True Summer colour season
Cool, soft and elegantly muted. Hushed cool — slate, mauve, soft navy, rose-brown.
Summer seasons have a coolness and refinement – soft, dusty tones with a quiet elegance.
Your colour palette
These are the shades that work in harmony with True Summer colouring – from your statement colours through to your best neutrals.
True Summer celebrities
These well-known faces are often cited as examples of True Summer colouring – useful reference points, though every True Summer looks a little different.
- Emily Blunt
- Claire Foy
- Kaya Scodelario
- Constance Wu
- Anna Kendrick
- Caitriona Balfe
How to dress your season
Your neutrals are true white, dove grey and cool silver – not ivory or beige. Warm yellow-based shades will pull against your undertone. Your colouring has a natural softness. Toned-down, blended colours harmonise with your overall look. High-saturation, very vivid colours can look harsh – lean into the softness. Your colouring has balanced depth. The full mid-range works for you – the extremes (very pale or very dark) matter less than getting the undertone right.
Common questions
How do I know if I'm a True Summer?
True Summer colouring typically has medium overall depth – neither distinctly light nor dark, cool, ashy undertones, and a natural softness – features that blend together rather than contrast sharply. The key is looking at skin, hair and eyes together as a whole. If you're unsure, the Draped quiz maps you to one of the 12 seasons in under two minutes.
What colours suit True Summer colouring?
Your neutrals are true white, dove grey and cool silver – not ivory or beige. Warm yellow-based shades will pull against your undertone. Your colouring has a natural softness. Toned-down, blended colours harmonise with your overall look. High-saturation, very vivid colours can look harsh – lean into the softness. Your colouring has balanced depth. The full mid-range works for you – the extremes (very pale or very dark) matter less than getting the undertone right.
What should a True Summer avoid wearing?
True Summer generally does best avoiding warm, golden or yellow-based shades and highly saturated, very vivid shades. Everything near the face should harmonise with your natural colouring rather than work against it.
Not sure if True Summer is your season?
The Draped quiz maps you to one of 12 seasons in under two minutes – then shows you every colour in your palette draped on you.
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