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Cool Winter

Cool, vibrant colors with a crisp and sophisticated quality.

Description

Cool Winter, also known as True Winter, is crisp, icy, and refined. This palette thrives on cool, high-contrast colors—true black, pure white, navy, emerald, and fuchsia. Skin has blue or pink undertones, hair is often dark, and eyes are bright and piercing in cool tones of blue, grey, or deep brown. Cool Winter radiates best in sharp, clear colors that emphasize contrast and brightness. It avoids warmth or muted shades, instead excelling in icy clarity and elegance. The overall effect is striking, fresh, and sophisticated—like frosted landscapes under bright winter skies.

Skin

The Cool Winter skin palette is defined by the complete absence of warmth. Undertones are blue, pink, or icy beige, giving skin a crystalline clarity. It ranges from fair milky ivory to deep cool cocoa, but always retains that frosty undertone. Silver, platinum, and clear white gemstones like diamonds are the most flattering, bringing out the skin’s cool luminosity.

Hair

Platinum, blue-black, cool espresso, icy ash brown, icy lavender, cool burgundy, jet-black, and charcoal grey. Avoid warmth entirely as well as muted and soft colors.

platinum hair color

Platinum

charcoal-grey hair color

Charcoal Grey

cool-espresso hair color

Cool Espresso

icy-ash-brown hair color

Icy Ash Brown

icy-lavender hair color

Icy Lavender

cool-burgundy hair color

Cool Burgundy

blue-black hair color

Blue Black

jet-black hair color

Jet Black

Eyes

Cool blue, icy grey, deep brown, or slate blue. Crisp and cool without golden flecks.

cool-blue eye color

Cool Blue

icy-grey eye color

Icy Grey

deep-brown eye color

Deep Brown

slate-blue eye color

Slate Blue

Metal

Silver, platinum, or white gold. Cool undertones shine best with icy metals; avoid yellow gold.

silver metal

Silver

platinum metal

Platinum

white-gold metal

White Gold

Gemstones

Deep sapphire, rich amethyst, fuchsia spinel, black onyx, icy aquamarine, or diamond. Cool, icy, and high-contrast stones with deep blue, violet, or black undertones. Winters sparkle in crisp, jewel-like gemstones that emphasize their intensity.

deep-sapphire gemstone

Deep Sapphire

rich-amethyst gemstone

Rich Amethyst

fuchsia-spinel gemstone

Fuchsia Spinel

black-onyx gemstone

Black Onyx

icy-aquamarine gemstone

Icy Aquamarine

diamond gemstone

Diamond

Color Palette

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