| Your hair is... | Child | If you want to add color... | Gray hair... | Highlights... | Color... | Avoid | |
| Warm Spring | light to medium in value, and neutral or warm toned | as a child you were probably light golden brown, honey or golden blonde | you may be able to take light, coppery red but difficult to achieve | gray will probably not work well for you | golden blonde highlights are believable | ||
| Bright Spring | medium to dark in value, and neutral toned | if you want to add color, avoid deviating radically from your natural base | gray will probably work well for you though | avoid light streaks in dark hair, or yellow highlights in medium hair or adding red to a naturally neutral base | cover gray with a neutral or warm color one shade lighter than natural | ||
| Light Spring | light to medium in value and neutral to warm toned | as a child you were probably blonde (from flaxen to honey), Level 7 is dark blonde, level 6 is light brown | enrich natural base by adding a rich color gloss, you may lighten your hair one level and it will look natural, light seasons wear lighter hair well | going gray may work for you | subtle highlights in golden blonde, light caramel or strawberry blonde | hair turns ashy with age, use gloss or temporary color in warmer shade, matching natural hair level | avoid adding ash, auburn or color that is darker than your natural level |
| Cool Summer | medium to dark in value, and neutral or ash toned | as a child you were probably blonde | see highlights column | gray will probably work well for you | cool beige, cool caramel, or light ash blonde highlights are believable, but only if your hair is no darker than level 6 | if you are coloring gray, look for one shade lighter than your natural level and stay in the cool based colors (light ash brown, light cool brown, etc.) | avoid adding auburn, copper, too yellow highlights or all over color that is darker than your natural level - any hint of red will flush you red |
| Soft Summer | medium to dark in value, and neutral or ash toned - often feels their hair is mousy | contradiction | if you want to add color, cool beige or medium ash blonde highlights are believable, and work very well with a lot of your base color showing through | the most likely to highlight, but not recommended unless caramel brown | baylage highlights (in caramel brown) work especially well for you | avoid adding auburn, copper, too yellow highlights, will flush face red | |
| Light Summer | light to medium in value and neutral or ash toned | as a child you were probably blonde (from flaxen to honey) | light seasons wear lighter hair well | going gray will probably work well for you | Cool-beige or light ash blonde highlights are believable | any hint of red will flush you red | avoid adding auburn, copper, too yellow highlights or color that is darker than your natural level |
| Warm Autumn | your hair is medium to dark in value and neutral or warm toned | you may have copper or gold highlights in the sun, and may have red or auburn hair | gray will probably not work well for you | gold, caramel and copper highlights are believable (as long as they do not dominate your base color) | if your base color has cooled with age you may want to warm it up with a gold laminate or gloss | avoid adding color that is darker than one shade of your natural level | |
| Soft Autumn | light to medium, or medium-dark in value and neutral or mousy toned | as a child you were probably light brown (from flaxen to honey) | any hint of red will flush you red | gray hair may work for you | tawny, cool-beige and cool-caramal highlights are believable and probably add softness to your look | the soft seasons should never color their hair one solid color | avoid adding auburn, copper, too yellow highlights or color that is darker than your natural level |
| Dark Autumn | quite dark in value and neutral or warm toned, perhaps deepest, warm, espresso brown that might appear black | in the sun, you may see auburn highlights, Level 5 for example is medium brown, level 4 is dark brown, level 3 deepest bro | if you want to add color, enrich your natural based by adding a rich color gloss, you may deepen or lighten your hair one level and it will look natural | gray hair may work for you | subtle highlights in warm mahogany or deep copper | if your hair has turned ashy with age, you can gloss it with a temporary color in a warm shade, matching the natural level of your hair | avoid adding red, purple or blonde (unless it's natural) |
| Cool Winter | medium to dark in value, and neutral or ash tones | if you want to add color, add an intensifying gloss | gray will work well for you, “no on grays better” | avoid adding auburn, copper, yellow highlights or all over color that is lighter than your natural level | if you are trendy, you can choose purple, cherry, blue-black and magenta surprisingly well | ||
| Bright Winter | medium to dark in value, and neutral or ash tones | gray will probably work well for you | avoid adding auburn, copper, yellow highlights or all over color that is lighter than your natural level by one shade | if you want to add color, add an intensifying gloss | |||
| Dark Winter | quite dark in value, and neutral or cool toned, in the sun you may see auburn highlights | Level 5 is medium brown, level 4 is dark brown | if you want to add color, add a rich color gloss | gray will probably work for you | subtle highlights in warm mahogany | avoid adding red, purple, or blonde (unless it's natural) |
Disclaimer: I am not a professional hair dresser. I am a seasonal color analysis, fashion and personality blogger. http://expressingyourtruth.blogspot.com
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