Season Family

The Summer
Family.

Cool Undertone Muted Chroma Light — Medium Value

Summers have cool, blue undertones and soft, muted coloring. Where the Winter family is cool and clear, Summers are cool and soft. If colors look best on you when they're dusty, powdery, and gentle rather than sharp or vivid, you're likely a Summer.

The Summer palette
Three Sub-Seasons

Same softness. Different depth.

Light Summer
Cool · Soft · Light

The brightest of the three Summers. The palette skews toward soft pastels, airy pinks, and cool grays.

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True Summer
Cool · Muted · Medium

Cool, soft, and refined. Colors have a touch of gray and feel delicate, sitting between the muted colors of Soft Summer and the brightness of Light Summer.

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Soft Summer
Cool–Neutral · Muted · Medium

Muted, blended tones with subtle gray and neutral undertones. Soft Summer colors are dusty and subdued — think muted grays, dusty sage, and soft mauves.

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What All Summers Share

The three traits that define the family.

Undertone

Cool, blue

Summer's cool undertone has a pink and rose quality to it, softer and more diffused than the sharp, icy coolness of the Winter family. It's the blue-based foundation that makes dusty pinks, soft lavenders, and cool grays feel effortless rather than borrowed.

Chroma

Soft, not saturated

Summer colors are soft and delicate. Think dusty, powdery, and muted versus vibrant and saturated. The softness isn't an absence of color; it's color with a gentle veil of gray that gives the palette its signature quiet elegance.

Value

Light, medium

Summer's palette lives in the light-to-medium range, fresh and airy, never dark and rich like Autumn. These are colors with breathing room, where depth is always understated rather than heavy.

Not sure which Summer?

Find out if you're Light,
True, or Soft Summer.

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