Cara Delevingne
is a Soft Summer.
- Undertone
- Cool-neutral
- Contrast
- Low-medium
- Chroma
- Low (muted)
Cara Delevingne is a Soft Summer. Her fair neutral-cool skin, dark-blonde hair, and blue-green eyes sit at a soft, medium volume, so muted, cool-leaning colour is where she reads best, dusty rose, soft indigo, soft mauve, and dusty burgundy flatter her, while sunshine yellow, fire red, pure black, and optic white are all too saturated or too stark for her gentle contrast.
Her main colors
Soft Pearl
#E5DDDF
Driftwood
#D5C8C5
Dusty Rose
#C4A8AE
Foggy Blue
#A4B8C8
Soft Mauve
#9D8FA0
Slate Heather
#7B7585
Like river stone.
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Her coloring
Cara's undertone, skin tone & eye color.
The features that place Cara Delevingne in Soft Summer: undertone, skin tone, eye color, hair, and natural contrast.
- Undertone
- Neutral-cool
- Skin tone
- Fair with a soft, slightly greyed cast
- Eye color
- Muted blue-green
- Hair
- Ashy dark blonde
- Contrast
- Medium, muted
About Cara Delevingne's colors
Why Cara is a Soft Summer.
Soft Summer is muted first and cool second, and Cara fits it cleanly once you look past the brows. Her colouring has no brightness in it, so a greyed, gentle shade sits in harmony while a clear one jumps off her and leaves the face behind. Dusty rose and soft mauve are perfect, cool, hazy, exactly her saturation, and the lilac Hugo Boss suit she wears reads like an extension of her own softness. Soft indigo and dusty burgundy give her depth without ever going stark, and her muted maroon gowns prove it. Mushroom, slate, dusty teal, and soft plum round the palette out; cool, muted, and mid-toned is the through-line, with soft silver-grey neutrals instead of black.
The brows tempt people toward a Winter reading, but Winter colour is clear and high-contrast, and Cara's is muted, pure black and fire red both overpower her, cutting a hard line her soft face has to compete with, and optic white drains her already-low saturation. Cool Summer is the nearer neighbour and fails on clarity: Cool Summer holds a touch more brightness and coolness than she does, and its cleaner blues and pinks read slightly synthetic on her hazy colouring. Soft Autumn is the other side and fails on temperature, Autumn is warm, and rust, olive, and warm gold pull sallowness into her neutral-cool skin. Muted and cool, never clear, never warm.
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Signature palette
Best colors for Cara.
The twelve shades that harmonize with Cara Delevingne's soft summer undertone, contrast, and depth.
Soft Pearl
#E5DDDF
Driftwood
#D5C8C5
Dusty Rose
#C4A8AE
Foggy Blue
#A4B8C8
Soft Mauve
#9D8FA0
Slate Heather
#7B7585
Pewter
#85929A
Dusty Lilac
#B5A8B0
Dusty Burgundy
#8B6075
Soft Indigo
#5E6A7A
Smoke Plum
#A88FA0
Soft Charcoal
#3E3A45
Seen in her colors
Cara wears the palette.
Cara Delevingne out in Soft Summer shades, proof the palette already lives in her wardrobe.
Dusty Rose
#C4A8AE
Soft Indigo
#5E6A7A
Soft Mauve
#9D8FA0
Dusty Burgundy
#8B6075
You've seen Cara in her colors. Now find yours.
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The 12-season map
Where Cara sits.
Cara Delevingne's bubble sits in the Summer quadrant, the family of colors that wear her best. The closer a color sits to her, the better it reads on her face.
What this means.
Stay in Summer
Anything in the Summer quadrant is on-team for Cara, even outside her sub-type.
Borrow neighbours
Soft Autumn and Cool Summer sit either side. Their picks cross over safely.
Skip the opposite
Soft Summer sits opposite. Those shades drain Cara's face.
The read · Undertone
Neutral-cool skin, fair with a slightly greyed quality that keeps it from ever looking bright or peachy, it flushes soft rose, not gold. Her hair is a dark, ashy blonde rather than a warm honey, and her eyes are a muted blue-green that shifts grey in cooler light. The famous strong brows read as contrast at a glance, but they are the exception: everything else about her colouring is turned down a notch, mid-depth and slightly muted, so the face as a whole is soft rather than sharp. Depth is medium, temperature leans cool, and saturation is low.
Wear it well
- Wear soft pearl near the face
- Wear driftwood near the face
- Wear dusty rose near the face
- Wear foggy blue near the face
- Wear soft mauve near the face
Skip on the rack
Colors Cara should skip.
These desaturate or age a Soft Summer face.
Sunshine Yellow
#FFD700
Too saturated and warm
Fire Red
#FF0000
Too clear and warm for your muted cool
Pure Black
#000000
Too harsh, use soft charcoal instead
Optic White
#FFFFFF
Drains your already-muted face
Makeup map
How Cara wears it.
Six product categories, five named picks each. Take these hexes to the counter, anything within a few shades wears like it was made for her.
Foundation
Cool-neutral undertones, softly muted. Skip golden or bright pink bases, both read off on her.
Soft Ivory
#E8DBD2
Neutral Beige
#DAC6B8
Rosy Sand
#CBB2A4
Soft Tan
#B99C8C
Blush
Soft mauve, dusty rose, and muted pink. Bright coral and warm peach overpower her softness.
Dusty Rose
#C89AA0
Soft Mauve
#B58E9A
Muted Pink
#CEA4AA
Rosewood
#AC7E82
Eyeshadow
Soft taupe, greyed lavender, rose-brown, and pewter. Avoid warm bronze and bright brights.
Soft Pearl
#E2DCDA
Greyed Taupe
#A69A9A
Muted Lavender
#A89EAC
Rose-Brown
#8A6E6E
Eyeliner
Soft brown-grey, slate, and taupe. Jet black is too harsh for her low contrast.
Brown-Grey
#605858
Slate
#5A606A
Soft Taupe
#786E6C
Muted Plum
#584A54
Lip Colors
Soft mauve, dusty rose, and muted berry. Skip bright blue-reds and warm corals.
Soft Mauve
#B0808C
Dusty Rose
#BC8288
Muted Berry
#9C5E70
Rosewood
#A06E74
Nail Polish
Muted mauve, dusty rose, and soft plum. Skip bright corals and icy brights.
Muted Mauve
#AC8490
Dusty Rose
#BC8288
Soft Plum
#7E5E70
Sheer Rose
#DCC0C4
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Cara Delevingne · color questions
Cara's color questions.
What color season is Cara Delevingne?+
Cara Delevingne is a Soft Summer, muted, cool-neutral, and medium in depth. Her fair neutral-cool skin, ashy dark-blonde hair, and muted blue-green eyes match a palette of dusty rose, soft mauve, soft indigo, dusty burgundy, slate, and mushroom, with soft grey neutrals instead of black.
What are Cara Delevingne's best colors to wear?+
Soft, muted, cool shades: dusty rose, soft mauve, soft indigo, dusty burgundy, slate blue, dusty teal, and soft plum, with cool taupe and soft grey as neutrals in place of black and white. Her lilac Hugo Boss suit and her muted maroon gowns are textbook Soft Summer, colour kept hazy and cool to match her gentle contrast.
Is Cara Delevingne a Winter?+
No, Soft Summer. Her strong brows read as contrast, but her actual colouring is muted and mid-toned, not clear and high-contrast. Winter shades like pure black and fire red overpower her soft face and cut a hard line, while the same looks in dusty burgundy or soft mauve stay in harmony with her. She is soft, not sharp.
What colors should Cara Delevingne avoid?+
Sunshine yellow, fire red, pure black, and optic white. The yellow and red are too clear and saturated for her muted colouring; pure black and optic white are too stark and drain her soft face at the jaw. Soft grey replaces black, soft white replaces optic white, and dusty burgundy replaces fire red.
What lipstick suits Cara Delevingne?+
Soft rose, muted berry, and a greyed mauve-nude. Her Soft Summer colouring wants the lip muted to match, a bright cool red or a clear fuchsia is louder than her whole face, and a warm coral turns sallow. A soft, slightly cool rose that stays hazy rather than bright is her best everyday lip.
Which season are you?
Cara Delevingne is a Soft Summer. Fifteen picks and you'll know yours — free, no photo.