Imagine crisp winter days with bright pops of color – that’s the essence of the cool winter color palette. We’re talking vibrant pinks, electric blues, deep purples and dazzling whites. In this guide, we will illustrate how cool winter color palette celebrities personify this color season with their head-turning glamour. Without further ado, let’s dive right into it.
Cool Winter Celebrities: What They Have in Common
Let’s take a look at our selection of cool winter celebrities – Hilary Rhoda, Marion Cotillard, Audrey Tautou, Jennifer Connelly, and others. What do they all have in common? At a first glance, it’s that clear and cool ambiance of the cool winter that emanates through their complexion, with ivory, clear olive, or silver beige skin tones.
These cool winter celebrities have deep brown, grey brown, or icy blue eyes. Their hair can be silver grey, black grey, black, or dark brown with a cooler shade.
More Cool Winter Celebrities
- Jameela Jamil
- Katy Perry
- Lupita Nyong’o
- Zoe Saldana
- Krysten Ritter
- Ian Somerhalder
- Kendall Jenner
- Lauren Graham
- Hilary Rhoda
- Selena Gomez
- Alexandra Daddario
- Jon Hamm
- Zooey Deschanel
- Joan Collins
- Shania Twain
- Sophia Bush
- Brooke Shields
- Catherine Zeta Jones
What Colors Should Cool Winters Avoid?
Even celebrities sometimes get their colors wrong. On the left, Audrey Tautou wears a dusty pink dress that’s too muted for her high-contrast look, while Marion Cotillard’s tiffany blue top washes her out. Similarly, Jamie Lee Curtis and Liv Tyler are in warm oranges and peaches — colors that clash with their cool Winter palettes, making them look dull.
On the right, all four shine in colors that suit their Winter season: cool, deep shades like navy, magenta, icy pink, teal, and turquoise. The right colors truly bring out their best!
Best Colors for Cool Winters
For Cool Winters, the best colors to enhance their cool and bright features are:
- Icy or vibrant pinks like carnation pink, deep rose, and hot pink
- Clear, cool-toned reds
- Bold purples
- Blues
- Greens such as jungle green, bottle green, and emerald
- Bright white
- Dark purple
These hues complement the blue undertones in their eyes and skin, creating a striking and harmonious look that accentuates their natural cool-toned coloring.
Am I A Cool Winter? The Importance of Color Diagnostics
Sometimes, you may think you’ve nailed your color season, but then all the new clothes you bought in your color scheme fail to flatter you. You look into the mirror and see that the colors are kind of ‘meh.’
This is where color diagnostics come into play, as it helps you identify your current color situation in more depth. This entails curating the best capsule wardrobe color palette that highlights your natural beauty by assessing your current wardrobe, checking your undertones, experimenting with gold vs silver hues, and more.
The best part? You don’t need to splurge on a professional color analyst to get started — unless you want to, of course.
Understanding Cool Winter Coloring
The hallmark of Cool Winters is the striking contrast between pale skin and dark hair, along with cool undertones throughout. Their features create a bold, eye-catching look – like a beautiful black-and-white photograph.
However, there’s one nuance that makes Cool Winters different from other seasons. While their light-dark contrast is high, their overall color contrast is actually quite subtle.
This means that while Cool Winters have sharp differences between light and dark areas, the actual colors in the face (skin tone, hair color, and eye color) are harmoniously muted.
Low Color Contrast: A Surprising Aspect of Cool Winter
Color contrast refers to the difference between hues, like red versus yellow. For those with a “Cool Winter” coloring, despite having pale skin and dark hair, the overall contrast isn’t as strong. While both the skin and hair are cool-toned, they share subtle, neutral undertones, rather than sharp, dramatic differences in color.
Because of this, when selecting the ideal Cool Winter eyeshadow palette, it’s crucial to avoid overly bold or contrasting colors. Shades like bright red, green, or orange can clash with the season’s coloring. That is, they can come off as too harsh. Instead, soft, cool-toned shades like icy blues, plum purples, or cool neutrals tend to complement them much better, enhancing their features without overwhelming them.
Experiment with Gold and Silver Fabrics
If you still struggle to classify yourself as a Cool Winter, it’s time to do the silver vs gold fabric test. Simply drape a silver fabric around your face and see how you’d look against it. Then do the same with a golden fabric.
The right tone of fabric will make your eyes ‘pop’, smoothen out your skin, and highlight your teeth. It will also reduce the appearance of fine lines and dark eyebags.
If the silver fabric completes your look, that’s an indication of having a cool undertone, thus belonging to the Winter or Summer color season. However, if you look better with the golden fabric, you most likely have a warm undertone, meaning you’re far from being a Winter.
Pro Tip: To check whether a color will complement your cool winter complexion, ask yourself – “does this shade emphasize the coolness of my undertones while adding depth and contrast to my appearance?” If the answer is yes, it is a suitable color.
The Overarching Season: Winter
The winter color season is all about cool, crisp, high-contrast colors that really make certain people pop. It encompasses icy blues, bold jewel-toned purples, stark blacks and whites, deep greens and blues, and those rich, vibrant reds.
👩🦰 Winter’s Hair
Winter’s hair feature deep contrasting tones like brown black, jet black, and blue-black. It also can encompass medium to dark brown hair with ash highlights, silver, white, and salt-and-pepper.
Keep in mind that you can’t be blonde as a Winter.
👁️ Winter’s Eyes
The color season often features deep, dark eye colors, including black, blackish brown, red brown, as well as blue and green tones.
🧖🏻♀️ Winter’s Skin
Winter features a wide range of skin tones – from porcelain and beige, to almond, cocoa, and mocha, with blue or reddish undertones.
Many Africans, Asians, Latinas, Native Americans, and Middle Eastern people can identify with the winter color season, as cool winter shades brighten up their skin and makes them look more put together.
Final Thoughts
Now that we’ve explored Cool Winter stars, it’s your turn to shine. Whether it’s Katy Perry’s electric blue or Lupita Nyong’o’s crisp jewel tones, your palette is cool, bold, and high-contrast.
Here’s a quick recap to keep you glowing in the right shades:
- Choose cool, clear shades: think icy pinks, cobalt, and fuchsia.
- Skip warm or muted tones, as they’ll wash you out.
- Embrace contrast and sleek lines for that sharp, polished look.
- Go for luxe fabrics like satin, leather, or velvet for extra drama.
Need more inspo? My Eco Closet’s Pinterest board is full of Cool Winter celeb style, color combos, and sustainable fashion tips. Time to own your Winter glow!
Frequently Asked Questions
Cool winters often have porcelain, olive, or cool-toned beige skin with contrasting and intense eye colors like deep brown, gray, or icy blue eyes. Their hair shades range from inky black to dark cool browns or silver grays.
Cool Winters have unmistakably cool undertones and lower color contrast in their features. Unlike Deep Winters, they’re not as warm-toned, and unlike Clear Winters, they don’t have a striking mix of warm and cool hues — everything stays icy, clean, and balanced.
While Cool Winter celebrities generally avoid warm tones, a few experiment with them. For instance, Kendall Jenner occasionally sports earth tones, but always balances them with cooler accents like icy blues or cool greens to avoid clashing with her undertones.
Cool Winter celebrities often wear bright white, which complements their high contrast and cool undertones. Unlike warmer whites (like ivory), this pure, crisp white enhances their skin tone without dulling it, making them glow under any light.
Absolutely! Cool Winter isn’t limited to pale complexions. Many people of African, Asian, Middle Eastern, and Latin descent fall into this season. It’s all about having cool undertones and high contrast, not skin depth.
Black is a staple for Cool Winter celebrities, providing a stunning contrast against their skin and hair. It creates a bold, sophisticated look without overwhelming their features, as their high-contrast appearance naturally supports the boldness of black.
