Deep WinterversusLight Summer

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 Summer palette belongs to the Summer family: The Light Summer palette is fresh, airy, and delicate. It's a blend of cool and neutral undertones, with an emphasis on lightness and subtlety. If you're a Light Summer, you'll glow in ethereal colors that are neither too bright nor too muted. 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 Summer is a Summer 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 Summer is anchored by tones like Powder Blue, Primrose Pink and Lavender Haze. 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 Summer is characterised by neutral-cool 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 Summer palette include Naomi Watts, Gwyneth Paltrow and Cate Blanchett. These examples are illustrative — your own colouring is the most reliable guide.