True Winter
True Winter is the quintessential cool and vivid season. Your colouring is high-contrast and strikingly cool. You look best in bold, clear colours that match your natural drama and intensity.
Characteristics
Skin
Cool with high contrast against hair and eyes. Can be very fair or deep with cool undertone.
Eyes
Clear, bright — deep brown, icy blue, or vivid green. High contrast with whites.
Hair
Dark brown, black, or very dark with cool undertone.
Your Best Colours
These 12 colours will make you glow
Colours to Avoid
These colours may wash you out or clash with your natural tones
Makeup Guide
Foundation
Cool with pink or neutral undertone
Blush
Cool pink, berry, icy rose
Eyeshadow
Silver, charcoal, navy, cool plum
Lips
True red, berry, plum, hot pink
Hair Colour Guide
Best Tones
Blue-black, Espresso, Cool dark brown, Platinum if natural
Avoid
Warm red, Golden blonde, Caramel, Copper
Jewellery
Best Metal
silver
Celebrity Examples
Other Winter Sub-Seasons
Deep Winter
Deep Winter is the darkest and most dramatic of the Winter family. Your colouring is deeply saturated with cool undertones and high contrast. You look best in rich, dark colours that frame your face with power.
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Cool Winter
Cool Winter is the iciest and most purely cool of the Winter family. Your colouring is distinctly cool with a crystalline clarity. You look best in cool, saturated colours that mirror your natural icy elegance.
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