Colour analysis
True Autumn or Deep Autumn?
This is your palette
The difference is clarity: one palette is clear and bright, the other soft and muted. Temperature and depth are the same.
How to tell them apart
- Hold a clear, saturated colour and its dusty version under your face, one after the other: if you belong to the clear palette, the clear one makes your eyes look brighter.
- Notice how much contrast there is between your hair, skin and eyes: strong contrast carries clear colour, low contrast suits soft colour.
- If people comment on a bright colour rather than on you when you wear it, the softer palette is likely yours.
Side by side
True Autumn
warm, deep and muted
Warm, deep and rich. Muted, but never dull – these are spice and metal colours, not dust.
- Burnt Sienna
- Warm Rust
- Golden Ochre
- Forest Olive
- Deep Teal
- Warm AubergineAubergine is an Autumn staple. It belongs here.
- Best whiteWarm Ivory CreamBest white for you. Cream, never chalk.
- Best darkDark Warm BrownUse instead of black. Your best dark neutral.
Deep Autumn
warm, deep and clear
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.
- Mahogany
- Deep Pumpkin
- Dark Warm Gold
- Deep Olive
- Rich Teal
- Deep AubergineYour plum. Warm-based, so it stays on your side of the line.
- Best whiteAntique IvoryBest white for you. Ivory, not optic white.
- Best darkDark Bronze-BrownUse instead of black. Your best dark neutral.
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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.