Every Spring suits warm, clear color: coral rather than rust, turquoise rather than teal, ivory or cream rather than stark white or gray. So “which Spring am I?” is really a question about which trait is loudest in your coloring. Lightness makes you a Light Spring. Warmth makes you a True Spring. Clarity and contrast make you a Bright Spring.
The Color Season Quiz measures all three axes and reports the strongest. The six questions below are a mirror-and-fabric version of the same idea.
What every Spring shares
Spring coloring is warm or neutral-warm, with a fresh, clear quality. Skin often shows peach or golden tones, hair has golden, strawberry or copper glints, and eyes tend to be clear: blue, aqua, green, topaz or warm light brown. Dusty, grayed colors make Springs look tired, and black near the face looks heavy on most of them.
Three ways to be a Spring
True Spring is the center of the family and the warmest of the three. Golden yellow, coral, poppy, kelly green and warm turquoise suit it; golden brown is its darkest neutral. Its neighbor outside the family is True Autumn, equally warm but richer and more muted.
Light Spring is the pale end. Ivory, butter, peach, light coral and aqua keep everything near the face light, and dark colors overwhelm it. It shares its lightness with Light Summer, the cooler sister.
Bright Spring is the intense end. Hot coral, bright pink, emerald teal and royal blue, with pure white and espresso as anchors, match coloring with high contrast and clear eyes. Its sister is Bright Winter, equally vivid but cool.
Six questions
Mark each answer L, T or B and count the letters. It is a sorting aid; drapes and the quiz confirm it.
- Natural hair: light golden or strawberry blonde (L); golden blonde, copper or golden brown (T); dark brown or near-black, clearly darker than your skin (B).
- Eyes: light blue, aqua or light green (L); warm green, golden hazel or topaz (T); vivid blue, green or bright brown that stands out sharply (B).
- Contrast between hair, skin and eyes: low, everything light (L); medium (T); high (B).
- Best coral under your chin: peach or light coral (L); coral (T); hot coral (B).
- Best blue-green: aqua (L); warm turquoise (T); emerald teal or bright aqua (B).
- When a color fails on you, it is usually: too dark or heavy (L); too cool or gray (T); too dull or dusty (B).
Four of one letter settles it. A three-three split points to the border between two Springs.
The three Springs side by side
- ivory
- butter
- peach
- light coral
- warm pink
- aqua
- clear sky
- light camel
- cream
- golden yellow
- coral
- poppy
- warm turquoise
- kelly green
- clear blue
- golden brown
- white
- sunflower
- hot coral
- bright pink
- emerald teal
- bright aqua
- royal blue
- espresso
| Light Spring | True Spring | Bright Spring | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strongest trait | Light | Warm | Bright |
| Sister season | Light Summer | True Autumn | Bright Winter |
| White | Ivory | Cream | Pure white |
| Dark neutral | Light camel | Golden brown | Espresso |
| Coral and pink | Peach, light coral | Coral, poppy | Hot coral, bright pink |
| Blue | Clear sky, aqua | Warm turquoise, clear blue | Bright aqua, royal blue |
| Yellow | Butter | Golden yellow | Sunflower |
| Metal | Light polished gold | Polished yellow gold | Bright polished gold |
| Avoid | Black, very dark and very dusty shades | Icy pastels, cool grays, black | Dusty, muted and grayed colors |
A Spring is always warm and clear. The season name tells you which of light, warm or bright comes first.
Between two Springs
When the quiz names another Spring as runner-up, test the colors where the two palettes part. Peach against coral separates Light from True. Coral against hot coral separates True from Bright. Ivory against pure white separates Light from Bright. Since seasons are a styling framework with borders drawn by convention, a near tie is a common result.
If the runner-up comes from another family, compare sisters: Light Spring vs Light Summer, True Spring vs True Autumn or Bright Spring vs Bright Winter.