Person #8 - A Deep, Cool Winter

 Undertone test

This person is evidently very cool. The pink and blue qualities of their skin are not in any way reflected in the warm colors of the upper row. Deep blue and magenta are great colors on them; Both supply enough contrast for the skin to be well defined, indicating that we are looking at a very cool and deep season: winter. 

Season test

When coolness is the primary characteristic, our two contestants are winter and summer.

True Winter

 
True Summer 

 

There are several things to notice here: This person glows in deep, clear purple and blue. The yellow, green and red of the True Winter Palette are too yellow and and mid-tone for this person's skin. The skin appears pale and slightly sallow. On the other hand black is a bit harsh, too deep and lacking any pink and blue tones to harmonize with the skin. True Summer is too muted, but the cool undertone is overall more harmonious. Here yellow is also not a strong color; We are dealing with a very cool-toned Cool Winter:

 

Cool Winter

 

The sister season of Cool Winter is Cool Summer:

 

Cool Summer

 

 

Person #8 do have a few of the pinks and deep blues in common with the Cool Summer palette, but relatively few. Since depth is a strong secondary characteristic, a custom Cool, Deep Winter palette, completely void of yellow, is what truly brings out their skin tone:

 

Cool, Deep Winter


Their worst colors
 
This task is rather simple, any palette that is overly warm will be an absolute no-go. The best example is Warm Autumn: warm, muted and mid-range, it has nothing in common with person #8:
 
Warm Autumn 
 
 

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