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True Summer celebrities

Celebrity examples are most useful for spotting the pattern, the relationship between hair depth, skin and eyes, rather than for finding someone who looks like you. Two True Summers can look completely different.

Three women who share True Summer coloring, the hair, skin and eye pattern these celebrities have in common
What True Summer coloring looks like. The point is the pattern, not the specific face.
  • Christie Brinkley, an example of True Summer coloring
    Christie Brinkley

    Cool blonde, blue eyes, an even soft-toned face, blue-based color at medium strength.

    Photo: David Shankbone · CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

  • Diane Kruger, an example of True Summer coloring
    Diane Kruger

    Ash blonde with grey-blue eyes on cool skin. The ash in the hair is the tell.

    Photo: Martin Kraft · CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

  • Emily Blunt, an example of True Summer coloring
    Emily Blunt

    Cool brown hair and pale blue eyes with a soft, muted quality, berry suits her, orange never does.

    Photo: Kevin Paul · CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

  • Jodie Comer, an example of True Summer coloring
    Jodie Comer

    Cool light-brown hair and blue eyes over rosy fair skin, gentle, cool, mid-depth.

    Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/drlovell/ · CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

  • Kate Middleton, an example of True Summer coloring
    Kate Middleton

    One of the most argued cases in color analysis: dark hair says Winter, but the soft, slightly muted blues and berries she wears best are Summer’s.

    Photo: Daniel Torok/White House · Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

  • Naomi Watts, an example of True Summer coloring
    Naomi Watts

    Cool blonde and soft blue eyes, dusty rose and powder blue sit right on her.

    Photo: Bryan Berlin · CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

26 more True Summer names every source agrees on

From our survey of published celebrity color analyses: people that two or more independent sites classify as True Summer, with no site claiming another season. Sorted by how many sources agree.

  • Anna Kendrick ×10
  • Caitriona Balfe ×8
  • Emily DiDonato ×8
  • Kaya Scodelario ×8
  • Allison Williams ×7
  • Claire Foy ×7
  • Matt Bomer ×7
  • Joey King ×6
  • Paulina Porizkova ×6
  • Bella Heathcote ×5
  • Emily Deschanel ×5
  • Elizaveta Boyarskaya ×4
  • Georgina Chapman ×4
  • Kimberly Williams ×4
  • Matthew Bell ×4
  • Odeya Rush ×4
  • Charlotte Casiraghi ×3
  • Kimberly Williams-Paisley ×3
  • Lizzy Caplan ×3
  • Megan Boone ×3
  • Yael Shelbia ×3
  • Zoe Kazan ×3
  • Gong Yoo ×2
  • Miranda Lambert ×2
  • Monika Jagaciak ×2
  • Paul Mescal ×2

What they have in common

Cool with a pink, rosy or blue-ish cast; burns before it tans.

Ash blonde to ash or cool medium brown, never golden.

Low to medium, and always gentle rather than crisp.

The True Summer palette

  • Cool raspberry#C2185B
  • Rose red#D81B60
  • Soft rose#E091AE
  • Dusty pink#C97B9B
  • Cool berry#A85C7A
  • Soft plum#7E5A82
  • Cool lavender#9575CD
  • Periwinkle blue#7986CB
  • Cornflower#5C7CB0
  • Cool blue#3F6FA8

Frequently asked

Which celebrities are True Summer?

Commonly cited examples include Christie Brinkley, Diane Kruger, Emily Blunt, Jodie Comer, Kate Middleton and Naomi Watts. Treat these as illustrations rather than rulings, analysts disagree, and hair dye, tanning and studio lighting all move the answer.

How does looking at celebrities help me find my season?

It helps you see a pattern rather than a rule. Look for what these people have in common, the relationship between hair depth, skin and eyes, not for someone who looks like you. Two True Summers can look nothing alike and still share the same palette.

Why do different sites give the same celebrity different seasons?

Because most of them are working from photographs with unknown lighting and heavy retouching, and because many of these people have dyed hair. A professional analysis is done in daylight with fabric drapes against bare skin, that is a fundamentally better input than a red-carpet photo.

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