Cool Summer · also called True Summer
The coolest, most muted summer — water-toned blues and greens softened by grey.
What colors suit a Cool Summer?
What are the best neutrals for a Cool Summer?
Which metals suit a Cool Summer?
- Silver / white gold / platinum. Brushed and satin finishes are especially flattering on this very cool coloring.
- Gold / copper. Avoid — yellow gold looks disharmonious against a very cool undertone.
What should a Cool Summer avoid?
Honey Gold. Warm yellow-gold clashes with the very cool undertone and reads jaundiced.
Pumpkin. A warm, saturated tone overpowers this coloring's soft, muted character.
Sunflower Yellow. Warm and bright at once — fights both the coolness and the softness.
Rust. An earthy warm tone with no cool counterpart clashes with the blue-based undertone.
Pure Black. A dark, harsh neutral overwhelms this naturally soft, medium coloring.
What prints work for a Cool Summer?
Loosely arranged, gentle watercolor or floral textures in the season's own muted cool hues read calm and flattering; tightly ordered or stiff geometric prints read too sharp for this soft coloring.
Which celebrities are Cool Summer?
Named as Cool Summer by two or more independent sources: Emily Blunt, Barbara Palvin, Emily DiDonato, Kaya Scodelario.
Could you be a different season?
The 12-season system has real boundary cases. Here is how Cool Summer gets confused with its nearest neighbors, and the test to settle it.
- Light Summer
Hold a light, bright cool pink next to the season's own deeper, more muted version in daylight — the deeper muted one flattering and the bright light one looking washed out means Cool Summer, not Light Summer.
- Soft Summer
Hold the season's own cooler, brighter slate blue next to a warmer, more muted version in daylight — if the cooler brighter one flatters and the warmer muted one looks flat, you're Cool Summer, not Soft Summer.
- Cool Winter
Hold a muted, greyed cool pink next to an intensely saturated cool pink in daylight — the muted one flattering and the intense one overwhelming means Cool Summer, not Cool Winter.
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