Bright Spring Glazed Lights
/Welcome to the world of Bright Spring lights.
What makes this corner of the colour world distinctive?
A ton of brightness.
And a generous dash of high value lightness.
In many ways these colours resemble Winter’s icy lights - only with a warm twist.
Although the palette is overall much lighter than any Winter, Bright Spring shares the ability to push hard into extreme lightness.
Pure white is the lightest of all colours.
But as a yellow-based season, Bright Spring is too warm for pure white to balance perfectly.
(Although in my experience Bright Springs often look better in white than True Spring’s very yellowed buttercream.)
The version found in this palette is bright, warm, airy - and a touch creamy.
White chocolate and vanilla milkshake.
Add to this base a few drops of sparkling coloured-sunshine pigment and voila!
Awesome Bright Spring lights.
We are used to thinking of Bright Spring as hot pink, marigold, electric coral, aqua and parakeet green offset with a touch of black.
I say this a lot but it’s true:
Getting to know your full palette is an adventure in colour discovery.
If you’re a Bright Spring and haven’t got your head around the season’s glazed lights, you’re in for a treat.
These fabulous colours are uniquely yours.
What do I mean by glazed?
Winter seasons are often described as crystalline because of their frozen quality.
Bright Spring shares some of these traits, particularly around chroma but also value when considering Winter’s icy lights.
If Dark Winter is frost, True Winter is snow and Bright Winter is ice, then Bright Spring is glass.
Clear, transparent, a little hard but not dense.
Tropical punch loaded with ice, a lacquered bowl, a bubble gum balloon.
Fresh fruit suspended in lustrous jelly.
This is intense, pigmented, generous colour.
Loved by shine and gloss.
Bright Spring has a little edge.
Even the lights.
After all, bright colours aren’t always the most relaxing.
They seize the senses and engage our attention.
Unlike soft or misty colours which retreat into a dreamy distance, this palette advances and feels active.
There’s a wow factor.
In this space is a very particular beauty.
All bold verve and vitality.
The insistence and power of the sun vanquishing Winter.
Or the darkness of night.
Look at a brilliant dawn to spot these colours in sharp relief.
Glazed lights are also sunrise lights.
We might describe Bright Spring lights as spun sugar, candied tangerine and cornsilk.
There are varnished versions of apricot, turquoise, jacaranda, sunbeam yellow, peach, lime and gerbera pink.
Some of these colours even inch towards warm neons.
Glazed lights are spectacular to wear.
I’ve gone full prom-meets-catwalk in the following examples but that’s because I found this fashion niche teeming with Bright Spring lights.
This range of colours is particularly interesting because of the specific combination of value and chroma.
High value lightness keeps colours delicate while brightness creates punch.
This makes Bright Spring lights simultaneously striking yet playful, elegant yet daring.
Told you these colours are awesome!
Pretty, you may say, but who’s wearing chiffon or satin gowns every day?
I hear you!
Let’s look at some more everyday examples.
Think about the role these colours play in your wardrobe.
Bright Springs benefit from contrast and usually plenty of it.
In fact, if Bright Springs wear head-to-toe darks - even when drawn from the palette - the result will be a little flat.
You’ll need something to break up the heavier base and create lift.
The season’s vanilla white will do the trick just fine.
But why not try something more dynamic?
Even if you’re more of a neutrals person, experiment with glazed lights in accents, prints or accessories.
Be encouraged that the energy of these colours is already naturally present in you.
Revel in the zest and life they bring to your look.
On a Bright Spring, these colours are stately, elegant and real.
Bright Spring glazed lights apply just as effectively in cosmetics.
Look for sheer, intense colours.
On a Bright Spring face they appear radiant and delicate.
Bright Spring lights can be utilised for dramatic looks or kept understated for everyday wear.
Either way, the amount of pigment in the product is important.
If there isn’t enough, the colour will be too lightweight and may barely read at all.
At the same time lift is key.
You want the effect of light passing through a strong colour, rather than a thicker, painted-on effect.
Keep both pigment and transparency high in your products.
The season’s peach, coral and pinks make lovely cheek and lip colours.
They also work beautifully for eyes.
Shimmery or shiny rose gold and yellow gold are incredible accents.
If the overall look is very warm, the face can also balance a touch of silver.
Just remember, the finished look needs to be warm.
Note how amazing that pigmented tangerine looks against shiny gold jewellery in the first picture.
And now to meet some famous friends showing us how these colours are done.
(Minus a few off-season choices here and there - it is SO hard to find 100% accurate looks!)
This palette is so fresh and radiant.
So punchy and energetic.
Effortless and natural.
The glorious beauty of Bright Spring glazed lights.
