Color seasons / Winter

Deep Winter

Deep, cool and dramatic: your colors look like jewels on black velvet.

Dominant: Deep first, then cool

Deep Winter is defined by depth, with a cool, clear edge. Its colors are the jewel box: black cherry, sapphire, emerald, plum, ink blue and true red. They are dark and saturated at once, and they hold their color even at their deepest. Black, which many seasons find heavy, is one of Deep Winter's best neutrals, and pure white sits beside it just as comfortably.

In these colors, a Deep Winter looks striking and composed. Your coloring has natural depth and presence, so deep, clear colors meet you at your own level. Light, warm or dusty colors can look faded or muddy beside you, while the right jewel tone makes your eyes look intense and your skin look clear and even. Think of your wardrobe as a jewel box: a few rich colors, anchored by black, white and charcoal.

Deep Winter sits between Deep Autumn and True Winter. It shares depth with the first and coolness with the second, and its signature is dark, cool clarity. Deep Winters span the full range of skin depths, including fair skin with very dark hair; the season describes how depth and coolness behave next to you, not who you are. If deep colors have always felt natural and you reach for silver before gold, Deep Winter is worth exploring.

Signs you might be Deep Winter

• Deep, cool drapes such as black cherry, sapphire and emerald make your face look clear and vivid, while beige, camel or dusty pastels can look flat beside you.
• Black looks polished and natural on you rather than heavy.
• Silver, white gold and platinum look crisp; you can also wear deep, polished gold, but brassy gold can look slightly yellow.
• Your hair and eyes usually read as deep, giving your overall coloring medium to high contrast.
• Pure white looks clean on you, especially paired with black or a jewel tone.
• Earthy browns such as rust or khaki tend to look muddy next to you, while the same depth in a cool jewel tone looks luxurious.

A taste of the palette

Your free result includes your full 16 colors and 6 neutrals. Pro adds a deeper 60-color palette, metals, makeup and hair direction.

How to tell it from the seasons next door

Deep Autumn: Deep Autumn shares depth but leans warm, wearing bronze, mahogany and olive. If sapphire and black cherry look clearer on you than bronze and garnet, you are Deep Winter.

True Winter: True Winter is cooler and can wear more icy brights. If you need depth in almost everything and icy pastels feel slightly faint, you lean Deep Winter.

People often cited as Deep Winter

Lupita Nyong'o, Angelina Jolie, Priyanka Chopra, Selena Gomez, Viola Davis, Lucy Hale. Commonly used examples; not analyzed by Hue & Line.

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