12-Season System
The 12-season color analysis system sorts people by undertone, depth, and chroma. Use these guides to understand what each season looks like, which colors work best, and which neighboring seasons often get confused.
Published by auraDNA Editorial Team • Updated March 12, 2026
Spring seasons are warm and fresh, ranging from light and airy to bright and energetic.
Spring
Bright Spring is a warm, clear, high-energy season that looks best in saturated colors with a sunny base and very little gray.
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Warm Spring is the clearest warm season, working best in golden, lively colors that feel sunlit rather than earthy or icy.
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Spring
Light Spring is a warm-light season that thrives in soft, fresh colors with brightness and lift rather than depth or heaviness.
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Summer seasons are cool and refined, leaning lighter or softer rather than sharp and heavy.
Summer
Light Summer is a cool-light season that works best in delicate, powdery colors with low visual weight and soft contrast.
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Summer
Cool Summer is a fully cool season that looks strongest in refined blue-based colors with softness instead of stark brilliance.
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Summer
Soft Summer is a muted cool-neutral season that looks best in gray-infused colors with softness, low contrast, and quiet harmony.
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Autumn seasons are warm and grounded, with richer earthy colors or softened muted depth.
Autumn
Soft Autumn is a warm-muted season that shines in earthy colors softened with gray, making the overall palette relaxed rather than intense.
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Autumn
Warm Autumn is the quintessential warm season, looking best in rich earthy hues with obvious golden warmth and medium depth.
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Autumn
Deep Autumn is a warm-deep season that holds richer, darker colors well, especially when they stay earthy or spiced rather than icy.
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Winter seasons are cool and high-impact, built around clarity, contrast, and deeper jewel tones.
Winter
Bright Winter is a cool, highly saturated season that looks best in sharp jewel tones, icy brights, and dramatic contrast.
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Winter
Cool Winter is the most purely cool winter season, excelling in blue-based colors that are crisp, clean, and elegant rather than warm or dusty.
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Winter
Deep Winter is a cool-deep season that carries dark, saturated shades especially well as long as they stay cool, intense, and polished.
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Sometimes, but self-typing often breaks down on borderline seasons like Soft Autumn vs. Soft Summer or Deep Autumn vs. Deep Winter. If your best colors feel split across families, start with a scan and then use these guides to interpret the result.
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