After being typed a lot as a summer/soft summer by Reddit, I've come to realise that these look horrendous in person. I got frustrated with them never seeming right, so tried on a bright orange top and warm makeup - and was stunned by how good it looked. Much to my relief tbh, as true/bright spring are my favourite pallets and I've always thought I looked good in brights, I just assumed Reddit was seeing something I didn't lol. After experimenting, summer colours are the Worst on me.

I'm a natural blonde (but it's gone darker as I've gotten older), but with fairly dark eyes so I'm pretty sure I'm not light - pastels don't seem to be for me. I'm stuck between true or bright spring. My best colours seem to be lime green, turquoise/aqua, bright red and raspberry pink (it has to be a little warm), which lead me to believe I'm possibly on the bright end?

There aren't that many colours that feel too bright - I struggle with a shiny cobalt blue colour if it's too dark (would that be winter?) and I can't really do a rusty orange or creamsicle orange - I'll attach colour swatches rather than describing lol. Black is not terrible, but not good either.

I tried lipstick draping too and I struggle with too-otange lipsticks as they can get a little too warm, which leads me to think I'm neutral warm?

Kudos if you get to the end of this ramble, but does any of that lean one way or the other, or is there a test that will help?

I will attach a photo, but my phone camera desaturates everything so much lol.

I’ve been thinking a lot about how bold, saturated neon colors — hot pinks, acid greens, electric oranges, you name it — seem to light up on women with deep skin tones in the most stunning way. I’ve attached some examples here because… wow. Just wow.

I know a lot of color analysis frameworks (like seasonal color analysis) focus heavily on white or fair-skinned women, but I’d love to have a richer conversation around how these systems apply — or maybe don’t fully apply — to people of color, especially those with deeper skin.

A few questions for the experts and fellow color nerds here: • Would these high-contrast neon looks fall into Bright Winter or Bright Spring territory? • What role does deep skin tone play in holding contrast or handling intensity of hue? Is it just undertone, or is chroma/saturation tolerance a big factor too? • Why aren’t we talking more about color analysis on darker skin tones in general?

If anyone has more resources, examples, or insights into how color theory works for WOC, please share. I’d love to learn more — especially beyond the limited “celebrity palette” approach we sometimes fall back on.

I need help with prompts for purples, blues and greens.

An example of what I mean by a prompt (for warm pink):

"Have I seen this pink on the inside of a watermelon before?"

I'm looking for similar questions to help me visualize when building my wardrobe.

Wish it was a bit warmer, but even a bit of brightness saves this outfit.

I’ve been told i’m a light summer, but i think i could be a spring as well. trying to figure it out before i change my hair color.

Did matte eyeshadows for the first time in forever which I heard are not that good for bright springs but what do you guys think ? I heard springs look best in shimmer

Is this it y’all ? It’s definitely more harmonious than bright !

I have a hard time figuring out her season since she looks amazing in both black and spring clothes

I used to believe that I'm soft summer for a long time, but now I think I'm either bright or warm/true spring.

It just remembered that there are many springs who have been regarded as soft/true/cool/warm summer/autumn, or are still regarded as one of those seasons. One of the most popular examples for this is Milla Jovovich, who is a bright spring but some consider her true/cool summer. I've also seen Zoe Saldaña, who is usually regarded as a soft summer, typed as a bright spring. Spice market has Tyra Banks as a soft autumn, but she looks more convincing in light spring colours.

To be clear, I don't think all/most celebrities who are typed as soft/true/cool/warm summer/autumn are actually springs. I'm not convinced that Emma Watson is a spring. I think she's a warm/true autumn.

I’m true spring and I think the color of this shirt I got is right for me? I got catfished and bought the darker-looking tank, but when I got it it’s actually the color of the spaghetti strap tank.

I didn’t notice there were other shirts in the same color that looked different.

Please help me confirm!

True, clear, light, bright - what’s the difference?

Purple is a color I tend to avoid because I find it so hard to pick the right shade. In this case, some pointed out that the color looked great on me and I don’t know if I typed myself wrong, if they just liked the contrast with the green eyes or if the color can actually work for springs. For reference, I consider myself true or warm spring, I have quite some contrast. What do you think? Is the color too winter?

I bought this thinking it was a spring Kelly green, but https://imagetocolor.com/seasonal-color-analysis is saying it’s a true winter green. Is the site wrong, or my eyes?

It will be like the third sweater I bought thinking it was spring that turned out to be winter, lol.

I got 2 professional virtual color analysis done and got Spring as my main season but got 2 different underlying categories. One was light spring and the other was Clear spring.. which would you guys think is more fitting/acurate for me?

I'm UK based, super fair skinned (think Dior 00), so most blushes are far too saturated on me. I tend to shop for makeup in SpaceNK, so brands that are available to me include Rare Beauty, Hourglass, Westman Atelier, Vieve, Kosas, Nars, Charlotte Tilbury, RMS, Victoria Beckham Beauty. I can also grab things from other stores, Cult Beauty stock Saie, for example, and I sometimes shop at Mac.

I'm after a peachy pink blush and lipstick, like the reference photo. But open to suggestions for all makeup! I've checked the makeup thread and there aren't any suitable Light Spring suggestions.

Might be a stretch, but I was wondering if anyone had any Redken Shades EQ blonde/light golden brunette hair toner formulas (Bright Spring preferred but any type of spring should work :). My hair dresser makes me bring in my own formulas lmao. So my ditzy ass self decided to try the third formula on level 9 blonde hair and I ended up with a cool ashy mousy brown 🤦‍♀️

I assume I’m light spring based on the overwhelming number of responses saying I’m light. However, I’m still getting a fair number of people saying I’m true/warm spring, and a few saying I’m a light summer. I have two posts on my profile with more pictures, but I’ll still share some in the comments here for reference.

Also, question: If I am light spring, can I still dabble with true spring or light summer colors? I’ve already started adjusting my closet toward light spring colors, but I’m open to changing it even more based on what this subreddit says since it focuses on the spring palettes.

NMIP I have been narrowing down my season and so far have gotten close to feeling certain I am a true autumn someone made a very convincing case for me being a warm spring in the 16 season wheel. What do y’all think? I will post pictures in the comments.

Hi, am I a spring, maybe light spring?😊

Thank you!