Color Season
Deep Winter Color Palette
Deep Winter (also called Dark Winter) is cool/neutral cool (primarily cool with subtle warmth from Dark Autumn influence). Your value range is deep to icy with high contrast.
The full Deep Winter palette — 66 colors.
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Colors to use sparingly
These shades tend to fight Deep Winter coloring — too pure or saturated for a Deep Winter palette. Wear them only as small accents away from the face, if at all.
Deep Winter characteristics
- Undertone
- cool/neutral cool (primarily cool with subtle warmth from Dark Autumn influence)
- Value
- deep to icy (deep/dark values with icy lightest colors - not medium values or pastels)
- Chroma
- medium to bright/medium-high saturation (more saturated than Dark Autumn, less bright than True Winter)
- Contrast
- high
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Best neutrals for Deep Winter
- Black: pitch black or matte black (most store blacks work; avoid high-shine/patent leather blacks)
- White: slightly duller than true white with a slight blue tint (bleached white, icy white)
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Deep Winter — frequently asked
Is Deep Winter warm or cool?
Deep Winter has a cool/neutral cool (primarily cool with subtle warmth from Dark Autumn influence) undertone.
What does the Deep Winter color palette look like?
Deep Winter is cool/neutral cool (primarily cool with subtle warmth from Dark Autumn influence). Your value range is deep to icy with high contrast.
What black and white should a Deep Winter wear?
For black, choose pitch black or matte black (most store blacks work; avoid high-shine/patent leather blacks). For white, choose slightly duller than true white with a slight blue tint (bleached white, icy white).
Is Deep Winter the same as Dark Winter?
Yes. Deep Winter and Dark Winter are two names for the same season — different color-analysis systems label it differently.
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