Color season
Cool Summer
Cool, refined, elegant, balanced and quietly sophisticated.
- Most important
- Cool
- Then
- Medium-soft
- Clarity
- Medium-soft to medium-clear
- Contrast
- Medium
Skin
- Fair porcelain with a cool undertone
- Cool ivory
- Soft ivory
- Fair beige with cool undertones
- Neutral-cool beige
- Soft beige
- Cool rose beige
- Light olive with cool undertones
Hair
- Dark ash blonde
- Medium ash blonde
- Ash brown
- Mushroom brown
- Taupe brown
- Cool light brown
- Cool medium brown
- Soft chestnut
Eyes
- Soft blue
- Gray-blue
- Steel blue
- Slate blue
- Soft green
- Blue-green
- Gray-green
- Sage green
Metals that suit you
- Silver
- White gold
- Platinum
- Pewter
- Rhodium
- Soft brushed silver
The overall effect
- Elegant
- Refined
- Sophisticated
- Calm
- Graceful
- Serene
- Understated
- Gentle
- Polished
- Cool
One thing worth saying
- People often describe Cool Summers as having only ash-blonde hair and blue eyes. In reality—especially when analyzing clients from East Asian, South Asian, African, Middle Eastern, Hispanic, Latina and mixed-heritage backgrounds—many Cool Summers naturally have dark brown hair and deep brown eyes. What defines the palette is consistent coolness, moderate depth, refined softness and balanced contrast.
Is this you?
The quiz takes about five minutes, including a couple to get set up, and it will tell you honestly if you sit on a boundary between two seasons.
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