Deep Winter celebrities
Celebrity examples are most useful for spotting the pattern, the relationship between hair depth, skin and eyes, rather than for finding someone who looks like you. Two Deep Winters can look completely different.
Anne Hathawayalso argued Soft SummerThe other half of the argument: near-black hair against pale skin is the Deep Winter read. If her contrast strikes you as crisp rather than soft, she belongs here.
Photo: Ministry of culture, sports and Tourism- Lee Jeong-woo · CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Courteney Coxalso argued Bright WinterNear-black hair and blue eyes on cool skin. Also argued Bright, the question is only how much saturation she carries.
Photo: Albert Domasin at https://www.flickr.com/photos/goalbert/ · CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Katy PerryBlack hair, blue eyes, porcelain skin, cool contrast that carries true black easily.
Photo: Colleen Sturtevant · CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Kim KardashianDeep hair over cool-olive skin, at her best in charcoal, black and deep jewel tones.
Photo: Eva Rinaldi · CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Lucy LiuDeep hair and eyes with cool-neutral skin, depth is the dominant axis of her coloring.
Photo: Bryan Berlin · CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Megan FoxNear-black hair, pale skin, ice-blue eyes, the cool-deep pattern at its most literal.
Photo: Kevin Paul · CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
48 more Deep Winter names every source agrees on
From our survey of published celebrity color analyses: people that two or more independent sites classify as Deep Winter, with no site claiming another season. Sorted by how many sources agree.
- Gal Gadot ×6
- Monica Bellucci ×6
- Winona Ryder ×4
- Jenna Coleman ×3
- Kim Hye-soo ×3
- Priyanka Chopra Jonas ×3
- Adam Driver ×2
- Angelica Ross ×2
- Bingbing Fan ×2
- Bingbing Li ×2
- Colin Farrell ×2
- Daisy Ridley ×2
- Danielle Brooks ×2
- Deborah Mailman ×2
- Gong Li ×2
- Halima Aden ×2
- Hannah Simone ×2
- Hiam Abbass ×2
- Jaime Murray ×2
- Jeneil Williams ×2
- Jeno ×2
- Jessica Williams ×2
- Jodie Turner-Smith ×2
- Julianna Margulies ×2
- Jungwon ×2
- Karrueche Tran ×2
- Lais Ribeiro ×2
- Lana Condor ×2
- Lana Parrilla ×2
- Lashana Lynch ×2
- Lea Michele ×2
- Lily Aldridge ×2
- Linda Cardellini ×2
- Liu Wen ×2
- Liya Kebede ×2
- Lucy Verasamy ×2
- Michelle Rodriguez ×2
- Miranda Tapsell ×2
- Nazanin Boniadi ×2
- Ni-ki ×2
- Octavia Spencer ×2
- Parminder Nagra ×2
- Robert Downey Jr ×2
- Rose Byrne ×2
- Sarah Greene ×2
- Taraji P. Henson ×2
- Uzo Aduba ×2
- Vernon ×2
What they have in common
Cool to neutral-cool, from porcelain to deep espresso, always clear rather than muted.
Dark brown to black, cool or neutral rather than golden.
High. The gap between hair and skin is the defining feature.
The Deep Winter palette
- Ruby#8E0B3A
- Deep crimson#A4133C
- Wine#6A0F49
- Deep violet#4A148C
- Royal purple#38006B
- Indigo#311B92
- Sapphire#0D47A1
- Deep cobalt#01579B
- Deep teal#006064
- Pine emerald#00695C
Frequently asked
Which celebrities are Deep Winter?
Commonly cited examples include Anne Hathaway, Courteney Cox, Katy Perry, Kim Kardashian, Lucy Liu and Megan Fox. Treat these as illustrations rather than rulings, analysts disagree, and hair dye, tanning and studio lighting all move the answer.
How does looking at celebrities help me find my season?
It helps you see a pattern rather than a rule. Look for what these people have in common, the relationship between hair depth, skin and eyes, not for someone who looks like you. Two Deep Winters can look nothing alike and still share the same palette.
Why do different sites give the same celebrity different seasons?
Because most of them are working from photographs with unknown lighting and heavy retouching, and because many of these people have dyed hair. A professional analysis is done in daylight with fabric drapes against bare skin, that is a fundamentally better input than a red-carpet photo.