I Test-Drove Spring's Biggest Color Trends—These 5 Are Absolute Winners

Spring has finally arrived, and what I am most excited about is finally embracing color in my wardrobe again. While I know you technically can wear colors no matter the season, there's something about the cold and gray of winter that just brings out more neutral colors than anything else. I mean, who wants to wear bright pink or pastel yellow when it's the dead of winter with the sun going down at 4 p.m.? It just doesn't feel right to me. But now, New York City has flowers that have been planted all over the city, the parks are starting to populate again, and having a cocktail outside is just in our midst. So with my desire to start having fun with my wardrobe again, I did a little research on which color trends for spring I would want to try and found five that were so good I had to give them a go.

Keep scrolling to see which five spring color trends I tried and even shop the trends for yourself.

Metallics are having a major moment in 2023. From the runways to street style, it seems like every fashion person has a metallic piece in their wardrobe. I tried out this color trend with these BY FAR boots and a mini bag. I have to say I think these touches of metal made the whole look. While great black boots and a bag would have worked, the gold really turns up the heat. 

New York Fashion Week was filled with mermaidcore moments, and at first, I wasn't too obsessed with the idea. On a recent trip to Miami, I wore this blue-and-green Retrofête dress with a body-hugging, mermaid-like silhouette, and I loved it. I have a feeling I'll be embracing the trend more and more as it gets warmer.

So many of my favorite brands and fashion people have been saying yes to sequins lately. I decided to try a sequin set for my recent Miami trip and loved it. It's such a fun night-out choice with tons of main-character energy. I got so many compliments on this one.

Of all the trends that have come and gone recently, balletcore has been one of my favorites. As a former ballerina, I'll admit I'm a little biased. But I have so much nostalgia for those days in the dance studio, so any opportunity I get to incorporate balletcore elements into my look, I usually take it. With spring just arriving, I see myself embracing this pastel pink on repeat.

When it comes to colors I'm usually attracted to, lavender and lilac are not hues that I am drawn to, but after seeing so much purple on the runways during fashion week, I thought, "Why not?" and tried this dreamy purple midi dress from Bronx and Banco. While I wouldn't have picked this color out in the past, consider me officially converted. I have never had so many people tell me they liked a color on me.

Next up, 7 Spring Color Trends All the Fashion-Girl Celebrities Are Wearing