Bright Spring color palette

What is Bright Spring?

Bright Spring, also called Clear Spring, is the most saturated spring season. Its colors are vivid first and warm second. It borders Bright Winter, so it can wear a few clear cool colors, but the palette as a whole leans warm and never dusty.

The Bright Spring color palette

High-chroma colors with a warm lean: hot coral, poppy and tomato red, bright orange, sunflower yellow, lime and kelly green, turquoise, bright warm blue and clear violet. Every color below links to its own page with hex, RGB and OKLCH values, shades and matching colors.

Best neutrals for Bright Spring

Warm white, light camel, navy, charcoal and clear warm gray. Very dark navy works where black is too stark.

Colors Bright Spring should avoid

Dusty, muted and earthy colors, heavy browns and grayed pastels. They dull your natural clarity.

The colors below come from Soft Summer, the season with the opposite traits. They are the least flattering on Bright Spring coloring.

How to tell if you are a Bright Spring

• Skin: Light to medium with a warm or neutral undertone, often with clear, almost translucent skin.
• Hair: Medium to dark: golden brown, chestnut, dark auburn or warm dark brown. Contrast with skin is noticeable.
• Eyes: Bright and clear: sparkling blue, turquoise, bright green or clear topaz, often with strong contrast to the white of the eye.
• Contrast: Medium to high. Color that is too soft makes you look tired.

Coloring is a tendency, not a checklist. The surest test is to hold colors from this palette and from True Spring and Bright Winter under your chin in daylight and see which make your skin look clear and even. The color analysis quiz narrows it down in a few questions.

Bright Spring outfits and wardrobe

Build a Bright Spring wardrobe on two or three neutrals, then add medium tones for most of your tops and save the strongest colors for accents near the face. Four starting combinations from this palette:

Bright Spring makeup, hair color and jewelry

• Lips: Bright coral, warm red, watermelon pink and clear warm pink.
• Cheeks: Bright coral and warm pink.
• Eyes: Bronze, teal, bright navy liner and warm brown.
• Hair color: Rich golden brown, chestnut and warm auburn. Avoid flat ash tones.
• Jewelry and metals: Polished yellow gold, and shiny mixed metals. Avoid antiqued or brushed finishes.

Bright Spring vs True Spring and Bright Winter

If several Bright Spring colors look slightly off on you, try the neighbor that shares your strongest trait. Medium tones such as Bubble Gum Pink, Melon and Dark Lime are the easiest way to compare.

All 12 color seasons

• Light SpringLight, warm and clear: peach, warm pink, buttercream, mint and aqua.
• True SpringWarm and clear: coral, poppy, golden yellow, grass green and warm turquoise.
• Light SummerLight, cool and soft: powder blue, lavender, rose pink, mint and soft gray.
• True SummerCool and softly muted: rose, raspberry, cool blue, periwinkle, lavender and blue-green.
• Soft SummerMuted and cool: dusty rose, mauve, slate blue, soft teal, sage and gray-plum.
• Soft AutumnMuted and warm: sage, camel, terracotta, soft olive, muted teal and salmon.
• True AutumnWarm and rich: rust, pumpkin, mustard, olive, forest green and teal.
• Deep AutumnDeep and warm: chocolate, brick, rust, olive, forest green, deep teal and aubergine.
• Deep WinterDeep and cool: black, burgundy, emerald, sapphire, plum and deep teal.
• True WinterCool and vivid: true red, fuchsia, royal blue, emerald, icy pink, black and white.
• Bright WinterVivid and cool-leaning: hot pink, true red, electric blue, emerald, violet and icy tints.

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