Spring
SPRING’s palette is fresh, energetic and crisp, with the clear warm colors of spring time – grass green, poppy red, and sailor blue. The Spring woman glows in her beautiful shades of peach, warm pink, salmon, coral, turquoise, and periwinkle blue.
Look at the model who shows us the importance of the right color.
Spring Colors–Wrong and Right
Susan, has an ivory skin tone, clear green eyes, and golden blonde hair. She looks best when she wears clear, yellow-toned colors. On the left she is wearing pure white, which drains the color from her face. But when she wears the coral pink sweater, in the picture on the right, her face comes to life-even in the same makeup.
Susan’s best white is ivory, a creamy white with a yellow undertone. Place a piece of ivory paper over her white sweater and see how much more flattering the ivory is.
A winter is the only season who is truly flattered by pure white.
Summer
The SUMMER Palette is full of pastels — from powdered to vivid colors. The emphasis is on Blue — Skyblue, Ocean Blue-Green, plus Cloud White, and the beautiful Pink, Lavender, Fuchsia, Rose, Mauve, and Watermelon — all the tones of a summer garden.
Look at the model who shows us the importance of the right color.
Summer Colors–Wrong and Right
The model to the right, Mary, has a pink skin tone and looks best in cool colors with blue undertones. Mary is a Summer, notice that Mary’s hair has a taupe (grayish) cast while Kim’s hair has golden red highlights. Mary’s green eyes have a hint of blue in them.
Many green or brown-eyed Summers mistakenly think they are Autumns. In the pictures at right Mary looks drab in the yellow-tone camel and orange lipstick, but comes to life in the pink shirt and pink makeup tones that are so complementary to her natural coloring.
Autumn
The AUTUMN palette has rich, full-bodied warm colors such as Dark Chocolate Brown, Deep Teal, Cinnamon, Rust, and Forest Green. Autumn women look luxuriously beautiful in earth tones of Gold, Burnt Red, Rust, Olive, Sage — all the colors of autumn leaves. Look at the model who shows us the importance of the right color. Autumn Colors–Wrong and Right Kim’s skin is ivory with golden highlights and she is most flattered by warm colors with yellow undertones. On the left she looks pale in the cool pink tones, but looks bright and healthy in the camel shirt and orange-tone makeup.
Winter
The WINTER palette is dramatic with black and white, and vivid jewel tones – ruby red, emerald green, royal blue, purple, and hot pink and fuchsia. The Winter woman looks regal and elegant in her sparkling primary colors. Look at the model who shows us the importance of the right color. Winter Colors–Wrong and Right Margaret is a Winter with grey-blue eyes, dark brown hair and a fair skin with a blue undertone. Her coloring is best complemented by clothes and makeup in cool, clear colors. In the picture on the right Margaret is wearing a gold shirt and orange-toned makeup. She looks pale and plain. But in the picture on the right, she is wearing royal blue with cool-toned makeup: a blue-red lipstick and pink blush. See how radiant she looks!
