Light Summer
Light, cool and airy. Light Summers have delicate, cool coloring with soft contrast. Powdery blues, lavender and rose pink echo your natural tones, while orange, black and heavy earth colors overwhelm your features.
- Temperature: Cool-neutral
- Depth: Light
- Clarity: Soft-clear
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These are the shades that harmonize with light summer coloring. Wear them closest to your face — tops, scarves, collars — where they have the biggest effect.
- Powder blue
#B0CFEA - Sky blue
#87BCE0 - Soft periwinkle
#A4B2E0 - Lavender
#C9B6E4 - Rose pink
#F2A7BE - Cool watermelon
#F28DA6 - Soft raspberry
#D77A9A - Soft plum
#A57AA3 - Light aqua
#A8DADC - Cool mint
#B7E4D0 - Soft teal
#6FB3B8 - Blue-gray
#9FB4C7
Best neutrals
Build your wardrobe basics — coats, pants, bags — from these instead of generic black and white.
- Soft white
#F6F4F0 - Light gray
#C8CBD0 - Rose beige
#D8C0B8 - Gray-navy
#4F5D78
Colors to avoid
These shades tend to clash with light summer coloring near the face. You can still wear them away from your face, such as in shoes or pants.
- Orange
#F58025 - Black
#111111 - Mustard
#C9A227 - Rust
#B7410E
Light Summer makeup and lipstick
- Rose pink
#D9869A - Soft berry
#C0667F - Cool pink nude
#D8A0A6
- Gray-navy is softer on you than black.
- Rosy, sheer makeup beats bronzer.
- Silver and white gold look most natural.
Jewelry: gold or silver?
- Silver
- White gold
- Soft rose gold
Hair color
- ✓ Ash blonde
- ✓ Cool beige blonde
- ✓ Light ash brown
- ✗ Brassy gold
- ✗ Copper
- ✗ Blue-black
Similar seasons
If some of these colors don't feel right, you may sit between Light Summer and a neighboring season.