutrals · 2 metals
NeutralsIvory, Camel, Chocolate
- Ivory#f5eede
- Camel#a99379
- Chocolate#433025
MetalsPolished gold, Rose gold
Four to keep away from your face
From Soft Summer
These are the main red, green, blue and yellow of Soft Summer, the opposite season to Bright Spring. Wear them away from your face, and keep your own colours close to it.
- Dusty raspberry#96676c
- Dusty sea green#61826c
- Dusty cornflower#6b80a1
- Dusty primrose#c2be9c
The opposite season
Soft Summer
Bright Spring's best colours are Soft Summer's worst, and the other way round. Each row below is one colour family, cut for the two seasons. You only see the difference when two colours sit side by side.
Best on Bright SpringWorst on Soft SummerBest on Soft SummerWorst on Bright Spring
- Clear poppy#da4d39Dusty raspberry#96676c
- Clear leaf#68971eDusty sea green#61826c
- Clear cerulean#0095deDusty cornflower#6b80a1
- Clear buttercup#eac66bDusty primrose#c2be9c
Makeup and jewellery, in short
From the Bright Spring guide
- Base
- Neutral to warm. A luminous finish.
- Lips to try
- Poppy red and clear coral.
- Jewellery
- Polished gold, rose gold. Shine and sparkle suit you.
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The full makeup, hair and jewellery guide for Bright Spring is in Drapebook Pro.
- Lips, blush and eyeshadow shades, with a makeup tip
- Hair colours to try and to skip, with a note for your colourist
- Jewellery metals, the stones that suit you, and a jewellery tip
- Wardrobe notes: how much contrast, black and white, and prints
- A phone wallpaper of your colours, a shopping card and the 12 season guide as a PDF
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Not sure you are a Bright Spring?
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