The 4 Seasons: Winter and Summer (Cold).

Winter: Contrast, Depth and Dramatic

The Winter season represents the extreme of coldness, saturation and contrast. Visually, these people have sharp definition in their features.

They tend to have deep, dark hair (jet black, dark ash brown or silver gray, and pure white in maturity) that contrasts sharply with the skin, which can range from a translucent porcelain white to a pinkish beige or cool olive complexion.

The eyes are usually intense and bright, with a distinct limbal ring around the iris. Their successful palette is composed of pure colors, with no clouding blends.

They are the only aesthetic group that elegantly defends absolute black and optical white close to the face without looking dull.

Their ideal colors are "jewel" tones (emerald, ruby, royal sapphire) and vibrant primary colors.

They should strictly avoid warm, earthy shades such as mustards, rusty oranges and golden browns, as these tones clash with their natural coolness, creating a fatigued or "dirty" appearance to the skin. In jewelry, platinum and shiny silver are your best allies.

Summer: Softness, elegance and serenity

Although it belongs to the cold spectrum, the Summer season is distinguished by having a lighter value and low saturation (soft).

It is the season of delicacy and ethereal atmosphere. Summer people tend to have a low level of contrast between their features.

Their hair tends toward ashy tones, from a matte platinum blonde to a light "mouse" brown, always devoid of golden or reddish highlights.

Their eyes tend to have soft, grayish tones: steel blue, aqua green, gray or cool hazel. The palette that harmonizes with them is defined as "atalcada" or "powdered".

Imagine colors seen through a haze filter: sky blue, lavender, old pink, soft mint green and muted raspberry.

Pure black is too aggressive for your soft coloring and tends to "erase" your features or harden them unnecessarily.

Instead, they should opt for cool neutrals such as charcoal gray, soft navy blue or graphite.

Ideal metals are those with matte or satin finishes, such as old silver, white gold or pewter, avoiding excessive shine that could compete with their natural softness.

Summary

The Winter season represents the extreme of coldness, saturation and high contrast in features. Its successful palette includes pure colors, jewel tones, absolute black and optical white, avoiding earth tones.

The Summer season belongs to the cold spectrum but is distinguished by its softness and low contrast. It calls for atalcized and grayish colors, avoiding pure black, which hardens her delicate features.

While Winter requires intensity and brightness in metals such as platinum, Summer needs visual calm. They favor cool neutrals and metals with matte or satin finishes, such as old silver.