Colour season
Cool Winter
Cool, crisp, clear, striking and sophisticated.
- Dominant
- Cool
- Secondary
- Clear
- Clarity
- Clear
- Contrast
- High
Skin
- Fair porcelain with cool pink undertones
- Alabaster
- Cool ivory
- Fair neutral beige
- Cool beige
- Neutral-cool beige
- Cool olive
- Neutral olive
Hair
- Dark ash brown
- Cool chocolate brown
- Espresso brown
- Black-brown
- Soft black
- Jet black
- Blue-black
- Ebony
Eyes
- Ice blue
- Sapphire blue
- Cobalt blue
- Navy blue
- Cool blue-grey
- Charcoal grey
- Steel grey
- Emerald green
Metals
- Silver
- Platinum
- White gold
- Pewter
- Rhodium
- Chrome
The overall effect
- Crisp
- Elegant
- Sophisticated
- Dramatic
- Powerful
- Refined
- Polished
- Brilliant
- Cool
- Defined
One thing worth saying
- People often describe Cool Winters as having very fair skin, blue eyes and black hair. In practice—especially when analysing clients from East Asian, South Asian, African, Middle Eastern, Hispanic, Latina and mixed-heritage backgrounds—you'll find many Cool Winters with medium to deep skin tones, dark brown eyes and naturally black or deep brown hair. What defines the palette is consistent coolness, crisp clarity and naturally high contrast.
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