Colour season

Deep Winter

Deep, cool, crisp, dramatic and sophisticated.

Dominant
Deep
Secondary
Cool
Clarity
Clear
Contrast
High

Skin

  • Fair porcelain with a cool undertone
  • Cool ivory
  • Alabaster
  • Fair beige with cool or neutral-cool undertones
  • Neutral beige
  • Cool olive
  • Deep olive
  • Medium cool beige

Hair

  • Deep brown
  • Espresso brown
  • Dark chocolate brown
  • Cool chocolate brown
  • Black-brown
  • Soft black
  • Jet black
  • Blue-black

Eyes

  • Black-brown
  • Espresso brown
  • Deep brown
  • Dark hazel
  • Cool hazel
  • Charcoal grey
  • Steel grey
  • Dark grey

Metals

  • Silver
  • Platinum
  • White gold
  • Gunmetal
  • Pewter
  • Rhodium

The overall effect

  • Dramatic
  • Sophisticated
  • Powerful
  • Regal
  • Elegant
  • Defined
  • Crisp
  • Refined
  • Cool
  • Intense

One thing worth saying

  • People often assume Deep Winters must have porcelain skin and jet-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 Deep Winters with medium to deep skin tones and naturally very dark brown eyes. The defining characteristics are deep value, cool-neutral undertones, crisp clarity and strong contrast.

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