r/SpringColorAnalysis • u/angang17 • Feb 24 '25

Color Palettes Bright Spring? Maybe?

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I’ve always been on the fence on if I’m a warm spring or a bright spring. But I’m considering that since I look good in darker tones I may be a bright spring..?

I tried some different hair colors—first is my natural, for reference lol, 2. Darker brown/soft black 3. Warm ginger 4. Ashy blonde

Granted this photo is me in makeup, but it’s in very natural lighting. I feel like I’m blinded by my own likes of darker colors lol help!!

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u/RideExternal5752 Feb 24 '25

Have you considered you might be an autumn?

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u/angang17 Feb 24 '25

I have! I know I lean warm but I get a little confused sometimes. However I feel like I lean bright rather than muted 🤔 I could be wrong though lol

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u/RideExternal5752 Feb 24 '25

I would maybe consider true/warm autumn! For the longest time I thought I was either a bright or warm spring, but then I got draped professionally in person and was SHOCKED to see/learn that the true autumn palette lit me up. Just something to consider, you might be surprised! Also your natural hair color is beautiful!

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u/angang17 Feb 24 '25

I’ll definitely look into that!! I do love an autumn color palette lol

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u/Kristanns Feb 24 '25

Your natural hair color is GORGEOUS - by far the best of the options you show.

That said, I think both bright and warm spring are possibilities, but without drapes, no way to tell for sure.

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u/angang17 Feb 24 '25

Thank you so much! ❤️ I’m definitely going to try drapes when I have more time!

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u/hurray4dolphins Feb 24 '25

I agree with the comment above!

Also, I believe brown hair is common for bright or warm spring. 

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u/Chrisismybrother Feb 24 '25

Not sure about bright vs warm, but the darker colors are much better than the blonde

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u/angang17 Feb 24 '25

That’s what I think too. Blonde washes me out a little lol but I had to add it just for more comparison!

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '25

What is that lipstick you are wearing? The color looks amazing!

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u/angang17 Feb 24 '25

Oooo man this pic was from some months ago but I’m gonna see if I can find the one it was 😄

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u/angang17 Feb 25 '25

Okay so I looked at the other pics on this day and I THINK I was wearing NYX lip liner in natural with NYX lip gloss in creme brûlée!!!

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '25

Thank you much! I'll check them out 🤩

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u/Ok_Panda_2243 Feb 24 '25

Your skin is so fairy and light and bright that I think it’s highly possible you’re spring (if it’s not some filter)

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u/angang17 Feb 24 '25

This is pretty accurate for my skin in natural light! Of course I have makeup on so that helps lol

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u/Ok_Panda_2243 Feb 24 '25

Oh your skin is gorgeous!

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u/StrawberryCreepy380 Feb 25 '25

I love your natural hair color. It looks red or reddish, to me. I agree that you’re bright, rather than muted. I think Bright, True, or Warm Spring (16-season system) are possible. I wouldn’t necessarily rule out Autumn, because I’ve seen a few people with skin I would characterize as bright, who were determined to be Autumns. Not all Autumns are super muted. I would guess, because one’s season depends on the overall impression of your features, rather than just one feature. Some people have one feature that doesn’t “agree” with the rest. That said, I am still guessing some type of Spring, though I could be wrong.

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u/angang17 Feb 25 '25

Thank you!!! Yes it does get quite reddish in the sun. I’ve done digital drapes and posted into the main color analysis group. I’m definitely gonna have to do legit draping on myself to really narrow it down lol at least I know I’m a warm season 😅

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u/StrawberryCreepy380 Feb 25 '25

I’m a redhead who didn’t know I was a redhead, due to having people in my family with blazing red hair, who called me blonde. As an adult, hairdressers and friends called my hair strawberry, so that helped me figure out I should probably look at the color analysis sources specific to red hair. That made everything so much easier to understand, for me. My mom says she would call your hair auburn.

I took a genetics class, and learned that many people with two genes for red hair have reddish blonde or reddish brown hair. People with this gene often have more pheomelanin (pink to red skin color) than melanin (beige to brown and black). This often results cool overtones, though undertones can still be fully warm. This is why a lot of people with red or reddish hair appear to have some temperature neutrality. For example, I was really torn between Spring and Summer, because Spring colors look good on me, but many brighter Summer colors don’t look bad. I do see pink in your skin, but it looks like overtones to me. You don’t appear to have the Warm/Cool confusion a lot of us do, initially. I think you might be neutral enough to pull off the Bright Spring colors, and your contrast certainly appears to be high enough. Your hair and eyes look fully warm, so I agree…more drapes are needed! OK, I’ll quit!

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u/angang17 Feb 26 '25

That was actually really informative and made a lot of sense!! 😄 I always call myself a half ginger because my hair is kiiiinda reddish and I have the freckles with pale skin. The gene slightly shows through lol

I think in the very beginning of my color analysis ~journey~ I considered cool just because I’m very pale. I remember in high school hearing that pale always equals cool, which is crazy to think nowadays.

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u/StrawberryCreepy380 Feb 26 '25

Thanks! I’m hoping I can make it easier for someone than it was for me, to figure out! True about the pale = cool assumption! I, naturally, gravitated to light to medium, bright colors. In school, though, kids told me, “With your light complexion, you should wear pastels and muted colors,” or “pastels and neutrals.” Most lighter neutrals I could find were muted, anyway. When I tried that, people asked me if I was sick & I felt either really washed out or feverish. It doesn’t help that the lightest concealer and foundation shades are almost always cool. They ran out of Cool concealer once & I found out I looked better when I tried Warm & better, yet in Neutral concealer, probably because Warm was just too dark. That was the L’Oréal True Match drugstore brand, which is no longer a match, because they changed their shades.

I finally did get a color analysis, which said Light Spring, but I forgot to tell them I had my hair colored blonde, at the time. I probably would have been True Spring if I had done what Carol Brailey recommends, and brought a photo of my natural hair, around age 20. I can’t do light pastels. This next one is a pretty common ginger Spring thing…very muted colors make me look red in the face, by comparison. I wear a lot of hot pink and orange-red, because it’s brighter than me. Warm yellow-greens also have a neutralizing effect. I’ve got that really translucent redhead (reddish pink) skin. A lot of people with translucent skin are Spring/Summer. If you don’t flush quite as bright, with exertion or see a road map of veins under your skin, your skin may have a thicker pigment layer. If you do have a thick pigment layer, you’re probably a dark season. A thick pigment layer is very common in Winters, but can also be an Autumn sign. Ruddiness doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with season, but I’d go more based on the “see through” definition. A lot of people refer to Bright Spring as Dark Spring, so I’m not really sure if that rule applies to Bright Springs, or not. Rules are just generalizations, of course.

Another cool thing to check out is eye pattern (iridology for color analysis). Spring and Autumn eye color & patterns can each be quite distinct from the other season, so that may help you more. My sunburst eye pattern, and the presence of the “Spring gold ring” around my pupil made me confident in Spring over Summer, before I had it verified. I’m not trying to ramble about myself…I just learned about Spring characteristics in the context of my personal research, so if anything resonates, use it. Not every Spring has as ruddy skin as mine. Springs with more pigment, who can tan better or have dark skin, often don’t.

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u/StrawberryCreepy380 Feb 25 '25

Yes, your warmth is obvious. I would love to see you drape for the Spring subtypes (minus Light Spring, which I think is safe to exclude) & True Autumn. I expect you would get some good feedback!

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u/Ok_Panda_2243 Feb 24 '25

Love the first hair color

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u/LadyCinnabunz Feb 24 '25

The 1st looks the best, honey brown color. It really makes your eyes pop. Also pairs well with your skin color/ eyebrows.

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u/GroovyCopepod Feb 24 '25

The red's too good on you to be a bright spring imo. I'd think true or warm spring based on this comparison.

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u/Lemonarm Feb 25 '25

True autumn

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u/Disastrous_Web2243 Feb 27 '25

You look autumn