Warm season · 3 sub-seasons
Warm, rich and enveloping: the season of spices, forests and earth.
Autumn is the most sought-after season in color analysis. And that’s no accident.
Chocolate, terracotta, mustard, khaki, petrol blue: many women love to wear these colors without always knowing whether they suit them.
If you’re an Autumn, they do more than suit you. They light up your complexion, make your eyes sparkle and give your gaze some depth.
The Autumn season is for people who look best in colors that are warm, muted and fairly deep. Colors with earth and fire in them.
The palette
Warm, dark colors, muted or desaturated. Moderate to high contrast.
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Black near your face, optic white, fuchsia and icy blues. Choose chocolate over black and cream over white.
Nothing is off-limits. If you love one of these, wear it away from your face: pants, a skirt, shoes or a bag.
Gold, copper, bronze or brass jewelry. Amber, tiger’s eye, turquoise and coral.
The 3 sub-seasons
They all share the base of the season. What changes is what leads in your coloring, and that is where precision comes from.
Autumn in half-tones: warm, hushed, very soft colors.
The heart of Autumn: colors of spices, leaves and fire.
The most intense Autumn: dark, rich colors with strong contrast.
| Sub-season | Temperature | Lightness | Intensity | Contrast | Signature color |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft Autumn | Neutral to warm | Medium | Very soft, desaturated | Low to moderate | Light Terracotta |
| Warm Autumn | Very warm | Medium | Rich, slightly muted | Moderate | Rust |
| Deep Autumn | Neutral to warm | Dark | Rich and intense | High | Warm Burgundy |
Makeup and hair
The broad lines change from one sub-season to the next. Here are the basics for each.
Head to head
Autumn and Spring are both warm seasons. The two-color test below tells them apart.
Each Autumn sub-season leads with a different trait.
The quiz can’t see your skin react to colors, so read its answer as a hint, not a verdict. Take the free quiz
The two-color test. In daylight, with no makeup, hold a piece of fabric in each of these two colors up to your face. If the rust gives you depth and the coral looks loud on you, you lean Autumn.
Can’t see the difference? That’s common: we all see through our own taste. Read the Spring page too, or let the quiz give you a first hint.
The quiz shows you your likely season and a sub-season hint, with no sign-up. A first hint, not a verdict.
Full palette, capsule wardrobe, makeup, hair and a shopping list for each sub-season. Not on sale yet: join the waitlist.
Twelve sub-seasons instead of sixteen, the three things we look at, and why a quiz is only a first hint.
Questions
No. It’s often true statistically, but it’s never a rule. Two redheads can react very differently to the same colors. A serious analysis never places anyone in a season based on hair color alone.
Soft Autumn needs very desaturated colors and lower contrast. Warm Autumn needs clearly warm, golden colors. Deep Autumn needs dark, intense colors, with strong contrast in your outfits.
You can, but away from your face. Near your face, swap it for chocolate, eggplant or a spruce green: you keep the depth and gain a healthier glow.
Terracotta, Mustard, Chocolate, Khaki, Olive Green, Petrol Blue, Rust and Camel. Each of the three sub-seasons has its own version of this palette.
Black near your face, optic white, fuchsia and icy blues. Choose chocolate over black and cream over white. Nothing is off-limits: if you love one of them, wear it away from your face.
Gold, copper, bronze or brass jewelry. Amber, tiger’s eye, turquoise and coral.
Soft Autumn: Rosy peach, apricot, soft caramel, warm rosewood. Warm Autumn: Terracotta, brick, tomato red, burnt coral. Deep Autumn: Brick, warm burgundy, warm plum, dark tomato red.
Start with the free quiz. It shows you your likely season and a sub-season hint in two minutes: a first hint, not a verdict.