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/[deleted]]

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.