Oct 13, 2023

Warm Spring, Light Spring, Bright Spring | Seasonal Color Analysis

The spring color palette is radiant and vibrant, reflecting the cheerful energy of the awakening nature of spring, blooming flowers, and sunlit days. The spring season has three distinct sub-seasons: warm spring, light spring, and bright spring. We'll explore each one in more detail.

Warm spring: sun-kissed and earthy

The warm spring color palette consists of colors that are primarly warm, and also higher in brightness. The palette features earthy, bright tones such as terracotta oranges, mossy greens, and sunshine yellow.

Warm spring is bordered by warm autumn, its sister season. While warm spring leans towards brighter and clearer hues, it shares the warmth and richness of tones found in warm autumn. This overlap allows warm springs to incorporate some of the deeper shades of warm autumn into their wardrobe - colors like warm terracotta and cinnamon.

Warm spring color palette

Warm spring colors

Light spring: delicate and whimsical

Light spring mirrors the soft, delicate nature of early spring blossoms and new leaves. The palette consists of pastels such as coral pinks, light aquas, and gentle yellows.

The light spring season falls between warm spring (warm and bright) and light summer (light and cool). The palette focuses on warm colors with a range of lighter values - think light reds, oranges, yellows, and corals - although light spring individauls can borrow some of the cool colors from the light summer palette as well.

Light spring color palette

Light spring colors

Bright spring: vibrant and cheerful

Bright spring shines as one of the boldest and most vivid seasons. The bright spring palette consists of colors that are predominantly bright, high contrast, and warm - for example, vibrant corals, lively purples, and cherry reds.

Bright spring falls between warm spring (warm and bright) and bright winter (bright and cool). While the palette is still mostly warm toned, it borrows a touch of crispness from the bright winter palette.

Bright spring color palette

Bright spring colors