True Summer Seasonal Color Analysis
Cool Summer : COOL & MUTED
True Summer Color Palette
Undertone
True Summer, also known as Cool Summer, is the coolest and most refined palette within the Summer season. Defined by cool gray undertones, soft clarity, and powdery elegance, this season reflects the beauty of misty skies, silvery shadows, and delicate florals.
Contrast
True Summers typically have low to medium contrast between their skin, hair, and eyes. Their features appear cool, soft, and naturally blended, with skin, eyes, and hair flowing together seamlessly. The contrast is never sharp or bold, but rather subtle and balanced. All their features are gently blended, though the skin often appears lighter than the hair and eyes, creating a soft, understated level of contrast.
This season is purely cool, with no visible warmth in the coloring. The overall look is calm, elegant, and softly radiant, making cool, muted shades appear effortless and flattering.
Skin
True Summer skin ranges from fair to tan, always with cool or neutral-cool undertones. The complexion often appears smooth and delicate, with tones such as rosy beige, cool ivory, light taupe, or soft porcelain being common. The skin reflects coolness and softness, never warmth or golden tones.
According to the classic metal test, Silver jewelry is the most flattering for True Summers, enhancing the skin's cool clarity; while yellow gold tends to clash with the cool undertones.
Eyes
True Summer eyes are cool, soft, and gently defined. Common eye colors include grey-blue, cool green, grey-green, muted hazel, or cool soft brown, often with a slightly smoky or silvery quality. The eyes appear gentle and softly radiant, perfectly complementing the season's cool, powdery color palette. For detailed eye pattern analysis click here.
Hair
True Summer hair is naturally cool and softly blended, contributing to the season's understated, elegant look. Hair colors typically range from ash blonde to ash brown, sometimes appearing silvery or smoky in certain light. There are no golden, red, or overly warm tones present — the hair maintains a cool, muted softness that blends effortlessly with the skin and eyes.
Compared to Light Summer, True Summer's hair is often slightly deeper and cooler, creating a softly balanced, harmonious appearance.
True (Cool) Summer Celebrities
Emily Blunt
Emily Deschanel
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Allison Williams
Alison Brie
Caitriona Balfe
Megan Boone
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Light Summer / True Summer / Soft Summer
True Summer sits between Light Summer and Soft Summer on the seasonal flow chart. True Summer colours are the coolest and the most contrasted in the Summer family. They are cooler, brighter, and lighter than Soft Summers; they are also cooler, slightly darker, and more muted than Light Summers.
Light Summer
True Summer
Soft Summer
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True Winter and True Summers have cool undertones in their features, but True Winter is bright with a higher level of contrast; True Summer, on the other hand, is muted with low contrast.
True Winters have cool blue undertones, whereas True Summers have cool gray undertones. Also, their colours are darker and clearer than True Summers’s gentle colours.
True (Cool) Summer Color Palette
Paleta de colores verdadera (fresca) de la temporada de verano
True (Cool) Summer Color Combinations
Technically you can create colour combinations by mixing and matching colours in your colour palette. You can combine your accent colours with your basic colours or dark or light neutral colours.
Your color palette consists of soft, muted, medium-value hues characterized by cool blue undertones.
With medium contrast in your facial features, we recommend opting for monochromatic or analogous color combinations, where you either blend various shades of the same color (e.g., light blue and darker blue) or combine neighboring colors like pink and lavender.
It's advisable to avoid vivid and intense colors, high-contrast pairings, and bold combinations such as complementary, triadic, or tetradic schemes. These choices could diminish your presence when wearing them.
Given your cool and soft appearance, neutral colors seamlessly complement your natural look. You can pair light neutrals with darker accents or dark neutrals with lighter accents to achieve a moderate level of contrast. Black isn't a suitable choice for your palette, as it's too dark; consider deep gray shades as an alternative. White may appear too bright, so you can explore other light neutrals or pastel pinks from your color palette for your combinations.
Paquete de paleta de colores digitales y combinaciones de colores True Summer Season
Paleta de colores claros de la temporada de verano
Paleta de colores claros de la temporada de verano
Patterns & Prints & Fabrics
Since your natural look has medium contrast, your patterns should reflect the same. Your color palette has medium-value colours meaning neither dark nor light. Choose the same colours in your palette for your patterns and prints.
Medium-scale, loosely arranged and light color patterns such as flowers, watercolor designs and other loosely arranged designs. Avoid too dense, sharp, and geometric patterns.
True Summers look their best in fabrics that reflect the softness, coolness, and understated elegance of their palette. Choose lightweight, soft materials with a matte or semi-matte finish to complement your natural delicacy. Ideal fabrics include cotton voile, linen, chiffon, fine knits, soft wool, and silk blends. Soft, cool prints, subtle patterns, and powdery solid shades work beautifully for this season.
Avoid heavy, overly warm, or shiny fabrics, as they can overpower your natural softness. Instead, opt for materials that feel light, cool, and softly structured, enhancing your refined, harmonious appearance.
Similar patterns, different shades
Medium Contrast, Medium value , OK
Medium Contrast, Medium Value, OK
Too bright and too light, NO
True Summer patterns and prints
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Jewelry
Metals: For True Summer, the best metals are silver, white gold, and platinum, which align with the season's cool undertones. Finishes such as matte, brushed, and satin are particularly flattering, enhancing the natural softness of True Summer's coloring. It's important to avoid yellow gold and other metals that have a warm, yellowish tint, as these can clash with True Summer's cool complexion.
Gemstones and Pearls: Natural gemstones like blue & pink topaz, blue labradorite, purple amethyst, blue moonstone, blue agate, and apatite are perfect for True Summer, complementing its cool and gentle aesthetic. These stones, with their soft and serene coloration, are ideally suited for the season. Pearls are also a wonderful choice, particularly those with complex colorings that mix shades from light to medium-dark, providing a nuanced contrast to the simplicity of True Summer's palette.
Makeup
Every Season has its own iconic notes and scents
Summer women should choose light, refreshing citrus or marine notes, such as orange blossom, lavender, green tea, rose, honeysuckle, island flowers, and sea salt.
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