Cool/True Winter Cool winters have skin with blue undertones: fair, light, medium, tan, or dark. Colors to wear and do makeup with: icy shades of pink and blue, clear greys, and cyans. Colors to avoid: Dusty blues, yellows, oranges, and pastel pinks.
If you're a winter type, you'll find earthy colours, golden browns, muddy greens and oranges don't look great on you.
Since Dark Winter's main colour aspects are depth and coolness, your worst colours are light and warm. Very warm, earthy colours, such as golden oranges and browns, will make you look unhealthy. Warmer pastel colours may also make you look off, so stick with the icy light colours on your palette.
Grays work best if you're a Cool Winter type with less contrast, but it's okay to wear for most winters. You'll learn that some colors are going to look just fine on you, even if they aren't in your palette. But the colors in your palette will make you glow.
Dark winters are also relatively neutral so borrowing dark browns from dark autumn can work for you! cooler browns work best for dark winters. But if the browns you own aren't the perfect winter brown, whatever! Wear what you like :) It's totally fine to branch out.
Clothing: Winters should generally avoid large blocks of gold color in their clothing. Instead, gold can be introduced in patterns or details, providing a luxurious accent against a backdrop of cooler colors.
For many Winters, black is not just an option but a staple color in their wardrobe. It can serve as a foundation for various outfits, providing a sleek and elegant look that enhances the natural contrast and cool undertones of Winter features.
Assuming you are a Winter, spoiler alert: you can wear yellow. Just because you have cool undertones does not mean you can't wear yellow and look stunning.
Cool Winters can have almost any colouring, although generally they have slightly less contrast between hair and skin than True or Bright Winters.
While black is a great color for winter, there are also alternate colors that work well for individuals with a winter palette. These include bold, rich jewel tones such as emerald green, sapphire blue, and ruby red. Additionally, winter palettes can also wear cool shades of white, such as icy white or pure white.
Can Deep Winter wear Olive? Olive is another great “color” neutral and works well for deep winter. Choose an olive that is dark and neutral, rather than one that is muted and murky.
The Deep Winter Seasonal Colour Palette Explained
Deep Winters often look like Autumns, with red glints in their hair and hazel eyes. They can have a range of skin tones, and often have less contrast between hair and skin than Bright or True Winters.
Choose light colors: Wearing light colors that reflect the sun's rays rather than absorb them (as dark colors can) helps keep you cool. Look for shirts, shorts, pants and hats in white, tan or khaki.
As a winter type, you are a cool type. Cool hair colours will therefore look great on you. Think black (1.0), ash dark brown (4.1), ash brown (5.1), brown (5.0) or mahogany brown (5.5). Warm colours are best avoided.
Below we have listed some colours which will suit a deep winter type: Red: pinkish red, dark aubergine, burgundy. Blue: bold blue green, navy blue, midnight blue. Green: lime green, forest green, dark olive, khaki.
Orange is typically a warm color, so it can be challenging for Winters. That said, a clear, bright coral-orange can work, especially as an accent color. If you want to wear orange, look for clothes made with cooler and clearer shades of orange.
Cool/True Winter
Cool winters have skin with blue undertones: fair, light, medium, tan, or dark. Colors to wear and do makeup with: icy shades of pink and blue, clear greys, and cyans. Colors to avoid: Dusty blues, yellows, oranges, and pastel pinks.
Metals & Accessories
Since True Winter requires absolute coolness, your best metals are silver and platinum. Gold, on the other hand, will clash with your cool appearance and make you look off. Shiny metals usually go better with your intense, bright colouring rather than antiqued, matte or brushed metals.
Conclusion. Brown hair can be suitable for the Winter Color Season if you select cool, bright shades that align with the season's high-contrast tones. Avoid warm or dark browns that may not complement the cool, sophisticated look of Winter.
A true Winter color palette is full of cool based jewel-tones like ruby red, sapphire blue, and emerald green. Winter types also get such classic neutrals – they look beautiful in black, crisp white, and navy to name a few.
If you're a true winter, it's better to stick with the darker brown variations we listed earlier. On the other hand, if you're a cool winter, you can add lighter browns to your wardrobe, such as beige and taupe.
White gold suits cool skin tones best by flattering those pink and bluish undertones. It also pairs well with vibrant, cool-hued gemstones like amethyst, blue sapphire and garnet.
Yes, many True Winters do have dark cool brown eyes. It's more common that True Winters have can blue or icy hazel eyes, but this is not always the case.
Cool Winter
The colour of their complexion varies from very fair to medium, the colour of their eyes can be brown, grey or green, and their hair is usually light-medium brown. The palette that best suits Cool Winter includes every shade of blue, smoke grey, dark purple, pale pink and petroleum green.
Cool/Sultry Winter
extremely cool toned, turning sallow in anything with even a hint of warmth in it. Your best colours are charcoal grey, deepest indigo and navy and burgundy, and very pale grey is often a better pale neutral than stark white.