Winter color palette
Cool, deep and vivid, color at full strength.
Winter is the cool, bright half of the wheel. Winter palettes are blue-based and saturated: emerald, sapphire, true red, icy pink, and genuine black and white. If you can wear true black next to your face and it looks crisp rather than harsh, you are somewhere in Winter.
All three Winters share coolness and clarity. Winter is the only family for which pure white and true black are both genuinely flattering, and the only one that should reach for icy pastels rather than warm ones.
The three winter seasons
"Winter" on its own is too broad to shop from. These three are where it actually splits.
The combined winter palette
Colors that work across the whole family, safe ground while you narrow down which sub-season you are.
- Ruby#8E0B3A
- True red#D50000
- Electric red#FF1744
- Deep crimson#A4133C
- Cool fuchsia#C51162
- Hot pink#F50057
- Wine#6A0F49
- Vivid purple#AA00FF
- Bright rose#FF4081
- Deep violet#4A148C
- Royal violet#6200EA
- Vivid orchid#D500F9
- Royal purple#38006B
- Cobalt#304FFE
- Indigo#311B92
- True blue#2962FF
- Bright violet#651FFF
- Sapphire#0D47A1
- Bright sapphire#0091EA
- Electric blue#3D5AFE
Winter palettes in detail
Frequently asked
What is the winter color palette?
Winter is the cool, bright half of the wheel. Winter palettes are blue-based and saturated: emerald, sapphire, true red, icy pink, and genuine black and white. If you can wear true black next to your face and it looks crisp rather than harsh, you are somewhere in Winter. The palette on this page combines the strongest colors from all three winter sub-seasons, Deep Winter, True Winter, Bright Winter, so it is a good starting point before you narrow down.
What are the three winter seasons?
Deep Winter is moderately cool, strongly deep and moderately bright. True Winter is strongly cool, moderately deep and bright. Bright Winter is moderately cool, moderately deep and strongly bright. Each has its own palette page with full hex codes.
How do I know which winter I am?
All three Winters share coolness and clarity. Winter is the only family for which pure white and true black are both genuinely flattering, and the only one that should reach for icy pastels rather than warm ones. Once you know you are in the winter family, the remaining question is which characteristic dominates, depth, temperature or clarity. Our free analysis scores all twelve seasons and tells you which winter you land on, and by how much.
Is winter a warm or cool season?
Cool. Every color in a winter palette is blue-based. If silver jewelry flatters you more than gold, and pure white suits you better than cream, you are in a cool family.
How does winter color analysis work?
Winter color analysis places your coloring on three axes, depth, temperature and clarity, then reads which of the three winter seasons your skin, hair and eyes lean to. The family is the easy half; the useful answer is the season underneath it. Our free tool scores you against all twelve seasons from your answers and one photo, so you get the winter result and how close the runners-up are, not just a label.
Is winter a color season?
"Winter" is a color family, not one of the twelve color seasons on its own, it splits into Deep Winter, True Winter, Bright Winter. People searching "winter color season" usually mean the whole winter group, which is what this page covers. The specific season underneath is one of those three, and each has its own palette page.