The Winter Color Season

Winter palettes cut clean in icy jewel tones and saturated darks.

Undertone: cool. Value: deep, contrasting. Chroma: clear, saturated.

Winter core palette

The winter palette anchors on warm, light-to-medium colors with clarity. Below are the core hues — wear these next to your face for the most flattering effect.

Winter neutrals

These work as foundation pieces — coats, denim, basics that won't fight your palette.

Makeup that flatters a Winter

Lipsticks

• MAC: Lipstick in Ruby Woo — True blue-red — the winter archetype lip.
• Charlotte Tilbury: Matte Revolution in Red Carpet Red — Cool true red; a winter staple.
• NARS: Audacious Lipstick in Vera — Cool berry that holds against winter's saturation.

Blush

• NARS: Blush in Deep Throat — Cool berry-pink with shimmer; pops against winter skin.
• Patrick Ta: Major Headlines Double-Take Crème & Powder Blush in She's a Star — Cool berry-rose; works across winter subtypes.

Eye colors

• Urban Decay: Naked Smoky palette — Cool charcoal, slate, and silver — winter's smoky eye source.
• MAC: Eyeshadow in Carbon — Pure jet black for winter's high-contrast lid.

Who looks best in Winter?

How to know if you're a Winter

The fastest test: hold a clear gold and a clear silver next to your face in natural light. Winters look richer next to gold-tone metals. If silver feels brighter and gold makes you look tired, you're probably a Summer or Winter, not a Winter.

Or skip the guesswork — Tonebook reads your skin, hair, and eye color from a single selfie and tells you which of the 12 sub-seasons fits you, plus the exact palette to shop.