Color

Who Can Wear Olive Green?

Olive Green is warm yellow-based green.

Olive Green

#6B6B3A

Olive Green (#6B6B3A) suits 4 of the 12 color seasons — True Spring, Soft Autumn, True Autumn and Deep Autumn. In True Spring the closest match is Light Khaki (#BBA97A) — near enough to read as one of theirs. Another 6 should skip it, and the other 2 can wear it with care.

Olive Green at a glance

Summary of how Olive Green reads across the 12 color seasons
Hex	#6B6B3A
Seasons that wear it	4 — True Spring, Soft Autumn, True Autumn and Deep Autumn
Wearable with care	2 — Light Spring and Soft Summer
Seasons that should skip it	6 — Bright Spring, Light Summer, True Summer, Deep Winter, True Winter and Bright Winter
Undertone it reads as	Warm (golden/yellow-based) — 4 of the 4 seasons that wear it
Measured against	336 swatches across 12 palettes

Which color seasons can wear Olive Green?

All 12 seasons, best first. Each row names the closest swatch to #6B6B3A in that season's palette — the actual color the verdict was measured against.

Which of the 12 color seasons can wear Olive Green
True Spring	In the paletteTrue Spring Light Khaki#BBA97A Olive Green sits inside the True Spring palette — its closest match is Light Khaki (#BBA97A).
Soft Autumn	In the paletteSoft Autumn Olive Moss#8A8B5C Olive Green sits inside the Soft Autumn palette — its closest match is Olive Moss (#8A8B5C).
True Autumn	In the paletteTrue Autumn Olive#66622F Olive Green sits inside the True Autumn palette — its closest match is Olive (#66622F).
Deep Autumn	In the paletteDeep Autumn Olive#66622F Olive Green sits inside the Deep Autumn palette — its closest match is Olive (#66622F).
Light Spring	With careLight Spring Camel Cream#D9B98D Olive Green is not a Light Spring color, but Camel Cream (#D9B98D) gives you the same idea in the right undertone.
Soft Summer	With careSoft Summer Sage Grey#9AA98F Olive Green is not a Soft Summer color, but Sage Grey (#9AA98F) gives you the same idea in the right undertone.
Bright Spring	Skip itBright Spring Muted Olive#77713F Olive Green lands on the Bright Spring avoid list, next to Muted Olive (#77713F) — it works against warm undertones at this depth.
Light Summer	Skip itLight Summer Olive Drab#6B6B33 Olive Green lands on the Light Summer avoid list, next to Olive Drab (#6B6B33) — it works against cool undertones at this depth.
True Summer	Skip itTrue Summer Warm Olive#7A7031 Olive Green lands on the True Summer avoid list, next to Warm Olive (#7A7031) — it works against cool undertones at this depth.
Deep Winter	Skip itDeep Winter Moss Green#7A7B33 Olive Green lands on the Deep Winter avoid list, next to Moss Green (#7A7B33) — it works against cool undertones at this depth.
True Winter	Skip itTrue Winter Olive#66622F Olive Green lands on the True Winter avoid list, next to Olive (#66622F) — it works against cool undertones at this depth.
Bright Winter	Skip itBright Winter Olive Moss#8A8B5C Olive Green lands on the Bright Winter avoid list, next to Olive Moss (#8A8B5C) — it works against cool undertones at this depth.

Who should skip Olive Green?

Bright Spring, Light Summer, True Summer, Deep Winter, True Winter and Bright Winter — 6 of the 12 seasons. In each case the nearest thing to #6B6B3A in their data is a color already flagged as one to avoid, so it is not a near miss but a color working the other way.

Bright Spring
Skip it
Muted Olive#77713F
Olive Green lands on the Bright Spring avoid list, next to Muted Olive (#77713F) — it works against warm undertones at this depth.
Bright Spring coloring is warm (golden/yellow-based), medium in depth, and bright and highly saturated.
Light Summer
Skip it
Olive Drab#6B6B33
Olive Green lands on the Light Summer avoid list, next to Olive Drab (#6B6B33) — it works against cool undertones at this depth.
Light Summer coloring is cool (pink/blue-based), light in depth, and moderately clear.
True Summer
Skip it
Warm Olive#7A7031
Olive Green lands on the True Summer avoid list, next to Warm Olive (#7A7031) — it works against cool undertones at this depth.
True Summer coloring is cool (pink/blue-based), medium in depth, and moderately clear.
Deep Winter
Skip it
Moss Green#7A7B33
Olive Green lands on the Deep Winter avoid list, next to Moss Green (#7A7B33) — it works against cool undertones at this depth.
Deep Winter coloring is cool (pink/blue-based), deep in depth, and moderately clear.
True Winter
Skip it
Olive#66622F
Olive Green lands on the True Winter avoid list, next to Olive (#66622F) — it works against cool undertones at this depth.
True Winter coloring is cool (pink/blue-based), medium in depth, and clear and true.
Bright Winter
Skip it
Olive Moss#8A8B5C
Olive Green lands on the Bright Winter avoid list, next to Olive Moss (#8A8B5C) — it works against cool undertones at this depth.
Bright Winter coloring is cool (pink/blue-based), medium in depth, and bright and highly saturated.

What to wear instead of Olive Green

The useful half of a no. For every season that should skip Olive Green, this is the closest color their own palette already holds — the same idea, in the right undertone.

Palette substitutions for Olive Green
Bright Spring	Light Camel#D8B384 The closest color to Olive Green in the Bright Spring palette.
Light Summer	Cool Lemon#F2E6A2 The closest color to Olive Green in the Light Summer palette.
True Summer	Cocoa Taupe#94807A The closest color to Olive Green in the True Summer palette.
Deep Winter	Dark Emerald#0B4A38 The closest color to Olive Green in the Deep Winter palette.
True Winter	Icy Lemon#F5F3C0 The closest color to Olive Green in the True Winter palette.
Bright Winter	Icy Yellow#F7F6B5 The closest color to Olive Green in the Bright Winter palette.

How we work this out

No opinions on this page. Olive Green's reference hex (#6B6B3A) is converted to CIELAB and measured against every one of the 336 swatches in the 12 season palettes — the same palettes the paid report ships.

The distance is weighted for this job rather than for general color matching: lightness counts at 0.6× and the yellow–blue axis at 1.5×, because seasonal analysis is an undertone judgement before it is a depth one. Olive Green lands in a palette when its nearest flattering swatch falls inside the in-palette band, and on the skip list when a swatch from that season's avoid list is closer still.

What it measures is the color, not your face. Which of these seasons is yours is the question the quiz and selfie answer.

Olive Green: common questions

What color season wears Olive Green?

Olive Green sits inside 4 of the 12 season palettes: True Spring, Soft Autumn, True Autumn and Deep Autumn. In each of those, the closest match is a real swatch from that palette rather than an approximation of one.

Does Olive Green suit warm or cool skin?

Of the 4 seasons Olive Green suits, the undertone split is 4 warm, 0 cool and 0 neutral — so it behaves as a warm color. Depth and clarity then decide which seasons on that side can carry it.

Who should not wear Olive Green?

Bright Spring, Light Summer, True Summer, Deep Winter, True Winter and Bright Winter should skip Olive Green: for each of them, the nearest thing to #6B6B3A is on their avoid list, not in their palette.

Can I wear Olive Green if I'm a Soft Summer?

With care. Olive Green is not a Soft Summer color, but Sage Grey (#9AA98F) gives you the same idea in the right undertone.

What can I wear instead of Olive Green?

Swap it for the closest color your own palette already holds. A Bright Spring is better in Light Camel (#D8B384), and A Light Summer is better in Cool Lemon (#F2E6A2). The substitution table on this page lists one for every season that should skip Olive Green.

How do you decide which seasons Olive Green suits?

We convert #6B6B3A to CIELAB and measure it against all 336 swatches in the 12 season palettes, weighting the yellow–blue axis up and lightness down because seasonal analysis is an undertone judgement first. Olive Green lands in a palette when its nearest flattering swatch is closer than the in-palette band, and on the skip list when the nearest avoid-list swatch is closer still.

How do I know which color season I am?

Take the 2-minute quiz and add one selfie. Palettewell reads your skin, hair and eye color, returns your season with the full palette, and then Olive Green stops being a general question and becomes a yes or no about your own colors.

Olive Green at a glance

Which color seasons can wear Olive Green?

Who should skip Olive Green?

Bright Spring

Light Summer

True Summer

Deep Winter

True Winter

Bright Winter