Deep WinterversusTrue Spring

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 True Spring palette belongs to the Spring family: The True Spring palette is the quintessential spring palette - warm, clear, and vibrant. If you're a True Spring, you have medium coloring with warm undertones and can handle bright, saturated colors. Your palette is like a garden in full bloom. 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 True Spring is a Spring 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 True Spring is anchored by tones like True Red, Golden Yellow and Kelly Green. 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 True Spring is characterised by warm & clear 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 True Spring palette include Jennifer Lopez, Julia Roberts and Julianne Moore. These examples are illustrative — your own colouring is the most reliable guide.