Season paletteNo. 10 of 12 · Winter
Deep Winter
Suits deep, cool, high contrast
Deep first, then cool. Dark, cool colours and strong contrast. Pale beige fades you.
Warm or cool
Leans cool
Light or deep
Strongly deep
Soft or bright
Leans bright
The Deep Winter colour palette
12 core colours
The same twelve colours the drape test gives a Deep Winter, each with its name and hex code, so you can shop and dress by them. The Deep Winter color palette, in American spelling.
- Deep cherry#81313e
- Burgundy#381117
- Deep fuchsia#b65d72
- Deep magenta#9d4575
- Deep lemon#a29428
- Deep emerald#176239
- Ice mint#368f5b
- Deep peacock#006773
- Deep cobalt#305698
- Midnight#091a36
- Deep violet#593f75
- Icy lilac#8d68b3
Neutrals and metals
3 neutrals · 2 metals
NeutralsSoft white, Dove grey, Ink black
- Soft white#e0e5eb
- Dove grey#737b85
- Ink black#0b1322
MetalsSilver, Rose gold
Four to keep away from your face
From Light Spring
These are the main red, green, blue and yellow of Light Spring, the opposite season to Deep Winter. Wear them away from your face, and keep your own colours close to it.
- Light poppy#f28471
- Light leaf#93b967
- Light cerulean#62baf8
- Light buttercup#feedc4
The opposite season
Light Spring
Deep Winter's best colours are Light Spring's worst, and the other way round. Each row below is one colour family, cut for the two seasons. You only see the difference when two colours sit side by side.
Best on Deep WinterWorst on Light SpringBest on Light SpringWorst on Deep Winter
- Deep cherry#81313eLight poppy#f28471
- Deep emerald#176239Light leaf#93b967
- Deep cobalt#305698Light cerulean#62baf8
- Deep lemon#a29428Light buttercup#feedc4
Makeup and jewellery, in short
From the Deep Winter guide
- Base
- Neutral to cool.
- Lips to try
- Deep berry and burgundy.
- Jewellery
- Silver first, rose gold too. Polished.
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The full makeup, hair and jewellery guide for Deep Winter is in Drapebook Pro.
- Lips, blush and eyeshadow shades, with a makeup tip
- Hair colours to try and to skip, with a note for your colourist
- Jewellery metals, the stones that suit you, and a jewellery tip
- Wardrobe notes: how much contrast, black and white, and prints
- A phone wallpaper of your colours, a shopping card and the 12 season guide as a PDF
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Not sure you are a Deep Winter?
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