Black cherry

Where it sits

Deep Winter palette

Black cherry is an anchor color in Deep Winter. Nothing on the same side of the warm–cool line comes within twenty points of it; the nearest is Muted plum #6E4A63 in True Summer at 24. That makes it a clean test. If it suits you, you are in this palette.

At RGB 91, 18, 53 the red is five times the green and the blue sits well above it. That blue is the whole point. It keeps the color from going brown as it darkens, which is what happens to the Autumn versions. In daylight it reads as the darkest cherry. Indoors it reads as a black with something purple underneath.

A Deep Winter wears it as a near-neutral. A coat, a knit, boots, a bag, a dress worn with nothing else. It pairs with black, with blackened navy, with charcoal, with icy pink, and it does something very good with true white. It is the color for the piece that has to be dark but should not be black again.

Retailers call it black cherry, bordeaux, wine, burgundy, plum, or deep berry, and most of what they sell under those names is warmer than this. Hold the garment against a brown. Black cherry looks cold next to it, a little purple. A warm burgundy looks like it belongs.

Easily confused with

Dark Autumn's warm burgundy is the problem color, twelve points away and warm. Deep Winter's own royal purple and cranberry are fifteen and twenty-two points off and both in the palette. Dark Autumn's oxblood is twenty-one points off and browner. On a Deep Winter, warm burgundy looks slightly muddy. On a Dark Autumn, black cherry looks slightly purple. The two seasons do the same job in opposite temperatures.

The nearest named colors in other seasons, by perceptual distance (ΔE in CIELAB; under 10 is hard to tell apart on a screen, over 25 is a different color).

In stock in this color today

As of November 11, 2026, 14 in-stock pieces across Boden and Marine Layer sample within a close match of #5B1235. The dot on each card is the color we sampled from the garment itself; trust it over the photograph. Links are affiliate links: we earn a commission when you buy through them, at no cost to you.

Cowl Neck Velvet Jumpsuit

Dark Cherry

$190 at Boden

Mya Ruched Velvet Midi Dress

Beetroot Red

$199 at Boden

Velvet Ruffle Trim Henley Top

Dark Cherry

$89 at Boden

Gabrielle Slip Skirt

Fig

$64 at Marine Layer

Coastal Merino Crewneck Cardigan

Loganberry

$188 at Marine Layer

Lace Trim V-Neck Velvet Top

Beetroot Red

$99 at Boden

Puff Sleeve Velvet Shirt

Port Royale

$99 at Boden

Volume Sleeve Velvet Shirt

Beetroot Red

$199 at Boden

Marla Seamed Ottoman Dress

Dark Cherry

$99 at Boden

Ara Silk Blend Lace Cami

Bordeaux

$130 at Boden

Flare Velvet Pants

Dark Cherry

$199 at Boden

Smocked Cuff Supersoft Top

Dark Cherry

$59 at Boden

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What it's sold as

Retailers almost never use the palette name. These are the color names on the in-stock pieces that sample within a close match of #5B1235 today, so they are the words to search for.

Boden

Dark Cherry, Beetroot Red, Port Royale, Bordeaux

Marine Layer

Fig, Loganberry

A retailer's name for a color says nothing about its undertone. "Navy" at one shop is a True Winter color and at another a Spring one. The sampled dot on each card above is what we trust.

Questions

The Deep Winter guide · All in-stock Deep Winter pieces · ← Blackened navy · Cranberry → · All colors