Warm/True Spring Colours To Avoid
Warm/True Spring Colours To Avoid
The “Colours To Avoid” series continues. We have looked at the worst colours for Light Spring, Warm/True Autumn and Bright/Clear Winter. Let’s have a look at a Warm/True Spring today!
The colour fan on the left as well as the three drapes in the background represent Warm/True Spring colours. The paper is pure white print paper. The colour rectangles on the right represent colours that are not in harmony with the Warm/True Spring colours, i.e. the rectangles have vastly different colour dimensions (hue, value and chroma) compared to the colour dimensions of Warm/True Spring colours.
Warm/True Spring Colour Properties aka The Colour Dimensions of Warm/True Spring
Warm/True Spring is absolutely warm in hue, medium to light in value and medium bright in chroma. What are the colours that make a Warm/True Spring look older, grey, sad, swollen and lacking energy? What colours give a Warm/True Spring an unhealthy grey-violet skin tone, dim her eyes, melt the contour of her lips and turn them purple, show the third chin and make the face look swollen and puffy? (The negative effects of disharmonious colours on the face have been summarised here.)
The worst colours for Warm/True Spring can be found in the colour palettes of Cool/True Summer and Cool/True Winter. Deep/Dark Winter, Deep/Dark Autumn, Bright/Clear Winter, Soft Summer, Soft Autumn and Light Summer are quite problematic as well.
What colours are in disharmony with Warm/True Spring?
Hue: Warm/True Spring colours are absolutely warm. Therefore, colours on the cool end of the hue spectrum should be avoided at all times.
Value: The ideal value effect on Warm/True Spring is medium light value. Too dark overall effect is less flattering and should be avoided.
Chroma: Colours that aren’t bright in chroma should be avoided. Muted, soft, dusty and greyed colours do a lot of disservice to Warm/True Spring. Muted are often colours with unusual names: dusty pink or mauve (muted colours) vs. bright green (bright colour). Having said that, absolutely bright colours would be too bright for Warm/True Spring.
Warm/True Spring Colours To Avoid
Warm/True Spring Colours To Avoid
I have prepared the pictures for this article right after I had a Warm/True Spring client as my memory of what her worst colours did to her face was fresh. The more streamlined photo shows a selection of 16 worst colours. Let’s look at them in greater detail.
Black: too dark and cool for a Warm/True Spring (WSp)
Sky Blue and Med Blue Grey: too cool and muted for a WSp
New Burgundy, Bright Burgundy and Blue Red: too deep and cool for WSp
Bright Silver: Too cool. Silver is cool, WSp needs absolute warmth, i.e. gold - ideally shiny polished gold. Silver turns WSp’s skin an unhealthy shade of grey.
Muted Turquoise: This very muted colour is very unflattering on a WSp as WSp needs more brightness in chroma.
Pine Green: too dark and cool, lacks lightness and warmth
Dark Olive: too dark and too muted for WSp
Fuchsia, Orchid, New Fuchsia and Icy Blue: all are absolutely cool colours; WSp requires colours that are absolutely warm
Light Blue Grey: too muted and too cool for WSp
Med True Grey: too cool for WSp
Can you see that some of the BEST colours for one Colour Type are the absolute WORST for another Colour Type? What looks exciting, harmonious and exquisite on a Cool Colour Types drains the energy from a Warm/True Spring and vice versa.
Life is too short to wear other Colour Type’s best colours. Let’s make sure you wear YOUR best colours! Book Your Personal Colour Analysis appointment today.
“The best colour in the whole world is the one that looks good on you.”
— COCO CHANEL
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.