The question was raised recently on 12 Blueprints' Facebook page whether Milla Jovovich is a Bright Spring. I think she is, but others believe she's a Summer. She's certainly not easy to type. Here are some pics I've gathered that I believe suggest Bright Spring; I'd love to hear what you readers see in these pics. Here's the picture I saw in Lucky magazine that made me first suspect Bright Spring for Milla. What I noticed in this pic, which I think is a flattering and harmonious look for her: warm highlights in the hair; bright gold jewelry near her face; pure hues; high color contrast; and a pink that looks to be a match for one in the Bright Spring book. ![]() I find this look flattering as well. I think she's pulling off the super-bright, slightly warm yellow, and I think the warm makeup looks natural on her. (That lip may be a teensy bit off, but it's pretty good.) ![]() I don't love the purple hair-thingy. Nor do I love the black eyeliner. But I do notice here that the black in the dress doesn't seem to be overwhelming her - I think she's balancing it. I also think she's balancing the very intense warmish-red lip. So I think her season is one that can take a lot of color. ![]() To my eye, this makeup looks right. It also looks warm and saturated (a.k.a. Springy). This close up, it does seem a little heavy, but I suspect that's for the cameras. The colors themselves look spot-on to me. Here, I almost think she could pull off this outrageous shirt, if she had a stronger lip. Even then the shirt colors might be too cool. But I do notice that the crazily saturated stripes aren't totally owning her. I still find myself looking at her eyes. Imagine this top, by comparison, on Soft Summer Miley Cyrus, or True Summer Kimberly Williams, or Light Spring Taylor Swift, or Warm Spring Cameron Diaz. Could any of them handle this? ![]() Here, what strikes me is that the hair's too light and she's dominating the shirt and scarf. The matchy-matchiness of eyes + shirt and hair + scarf may fool your gut into thinking something right is happening... but doesn't the skin of her face seem to be calling for much more intensity than it's surrounded with? There are many, many pics of Milla looking less than her best on the 'net. I won't post them here - you'll see them if you try to find good ones of her. But now, your turn: what do you see in these pics? Something different than what I see? Do you have links to pics that seem to suggest another season? As ever, I'm interested in truth - not in being right. So please, argue away.
26 Comments
2/19/2011 03:10:50 pm
I agree that you got it just right on Milla! I have a client who is almost exactly her coloring and she is a Bright Spring for sure. It is surprising how much color they can wear without being overpowered.
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Emily Glass
4/8/2011 03:39:35 am
The detailed discussion above has been so helpful to me.
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Rachel
4/12/2011 12:59:46 pm
Emily -
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Emily
4/17/2011 06:11:57 pm
"I hesitate to say 'any' because, with billions of people walking around on the earth, how can I know for sure?"
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Emily
4/17/2011 06:16:18 pm
My 'navy' is actually a sort of lapis blue or, alternately, something closer to indigo. I know from experience that I can totally wear darker shades of navy without being washed out, but the closer the color gets to ink navy and the further from a lighter, brighter version, the less benefit I get from it. Dusty or greyed navies don't work for me *at all.*
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Emily
4/17/2011 06:18:58 pm
Warm-neutral minus SA and DA leaves only Bright Spring and Light Spring...
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Emily
4/17/2011 06:22:55 pm
When I put it on, it was like the black bits - between the roses, and deep in their centers - reached into my coloring, pulled out all the little dark corners - the black eyelashes, the shadows in my piled-up hair - and made my lighter parts and pinker parts leap to life and brightness by visible comparison. It may be the most perfect dress I've ever worn. (Maybe?) I feel that through that dress I understand what 'contrast' can mean for Bright Spring. I feel like for the first time I understand how important my darkest darks are to my overall appearance. (And now I just have to figure out how to replicate the dress's effect without having to dress like Goth Garden Party *every* day, LOL). This may be one of very few clues I have by which to rule out Light Spring, but seriously: would this work for a Light Spring? I just can't see how it would.
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Emily
4/17/2011 06:24:19 pm
(i.e., if I'm a Bright Spring, not an Autumn, why do I still look good - I think - in that one rust colored tee shirt?')
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Rachel
4/20/2011 02:24:53 pm
Emily - I just want to say that I enjoyed your several long posts immensely. Your description of your journey of color self-diagnosis was *really* edifying. I've gone back over it several times in my mind since reading it. Thanks for educating all of us. :-)
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Emily Glass
4/20/2011 06:25:21 pm
I am relieved you don't hate me! I had half a mind to add one more post at the end, promising never ever ever to do it again. (I won't!)
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Emily
4/22/2011 12:50:25 pm
I have a biq question mark suggestions of a celebrity who could be a Bright Spring. I definitely don't have your discerning eye for photos, but:
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Nina
4/26/2018 12:22:08 pm
Emily, thank you so much for all of these posts about Bright Spring! :D
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Yolande
6/15/2020 12:15:15 am
I do think hair colour counts for colouring. To just discount it is like looking at a fox with its red coat and saying it has nothing to do with his colouring.
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jade
11/20/2011 04:11:55 pm
Do Bright/clear springs look blah in a solid light color with no other contrast,but don't look bad...its like somethings missing. And do mustard,browns,beiges,blue greys,autumns oranges and greens,greyd navy,and dusty pink look bad on them? Im pretty sure clear spring is my season and my friends and family are even more sure. I just wanted to know if that sounded like clear spring.
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Maiana
2/29/2012 11:27:42 pm
I think Milla Jovovich is a True Summer... she looks good in the deeper, clearer Summer shades like the blues in your post. The yellow looks most unflattering although it was heavily photoshopped.
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Brandy
5/5/2013 02:53:24 pm
I think there is a weird and interesting cross-over between the seasons BSp and TSu that hasn't been explored enough.
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DC
11/28/2015 06:21:42 pm
Yeah! I've thought I was a True Summer for years. Then I bought the draping cards: Bright Spring, which I'd never even considered, is repeatedly coming out the winner. I'm still not sure (old self-perceptions die hard, and I also don't want to jump too hard at a really interesting new idea)...but yeah. BSp + TSu=twins from different galaxies.
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DC
2/12/2016 01:32:05 pm
*UPDATE*: I got draped! It was awesome, and I turned out to be a Bright Winter. I think the Brights resonate a bit with TSu because they're all lighter and warmer than TW (which affects them all in the same way: too cold, too dark, creates pallor and shadows). But what I thought was "too much saturation" in TW was actually too little! Who knew. ;p
julie
6/1/2013 09:28:15 am
Wow this is just the site i was looking for. I have the same amount of contrast as a winter but my eyes are exactly the same color as Milla's with some brown flecks, and i have freckles, suggesting a warm season. I have always thought i had to be a winter because autumn colors are terrible on me. I guess I'm a bright spring, though i think someone needs to create a category just for brunettes. Blondes and medium brunettes who are bright spring can wear wear medium pastels while dark brunettes cannot. Even the clear and warm category in color me confident doesnt quite get it right.
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christine
2/22/2014 05:42:27 am
this is an example why I always thought your page is a very good one, the other ist the beautiful indian actress you classiefied as anb autumn. You always convince me and make very smart analyses. great!
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christine
2/22/2014 05:43:57 am
and Milla has very colorful light and bright eyes, which also might say she isnt a sumemr but a bright spring. I learned from you how neutral this spring is, I wouldnt have notice some of the shades bein still warm...
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Nina
4/26/2018 02:31:32 pm
I loved Emily's posts so much that I wanted to give you my own perspective on Bright Spring (and maybe Brights in general), as I just found out/accepted that I'm a BSp (after so much time)! I hope it will help at least someone who is still doubting their type.
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Nina
4/26/2018 02:47:53 pm
(continued) ...and exotic, like Karmen Miranda. I always wanted to be darkly sexy, but I guess I'm better suited to fruit baskets... xD
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Mary Lauer
12/28/2019 10:52:28 am
The colors you are describing for her also align to BW. I was recently confirmed by Sci\Art as a BW and before that I lived as a self-analyzed BSp for decades. The 2 are close. The deal breaker for me was royal blue and intense fuchsia with white. Only BW can wear this combination and Milla does well in it. Second, the warm hair and bronzer effect is a total flop on her as it was for me. There are some Springs who can carry it but Milla does not. Heavy black eyeliner suits nobody except for DW. Milla carries black very vcd well. A slight haircolor adjustment to eliminate warm highlights would do Milla a world of good. Nobody with bright coloring needs hair highlights . Our natural look is arresting enough.
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kristiina
2/12/2020 12:41:54 pm
Mary, i completely agree with you on Milla and her being BW. All the added warmth in these pictures looks a bit dirty to me - same way my own skin looks when make-up artists and hairdressers pick up the red in my hair and green in my eyes and decide I must be warm. Even her famously bright eyes lose clarity and colour and look almost red-rimmed with artificially warmed skin and hair. Meanwhile in black skin looks peaceful and the eyes mesmerizing, and the yellow dress could as well be BW.
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EDob
2/5/2023 11:59:42 pm
I disagree. You do make a compelling argument, and I appreciate all the photos. However, you didn’t show any of the many photos where she looks stunning in creams, silvers, light, blues, and purples. When she wears the spring colors it’s with a heavy amount of make up. When you see her in summer colors, there’s just a bare minimum of make up. Like me, we are about the same age, she wore copper colored hair and copper eyeshadow in her 20s. It looked gorgeous, but that was with dyed hair and lots of make up. In many of her best and most famous photos, she’s wearing a soft white and a medium blue or purple, and her complexion looks very delicate and light. She can also pull off silver jewelry.(The reality is is that she’s probably very neutral in skin tone and that’s why we’re having this argument. What a great feature and a model and someone who can span seasons.)
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