Light Spring: Colours To Avoid
Light Spring: Colours To Avoid - the rectangles on the right do not harmonise with Light Spring colour palette
The colour fan on the left as well as the two drapes in the background represent Light Spring colours. The paper is pure white print paper. The 9 rectangles on the right represent colours that are not in harmony with the Light Spring colours, i.e. the rectangles have vastly different colour dimensions (hue, value and chroma) compared to the colour dimensions of Light Spring colours.
Light Spring colours are light in value, neutral to medium-bright in chroma and neutral to medium-warm (i.e. on the warmer side but not absolutely warm) when it comes to hue (see the diagram below).
The worst colours for Light Spring colouring can be found in the colour palettes of Deep/Dark Autumn, Deep/Dark Winter and Cool/True Winter. In addition to that, Warm/True Autumn, Cool/True Summer, Bright/Clear Winter and Soft Summer colours are quite problematic as well.
What colours are in disharmony with Light Spring?
Value: Colours that are deep in value, i.e. on the other end of the spectrum than Light Spring when it comes to the value dimension of colour. Such colours drain the energy away from Light Spring faces. They are very overpowering and unflattering. Light Spring needs lightness above all. Cool and deep jewel tones or colours that remind you of dark exotic spices are quite unflattering on Light Springs.
Hue: Colours that are on the cool end of the hue dimension turn Light Spring faces grey, dim the spark in their eyes and turn the natural colour of their lips slightly purple (i.e. unhealthy). Light Spring colours are yellow based, i.e. they are not blue based.
Chroma: Colours that are muted and heavily muted (=soft) do not harmonise with Light Spring. Light Spring colours are on the bright side of the chroma dimension of colour, they are neutral to medium bright. Muted colours age Light Springs significantly, contribute to the appearance of double chins and swollen face and lack of definition when it comes to the facial features.
Click for more info on what unflattering colours do to your face.
Can you see how the rectangle is cooler, i.e. blue based compared to the Light Spring colour fan? Can you also see that there is black added to the rectangle whereas there is white added to the Light Spring colours?
Some of the colours Light Spring should avoid (rectangles are numbered from left to right, top to bottom):
very cool colours: rectangles 1, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8;
very muted (=soft) colours: rectangles 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 9;
very deep colours: rectangles 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 9.
For example:
Rectangle No. 1: Soft Fuchsia - this is a cool and muted colour. Light Spring needs warm yellow based tones, soft fuchsia is 100% cool, i.e. blue based.
Rectangle No. 2: Dark Emerald Green - dark in value, cool-neutral in hue and neutral in chroma, this green is simply too cool and dark for Light Spring.
Rectangle No. 3: Dark Burgundy - very dark and cool colour, the antithesis of Light Spring.
Rectangle No. 5: Magenta - absolute cool colour and very bright, i.e. it is brighter in chroma than what would be ideal for Light Spring.
Rectangle No. 8: Black - pure black is cool and dark, perhaps the worst colour for Light Spring. (If you are a Light Spring, your version of black is warm stone grey.)
Rectangle No. 9: Deep Forest Green - very dark in value and more soft than bright, it doesn’t flatter the Light Spring complexion.
Light Spring: Colours To Avoid - the rectangles on the right do not harmonise with Light Spring colour palette
Note: Computer and smart-phone monitors and cameras distort colours. Every monitor shows colours differently. If you see the colours in person, they might differ from the way they appears on your computer screen. On computer screens colours tend to appear cooler. Using a blue-light screen protector or a night-shift might make the colours appear warmer.
Furthermore, I wish the difference in the colour dimensions would be better visible on the photograph. I cannot help but feel that the photograph slightly diminished the differences between the Light Spring colour fan and the 9 rectangles.