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T rue Summer and True Winter are the coolest of the

12 colour seasons.
And even though they share their dominant

characteristic (cool) and may appear similar, they are
not the same.
Let's find out how to spot the difference between them!

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Seasonal Characteristics
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To understand the key differences between the two colour seasons, we

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And it's quickly becoming clear where the differences lie: While both
seasons sit at the coolest end of the hue scale, True Summer is lighter
and softer than True Winter, which is darker and brighter.
These differences are reflected in the two seasons' colour palettes: While
True Winter's colours are more saturated and contrasted, True Summer's
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colours are more muted and less bright. Similarly, True Winter's colours
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Now that we know the difference in colour dimensions between True 

Summer and True Winter, we can identify what makes someone a True
Summer or a True Winter.
Take a look at the following example: both of these women are clearly
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But the woman on the left is a True Summer because she has more grey
pigments in her colouring, which makes her appear more muted. She
also has a lower level of contrast between her features compared to the
woman on the right. The latter, in contrast, has a more intense
appearance because her features are brighter.

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If you ever have any doubts about your season, the best thing to do is to
select the most prominent colours of the palette you are testing and
drape yourself in them (or use lipstick with the same colour aspects).
For our purposes, we will use Emily Blunt and Lucy Liu as examples, and
we will drape them in a few True Summer colours as well as True Winter
colours side-by-side, to see which ones work on them.

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Yellow is naturally a warm colour, but True Summer has a light, mustardy
yellow and True Winter has a brighter yellow. We can see already that
more intense Winter yellow doesn't really work on Emily. The muted
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Now let's see how the same colours look on Lucy.

Lucy is the exact opposite! She shines in the True Winter yellow; but the
muted yellow looks off on her.
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The pinks confirm our analysis. The more intense True Winter pink is too
much for Emily. It makes her look like a bubblegum wrapper! But she
looks so gorgeous in the lighter True Summer pink, which isn't as intense
and has more grey pigments in it just like Emily.
Lucy, in contrast, needs the extra intensity of the True Winter pink to
make her come alive. Although the lighter pink is not instantly bad, she
can easily handle the more intense pink without being overwhelmed. In
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her features more definition and makes
her appearance more lively.
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And lastly, the blues paint a similar picture. The darker Winter blue is too
dark for Emily. It highlights the shadows on her face and makes her look
pasty. Again, the lighter blue looks very harmonious because of the grey
tinge which reflects the grey pigments in her own colouring.
The opposite is true for Lucy. While the True Summer blue makes her
look drained and washed out, the darker blue lets her shine because it
has more intensity.
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Therefore, we can conclude that Emily is a True Summer and Lucy is a
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If you are still unsure whether you are True Summer or True Winter, try
the lipstick test.
Both seasons look best in very cool lip colours, but True Summer cannot
wear the intense pinks of Winter. In contrast, True Winters only truly
shine in those more intense cool pinks. More muted pinks aren't intense
enough for them.

Just like we said, the brighter pink looks very unnatural on Emily. It
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stands out from the rest of her appearance. She needs a more toned
down pink, which doesn't compete with her muted colouring. 
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Lucy, on the other hand, truly shines in the more intense pink lipstick.
She can comfortably wear the brighter colours without it stealing the
show. The more muted version looks very bland on her in comparison.

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18/04/22, 12:42 True Summer vs True Winter: What Is The Difference?

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True Summer / True Winter

T rue Summer and True Winter are the coolest of the

And even though they share their dominant

Let's find out how to spot the difference between them!

True Summer / True Winter

To understand the key differences between the two colour seasons, we

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Now that we know the difference in colour dimensions between True 

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Now let's see how the same colours look on Lucy.

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