Light Spring: your colors, and what to buy

Warm, light and fresh - sunlit pastels with a golden glow.

Light spring is warm and light, and the whole palette sits in the top half of the value range. Nothing in it is dark, which is why a black coat over any of it looks like two different outfits. Soft camel is the piece to buy first, because it does the job you have been asking black to do.

The twelve colors

These are the general starting colors for light spring, with the hex value beside each one so you can match a garment against it.

Neutrals

• Warm Cream#FFF1DD
• Biscuit#E9CFAA
• Soft Camel#D9B38C

The stronger colors

• Fresh Apricot#FFB59A
• Sea Glass#8FD0C8
• Melon#FFD8A8

The softer ones

• Petal Pink#F4C2C2
• Spring Mint#A8D8B9
• Shell Coral#FFD1C1

Metals

• Light Gold#E3C98F
• Rose Gold#D9A28A
• Pearl#EFE7DA

Three combinations to try first

• • #FFF1DD
  • #FFB59A
  • #FFD1C1
  • #E3C98F

  Peaches & Cream

  Apricot next to cream lets your natural glow do the talking - the easiest pretty you own.

• • #8FD0C8
  • #FFF1DD
  • #FFD8A8
  • #EFE7DA

  Sea Glass Morning

  A wash of watery aqua with warm cream keeps things fresh, never chilly on you.

• • #F4C2C2
  • #A8D8B9
  • #E9CFAA
  • #D9A28A

  First Blush

  Pink and mint are gentle opposites - soft, springlike, and lit from within.

Where to go next

• Soft Autumn: your colors and where to start
• What is color analysis?
• What is my undertone? A three-question test
• Gold or silver: a two-question test

Not this season?

These are the seasons closest to light spring, and the ones most often mistaken for it.

• Light Summer

Your exact colors

Your exact palette depends on your eyes and hair as well as your season. These are the light spring palettes in full, one per combination.

• Blue eyes, dirty blonde hair
• Blue eyes, golden blonde hair
• Blue eyes, grey silver hair
• Blue eyes, light brown hair
• Blue eyes, platinum blonde hair
• Brown eyes, dirty blonde hair
• Brown eyes, golden blonde hair
• Brown eyes, grey silver hair
• Brown eyes, platinum blonde hair
• Dark brown eyes, dirty blonde hair
• Dark brown eyes, golden blonde hair
• Dark brown eyes, grey silver hair
• Dark brown eyes, platinum blonde hair
• Green eyes, dirty blonde hair
• Green eyes, golden blonde hair
• Green eyes, grey silver hair
• Green eyes, light brown hair
• Green eyes, platinum blonde hair
• Grey eyes, dirty blonde hair
• Grey eyes, golden blonde hair
• Grey eyes, grey silver hair
• Grey eyes, light brown hair
• Grey eyes, platinum blonde hair
• Hazel eyes, dirty blonde hair
• Hazel eyes, golden blonde hair
• Hazel eyes, grey silver hair
• Hazel eyes, platinum blonde hair

These twelve colors are the general starting set for this season. Answer the five questions and you get the set keyed to your own eye and hair color instead.