Bright Winter color palette: a cozy corner painted in its colors

Winter · Color season

Bright Winter color palette

Bright and cool

Also called Clear Winter

Bright and cool, like city lights on a winter night.

High contrast and clear, sparkling eyes: few people can wear color as boldly as you. Electric, icy and pure colors make you shine; soft, earthy shades dim your light.

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The Bright Winter palette: 24 colors

With their names and hex codes. The first twelve are the essentials; the other twelve round out the palette.

The essentials

  • Hot pink#FF1493
  • Fuchsia#C71585
  • Violet#7B2FF7
  • Electric blue#0096FF
  • Sapphire#1F2E7A
  • Turquoise#00D2D3
  • Emerald#00C389
  • Red#E4002B
  • Lemon#FFF44F
  • Black#111111
  • Icy blue#F2F6FF
  • Pure white#FFFFFF

More colors

  • Cherry#D2042D
  • Amethyst#9B30D9
  • Cobalt#0047FF
  • Peacock#00A2B8
  • Jade#00A693
  • Icy pink#FCE4F1
  • Icy mint#E0FFF4
  • Icy lilac#EEE6FF
  • Charcoal#33343C
  • Navy#141E4F
  • Watermelon#FF4D6D
  • Silver gray#C9CCD3

Bright Winter neutrals, metal and lips

Neutrals

  • Pure white #FFFFFF
  • Charcoal #33343C
  • Black #111111

Metal

Silver

Your white

  • Pure white #FFFFFF

Your black

  • Black #111111

For your lips

  • Red #E4002B
  • Hot pink #FF1493
  • Fuchsia #C71585

Bright Winter hair and makeup

Hair

Bright Winter hair color wants high contrast and a clean shine: glossy black, dark cool brown or a bright icy blonde. Dark hair can even take a flash of cherry or sapphire, and gray looks sharp as crisp silver or white. Beige, rust and mousy, muted tones usually dim this bright, cool coloring.

Makeup

Bright Winter makeup is the place for bold contrast. A clear watermelon blush, thinly blended, comes before red, hot pink or fuchsia lips, and the eyes can take sharp black liner with icy blue, icy lilac or electric blue. Skip khaki, mushroom, rust and oat, which tend to dim this clear, sparkling coloring.

Bright Winter colors to avoid

The ones that dull this coloring most, next to the face.

  • Khaki #A89F6B
  • Mushroom #A89C94
  • Rust #A0522D
  • Oat #E6D6B8

Where it sits

Every season is a point on three axes: undertone, depth and chroma. The one that defines it is marked.

Undertone: Cool

CoolWarm

Blue, pink or rosy undertones: colors with a touch of blue light you up.

Depth: Medium

LightDeep

Chroma: Bright Defining trait

SoftBright

Your features are clear and contrasted: pure, vivid colors make you glow.

Neighboring seasons

The two closest to Bright Winter: if a color here doesn’t convince you, look at theirs.

Opposite season

The palette furthest from Bright Winter.

How to wear it

  • Wear your colors close to your face: a top, a scarf, your glasses. Further away, they matter less.
  • Build on your neutrals, then add one or two colors from the palette.
  • Try them in daylight, next to your face: the right ones even out your skin and light up your eyes.

A test can’t see you, so take it as a starting point: try your colors next to your face, in daylight.

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