ColourelleTake the free test →True Summer (also called Cool Summer) is the heart of the Summer family — cool through and through, soft but clear. Think of an English garden after rain: rose, periwinkle, slate blue, soft fuchsia. These cool, slightly powdery colours make your skin look smooth and luminous, while warm tones turn it sallow. Here's your full True Summer colour palette and how to wear it.
True Summers have clearly cool colouring of medium depth: ash-brown or cool dark-blonde hair, cool blue, grey or soft green eyes, and skin with a rosy or neutral undertone. Silver jewellery flatters you; gold can look brassy against your skin. There's softness, but more clarity than a Soft Summer.
Wear these near your face — cool, clear and a touch powdery.
Cool neutrals anchor everything: navy, cool grey, soft white and a cool taupe-grey — instead of warm beige or black.
Warm colours fight your coolness — orange, warm gold, tomato red and earthy browns turn your skin sallow. Reach for the cool, blue-based version instead.
Stay cool: rose and cool-pink blush; berry, rose and blue-red lips. Soft cool taupe, slate and plum shadows suit you. Avoid warm corals, bronzes and brick tones.
Cool ash brown, soft cool brunette and cool dark-blonde shades. Avoid golden, copper and warm-honey tones that clash with your cool skin.
Build on navy or cool grey, then add a cool hero colour — soft fuchsia, periwinkle or teal — near the face. Keep contrast medium and soft (navy with rose beats black with white), finish with silver jewellery, and you'll read as quietly elegant.
Often described as True Summer in colour-analysis circles: Christie Brinkley, Brooke Shields and Cate Blanchett — a style mood, not an official label.
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Cool, soft-but-clear shades: soft fuchsia, periwinkle, slate blue, spruce, rose pink, cool plum, teal and blue-red.
Both cool, but True Summer carries clearer, slightly brighter colour while Soft Summer needs everything more muted.
Warm tones — orange, warm gold, tomato red and earthy browns. Choose cool, blue-based versions.
Clearly cool colouring of medium depth; silver suits you more than gold. Confirm with the free Colourelle colour test.