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True Summer
/ True Winter
What is the di!erence?

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 di!erence between

them!

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Seasonal Characteristics
True Summer vs True Winter

Seasonal
Characteristics
To understand the key di!erences
between the two colour seasons, we
have to first look at each one's colour
dimensions:

True Summer

True Winter

And it's quickly becoming clear

where the di!erences 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 di!erences are reflected in the

two seasons' colour palettes: While
True Winter's colours are more
saturated and contrasted, True
Summer's colours are more muted
and less bright. Similarly, True
Winter's colours are darker, whereas
True Summer's colours are lighter.

True Summer

True Winter

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True Summer vs
True Winter
Now that we know the di!erence 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
cool. There is no sign of warmth in
either.

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.

The Draping Test

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.

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 yellow
looks better in comparison.

Now let's see how the same colours

look on Lucy.

TrueSummer TrueWinter
Cool+Muted Cool+Bright

Lucy is the exact opposite! She

shines in the True Winter yellow; but
the muted yellow looks o! on her.

To make sure that we are seeing is

consistent, let's drape the two ladies
in some more colours.

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
fact, the True Winter pink gives her
features more definition and makes
her appearance more lively.

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.

Therefore, we can conclude that

Emily is a True Summer and Lucy is a
True Winter.

The lipstick test

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
stands out from the rest of her
appearance. She needs a more toned
down pink, which doesn't compete
with her muted colouring.

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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