Spring

Region-appropriate vegetation changes and moderate seasonal tendencies can suggest spring.

Visual traits

• new plant growth
• variable temperature tendency
• region-appropriate seasonal change

Expected changes

• Region-appropriate new plant growth or seasonal change is more likely to appear.
• The setting is more likely to read as a season between winter and summer.

Definition

Spring is a seasonal environment between winter and summer, with cues such as moderate temperatures and new plant growth varying by region. It does not determine flowers or cherry blossoms, a particular region, calendar, festival, weather, or emotion.

In more detail

New growth, changing vegetation, and a moderate temperature tendency can be used when needed, but they do not look the same in every region. Season is distinct from a particular region's calendar or festival.

Includes

• A seasonal environment between winter and summer.
• Region-appropriate new plant growth or temperature tendency.

Excludes

• A landscape that requires flowers or cherry blossoms.
• A particular region, calendar, or festival.
• Particular weather or emotion.

What this does not imply

• Flowers or cherry blossoms.
• A particular region, calendar, or festival.
• Particular weather or emotion.

Variability

Spring appearance varies with latitude, region, vegetation, and weather, so it is not fixed to one landscape.

Usage

• Specify only the season and add region or weather when needed.

Distinguish similar expressions

• Specify flowers, calendar, festival, and culture separately.

Typical uses

• Add a spring seasonal environment to people, animals, interiors, or landscapes.

Possible failure modes

• Flowers or cherry blossoms become mandatory, erasing regional variation.
• A particular regional calendar or festival is introduced without specification.