Winter colour palette
Cool, deep and vivid — colour 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
Colours 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 colour 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 colours 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 colour in a winter palette is blue-based. If silver jewellery flatters you more than gold, and pure white suits you better than cream, you are in a cool family.