Baby it’s cold outside — and inside too, as I’ve set an artic cool winter scene as my desktop background.
And on the off chance you might be pining to do the same I’ve assembled a seasonable selection of HD winter wallpapers that are well suited for use on desktop PCs and laptops and tablets and Chromebooks and phones and you get the idea.
All of the ice cold wallpapers below are sourced from unsplash.com. Unsplash is a terrific place to find high quality, royalty free photography that you can use in projects and apps and websites …and yes: as desktop wallpaper too.
The images you see embedded below are compressed jpegs
so use the links underneath to download a high-quality version direct from Unsplash (where you can also browse other images uploaded by the same artist).
Winter Wallpaper Collection
A quick glance at any of the images below should be enough to send a frosty chill rushing out to nip at the tips of your ears — which, incidentally, was the exact selection criteria I used to find them!
Now, I have tried to curate a varied set of images. Some stick to the steely tones expected of winter scenes, others showcase a richer colour palette. Winter is a beautiful season, and it comes in more than just one shade.
Ice Castles by Jacob Campbell
Finnish lamp by Mira Kemppainen
Ice #2 by Thomas Millot
Battling Winter by Ales Krivec
Backlit by Snow by Greg Rakozy
Flock of Penguins by Andy Holmes
Snowflake macro by Aaron Burden
Yosemite Tunnel by James Donovan
Birds in the snow by Marco Secchi
Empty Road by Christian Vasile
Clear Water by Ryan Louglin
Cold lake by Dominik Dombrowski
Snow pile by Fabrizio Conti
Bird in tree by Mr Hennessy
Bavarian Outback by Rosalind Lösslein
Selective focus by Olivia Basile
Snow covered Ukraine by Thomas Beckett
Do you change your wallpaper to match the seasons?