The Summer Color Season

Summer palettes whisper in cool, dusty pastels and soft blue-grays.

Undertone: cool. Value: light to medium. Chroma: muted, soft.

Summer core palette

The summer palette anchors on warm, light-to-medium colors with clarity. Below are the core hues — wear these next to your face for the most flattering effect.

Summer neutrals

These work as foundation pieces — coats, denim, basics that won't fight your palette.

Makeup that flatters a Summer

Lipsticks

• MAC: Lipstick in Brave — Cool muted pink; the summer signature.
• Charlotte Tilbury: Pillow Talk Original — Soft cool nude-pink; built for summer skin.
• NARS: Lipstick in Roman Holiday — Light cool pink that doesn't overpower summer's softness.

Blush

• NARS: Blush in Sex Appeal — Soft cool pink; whispers rather than shouts.
• Glossier: Cloud Paint in Dusk — Cool plum-rose; native summer territory.

Eye colors

• Urban Decay: Naked Cool palette — Cool taupe, mauve, smoky lilac — soft summer favorites.
• MAC: Eyeshadow in Satin Taupe — Cool gray-mauve that grounds summer eyes.

Who looks best in Summer?

How to know if you're a Summer

The fastest test: hold a clear gold and a clear silver next to your face in natural light. Summers look richer next to gold-tone metals. If silver feels brighter and gold makes you look tired, you're probably a Summer or Winter, not a Summer.

Or skip the guesswork — Tonebook reads your skin, hair, and eye color from a single selfie and tells you which of the 12 sub-seasons fits you, plus the exact palette to shop.