Winter season · Hair color
Hair colors for a Deep Winter
Hair shades that flatter Deep Winter coloring and the ones that flatten it — matched to your undertone, depth and contrast, with swatches.
The hair colors that flatter a Deep Winter are led by Espresso (#31241C), Cool Dark Brown and Blue Black — 6 shades in all, scored against Deep Winter's cool undertone and deep depth. 4 shades pull the other way, Golden Blonde among them.
What hair color suits a Deep Winter?
Blue-black, cool espresso, dark cool brown — golden highlights dilute you. That is the stylist summary. The list below is the computed one: every shade in our reference set scored against Deep Winter's cool undertone and deep depth, best first.
Espresso#31241C Cool Dark Brown#2E2A29 Blue Black#15181F Jet Black#141414 Ash Brown#6A5B4E Mushroom Brown#7C6E64
| Espresso #31241C | neutral tone · deep depth · deep neutral brown — neutral tone agrees with your cool undertone, sits exactly at your deep depth |
|---|---|
| Cool Dark Brown #2E2A29 | cool tone · deep depth · brown with no red — cool tone agrees with your cool undertone, sits exactly at your deep depth |
| Blue Black #15181F | cool tone · deep depth · black with blue reflect — cool tone agrees with your cool undertone, sits exactly at your deep depth |
| Jet Black #141414 | cool tone · deep depth · flat, maximum depth — cool tone agrees with your cool undertone, sits exactly at your deep depth |
| Ash Brown #6A5B4E | cool tone · medium depth · cool, smoky — cool tone agrees with your cool undertone, sits one step off your deep depth |
| Mushroom Brown #7C6E64 | cool tone · medium depth · greyed, soft — cool tone agrees with your cool undertone, sits one step off your deep depth |
Can a Deep Winter go blonde?
Not without losing the effect. None of the 6 shades that flatter a Deep Winter sit at light depth, and Golden Blonde and Honey Blonde and Strawberry Blonde land on the avoid list outright. Deep Winter coloring is deep in depth, and hair that far off it stops reading as contrast and starts reading as a wig.
Which hair colors should a Deep Winter avoid?
4 shades score low enough to skip. Each one either fights the undertone or sits too far from Deep Winter's natural depth to read as yours.
Golden Blonde#D9B26A Honey Blonde#C99C51 Strawberry Blonde#C98B5E Light Caramel#B07B41
| Golden Blonde #D9B26A | warm tone fights your cool undertone, sits two steps off your deep depth |
|---|---|
| Honey Blonde #C99C51 | warm tone fights your cool undertone, sits two steps off your deep depth |
| Strawberry Blonde #C98B5E | warm tone fights your cool undertone, sits two steps off your deep depth |
| Light Caramel #B07B41 | warm tone fights your cool undertone, sits one step off your deep depth |
Deep Winter hair color: common questions
What hair color should a Deep Winter avoid?
Golden Blonde, Honey Blonde, Strawberry Blonde, Light Caramel — 4 of the 19 shades scored come out low for a Deep Winter. Golden Blonde is the clearest miss: warm tone fights your cool undertone, sits two steps off your deep depth.
Do ash or cool tones suit a Deep Winter?
Yes — 5 of the 6 shades that flatter a Deep Winter are cool-toned, against 0 warm. Ash is the register to ask your colorist for.
What is the safest hair color for a Deep Winter?
Espresso (#31241C) — deep neutral brown. It scores highest of all 19 shades for a Deep Winter because its neutral tone agrees with your cool undertone, sits exactly at your deep depth.
Does dyeing your hair change your color season?
No. Your season comes from undertone, which lives in your skin and does not move. Dyed hair changes your contrast level, which is why a Deep Winter who goes several shades off their depth often feels like their old colors stopped working — the palette is unchanged, the balance is not.