Season paletteNo. 02 of 12 · Spring
True Spring
Suits warm, golden, clear colouring
Warm first. Clear, golden colours with energy. Icy and greyed shades work against you.
Warm or cool
Strongly warm
Light or deep
Leans light
Soft or bright
Leans bright
The True Spring colour palette
12 core colours
The same twelve colours the drape test gives a True Spring, each with its name and hex code, so you can shop and dress by them. The True Spring color palette, in American spelling.
- Poppy#d4684b
- Brick#8b351e
- Coral#f6a887
- Apricot#e49242
- Buttercup#eed095
- Leaf#839b3e
- Pistachio#b2c87c
- Turquoise#1aafa3
- Cerulean#1fa1dd
- Marine#004d6e
- Hyacinth#b86aa3
- Lilac#e9a5d5
Neutrals and metals
3 neutrals · 2 metals
NeutralsIvory, Camel, Chocolate
- Ivory#f7eedb
- Camel#b29778
- Chocolate#543c2e
MetalsGold, Bronze
Four to keep away from your face
From True Summer
These are the main red, green, blue and yellow of True Summer, the opposite season to True Spring. Wear them away from your face, and keep your own colours close to it.
- Raspberry#be7381
- Sea green#5f9f80
- Cornflower#7b94ce
- Primrose#d8d7ad
The opposite season
True Summer
True Spring's best colours are True 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 True SpringWorst on True SummerBest on True SummerWorst on True Spring
- Poppy#d4684bRaspberry#be7381
- Leaf#839b3eSea green#5f9f80
- Cerulean#1fa1ddCornflower#7b94ce
- Buttercup#eed095Primrose#d8d7ad
Makeup and jewellery, in short
From the True Spring guide
- Base
- Warm: golden or peach undertone. Avoid pink based foundations.
- Lips to try
- Coral and warm red.
- Jewellery
- Yellow gold first, then bronze and brass. Polished or hammered.
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The full makeup, hair and jewellery guide for True 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 True Spring?
Take the free drape test.
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