Season paletteNo. 05 of 12 · Summer
True Summer
Suits cool, soft, blue based
Cool first. Gentle, blue based colours of middle depth. Orange and gold fight you.
Warm or cool
Strongly cool
Light or deep
Leans light
Soft or bright
Leans soft
The True Summer colour palette
12 core colours
The same twelve colours the drape test gives a True Summer, each with its name and hex code, so you can shop and dress by them. The True Summer color palette, in American spelling.
- Raspberry#be7381
- Cranberry#8e4957
- Rose#e3acbd
- Orchid#ca93c1
- Primrose#d8d7ad
- Sea green#5f9f80
- Mint#85c1a3
- Aqua#5ca5b5
- Cornflower#7b94ce
- Navy#435787
- Lavender#8f7fb4
- Wisteria#b6a7dc
Neutrals and metals
3 neutrals · 2 metals
NeutralsSoft white, Dove grey, Charcoal
- Soft white#e3e8ef
- Dove grey#939daa
- Charcoal#3b475c
MetalsSilver, Platinum
Four to keep away from your face
From True Spring
These are the main red, green, blue and yellow of True Spring, the opposite season to True Summer. Wear them away from your face, and keep your own colours close to it.
- Poppy#d4684b
- Leaf#839b3e
- Cerulean#1fa1dd
- Buttercup#eed095
The opposite season
True Spring
True Summer's best colours are True Spring'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 SummerWorst on True SpringBest on True SpringWorst on True Summer
- Raspberry#be7381Poppy#d4684b
- Sea green#5f9f80Leaf#839b3e
- Cornflower#7b94ceCerulean#1fa1dd
- Primrose#d8d7adButtercup#eed095
Makeup and jewellery, in short
From the True Summer guide
- Base
- Cool: pink or rose undertone.
- Lips to try
- Rose and raspberry.
- Jewellery
- Silver, platinum, white gold. Matte or soft shine.
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The full makeup, hair and jewellery guide for True Summer 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 Summer?
Take the free drape test.
Two coloured drapes sit under your chin, side by side, and you tap the one that makes your face look clearer, nine times. Drapebook names your season from the 12 with an honest confidence. It runs in your browser, and your photos never leave your phone.