Spring sub-season · Warm · Light · Clear
Spring color palette
The warm half at its freshest — light, clear and lively. The Spring palette is coral, golden yellow, warm greens, peach and ivory. If fresh, warm, bright colors suit you and heavy dark or dusty shades drain you, Spring is your family (split into Light, True and Bright Spring).
The Spring palette
How to tell you're a Spring
- Warm undertone that's light and clear.
- Fresh, warm, bright colors flatter you.
- Heavy dark shades and dusty muted tones drain you.
Colors to avoid
- Heavy dark colors
- Dusty muted shades
- Black
How to wear the Spring palette
The parent Spring palette is warmth with the lights on: coral, golden yellow, leaf green and turquoise over ivory and warm beige. Warm navy is the one dark that doesn't dim the freshness. Wear colour clean and let ivory do the resting state — Spring's version of a neutral outfit still has sunlight in it. Split between Spring sub-seasons? This shared core flatters all three.
Colors to keep away from your face: heavy dark colors, dusty muted shades, black.
Neutrals, metals and denim for a Spring
Capsule neutrals: ivory, warm beige, camel, warm navy. Denim mid-wash and warm-tinted. Metals: yellow gold, bright rather than antique. Tan and honey leather; black accessories are the last resort, not the default.
The classic Spring mistake
Heavy, dark winters-worth of basics. A wardrobe anchored on black and charcoal leaves a Spring's colour doing all the work against a backdrop that fights it — anchor on ivory and warm navy instead and the brights need half the effort.
A wardrobe built only from Spring colors can never clash with itself — which is the entire argument for a capsule wardrobe. And if Spring is still a hypothesis rather than a certainty, the free color analysis quiz settles it against your own complexion in under a minute.
The best Spring colors, by garment
Coats & knitwear
Warm navy and warm beige are the coat colours — softer than black, still serious. Knitwear in coral, leaf green and golden yellow carries the freshness this season is named for.
Shirts & tops
Ivory and peach over stark white. Turquoise is Spring's secret-weapon shirt colour — clear, warm, and almost nobody else wears it as well.
Trousers & denim
Warm beige, stone and lively mid-wash denim, with warm navy where structure is needed. Heavy blacks and dull greys drag the whole palette down — the avoid list starts there.
Three outfits straight from the Spring palette
- Warm-navy blazer, ivory tee, stone chinos
- Coral knit with mid-wash denim and white sneakers
- Turquoise shirt under a warm-beige jacket, warm-navy trousers
Which Spring are you — Light, True or Bright?
Light Spring is the pastel end, True Spring the warm clear middle, Bright Spring borrows Winter's voltage. If pastels wash you out but hot coral works, you're at the Bright end; if golden yellow feels heavy on you, start at Light.
Not sure if you're a Spring?
Take the free color analysis quiz to find your season, then build a capsule in your palette.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Spring color season?
Spring is one of the 12 seasonal color types (a sub-season of Spring): Warm · Light · Clear. The warm half at its freshest — light, clear and lively. The Spring palette is coral, golden yellow, warm greens, peach and ivory. If fresh, warm, bright colors suit you and heavy dark or dusty shades drain you, Spring is your family (split into Light, True and Bright Spring).
How do I know if I'm a Spring?
Warm undertone that's light and clear. Fresh, warm, bright colors flatter you. Heavy dark shades and dusty muted tones drain you.
What colors should a Spring wear?
Springs look best in ivory, warm beige, coral, golden yellow, leaf green, turquoise, peach, warm navy. Avoid heavy dark colors, dusty muted shades, black.
What are good Spring outfits?
Build every outfit from the palette and it can't clash. Three to start: Warm-navy blazer, ivory tee, stone chinos. Coral knit with mid-wash denim and white sneakers. Turquoise shirt under a warm-beige jacket, warm-navy trousers.
Which Spring are you — Light, True or Bright?
Light Spring is the pastel end, True Spring the warm clear middle, Bright Spring borrows Winter's voltage. If pastels wash you out but hot coral works, you're at the Bright end; if golden yellow feels heavy on you, start at Light.