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Soft Summer

Cool-neutral · medium · very muted — the softest, greyest season.

Your palette — colours to wear

#DCDCDC
#C8B8B0
#C0A0A0
#B89898
#A8A0A0
#998CBD
#8898A8
#7598C4
#7A9898
#36454F

Colours to sidestep

#FF0000
#FF7518
#FFD700
#000000

These fight your natural colouring — too bright, too cool, or too heavy. Swap them for the muted, harmonious versions in your palette above.

Neutrals & metals

#E4E2E0
#C0BCBE
#928E92
#43474E

Metals: Silver and pewter — matte over shine.

How to wear it — Muted, tone-on-tone dressing — no bright or stark; soft charcoal instead of jet black.

Shop your colours

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Dusty rose sweaterNordstromASOS
Soft teal blouseNordstromASOS
Mauve lipstickSephoraUlta

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