Nail colours by colour season: your six shades (and two to skip)
Match the polish's temperature to your season first (warm corals and camel nudes for springs/autumns; berries, blue-reds and cool nudes for summers/winters), then its clarity (soft vs bright), then its depth.
Sheer 'your-nails-but-better' and a classic French work for every season if the base matches your skin's undertone and depth.
Six shades per season
Each season's first shade painted on an AI-generated sample hand, then the six approximate shades (finishes noted where they matter).
AI sampleLight Spring
Skip: oxblood, dusty mauve
- Peach sorbet
- Warm milky pink (sheer)
- Pink coral
- Aqua mint
- Butter yellow
- Champagne shimmer
Peach sorbet · Warm milky pink (sheer) · Pink coral · Aqua mint · Butter yellow · Champagne shimmer
AI sampleTrue Spring
Skip: blue-red burgundy, icy pastel
- Classic coral
- Poppy red
- Turquoise
- Golden camel nude
- Watermelon pink
- Gold chrome
Classic coral · Poppy red · Turquoise · Golden camel nude · Watermelon pink · Gold chrome
AI sampleBright Spring
Skip: dusty rose, greige
- Vivid coral-orange
- Hot warm pink
- Apple green
- Electric aqua
- Clear true red
- Cherry jelly
Vivid coral-orange · Hot warm pink · Apple green · Electric aqua · Clear true red · Cherry jelly
AI sampleLight Summer
Skip: terracotta, oxblood
- Baby pink (sheer)
- Lavender
- Powder blue
- Rose coral
- Cool pink-beige (sheer)
- Pearl soft chrome
Baby pink (sheer) · Lavender · Powder blue · Rose coral · Cool pink-beige (sheer) · Pearl soft chrome
AI sampleTrue Summer
Skip: copper chrome, orange-red
- Dusty rose
- Raspberry
- Periwinkle
- Mauve nude
- Cool grey
- Soft wine plum
Dusty rose · Raspberry · Periwinkle · Mauve nude · Cool grey · Soft wine plum
AI sampleSoft Summer
Skip: bright fuchsia, warm burgundy shimmer
- Muted mauve
- Grey lilac
- Dusty pink nude
- Sage
- Soft plum
- Cool taupe
Muted mauve · Grey lilac · Dusty pink nude · Sage · Soft plum · Cool taupe
AI sampleSoft Autumn
Skip: cool lavender, silver chrome
- Warm mushroom nude
- Dusty warm rose
- Soft terracotta
- Olive sage
- Mushroom brown
- Muted teal
Warm mushroom nude · Dusty warm rose · Soft terracotta · Olive sage · Mushroom brown · Muted teal
AI sampleTrue Autumn
Skip: icy pink, silver chrome
- Copper rust
- Burnt orange
- Olive
- Brick red
- Mustard gold
- Bronze chrome
Copper rust · Burnt orange · Olive · Brick red · Mustard gold · Bronze chrome
AI sampleDeep Autumn
Skip: icy pink, cool fuchsia
- Warm oxblood
- Espresso
- Forest green
- Deep teal
- Brick coral
- Bronze-brown chrome
Warm oxblood · Espresso · Forest green · Deep teal · Brick coral · Bronze-brown chrome
AI sampleDeep Winter
Skip: warm peach, warm beige nude
- Deep burgundy
- Black cherry
- Midnight navy
- Aubergine
- Blue-red
- Gunmetal chrome
Deep burgundy · Black cherry · Midnight navy · Aubergine · Blue-red · Gunmetal chrome
AI sampleTrue Winter
Skip: terracotta, dusty taupe
- Blue-red
- Magenta
- Cool plum
- Icy pink (sheer)
- Black
- Silver chrome
Blue-red · Magenta · Cool plum · Icy pink (sheer) · Black · Silver chrome
AI sampleBright Winter
Skip: dusty mauve, warm beige
- Vivid cool red
- Hot pink
- Cobalt
- Emerald
- Icy lilac (sheer)
- Holo silver (chrome)
Vivid cool red · Hot pink · Cobalt · Emerald · Icy lilac (sheer) · Holo silver (chrome)
Why a trending shade can look off on you
Milky white on deep skin
Stark milk can read ashy; cocoa or caramel 'milk' gives the same softness in your depth.
Silver chrome on warm seasons
Cool metal against warm skin looks icy; champagne, gold or bronze chrome carries the same shine in your temperature.
Bright cherry on soft seasons
The chroma wears you. Cherry-mocha or a plum-cherry is the same idea, muted.
Pale peach on olive skin
It flattens the green-grey cast; mushroom, greige or rosewood nudes sit better.
Find out for sure
Not sure which season you are? Find out from one selfie, free
One selfie in daylight and a one-minute quiz. Your season with a confidence level, your palette, the lipsticks and blushes that suit you, and one look painted on your photo. No account, photo not stored.
Shape and length without seeing your hands
Nobody can tell you your best nail shape from a colour season: that's about your fingers and nail beds, which a photo of your face doesn't show. What travels is trend and occasion: short almond or soft square for 2026, short for hands-on days, medium almond for events. Your nail tech adjusts to you.
Questions people ask
- Does the analysis show these on my nails?
- It shows your season's six shades on nail tips tinted to your skin depth, two to skip, three current styles with 'your version', and a signature combo (Pro).
- What about neutral undertones?
- Neutral seasons can use both metals; pick the chrome by the outfit and lean on the season's clarity and depth for colour.
Watch: nail colours by season, and the styles at home
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How we analyse: your selfie and quiz answers are read together and reported with a confidence level; the map and proportions are measured from face landmarks in your browser. It’s an AI estimate for choosing colours and placement, not a medical, dermatological or professional colour consultation. Sample faces on this site are AI-generated, not customers.