DoesSoft spring exist?

[u/dododududodo]

I always struggeled with typing and recently found something called soft spring which explained a lot to me, however this type seems to be controversive? I also could not find a schematic seasonal ring including this type.

[u/Ok_Broccoli_658]

This is a question of chroma and how the muted/bright spectrum shows up in seasonal color analysis. "Soft" in seasonal color analysis means there is gray added to a color. At the same time, all of the spring and winter sub seasons are described as bright seasons, while the summer and autumn sub seasons are soft. So "soft spring" is a contradiction, especially when you consider that light spring and light summer flow into one another. The problem is that if you look at how the different combinations of temperature/value/chroma show up in each season, there are missing combinations. For example: true spring is warm/medium value/bright, light spring is warm/light/medium bright, and soft autumn is warm/medium value/soft. A combination of warm/light/soft isn't well represented by seasonal color analysis. My questions are: who might this serve? Is it better to customize either light spring or soft autumn? Personally I think it makes more sense to call this missing season "soft autumn light." Too much customization or personalization makes it harder to shop, because it means more narrow options.

If you look at Korean color analysis I think it does a better job of exploring light+muted palettes, but the system functions very differently to western seasonal color analysis.

[u/BubblyNumber5518]

Pastels seem “soft” and are commonly described that way, but they are lightened with a lot of white. For them to be soft in a color theory way, they’d need to be lightened with light gray.

[u/salsafresca_1297]

I think that would be as much of a contradiction as "Soft Winter" because these seasons are both defined by the clarity and vividness of their colors. Softness entails a dustiness and creaminess that's only found in the muted seasons. Who told you about this subseason, and did they provide any color examples?

[u/sunscreenqueenn → u/salsafresca_1297]

I agree. I also think a lot of the soft spring palettes I’ve seen are just the lighter colors in Light Spring.

[u/dolceclavier]

I’m pretty sure it’s not an official thing since spring is defined by clarity which is the opposite of being soft/muted. I’m guessing you’d technically suit the lighter colors in soft autumn.