Burgundy on deep, cool skin tones (Deep Winter)

One of yours: with deep, cool colouring, burgundy sits ΔE 3.8 from the nearest Deep Winter colour.

The answer

Yes. Burgundy sits inside the Deep Winter palette. The nearest thing in the palette is #6B0F2B, ΔE 3.8 away. Under 12 reads as the same colour family; past 25 the two are visibly different colours.

It does not collide with anything on the season's avoid list, so the only question is distance.

How burgundy scores across all twelve seasons

Burgundy is an opinionated colour: Deep Autumn scores it 97 and Light Summer scores it 0. A gap that wide means the colour genuinely decides something, and getting it right is worth the effort.

Deep Winter sits 2 of twelve at 91, 7 points behind Deep Autumn. That gap is the honest size of the compromise, not a verdict on the colour.

  • Deep Autumn: 97 (ΔE 1.0).
  • Deep Winter: 91 (ΔE 3.8) <- this season.
  • True Winter: 75 (ΔE 10.0).
  • Light Summer: 0 (ΔE 42.4).

What to wear it with

The palette entries closest to burgundy are the ones that will read as a deliberate pairing rather than a near-miss, because a near-miss of two similar colours is more noticeable than a clear contrast.

  • #6B0F2B: very deep, a burgundy (ΔE 3.8).
  • #5C1A38: very deep, a burgundy (ΔE 5.2).
  • #7A1030: deep, a burgundy (ΔE 6.4).

Updated 19 August 2026