Deep WinterversusLight Autumn

The Deep Winter palette sits in the Winter family: Deep Winter (also known as Dark Winter) is a palette of depth, clarity, and coolness. It combines the coolness of Winter with the depth of Autumn. Your best colors are highly saturated, dark, and vivid. The Light Autumn palette belongs to the Autumn family: The Light Autumn palette is warm, golden, and luminous. If you're a Light Autumn, you have delicate features with warm undertones that look best in light, warm colors. Your best colors are gentle, golden, and radiant. The clearest way to tell them apart is to compare their signature shades side by side and notice which set feels more harmonious against your skin, hair, and eyes.

No. Deep Winter is a Winter palette while Light Autumn is a Autumn palette. Because they come from different seasonal families, they differ in undertone, contrast, and the colours that bring out your natural features.

Deep Winter leans on shades such as Black, Pure White and Ruby Red, while Light Autumn is anchored by tones like Warm Peach, Golden Honey and Soft Coral. Holding these signature colours next to your face is the simplest way to feel which palette harmonises with your colouring.

Seasonal colour analysis matches a palette to your natural undertone, contrast level, and the depth of your skin, hair, and eyes. Deep Winter is characterised by neutral-cool undertones, whereas Light Autumn is characterised by warm golden undertones. Drape the key colours of each palette in natural light and choose the set that makes your skin look clearer and more even.

Faces often associated with the Deep Winter palette include Anne Hathaway, Penelope Cruz and Sandra Bullock. Examples linked to the Light Autumn palette include Blake Lively, Jennifer Aniston and Cameron Diaz. These examples are illustrative — your own colouring is the most reliable guide.