Deep Autumn color palette

Lip

• Mahogany
• Deep brick
• Deep plum

Blush

• Deep terracotta
• Warm rosewood
• Burnt peach

What colors are in the Deep Autumn color palette?

20 wearable colors, listed at the top of this page with their hex codes, plus 5 neutrals to build a wardrobe around. You do not need all of them, most people live in six or seven, and the neutrals do the heavy lifting.

What is the Deep Autumn color season?

Deep Autumn is one of the twelve seasonal color types. It is warm, strongly deep and balanced in clarity. In practice that means mahogany, deep brick and tomato red sit comfortably on you, while the colors in the avoid list make you look tired. Depth is the dominant axis here: the palette is defined first by how light or deep it is, and only then by temperature. (Depth is what the 12-tone system calls this season's primary characteristic.)

How do I know if I'm a Deep Autumn?

Three checks. Warm to neutral-warm, from golden beige to deep bronze or brown. Dark brown to black-brown, usually with warm red or golden undertones. Dark brown, deep hazel, dark olive green, rich and deep. Contrast is the fourth: medium to high, driven by depth rather than brightness. If two of those four describe you, Deep Autumn is very likely your season, our free analysis scores all twelve and tells you how close the runners-up are.

What are the worst colors for a Deep Autumn?

The clearest ones to drop are pastel pink, dusty pastel blue and light gray. Far too light and too cool, it disappears next to deep coloring. Full explanations for each are on the colors-to-avoid page.

Am I a Deep Autumn or a True Autumn?

They are neighbors, which is exactly why they get confused. The deciding axis is depth: Deep Autumn is the deep one and True Autumn is the light one. We have a full side-by-side comparison if you are torn between them.

Can a Deep Autumn wear black?

With care. Deep Autumn has the depth for black, but not the coolness, so black can look slightly hard against warm coloring. Deep olive (#2F3325) gives you the same anchoring weight while staying on temperature, and most people find it noticeably more flattering in photographs.

Is Deep Autumn warm or cool?

Warm. Deep Autumn sits clearly on the warm side of the temperature axis, which is why gold, mahogany and the rest of the Autumn palette settle the skin while icy or blue-based colors leave it sallow. Its dominant axis is depth, though, so a warm color still needs the right depth to work.

Should a Deep Autumn wear gold or silver?

Antique gold, Bronze, Copper and Gunmetal. Metal is one of the fastest at-home tests there is: hold silver and gold either side of your face in daylight and watch your skin rather than the jewelry, the wrong metal leaves a gray or sallow cast along the jaw.

How does Deep Autumn color analysis work?

Deep Autumn color analysis places your coloring on three axes, depth, temperature and clarity, and checks they match Deep Autumn, which is warm, strongly deep and balanced in clarity. You can approximate it at home with the metal, vein and contrast tests, but those disagree often. Our free analysis settles it: it scores all twelve seasons from your answers and one photo, so you see how far Deep Autumn leads the neighbors it gets confused with.

What is the best color for a Deep Autumn to wear near the face?

Mahogany (#7B241C) is the safest high-impact choice. Anything worn near the face, collars, scarves, knitwear, has the strongest effect on how your skin reads, so spend the palette there first and worry about trousers later.

Can I use the Deep Autumn hex codes for makeup or hair dye?

Use them for clothing and accessories, where a screen color maps reasonably well to fabric. For makeup and hair, use the dedicated pages, pigment on skin behaves differently from dye on cloth, and the recommended shades there account for that.