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Deep Winter Color Palette

Cool and dramatic — bold jewel tones against deep darks.

Deep Winter bridges Deep Autumn and Cool Winter, with depth leading on a cool-neutral base. Your colouring is striking and high-contrast: deep or olive skin, dark brown or black hair, and deep cool eyes. Your colours are cool, dark and jewel-rich — black, pine, true red and emerald — with icy brights for contrast.

  • Temperature: Cool-neutral
  • Depth: Deep
  • Clarity: Bright

Deep Winter colors to wear

These 27 shades are the heart of the Deep Winter palette. Save them to your phone and use them as a reference when shopping for clothes, accessories and makeup.

True Black
True Red
Crimson
Burgundy
Deep Magenta
Royal Purple
Deep Indigo
Deep Navy
Sapphire
Emerald
Deep Teal
Pine Green
Cool Fuchsia
Deep Berry
Plum Wine
Cool Petrol
Aubergine
Midnight
Icy Aqua
Icy Lavender
Icy Pink
Icy Blue
Stark White
Cool Silver Grey
Charcoal
Soft Black
Ink

Colors to avoid

Warm, muted and earthy colours dull Deep Winter's cool drama and make you look tired. Beige, camel and warm peach are especially flattening — your colouring needs cool depth and clean contrast.

Warm Peach
Honey Gold
Mustard
Camel
Apricot
Olive
Beige

Best neutrals & metals

Neutrals

Stark White
Cool Silver Grey
Charcoal
Deep Navy
True Black
Soft Black

Metals

Gold ✕ Silver ✓ Rose gold ✕

Cool, bright silver, platinum and white gold are your metals. They echo your icy contrast; warm yellow gold looks dull and out of step with your colouring.

Deep Winter makeup

Choose makeup in the same family as your clothing palette so your face and outfit work together. These shade families flatter Deep Winter colouring:

Lipstick

True RedBurgundyCool FuchsiaPlum Wine

Blush

Cool BerryDeep RoseCool Plum

Eyeshadow

CharcoalCool PlumEmeraldSapphire

Shop Deep Winter shades

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Hair colors for Deep Winter

Deep, cool hair flatters you: dark cool brown, espresso, blue-black and true black. Avoid warm golden, copper and honey tones, which clash with your cool depth.

Deep Winter celebrities & examples

It helps to picture the Deep Winter look on real people. Rather than show copyrighted photos, here are the kinds of colouring that typify this season:

Dark-haired actors with cool deep or olive skin and striking contrastHigh-contrast complexions suited to true red and emeraldDeep cool-eyed performers who glow in black and jewel tones

Outfit color combinations

Three flattering ways to combine Deep Winter colors in an outfit:

True black with true red
Emerald with stark white
Royal purple, fuchsia and silver grey

Not quite you?

Deep Winter sits in the Winter family. If the palette doesn't feel right, you may be one of its neighbours — compare:

Deep Winter FAQs

What is the difference between Deep Winter and Deep Autumn?

Both are deep, but Deep Winter is cool (black, true red, emerald, icy brights) while Deep Autumn is warm (mahogany, rust, forest, gold). Deep Winter's palette feels icy and jewel-toned rather than earthy.

Can Deep Winters wear pastels?

Only icy pastels — frosty pink, icy blue and icy lavender — which read as cool and clear. Warm or muted pastels look weak and out of place.

Is black good for Deep Winter?

Yes. Deep Winter is one of the few seasons that truly suits pure black near the face, especially paired with a bright cool accent like true red or emerald.

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