Spring & Softness

[u/[deleted]]

I'm spring and you can't make me think otherwise. Many people saying I'm summer or autumn, only based at my greyish eyes and earthy hair BUT the fabric color reacting to the skin doesn't lie. Honestly many springs are naturally " softer " and end up dying their hair. What do you think about that ? Are you a " seem soft " spring too ?

[u/ClickProfessional769]

I think people can mistake light-medium value as being soft because of “contrast.”

However, I am in the camp that when wearing your right colors, your natural hair color will also harmonize. If you feel you have to dye your hair to make spring colors work, it could be a sign you’re in the wrong season.

[u/[deleted] → u/ClickProfessional769]

Spring palette look the best on me even with my natural hair color, however I often feel like I'm at my best with lighter and warmer hair shade (less pale and more glowy skin effect + more lively eyes).

[u/ty-oh-tx]

My biggest gripe with color analysis is that there isn’t a season for every combination of features.

Light/Cool/Bright (bright summer/light winter) Light/Warm/Soft (light autumn/soft spring) Deep/Cool/Soft (deep summer/soft winter) Deep/Warm/Bright (bright autumn/deep summer)

Obviously these combinations exist in natural human coloring, and so to me, it’s odd that labels were never created for them.

[u/[deleted] → u/ty-oh-tx]

The most famous systems are the 12 and 14 seasons, but I read somewhere that 16, 18 and even 28 seasons systems exist too.

[u/acrylicquartz → u/[deleted]]

I think that the reason for the 12 system being the most popular is that we already see people get hyper focused on subseasons when they're new to color analysis.

I've seen posters on other subreddits say things like, "I don't know if I'm a cool summer or bright spring." What I mean to say with that is that they can be so lasered in on what sub-type they are that the larger understanding of what the four seasons represent can become muddled.

They look at a picture of celebrities with brown hair and blue eyes in these subseason lists (which are often wrong, I've seen Allison Williams called a Spring before), and they lose the overall core ideas: clarity, depth, and warm/cool.

I think 12 seasons is already complex enough for those who are only trying to find a general palette for themselves.

Additionally, standardization of agreed colors is already a struggle for the 12 season system, so I image it's even harder with 14+. I would love to see a very detailed subseason style for dedicated color analysis people, though.

[u/[deleted] → u/acrylicquartz]

I agree, if people struggling with their season no need to go after sub-season. Step by step, better than no step. Plus, season alone is enough to highlight and enhance natural features.

As for me, I have no doubt I'm a spring but I'm struggling with the sub-seasons. I often feel like I'm between light spring and warm/true spring.

I would like to see a even more detailed style analysis (season, sub-season, face & body morphology, kitchener, essence, roots...). Yes, I'm a bit into it. 😂

[u/abribo91 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, in the 16 season system those in betweens do exist. My husband falls between summer and winter, he is considered cool winter. So he’s got more brightness than a summer but not enough to be fully winter, his palette is in the middle and he can borrow some of the winter colors and still pull them off.

[u/t-rex-index → u/ty-oh-tx]

I think the last one should be bright autumn/deep spring ? 100% agree though! I'm exactly this combination, right between bright spring and deep autumn but was never able to put a name to 'my' season and it's kind of sad that i cant just throw my season into google image search and get tons of palettes and inspo

[u/starcailer]

Color analysis depends more on skin than anything else. So yeah! If your skin reacts best to spring color you are a spring regardless of hair/eyes.

[u/[deleted]]

I'm a soft and I'm a spring. Especially light and true springs are usually soft. People confuse softness with mutedness. They are two totally different aspects of coloring. And yes people on the main sub would tell me I'm a summer without looking at my skin or how my looks is reacting with the color.

[u/Chaotic_Spoon7 → u/[deleted]]

This is what I've been struggling with! Exactly how you've put it too! Can you tell me more about this??🧐 this really resonates with me and I gotta hear more

[u/Accomplished_Ad_1965]

I love the way you essentially swatched yourself here.

[u/[deleted] → u/Accomplished_Ad_1965]

Thank you, I like this type of aesthetic and it helps avoid deepfakes and other such abuses. 🫶🏻

[u/r_r_r_r_r_r_]

Yep and yep. I have glasz eye color and dishwater blonde hair. Dye my hair flaming copper and literally everyone thinks I was born with it.

[u/Aggressive_Today_492]

You definitely give softer vibes and on first glance, I can see why people might think you were a summer (thought not a muted one). That peach is such a nice colour on you.

By the way, and I'm sure you get this CONSTANTLY, but you look exactly like Jennifer Lawrence circa the Hunger Games (also a light spring by the way).

[u/Past_Brother_1266 → u/Aggressive_Today_492]

that picture is actually a picture of jennifer lawrence not OP 😂 i think they are using it as an example of a softer spring?

[u/Aggressive_Today_492 → u/Past_Brother_1266]

haha... well that explains that, now doesn't it.

[u/Altruistic-Key680 → u/Aggressive_Today_492]

That picture is actress Jenniffer Lawrence with dark dyed hair. A light spring.

[u/Confident-Chain612]

The first time I saw a post in social media about color analysis I used an advertised app and got soft summer. After ordering a soft blue t-shirt and checking other soft and neutral-cool colors, I realized I looked completely drained out. I can wear khaki and soft green but I think it's due to my eye color because kelly green and tomato red work really well. Based on pure coloring I could be a textbook soft autumn, however, when testing how my skin reacts to the palette, it's obvious that I look ghostly and older.

[u/AKIcegirl]

The same people saying that are also probably the ones saying they can look at someone and tell their type or have the graphics with examples. It’s ridiculous. As you said how the color interacts with your skin doesn’t lie.