True Spring
Warm and clear — the golden hour palette.
True Spring is warm and clear with no cool cast at all. Colouring tends to be golden throughout — warm hair, warm skin, and bright eyes. This is the season that suits the colours of an actual spring morning: coral, turquoise, warm green, golden yellow.
Strongly warm · medium-light value · clear chroma
Your palette
Core colours
- Coral
#FF7F50 - Golden Yellow
#F4C430 - Warm Green
#7CB342 - Turquoise
#36C5C0 - Poppy
#F4503C - Peach
#FFB07C
Neutrals
- Camel
#C19A6B - Warm Beige
#D8C3A5 - Ivory
#F6ECD9
- Best metal
- Gold
- What to avoid
- Dusty pastels and pure black mute your natural brightness.
How to tell you are True Spring
- 01
Warmth is unmistakable — you never look better in cool colours.
- 02
Clear, saturated colour flatters; dusty or greyed shades flatten you.
- 03
Gold is obviously better than silver.
- 04
You tan rather than burn.
Commonly confused with
Mistyping almost always happens between neighbours. These are the two most likely, and the quickest way to settle each.
True Spring vs Bright Spring
Bright Spring carries higher contrast and can take near-black neutrals. If deep navy works on you, lean Bright.
True Spring vs True Autumn
Both are warm. True Spring is clear and fresh; True Autumn is muted and earthy. If rust flatters you more than coral, you are Autumn.
Makeup for True Spring
Golden-based foundation, and check the match in daylight — warm skins often go orange in a shade that is too deep. Blush in warm coral or apricot. Lips in coral, warm red or golden nude. Bronzer works well here where it would look muddy on a cool season. Warm gold and copper eyeshadow, brown liner over black.
Makeup guidance reviewed by Viktoria (@vioda.makeup), a working makeup artist. This is styling judgement rather than measured data — see our editorial policy.
The other Spring seasons
Questions, answered.
What colours suit True Spring?
True Spring suits coral, golden yellow, warm green, turquoise, poppy, peach. For neutrals, use camel, warm beige, ivory. Gold is your best metal. Keep the strongest colours near your face — tops, knitwear and scarves — where they do the most work.
Is True Spring warm or cool?
Strongly warm · medium-light value · clear chroma. True Spring is warm and clear with no cool cast at all.
What colours should a True Spring avoid?
Dusty pastels and pure black mute your natural brightness. You do not have to remove them from your wardrobe entirely — keep them below the waist or as outerwear, away from your face, where they affect your skin far less.
True Spring vs Bright Spring — how do I tell?
Bright Spring carries higher contrast and can take near-black neutrals. If deep navy works on you, lean Bright.
Not sure you are True Spring?
Take the free eight-question quiz — no signup, about two minutes. It reads your undertone, value and contrast and places you in one of the twelve sub-seasons.