Deep Winter colour season
Cool-neutral, deep and dramatic. Velvet cool — black-cherry, pine, plum, charcoal.
Winter seasons have clarity and drama — high contrast, decisive, and always striking.
Your colour palette
These are the shades that work in harmony with Deep Winter colouring — from your statement colours through to your best neutrals.
Deep Winter celebrities
These well-known faces are often cited as examples of Deep Winter colouring — useful reference points, though every Deep Winter looks a little different.
- Catherine Zeta-Jones
- Gemma Chan
- Viola Davis
- Priyanka Chopra
- Lashana Lynch
- Zayn Malik
How to dress your season
Your neutrals are true white, dove grey and cool silver — not ivory or beige. Warm yellow-based shades will pull against your undertone. Your colouring has natural contrast and clarity. Clear, vivid colours reinforce this — dusty or greyed-out tones can look flat and washed out against you. Your natural depth is rich and strong. Deep, saturated tones carry your colouring well. Very light or washed-out colours can disappear against you.
Common questions
How do I know if I'm a Deep Winter?
Deep Winter colouring typically has rich overall depth — deeper skin, dark hair and eyes, cool, ashy undertones, and a natural clarity and contrast between features. The key is looking at skin, hair and eyes together as a whole. If you're unsure, the Draped quiz maps you to one of the 12 seasons in under two minutes.
What colours suit Deep Winter colouring?
Your neutrals are true white, dove grey and cool silver — not ivory or beige. Warm yellow-based shades will pull against your undertone. Your colouring has natural contrast and clarity. Clear, vivid colours reinforce this — dusty or greyed-out tones can look flat and washed out against you. Your natural depth is rich and strong. Deep, saturated tones carry your colouring well. Very light or washed-out colours can disappear against you.
What should a Deep Winter avoid wearing?
Deep Winter generally does best avoiding warm, golden or yellow-based shades and dusty, muted or greyed-out colours and very pale or washed-out shades. Everything near the face should harmonise with your natural colouring rather than work against it.
Not sure if Deep Winter is your season?
The Draped quiz maps you to one of 12 seasons in under two minutes — then shows you every colour in your palette draped on you.
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