Deep Autumn
This is your palette
Warm, deep and rich. NOT a black-and-white season – the commonest mistake made with a dark autumn is dressing them as a Winter. Depth comes from bronze and mahogany, not from ink.
Also called Dark Autumn.
If this is your palette
Your colouring is golden, deep in value and clear in chroma. Those three properties are the whole of it – every rule below follows from them.
Shades that share all three sit quietly beside your face. Shades that miss one are usually still wearable at a distance from the face; shades that miss two are the ones that make people ask whether you are tired.
Colours that suit you
- Mahogany#8C3B24
- Deep Pumpkin#C1621F
- Dark Warm Gold#A8791C
- Deep Olive#4F5A22
- Rich Teal#1B6467
- Deep Aubergine#663050Your plum. Warm-based, so it stays on your side of the line.
Your white and your dark
- Best whiteAntique IvoryBest white for you. Ivory, not optic white.
- Best darkDark Bronze-BrownUse instead of black. Your best dark neutral.
Colours to keep away from your face
Harder next to your face – cold or icy against warm deep colouring, however dark you are. Lower down, or as a small accent, they can still work.
- Jet BlackYou are deep, not cold. Dark Bronze-Brown does the same job without hardening the face.
- Optic WhitePure white beside your skin is a lighting fault. Wear Antique Ivory.
- Ice BlueCold pastel over deep warm colouring simply disappears.
- Cool Rose PinkBlue-pink. Your pink is Brick Clay.
- Bright KellyClear blue-green; it argues with every gold you wear.
- Lavender GreyGreyed cool violet leaves your face looking unlit.
Make-up and hair
Everything you put near your face follows the same three rules: keep it golden, keep it deep, keep it clear.
- BaseWarm-toned bases, and finishes from matte to a soft sheen. Anything with a cool grey base will look ashen on you.
- EyesBronze, warm brown and deep teal. Skip anything with a violet base.
- BrowsYou can carry a fully defined brow – under-filling reads as unfinished against depth.
- LashesA defined lash suits you. Black works if your colouring is deep, brown if it is not.
- LipsCoral, warm red and bright peach.
- NailsA single saturated shade from your signature range, or a clean sheer.
- HairStay within warm or neutral tones. Ash and cool-toned dye fights golden skin.
- EveningDeepen and saturate. Evening is where your palette can go to its fullest strength.
Metals and stones
Metals
Bright silver sits cold against golden skin. If you like a pale metal, choose a warm-toned pewter.
Stones
Cloudy or heavily included stones look dull beside clear colouring – the stone should have some light in it.
Colour combinations
Check it at the mirror
In daylight, by a window, hold these two colours under your chin in turn.
- Deep AutumnMahogany
- True AutumnBurnt Sienna
Whichever makes your skin look clearer and the shadows under your eyes softer is your side. If it is the second, compare the two palettes:
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How to find your palette
Colour analysis reads three things in your colouring: warm or cool, light or deep, clear or soft. The quiz asks about your eyes, hair and skin, looked at in a mirror by a window in daylight. It never photographs or scans your face, and the palette it finds is yours to keep.
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