Seasonal type · Summer
Soft Summer: characteristics and color palette
Soft, cool and muted. Think gray blue, dusty pink and sea green.
Are you a Soft Summer? Here you'll learn how to recognize this summer type, which Soft Summer colors make you glow and which ones you'd better avoid. With the Soft Summer color fan, your color palette is always at hand.
One of the 12 seasonal types · color fan with 56 colors
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How to recognize a Soft Summer
Soft Summer characteristics: soft, cool and muted
Soft Summer belongs to the summer family. Everything about your appearance is soft and slightly grayed, with a neutral-cool undertone and little contrast. Bright or warm colors quickly overpower you; soft, smoky shades make your face glow calmly.
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Undertone
Neutral to cool. Not distinctly pink, but definitely not golden.
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Skin
Light to medium, with a soft beige or rosy beige tone. Can quickly look a little gray in bright colors.
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Hair
Ash blonde, mousy brown or soft ash brown, without a red or golden sheen.
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Eyes
Soft and smoky: gray blue, gray green, hazel or soft brown.
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Contrast
Low. Your skin, hair and eyes are close together and blend calmly into each other.
These are characteristics that are common in a Soft Summer. You don't have to match every point exactly: your combination of skin, hair and eyes is unique. Not sure? Have your colors analyzed personally.
The Soft Summer color palette
Soft Summer colors that make
you glow
The Soft Summer color palette is cool, muted and smoky. Wear these colors close to your face: they support you instead of stealing the attention.
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Black, bright white, orange and bright yellow
This is a selection from your palette. You'll find all 56 Soft Summer colors in the color fan and the Style Guide.
Gray blue
Lavender gray
Dusty pink
Sea green
Slate blue
Gray lilac
Berry
Orchid
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Black, bright white, orange and bright yellow
This is a selection from your palette. You'll find all 56 Soft Summer colors in the color fan and the Style Guide.
Your colors at home
Know you're a Soft Summer?
Take your colors with you with the Soft Summer color fan: in the fitting room you'll see right away whether something suits you. The e-book Style Guide shows you how to combine your colors.
For shopping
Soft Summer color fan
€24.95
Your 56 best colors in pocket size, always at hand.
- 56 cool, muted colors
- With a luxury storage pouch
- Also for make-up and jewelry
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E-book Soft Summer
€19.95
The digital Style Guide, ready to download.
- Digital guide as a PDF
- Straight to your inbox
- On your phone, always at hand
Not sure whether you're really a Soft Summer?
Soft Summer looks a lot like Soft Autumn and True Summer. Have your colors analyzed personally: within 48 hours you'll know for sure. With The Perfect Palette (€99) you get the analysis, your Style Guide and the color fan of your type.
Soft Summer or not?
Soft Summer or Soft Autumn?
Soft Summer is most often confused with Soft Autumn. Both are soft and muted; the difference lies in the undertone. You share the coolness with True Summer and Light Summer, but they are clearer or lighter.
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Soft Summer
Undertone: neutral-cool
Clarity: muted
Depth: light to medium
Metal: silver, white gold
Similar
Soft Autumn
Undertone: neutral-warm
Clarity: muted
Depth: light to medium
Metal: matte gold, bronze
Similar
True Summer
Undertone: cool
Clarity: soft
Depth: light to medium
Metal: silver, white gold
Similar
Light Summer
Undertone: cool-neutral
Clarity: soft
Depth: light
Metal: silver, rose gold
Mauve
Terracotta
Quick check in daylight
Hold a soft mauve and a soft terracotta next to your face. Does mauve make you look fresher? Then you are more likely a Soft Summer. Terracotta? Then more likely a Soft Autumn. Still unsure? View the color analysis packages.
Good to know
Questions about
Soft Summer
The questions we get most often from women who have just discovered they're a Soft Summer.
Can't find your question? Check our FAQ page or get in touch.
Is Soft Summer warm or cool?
Neutral-cool. Soft Summer is the softest summer type and is closest to Soft Autumn. That's why smoky, cool shades suit you better than bright or warm colors.
Can I wear black as a Soft Summer?
You can, but black is harsh next to your soft features. Choose charcoal, gray blue or a soft navy instead. Wearing black anyway? Then combine it with a scarf or top from your palette near your face.
Does gold or silver suit me better?
Silver, preferably matte or brushed. White gold, pewter and soft rose gold also suit you well. Shiny yellow gold is usually too warm.
What is the difference between Soft Summer and Soft Autumn?
The undertone. Soft Summer is neutral-cool: gray blue, mauve and silver. Soft Autumn is neutral-warm: olive, terracotta and gold. Both are soft and muted.
How can I be sure I'm a Soft Summer?
The free color test gives you a first indication. You'll know for sure with a personal color analysis: we look at your photos ourselves, without AI, and you'll have your result within 48 hours. View the packages and choose what suits you.
Your colors, always at hand
Soft.
Cool.
Radiant.
Sure you're a Soft Summer? Take your palette with you in your bag. Still unsure? Have your colors analyzed personally, within 48 hours you'll know.