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Soft Summer: Color Palette and Wardrobe Guide for 2025

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  1. I am a soft cool summer with salt and pepper hair the grey is soft and the dark brown is ashy and I have soft grey eyes

  2. Hi. I think I’m a soft summer but have previously been told just Summer and Autumn. Have ash/mouse hair which was very blonde as a toddler, and grey/green/blue eyes. All over pretty insipid really so hoping I can get some ideas from your site.

    1. Robin McAllistar says:

      Your description sounds just like me lol

  3. Lyndsey Flynn says:

    I’m a soft summer and I hate it. I’ve always felt I have such a boring, bland complexion. I’m so envious of women with striking complexions while I am stuck with my ugly mousey colouring.

    1. Oh Lyndsey! I hate to hear this! Out of curiosity, have you tried some of the darker colors in the soft summer palette? Mulberry or forest green? Perhaps the darker shades will give you a contrast boost that makes you feel better!

    2. Oh noo soft summer is so beautiful, it looks expensive it’s really pretty, don’t hate it, I’m learning to like it just now

    3. My fiancé is a soft summer and he is so beautiful. He looks like an overcast day on the Oregon coast. dreamy, hazy…just gorgeous.

  4. Katariina says:

    Thankyou for this post! I’ve been “diagnosed” as autumn, but later found out the colors don’t match at all… my skin looks dead and tired when wearing mustard-yellow, olive green etc. However, I still think I am more warm than cool. So… soft/warm summer it is then, aguess 😀

    1. Hey Katariina!

      If you feel more warm, have you considered one of the spring seasons?

  5. I always thought I was an autumn because of my brown green eyes and dark blonde hair but I’m soft summer! And I’m happy because most of these are my favorite. Actually, any color that suits me is my favorite ???? btw can dark olive work for us? I kind of like that color but it’s warm green ????

    1. Hey Katarina!

      I would stick more with the sage type greens, which are slightly cooler than an olive. But a dark olive is a great choice for neutral in pieces that won’t be next to your face!

  6. I have tried so hard to figure out what I am. I can not even determine if I have warm or cool undertone. I believe the soft summer fits me best. My eyes are green gray. I have dark brown hair with some random red hair in it so it appears kind of red in the sun. I burn easy in the sun but can slowly tan some. Veins in wrist are blueish green. Thanks

    1. Sounds to me like you have a warm hair color and neutral skin tone. Hazel eyes can appear green or gray depending on what you wear. Hope this helps!

  7. hello I think that I am soft summer but also I like soft autumn color palette. I have blue-green eyes, i have soft brown hair ,but it depends on the light , my skin is soft color and my veins usually appear green. What to do if I want to wear darker colors or colors ? I don’t know if I am wrong but I think some light shades make people of summer look exhausted . I observed that some soft summer individuals look better in color that are theoretically worse for their colour palette , like how is that possible? Thank you very much

    1. Hey Angie,

      I have noticed that there are some individuals who fall between Deep Winter and Soft Summer, and often look best in the darker shades. For this reason I tentatively recognize a 13th season of Deep Summer. Technically they are summer because they lack the contrast of winter, but they have greater value than the average summer.

  8. I think soft/dark summer sounds like me. I have light cool skin with medium brown hair and do not tan. However, I have brite warmer hazel eyes- they look a lot like the “autumn” eyes from your chart. I gravitate towards medium to dark soft cool colors. please help!

  9. Maria Cristina says:

    I did some on-line test and depending on the picture, I am a deep winter or a soft summer. My veins are both green and purple, my eyes are green ( a bit hazel and grey depending on the days). My skin is probably olive or neutral, and even though I try to buy the Yellow ones, expecting to get a more golden tone (foundation with rosy tones look awful on me). The mysterious thing to me is that I have always thought I was from a warm season, and that my skin was warm too but maybe I was mistaken…

      1. Maria Cristina says:

        Dear Stacey,
        Thank you, in fact your first article already helped me a lot. Now I know that I am cool, not warm. Thanks! 🙂

  10. Katherine Swank says:

    I was analyzed as Summer back in the 1980s and believe that I’m a Soft Summer in truth. My blue eyes shimmer green, gray or violet when I wear those colors and the soft summer pinks and roses are beautiful on me. Periwinkle has always been my favorite color but it’s hard to find. At 63 I’m designing 3 capsule wardrobes – one for mountain living, one for desert living, one for travel and can’t wait to get going in my Soft Summer palette.

  11. Thank you for your analysis, Stacey.
    It must be hard to identify with each season to relate their strengths from within.
    But you managed.

  12. I have enjoyed reading of Soft Summer which I was draped 43 some odd years ago.

    I have two curiosity questions:

    My skin tone is pinker as I have rosacea. Would this change my color season to a lighter summer or?

    Tho I look ah-ma-zing in soft navy, I prefer a deeper navy. As a Soft Summer, can I pull that off?

    Thanks in advance!

    1. Bethany,

      Absolutely the deep navy! Soft Summers are frequently deeper overall. Rosacea won’t affect your season. 🙂

  13. I’m so happy you mentioned the deep summer palette. I have dark brown hair, fair cool olive skin, and light green eyes and I was classified as a soft summer, but I find that the colors that are lighter and brighter don’t suit me, while quite a lot of the colors from the deep winter palette (except black) and even a few from the deep autumn palette (deeper teals and greens, burgundy, eggplant) suit me as well.

  14. I have been professionally mis-diagnosed twice in my life, first a spring & then a summer (before the 16 season analysis). i felt awkward in both “clear” colours & trying out autumn didn’t help either.
    Being so close on the border of neutral had most professional beauticians made a judgement error with either a “orangey-yellow” makeup base or bright pushia pink lipstick. dying my hair didn’t help at all & i thought i had to accept the ugly duckling thought.
    But !!!
    Before my son’s wedding i made another attempt (after lotsa lotsa prayer) & discovered soft summer in a supernatural way. sooooo sooooo happy with my own mousey brown hair & just LOVE how the “muted” colouring blend together. i feel exquisite & confident in my new wardrobe & am still reducing & refining my own unique muted & medium to dark soft summer colours.
    May God bless you in your quest to help women accept their unique God-blend

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