ELEGANT
WINTER COLOUR PALETTE
Graceful, cool and soft. Elegant never needs to raise its voice.
Quick answer: Elegant is a medium-deep, soft, cool palette in the 18-palette Absolute Colour System. It suits people with cool colouring that is deep but soft. Dark charcoal replaces black, and silver and rose gold are the best metals.
Who the Elegant palette is for
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Hair: deep ash blonde, deep ash brown, medium to deep brown or mahogany
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Eyes: grey-green, deep blue-green, soft steel grey, rose-brown, or medium to dark brown
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Skin: ivory, light olive, or almond, medium or rose beige
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Contrast: medium
The tell-tale sign: black looks a bit severe on you, but charcoal, plum and soft teal make you look polished.
Elegant at a glance
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Undertone: cool
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Depth: medium to deep
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Intensity: soft
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Your black: dark charcoal
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Best metals: silver and rose gold
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Energy: graceful, sophisticated
Hair colour for Elegant
Cool and soft. Cool chocolate, ash brown, soft dark brown and pewter grey suit Elegant. Soft dimension beats stark contrast.
Avoid brassy tones, copper and jet black.
Makeup for Elegant
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Lips: rose, raspberry-mauve and soft plum
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Cheeks: cool rose
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Eyes: charcoal, plum and slate
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Mascara and liner: brown-black
Avoid orange tones, gold shimmer and bright corals.
Your Elegant Questions, Answered
Fiona's Insight
Elegant clients often look great in black photos but tired in person. That's the difference between deep and harsh. Swap black for dark charcoal and you keep the polish without the shadows.
Elegant FAQs
Is Elegant warm or cool?
Cool, medium-deep and soft.
Can Elegant wear black?
Dark charcoal is your black. It's softer on your face.
Why silver and rose gold?
Both have a soft cool sheen that suits your colouring.
Neighbouring palettes: Sophisticated (smokier), Dramatic (clearer), Dynamic (brighter). Season page: Winter.
What a full Colour Analysis gives you
What you're looking at now is just a taste of what's possible with your full personal colour analysis. In a real session, we go so much deeper than one palette on a screen — you get draped in person, we find your exact signature colours (the ones that light up your eyes, skin and hair), and you walk away with a full swatch booklet you can take shopping for life.
Here's what's included:
- A full in-person or virtual draping session & guide book
- Your personalised colour swatch booklet
- Your Contrast, Value levels (how to put an outfit together)
- Value & Colour Dominance (how does it all work for you)
- Your signature colours — the ones that work *specifically* for you, not just your palette group
- Guidance on your best denims, neutrals, metals and makeup tones
- A wardrobe you can finally shop with confidence, instead of guessing
Beyond Colour — Other Ways I Can Help
Colour is just the beginning. Once you know your palette, the next step is making sure everything else — fit, style, confidence — is working just as hard for you. Here's what else is available at My Colour and Style:
-The Edit ($702) — Colour analysis plus a full wardrobe audit. We go through what you own, keep what suits you, and clear out the rest.
- The Reveal ($864) — Colour analysis plus personal styling. We uncover the silhouettes, fabrics and shapes that genuinely flatter you.
- The Transformation ($1,215) — Colour, wardrobe and style, all aligned. The full reset: your palette, your edited wardrobe, and a style that's unmistakably yours.
- The Full Wardrobe ($1,566) — Everything in The Transformation, plus a guided personal shopping session to fill the gaps, together.