Bright Spring vs Bright Winter

How to tell which one you actually are.

The short answer. Both want full intensity, so brightness will not separate them. Warmth does: Bright Spring takes golden yellow and coral, Bright Winter takes icy pink and blue-red and goes greenish against gold.

Bright Spring

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Bright Winter

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What separates them, from each side

Both guides describe this pair the same way from opposite directions, which is itself the useful part — the rule reads true whichever side you start from.

Read from Bright Spring

The same volume with ice underneath instead of gold. A Bright Winter sharpens beside icy pink and electric blue and goes slightly green beside golden yellow; a Bright Spring is the reverse.

Read from Bright Winter

The same volume with gold underneath instead of ice. A Bright Spring glows in golden yellow, coral and warm turquoise; a Bright Winter goes slightly green beside gold and sharpens beside icy pink and electric blue.

Check it on yourself

The self-check from the Bright Spring guide

Do these in daylight, without foundation if you can.

Hold golden yellow and icy lemon against your face. If gold makes you look sunlit and lemon makes you look pale, you are a spring.
Hold hot coral and hot pink. The one that makes your eyes brighter is your side of the line.
Wear bright navy with ivory and a poppy red. If the high contrast looks sharp, stay here; if it looks like too much, try True Spring.

The self-check from the Bright Winter guide

Do these in daylight, without foundation if you can.

Wear black and white only. Finished means True Winter; unfinished means stay here.
Hold golden yellow and icy lemon against your face. If gold makes you look sallow and lemon makes you look sharp, you are a winter.
Hold hot pink and coral. The one that makes your eyes brighter is your side of the line.

Still not sure?

The Style-LORE quiz works it out from a photo taken in daylight and shows you the reasoning rather than just the label — then checks anything in your closet, or anything you are about to buy, against the answer. Free, and no account needed to start.

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The full guides

Bright Spring — the complete guide
Bright Winter — the complete guide

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