Your palette
Midnight
Deep Plum
Emerald Pine
Ink Navy
Black Cherry
Deep Sea
Aubergine
True Black
How to tell
Signs you're a Deep Winter
- There's a clear gap between your hair and your skin — the contrast reads strongly in photos.
- Black looks intentional on you rather than heavy.
- Pastels make you look tired; deep saturated colour makes you look well.
- A bold lip needs no other makeup to finish the face.
Wear these
- Midnight and ink navy
- Emerald pine and deep sea
- Black cherry and deep plum
- Aubergine and true black
Harder to wear
- Washed pastels — they disappear against your depth
- Dusty, greyed-off mid-tones, which mute your natural contrast
- Golden camel and orange-rust, which fight your cool undertone
- Beige — swap it for charcoal or deep chocolate as your soft neutral
Metals
Polished silver, platinum and white gold, with dark gemstones — onyx, garnet, sapphire. Yellow gold can work in a cooler, high-shine finish, but silver is the safer default.
Try metals on your photoMakeup
A true cool red, deep berry or plum lip. Avoid nude-beige, which flattens the face. On the eye, black liner is genuinely yours, with charcoal, deep emerald or plum shadow. Blush in cool rose or deep raspberry, kept sheer.
See your shadesWardrobe
Contrast is your friend: crisp white with black, or emerald against deep navy. One saturated statement colour per outfit does more than several mid-tones layered together.
Neutrals: True black, Charcoal, Ink navy, Crisp white, Deep chocolate.
Often mistaken for
True Winter
True Winter is icier and cooler still; Deep Winter can carry a touch of warmth in its darkest shades.
Deep Autumn
Both are deep, but Deep Autumn's depth is warm — rust and moss rather than plum and pine.
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