Seasonal type · Winter
Dark Winter: characteristics and color palette
Deep, cool and powerful. Think burgundy, pine green and midnight blue.
Are you a Dark Winter? Here you'll learn how to recognize this winter type, which Dark Winter colors make you glow and which ones you'd better avoid. With the Dark Winter color fan, your color palette is always at hand.
One of the 12 seasonal types · color fan with 56 colors
Deep
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How to recognize a Dark Winter
Dark Winter characteristics: deep, cool and powerful
Dark Winter belongs to the winter family. Your appearance is deep and strong, with a cool to neutral-cool undertone and clear contrast. Light or warm colors fade next to your dark features; deep, cool shades make your face glow.
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Undertone
Neutral-cool. Sometimes cool olive, but without a golden glow.
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Skin
Light to dark, cool beige, olive or deep brown with a cool undertone.
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Hair
Dark brown to black, without a red or golden sheen.
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Eyes
Deep and intense: dark brown, black-brown, dark hazel or deep gray-green.
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Contrast
High. Your dark hair and eyes stand out clearly against your skin.
These are characteristics that are common in a Dark Winter. You don't have to match every point exactly: your combination of skin, hair and eyes is unique. Not sure? Have your colors analyzed personally.
The Dark Winter color palette
Dark Winter colors that make
you glow
The Dark Winter color palette is deep, cool and powerful. Wear these colors close to your face: they support you instead of stealing the attention.
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Orange, camel, pastel yellow and peach
This is a selection from your palette. You'll find all 56 Dark Winter colors in the color fan and the Style Guide.
Burgundy
Pine green
Aubergine
Midnight blue
Navy
Charcoal
Wine red
Deep teal
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Orange, camel, pastel yellow and peach
This is a selection from your palette. You'll find all 56 Dark Winter colors in the color fan and the Style Guide.
Your colors at home
Know you're a Dark Winter?
Take your colors with you with the Dark Winter color fan: in the fitting room you'll see right away whether something suits you. The Style Guide shows you how to combine your colors.
For shopping
Dark Winter color fan
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Not sure whether you're really a Dark Winter?
Dark Winter looks a lot like Dark Autumn and True Winter. Have your colors analyzed personally: within 48 hours you'll know for sure. With The Perfect Palette (€99) you get the analysis, your Style Guide and the color fan of your type.
Dark Winter or not?
Dark Winter or Dark Autumn?
Dark Winter is most often confused with Dark Autumn. Both are deep and strong; the difference lies in the undertone. You share the coolness and contrast with True Winter and Bright Winter, but they are clearer.
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Dark Winter
Undertone: cool-neutral
Clarity: deep
Depth: dark
Metal: silver, gunmetal
Similar
Dark Autumn
Undertone: warm
Clarity: rich to deep
Depth: dark
Metal: gold, bronze
Similar
True Winter
Undertone: cool
Clarity: clear
Depth: medium to dark
Metal: silver, platinum
Similar
Bright Winter
Undertone: cool-neutral
Clarity: very clear
Depth: medium
Metal: shiny silver
Plum
Rust
Quick check in daylight
Hold a cool plum purple and a warm rust brown next to your face. Does plum make you look fresher? Then you are more likely a Dark Winter. Rust? Then more likely a Dark Autumn. Still unsure? View the color analysis packages.
Good to know
Questions about
Dark Winter
The questions we get most often from women who have just discovered they're a Dark Winter.
Can't find your question? Check our FAQ page or get in touch.
Is Dark Winter warm or cool?
Neutral-cool. Dark Winter is the deepest winter type and is closest to Dark Autumn. That's why deep, cool colors suit you better than warm earth tones or light pastels.
Can I wear black as a Dark Winter?
Yes, black suits you well. Your contrast and depth can easily carry it. Charcoal, midnight blue and deep burgundy are lovely basics too.
Does gold or silver suit me better?
Silver, white gold and gunmetal suit you best. Thanks to your neutral side, a cool, dark gold can work too. Yellow, shiny gold is usually too warm.
What is the difference between Dark Winter and Dark Autumn?
The undertone. Dark Winter is cool: plum, emerald and silver. Dark Autumn is warm: rust, olive and bronze. Both are deep and have contrast.
How can I be sure I'm a Dark Winter?
The free color test gives you a first indication. You'll know for sure with a personal color analysis: we look at your photos ourselves, without AI, and you'll have your result within 48 hours. View the packages and choose what suits you.
Your colors, always at hand
Deep.
Cool.
Radiant.
Sure you're a Dark Winter? Take your palette with you in your bag. Still unsure? Have your colors analyzed personally, within 48 hours you'll know.