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Light Summer Color Palette
Soft, cool and airy — pastels like a watercolour sky.
Light Summer bridges Light Spring and Cool Summer, with lightness leading and a cool undertone refining it. Your colouring is soft and gentle: fair skin with a cool or neutral cast, light ash-blonde or light brown hair, and soft cool eyes. Your colours are powdery cool pastels — gentle, blended and never harsh.
- Temperature: Cool-neutral
- Depth: Light
- Clarity: Medium-soft
Light Summer colors to wear
These 27 shades are the heart of the Light Summer palette. Save them to your phone and use them as a reference when shopping for clothes, accessories and makeup.
Colors to avoid
Warm, dark or very saturated colours overpower Light Summer's gentle, cool delicacy. Black and bright orange are especially harsh — choose soft navy and cool pastels instead.
Best neutrals & metals
Neutrals
Metals
Silver and white gold suit your cool lightness best, with soft rose gold a flattering second. Bright yellow gold tends to look too warm and heavy.
Light Summer makeup
Choose makeup in the same family as your clothing palette so your face and outfit work together. These shade families flatter Light Summer colouring:
Lipstick
Blush
Eyeshadow
Shop Light Summer shades
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Cool, light hair flatters you: ash blonde, light cool brown and soft beige tones. Avoid golden, copper or very dark hair, which overwhelms your cool, gentle lightness.
Light Summer celebrities & examples
It helps to picture the Light Summer look on real people. Rather than show copyrighted photos, here are the kinds of colouring that typify this season:
Outfit color combinations
Three flattering ways to combine Light Summer colors in an outfit:
Not quite you?
Light Summer sits in the Summer family. If the palette doesn't feel right, you may be one of its neighbours — compare:
Light Summer FAQs
What is the difference between Light Summer and Cool Summer?
Both are cool, but Light Summer is defined by lightness and works in pale pastels, while Cool Summer is medium in depth and can carry richer, more saturated cool colours like raspberry and spruce.
Can Light Summers wear white?
Soft white and cool ivory are far more flattering than stark optic white, which can look harsh against gentle, cool colouring.
What is the best lipstick for Light Summer?
Soft cool pinks, rose and gentle berry shades. Avoid orange-based corals and very dark vampy colours, which overpower your light features.
Not sure you're a Light Summer?
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