Soft Autumn color palette: a cozy corner painted in its colors

Autumn · Color season

Soft Autumn color palette

Soft and warm

Soft and golden, like a cup of tea by the window in October.

Your coloring is gentle and warm, nothing harsh about it. Earthy, softened colors, like sage, camel or peach, look natural on you; black and neon make your face look tired.

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The Soft Autumn palette: 24 colors

With their names and hex codes. The first twelve are the essentials; the other twelve round out the palette.

The essentials

  • Peach#E0B9A1
  • Salmon#D49A7A
  • Rosewood#B07A73
  • Camel#C2A57A
  • Oat#CDBB95
  • Khaki#A3A580
  • Sage#8E9B7E
  • Eucalyptus#6F8F8A
  • Cinnamon#B98B6E
  • Mocha#9C7E65
  • Sand#D8C3A5
  • Cream#F0E4CF

More colors

  • Mustard#C4A55A
  • Terracotta#B86E52
  • Olive#7F7A4E
  • Moss#6E7B57
  • Teal#4E7470
  • Petrol blue#3F5F66
  • Honey#C99A5B
  • Melon#E8A88A
  • Mauve#A88686
  • Coffee#6B5444
  • Taupe#8E806F
  • Chocolate#5C4536

Soft Autumn neutrals, metal and lips

Neutrals

  • Cream #F0E4CF
  • Camel #C2A57A
  • Coffee #6B5444

Metal

Brushed gold

Your white

  • Cream #F0E4CF

Your black

  • Coffee #6B5444

For your lips

  • Rosewood #B07A73
  • Salmon #D49A7A
  • Terracotta #B86E52

Soft Autumn hair and makeup

Hair

Soft Autumn hair color is warm but never loud: golden beige blonde, bronde, caramel, light mocha brown. Dark hair gains from toasted caramel or chestnut highlights melted in, and gray looks gentlest with a creamy, oat-like tone. Jet black, platinum and vivid red usually feel harsh against such gentle, warm coloring.

Makeup

Soft Autumn makeup looks natural and toasted. Go for a peach blush, then rosewood, salmon or terracotta lips, and camel, mocha or khaki shadow with a coffee liner instead of black. Skip fuchsia, electric blue and frosty white highlighter, which usually look too sharp on such soft, warm coloring.

Soft Autumn colors to avoid

The ones that dull this coloring most, next to the face.

  • Black #111111
  • Fuchsia #E0218A
  • Electric blue #0096FF
  • Pure white #FFFFFF

Where it sits

Every season is a point on three axes: undertone, depth and chroma. The one that defines it is marked.

Undertone: Warm

CoolWarm

Golden, peach or olive undertones: colors with a touch of yellow light you up.

Depth: Medium

LightDeep

Chroma: Soft Defining trait

SoftBright

Your features blend gently: muted, dusty colors look elegant on you.

Neighboring seasons

The two closest to Soft Autumn: if a color here doesn’t convince you, look at theirs.

Opposite season

The palette furthest from Soft Autumn.

How to wear it

  • Wear your colors close to your face: a top, a scarf, your glasses. Further away, they matter less.
  • Build on your neutrals, then add one or two colors from the palette.
  • Try them in daylight, next to your face: the right ones even out your skin and light up your eyes.

A test can’t see you, so take it as a starting point: try your colors next to your face, in daylight.

All twelve seasons