Cool Summer is the truest-cool member of the Summer family. Your colouring is unmistakably cool, with medium depth and a soft, slightly muted quality. You can carry more colour than a Light Summer, but it always stays cool and never gets harsh or vivid. Think of a English-garden palette: rose, blue, soft berry, slate.
Your palette in one sentence
Cool and soft with medium depth — blue, soft fuchsia, cool rose, slate, and dusty periwinkle.
The outfit formula
Medium, soft contrast. You can pair a slate with a cool rose, or a soft navy with powder blue. Keep the undertone consistently cool — warm accents (camel, gold) will jar against your colouring.
Your anchor colours, and how to wear them
Cool blue — endlessly flattering near the face.
Soft fuchsia — your statement; cool and rich without being neon.
Cool rose — your lip and blush.
Slate — reads as your navy.
Dusty periwinkle — soft, romantic, and very "you."
Your neutrals
Soft navy, cool grey, and slate. A cool grey suit or a navy coat is your backbone. Silver jewellery over gold.
What to avoid
Orange, warm yellow, camel, and tomato red. Warm colours clash with your cool undertone. Also avoid stark black-and-white — soften it to navy-and-grey.
Find your exact palette
Cool Summer and Soft Summer are close neighbours — the difference is how muted you run. Atelier measures your chroma from a selfie and gives you your exact twelve colours.