When you see single colors in your color season palette compared to the rest of the seasons, something instantly clicks.
We’re going to show you a side-by-side comparison of each color in all twelve color seasons.
We’ll compare light neutral, blue, red, purples, oranges, pinks, greens, grays, browns, dark neutrals, and yellows for all 12 color seasons.
The 12 Color Seasons
Color season analysis can be broken down into 12 color seasons. Each season has it’s own color season palette.
The four main color analysis seasons include: Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter.
The sub seasons are broken down into: Light Spring, Warm Spring, Clear Spring, Light Summer, Cool Summer, Soft Summer, Soft Autumn, Warm Autumn, Dark Autumn, Clear Winter, Cool Winter, and Deep Winter.
What is My Color Season Palette?
If you’re not quite sure what your color season palette is, here are a a couple places to start.
- Take the color season quiz?
- Check out our 12 season comparison guide
- Consider you hair color, eye color, and skin color and quickly answer these questions.
1. Would I describe my eyes, hair, and skin as light or dark?
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- Light= Spring or Summer
- Dark=Autumn or Winter
2. Do I look better in Oranges or Pinks? Orange= Warm, Pink= Cool- Light + Warm= Spring
- Light + Cool= Summer
- Dark + Warm= Autumn
- Dark + Cool = Winter
Light Neutral Color Palettes
These light neutrals are different variations of whites, tans, or grays. You’ll find that each color season has their power neutral tones. The tints in these neutrals typically carry through in most of the colors in that season color palette.
Spring
Light Spring. Hints of warm, light golds and peach.
Warm Spring. Medium warm shades with dominant gold tint.
Clear Spring. More crisp, bolder tones with warm cream and golden tints.
Summer
Light Summer. White tints mixed with cool grays.
Cool Summer. Icy cool tints of blue and gray. Brighter, crisp tones.
Soft Summer. Medium shades with gray tints.
Autumn
Soft Autumn. Subtle golden tints. More rusty tones compared to floral spring.
Warm Autumn. Rusty gold and copper tints.
Dark Autumn. Yellow gold tints.
Winter
Clear Winter. Crisp, bright whites and and blue tints.
Cool Winter. Crisp white with gray tints.
Deep Winter. Darker tinted whites and grays.
Dark Neutral Color Palette
Dark neutral color palettes for the warm color seasons, Spring and Autumn, lean more toward brown and greenish, while the cool seasons, Summer and Winter lean toward charcoal, navy, and red.
Spring and Autumn colors tend to pair best with gold and summer and winter dark neutrals pair best with silver because of the warm and cool tints.
Spring
Light Spring. Light golden tints that lean more brown.
Warm Spring. Medium shades with golden tint.
Clear Spring. Subtle gold tints on pure warm shades.
Summer
Light Summer. Subtle, lighter muted cool tones. White tints
Cool Summer. Medium to dark cool tones.
Soft Summer. Muted gray tones.
Autumn
Soft Autumn. Muted warm tones that with lean toward green and gold.
Warm Autumn. Brown, green, and rust tones.
Dark Autumn. Darker browns, greens, and grays.
Winter
Clear Winter. Crisp blues and grays.
Cool Winter. Bold blues, blacks, and charcoals.
Deep Winter. Muddy blues, reds, and charcoals.
Color Season Palette - Blues
At first glance, it’s easy to see that the warm seasons, spring and autumn, have greenish tints in most of the blues. This is because of the golden and yellow tints to the blue.
Summer and winter have true blues and red tints that lean purple.
Spring
Light Spring. Light tones with slight white and golden tints.
Warm Spring. Bolder warm tints.
Clear Spring. bright blues and teals.
Summer
Light Summer. Leans more purple because of the red tints and light shades.
Cool Summer. Grayed out medium shades of blue.
Soft Summer. Neutral, subtle blues that lean toward gray and blue.
Autumn
Soft Autumn. Subtle golden tints to neutral blues.
Warm Autumn. Brighter yellow tints on blue.
Dark Autumn. Muddy yellow tints on blue.
Winter
Clear Winter. Bright bold blues.
Cool Winter. Bold Icy Blues.
Deep Winter. Muddy charcoal blues.
Color Season Palette Browns
A wide shot look at browns from the 12 color season help you easily spot the warm and cool seasons.
Spring is your lighter golden rust tones and Autumn is the medium to darker rust and golden shades.
Summer is your lighter cool blush browns while Winter leans toward black and charcoal.
Spring
Light Spring. Light camel tans and browns.
Warm Spring. Rusty golds and browns.
Clear Spring. Green tinted browns.
Summer
Light Summer. White and creamy gray tinted blush browns.
Cool Summer. Cool blush tones that almost look purple.
Soft Summer. Grayed out browns.
Autumn
Soft Autumn. Green and rusty tinted browns.
Warm Autumn. Browns that lean toward orange and rust.
Dark Autumn. Muddy gold and rust tones.
Winter
Clear Winter. Crisp browns that lean more charcoal.
Cool Winter. Avoid browns unless they lean heavily toward charcoals or black.
Deep Winter. Muddy browns and charcoals.
Grays
All four main color seasons have clear differentiators when comparing grays.
Spring has greenish tints, Summer has bluish tints, Autumn has Rusty Tints and Winter has muddy charcoal tints.
Spring
Light Spring. Lighter shades with subtle golden tints.
Warm Spring. Medium shades with rusty greenish gold tints.
Clear Spring. Pure and bright grays with slight green tints.
Summer
Light Summer. Lighter gray shades that have blue tints.
Cool Summer. Bolder, icy grays.
Soft Summer. Slight red tints.
Autumn
Soft Autumn. Medium shades of gray with golden tints.
Warm Autumn. Warm golden and orangish tints.
Dark Autumn. Rusty greenish medium shades.
Winter
Clear Winter. Brighter cool grays that lean toward blueish green.
Cool Winter. Chalky grays.
Deep Winter. Muddy blueish grays.
Greens
Spring greens are bright yellow greens while the darker warm season, Autumn is more rusty golden greens.
As for the cool seasons, summer is full of subtle mint greens, while winter has bolder icy teals and cool greens.
Spring
Light Spring. Light shades with yellow tints.
Warm Spring. Medium shades with rusty gold tints.
Clear Spring. Brighter gold tints.
Summer
Light Summer. Light shades that lean blue.
Cool Summer. True greens with subtle blue tint.
Soft Summer. Muted gray blue tints.
Autumn
Soft Autumn. True greens with soft yellow blue tints.
Warm Autumn. Rusty brownish greens.
Dark Autumn. Muddy true greens.
Winter
Clear Winter. Bright cool greens with blue tint.
Cool Winter. Seafoam greens.
Deep Winter. Muddy teals.
Oranges
Peach, pink, rust, and red. Those are the tints that really stand out in each season.
The Spring color season palette for orange leans peach, Summer leans pink, Autumn leans rusty, and Winter leans more reddish.
Spring
Light Spring. White creamy coral peaches.
Warm Spring. Golden corals.
Clear Spring. Brighter coral oranges.
Summer
Light Summer. Coral pinks.
Cool Summer. Avoid orange unless it leans heavy toward pink.
Soft Summer. Grayed out coral pinks.
Autumn
Soft Autumn. Rusty tinted corals.
Warm Autumn. Rusty green and gold tints.
Dark Autumn. Muddy golds and coppers.
Winter
Clear Winter. Reddish cool oranges.
Cool Winter. Avoid orange unless it leans heavily reddish pink.
Deep Winter. Muddy berry tones.
Pinks
Spring and Autumn pinks appear more orange than pink in the 12 color season palette.
Pink is a color that is dominantly cool which means the pure pinks are in the Summer and Winter color palettes while Spring and Autumn pinks are pretty much orange and coral.
Spring
Light Spring. Creamy white pinks that lean coral.
Warm Spring. Creamy orange and blush tones.
Clear Spring. Brighter yellow tints make.
Summer
Light Summer. Creamy rose shades.
Cool Summer. Icy pinks with blue tints.
Soft Summer. Muted, grayed out pinks.
Autumn
Soft Autumn. Creamy rusty corals.
Warm Autumn. Medium shades of coral.
Dark Autumn. Muddy corals.
Winter
Clear Winter. Bright and vibrant pinks.
Cool Winter. Bright and vibrant with blue tints.
Deep Winter. Muddy blue tinted pinks.
Purples
The purples in the 12 color season palette have yellow tints in the warm palettes and blue tints in the cool palettes.
Spring
Light Spring. Light subtle yellow tint.
Warm Spring. More of a subtle coral tint.
Clear Spring. Lighter brighter purples with slight gold tint.
Summer
Light Summer. Creamy light blue tints.
Cool Summer. Icy medium and darker cool shades.
Soft Summer. Muted grayed out cool purples.
Autumn
Soft Autumn. Rusty lighter purples.
Warm Autumn. Medium shades with slight rusty orange tint.
Dark Autumn. More maroon than purple.
Winter
Clear Winter. Crisp, brighter purples.
Cool Winter. Purples that lean pink or blue.
Deep Winter. Muddy blueish purples.
Reds
The reds in the full color palette are easy to differentiate.
Spring is leans orange, Summer leans, pink, Autumn lean rusty brown, and Winter is pure red.
Spring
Light Spring. Light coral reds.
Warm Spring. Medium orange reds.
Clear Spring. bright orange reds.
Summer
Light Summer. Lighter pinkish reds.
Cool Summer. Berry reds with blue tints.
Soft Summer. Grayed out cool pink reds.
Autumn
Soft Autumn. Light rusty orange reds.
Warm Autumn. Leans very orange.
Dark Autumn. Orange and brown tints.
Winter
Clear Winter. Bright, crisp pinkish reds.
Cool Winter. Berry pink reds with blue tints.
Deep Winter. Muddy reds with bluish tints.
Yellows
Yellow is easiest for warm color seasons to pull off. Spring and Autumn yellows also lean toward orange and green.
Summer and Winters have subtle gray and reddish tints.
Spring
Light Spring. More peachy tones.
Warm Spring. Rusty greenish yellows.
Clear Spring. Brighter, lighter yellows with golden tints.
Summer
Light Summer. Light and creamy yellows that are more nude.
Cool Summer. Very cool toned yellows that lean toward nude or green.
Soft Summer. Grayed out nude yellows.
Autumn
Soft Autumn. Orangish lighter yellows.
Warm Autumn. Rusty orange tints.
Dark Autumn. Brownish yellows that lean toward gold.
Winter
Clear Winter. Bright citrus yellows.
Cool Winter. Bold yellows with slight red or blue tint.
Deep Winter. Muddy yellows with cool blue tint.
Conclusion: Color Season Palette
To truly grasp the differences for each color season palette, it’s best to go color by color.
When you compare each basic color side by side you’ll see clear differences in tints.
Typically, the warm color season palettes have golden tints while the cool color season palettes have red and blue tints.
While the sub seasons vary in lightness, brightness, and muddiness.
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