Color season

Clear Winter

Four portrait photos beside a "Clear Winter Glow Guide" color palette of 24 swatches in bright, high-contrast jewel tones.

Clear, cool, crisp, brilliant and striking.

Most important
Clear
Then
Cool
Clarity
Very clear
Contrast
High

Skin

  • Fair porcelain with cool undertones
  • Alabaster
  • Cool ivory
  • Neutral ivory
  • Fair beige with cool or neutral-cool undertones
  • Cool beige
  • Neutral beige
  • Cool olive

Hair

  • Dark ash blonde
  • Ash brown
  • Cool medium brown
  • Dark cool brown
  • Cool chocolate brown
  • Espresso brown
  • Black-brown
  • Soft black

Eyes

  • Ice blue
  • Bright blue
  • Sapphire blue
  • Cobalt blue
  • Bright turquoise
  • Emerald green
  • Bright green
  • Bright cool hazel

Metals that suit you

  • Silver
  • Platinum
  • White gold
  • Chrome
  • Rhodium
  • Cool mixed metals

The overall effect

  • Bright
  • Crisp
  • Dramatic
  • Brilliant
  • Striking
  • Sophisticated
  • Polished
  • Powerful
  • Refined
  • Dynamic

One thing worth saying

  • People often describe Clear Winters as having fair skin, black hair and vivid blue eyes. In practice—especially when analyzing clients from East Asian, South Asian, African, Middle Eastern, Hispanic, Latina and mixed-heritage backgrounds—you'll find many Clear Winters with medium to deep skin tones and naturally dark brown eyes. What identifies the palette is exceptional clarity, cool undertones and naturally high contrast.

Is this you?

The quiz takes about five minutes, including a couple to get set up, and it will tell you honestly if you sit on a boundary between two seasons.

Take the quiz