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

Autumn · Color season

True Autumn color palette

Warm and soft

Also called Warm Autumn

Warm and earthy, like a forest in October.

You are pure warmth: golden or olive skin, hair with copper or honey in it. Rich, spicy, earthy colors make you glow; icy pastels and cool pinks leave you washed out.

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The True 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

  • Pumpkin#C1632F
  • Copper#B5651D
  • Saffron#D9952B
  • Honey#E2B66B
  • Olive#7F8A3B
  • Moss#5F7A3D
  • Fern#3E7C59
  • Petrol blue#1F5F5B
  • Rust#A0522D
  • Chestnut#7B3F00
  • Camel#C9A66B
  • Cream#F3E5C8

More colors

  • Tomato#D2502E
  • Paprika#B8432D
  • Terracotta#C2693F
  • Mustard#C9A227
  • Marigold#E8A317
  • Khaki#A89F6B
  • Teal#2E7D78
  • Peacock#1B7F86
  • Coffee#5C3A21
  • Bronze#A87B3A
  • Coral#E07B5A
  • Oat#E6D6B8

True Autumn neutrals, metal and lips

Neutrals

  • Cream #F3E5C8
  • Camel #C9A66B
  • Coffee #5C3A21

Metal

Yellow gold

Your white

  • Cream #F3E5C8

Your black

  • Coffee #5C3A21

For your lips

  • Terracotta #C2693F
  • Tomato #D2502E
  • Coral #E07B5A

True Autumn hair and makeup

Hair

True Autumn hair color loves copper: auburn, golden chestnut, deep honey blonde. Darker hair gains depth from copper or honey highlights, and gray tends to suit this season most with a warm, golden cast. Ash tones, platinum and blue-black usually leave this warm, earthy coloring washed out.

Makeup

True Autumn makeup is rich and spicy, like the palette. Start with a copper blush, then terracotta, tomato or coral lips, and bronze, moss or olive shadow with a coffee liner. Leave out icy pink, fuchsia and silver shimmer, which tend to look cold and washed out against this warmth.

True Autumn colors to avoid

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

  • Icy pink #F4D9E4
  • Fuchsia #E0218A
  • Silver gray #C0C6D0
  • Icy blue #D7E7F7

Where it sits

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

Undertone: Warm Defining trait

CoolWarm

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

Depth: Deep

LightDeep

Dark hair, eyes or skin: rich, deep colors hold their own beside you.

Chroma: Soft

SoftBright

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

Neighboring seasons

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

Opposite season

The palette furthest from True 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.

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