SPRING
COLOUR PALETTES
Warm, light and full of life. Spring is fresh growth, golden light and colour that looks like it's just been picked.
Quick answer: Spring is the warm, light-to-medium season in colour analysis. Springs have golden or peachy colouring that looks fresh rather than heavy. In the 18-palette Absolute Colour System, Spring covers five palettes: Radiant, Zesty, Exquisite, Spicy and Intriguing.
Spring at a glance
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Undertone: warm
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Depth: light to medium
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Intensity: anywhere from bright and clear to soft and toasted
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Instead of black: browns, mid-browns and charcoal
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Best metals: gold
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Energy: fresh, lively, joyful
Who is a Spring?
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Hair: golden or strawberry blonde, honey, light auburn or golden brown
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Eyes: clear blue, aqua, green, hazel or light warm brown, often bright
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Skin: ivory, peach, golden beige, often with freckles
The tell-tale sign: black and dark navy make you look tired, while coral, warm aqua and golden yellow bring your face to life.
How Spring works in the Absolute Colour System
The four seasons are a great starting point, but two Springs can look completely different. That's why the Absolute Colour System splits colour into 18 palettes, based on three things: undertone (warm or cool), depth (light or deep) and intensity (clear or soft). Every Spring palette is warm and on the lighter side. What changes is how bright or soft the colours are. Radiant is the medium-depth warm palette, so it belongs to both Spring and Autumn.
The Spring palettes
Warm, bright and joyful. Radiant is a medium-depth, clear, warm palette for golden colouring and bright eyes. Brown replaces black, and clear gold is your metal. Radiant is also an Autumn palette.
Light, bright and full of flavour. Zesty suits light, warm colouring with lively, clear eyes. Mid-browns replace black, and gold is your metal.
Light, warm and delicate, the most delicate of the Springs. Exquisite suits very light, warm colouring and clear eyes. Light charcoal replaces black, and light gold is your metal.
Warmly toasted, with a little kick. Spicy suits light-to-medium warm colouring that's soft rather than bright. Mid-brown replaces black, and gold is your metal.
Soft, warm and quietly fascinating, like springtime in the mist. Intriguing suits light, warm colouring that's soft rather than bright. Charcoal replaces black, and gold and silver worn together is your metal.
Which Spring are you?
If bright, clear colour makes you glow, look at Zesty and Radiant. If you're very fair and delicate, look at Exquisite. If bright colour feels like too much but warm colour still works, look at Intriguing (soft) or Spicy (toasted). Your palette is decided by your colouring as a whole, not just your hair or eyes, which is why draping is the only way to know for sure.
Fiona's Insight
I'm a Spring myself (Intriguing), and for years I lived in black and activewear and wondered why I looked flat. Springs don't need more neutrals. They need the colour that's already in their face.
Spring FAQs
Can Springs wear black?
Not near the face. Each Spring palette has its own swap, from brown to charcoal.
Are all Springs blonde?
No. Plenty of Springs have light brown or auburn hair. It's the warmth and lightness overall that matters.
What's the difference between Spring and Autumn?
Both are warm. Spring is lighter and fresher, and Autumn is deeper and richer.
Not sure which Spring you are?
A Colour Analysis with Fiona takes the guesswork out. You'll be draped in person, find your exact palette and leave with a swatch booklet you can shop with for life.
What a full Colour Analysis gives you
What you're looking at now is just a taste of what's possible with your full personal colour analysis. In a real session, we go so much deeper than one palette on a screen — you get draped in person, we find your exact signature colours (the ones that light up your eyes, skin and hair), and you walk away with a full swatch booklet you can take shopping for life.
Here's what's included:
- A full in-person or virtual draping session & guide book
- Your personalised colour swatch booklet
- Your Contrast, Value levels (how to put an outfit together)
- Value & Colour Dominance (how does it all work for you)
- Your signature colours — the ones that work *specifically* for you, not just your palette group
- Guidance on your best denims, neutrals, metals and makeup tones
- A wardrobe you can finally shop with confidence, instead of guessing
Beyond Colour — Other Ways I Can Help
Colour is just the beginning. Once you know your palette, the next step is making sure everything else — fit, style, confidence — is working just as hard for you. Here's what else is available at My Colour and Style:
-The Edit ($702) — Colour analysis plus a full wardrobe audit. We go through what you own, keep what suits you, and clear out the rest.
- The Reveal ($864) — Colour analysis plus personal styling. We uncover the silhouettes, fabrics and shapes that genuinely flatter you.
- The Transformation ($1,215) — Colour, wardrobe and style, all aligned. The full reset: your palette, your edited wardrobe, and a style that's unmistakably yours.
- The Full Wardrobe ($1,566) — Everything in The Transformation, plus a guided personal shopping session to fill the gaps, together.