Dressing for the clear winter color season is about to get a whole lot easier for you.
In this super simple guide, we jump straight to the point. We break down everything you need to know about the clear winter color season in a quick and easy way.
This way you can stop researching and start making those little changes that will ultimately add up to a dramatically better wardrobe for you.
How to Spot the Clear Winter Color Season
First, let’s break down the characteristics of a clear winter. (Also referred to as bright winter.)
You’ll quickly notice a pattern here. “Clear” and “Bright” are the dominating factors for clear winter. You can’t also think of this as pure colors that aren’t muted or grayed out.
Cool winters also have neutral tones mix into their bold, high contrast coloring.
Skin Tone
The skin tones for a clear winter range from fair to deep.
They have neutral cool, and neutral undertones or NC and N. (A good way to find this out, if you don’t already know it, is to go to a cosmetic counter or store and have a professional color match you for foundation. The letters signifying the undertones are almost always marked on the bottle.)
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Eyes
Clear winters have stunning, bright eye colors like bright blue, bright teals, cool brown, and black.
The deep pigment in these colors create a beautiful, higher contrast with the hair and skin.
Eye colors for the clear winter color season are noticeably cool toned.
Hair
The clear winter color season cool ash browns and blacks in their hair.
These hair colors include: Medium ash brown, dark cool brown, brown black, and cool black.
Hair can be an easy giveaway for winters. If you use the words ashy or purple/bluish, those are a good indicators that you have cool toned hair.
Clear Winter Color Season Palette
At first glance, the clear color palette is full of bolder darker shades. But, you’ll also notice lighter and medium tones in the mix.
The easiest way to make sense of this is to think about the variety of clothing colors available at stores and online shops. This clear winter color palette should give you an idea of the shade range for each basic color.
We break into down into a lighter, medium, and darker option to help steer you in the right direction.
If you don’t have access to this color palette when shopping, these three questions should help.
- Does this shade have a blue hue to it?
- Is this shade the “bright” and “clear” option in this color?
- Is this shade highly pigmented?
Best Colors for the Clear Winter Color Season
Below are your top three colors for each color category.
As mentioned above, you’ll find a lighter, medium, and darker option for each color family. This will help you get a better grasp on the shade range for the clear winter color season.
Whites - Bright White with Blue Hues
When looking for whites or light neutral colors you’ll want them to have these characteristics:
- Bright and crisp vs Muted and Creamy
- Blue or pink hues vs orange and brown hues
yellows - Bright Blue Hue
You’ll want to pick yellows that blend well with deep and higher contrasts.
- Bright vs. muted.
- True yellows with blue hues vs orange hues.
Oranges - Darker Corals
Orange is a hard color to work with as a cool toned color season. However, as clear winter you can pull of darker coral shades instead.
- More reddish or pinkish vs yellow orange.
- Bright shades vs lighter, less pigmented colors.
- Clear, non muted options.
pinks - Magentas
Pinks are power colors for cool toned color seasons. Pinks for the clear winter color season are highly pigmented and beautifully compliment the high contrast.
- Bright and Bold vs Light.
- Pinks that lean closer to magentas vs golden shades.
Reds- Blue and Pink Hues
The right kind of red can look incredible on clear winters.. Choose reds that are:
- Pink and fuchsia tones vs orange and brown.
- Bright vs muted.
Purples - Blue Tints
Like pinks, purples can be more cool toned and easier to pull off as a winter. Pick purples that are:
- Neutral, bright, and highly pigmented.
- Purples that look bluish.
blues - BRight and Bold
Clear winter blues are crisp and highly pigmented.
- Clear and bright vs muted.
- True blue and gray tones.
Greens - Crisp Blue Hues
Greens in the clear winter color palette lean toward teal. Choose greens that are:
- Bright vs muted.
- Blue tints instead of mustard hues.
grays- Pink and Blue Tints
Grays for clear, bright winters are pinkish or bluish and highly pigmented. Pick grays that are more:
- More blue vs golden or brown.
- Bright vs muted.
Browns - Pink and Gray Blue Hues
Much like oranges, browns can be more difficult to pull off as a winter color season. Choose browns that are:
- More gray or bluish than yellow or golden.
- Bright and clear vs muted.
Blacks/ Alternates for Blacks - CRISP OR BLUE HUE
Clear winters can pull off crisp black because it blends your overall clear, crisp and bright coloring. However, because of your neutral undertones, you may prefer black alternatives.
- Crisp vs faded.
- Deep blues and grays vs brown tints.
Clear Winter Shopping Hacks
When shopping, clear winters should gravitate to brighter cool colors first. Look at blues, pinks, reds, and grays as they are more likely to have options that suit your natural undertones.
Also, scan for the colors that you would describe as bright or highly pigmented.
If you prefer a variety of colors, warmer tones can look great on you, too. However, they may be harder to spot.
Look for warmer tones that have cool tints or lean more toward blue than gold.
Conclusion: Clear Winter Color Season
The clear winter color season has darker toned hair and eyes, and light to deep skin tones. Clear winters and cool and neutral undertones and look best in shades that are more bright vs soft.
When shopping, clear winters should gravitate to cool dominate colors first like blues, pinks, purples, reds, and grays as the store is more likely to have a color that will harmonize with their natural coloring.
Next Steps:
Lastly, do you know what makeup colors look best on you? Find out in this super simple guide to clear winter makeup colors. Or, skip straight to the best makeup products in your colors.
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