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Color analysis · Autumn

Dark Autumn

also called Deep Autumn

Depth first, warmth second. Dark Autumn shares its darkness with Dark Winter but keeps an earthy, golden undertone that Winter never has.

The read

Value
Deep
Chroma
Medium
Temperature
Warm-leaning
Family
Autumn

Your palette

Deep rust#8B3A1F
Forest#2F4A32
Aubergine#4A2C3A
Dark teal#14524F
Mahogany#6B2D26
Deep olive#4A4A22

Neutrals

Espresso#3B2C25
Dark chocolate#4A342A
Deep olive#3F4520

Metals

Antique gold, bronze, aged brass. Weight and patina suit you; bright polish does not. How your metal is measured.

Wear

  • Deep, warm, saturated color
  • Dark tonal outfits in brown and forest
  • Rich cream rather than white

Avoid

  • Pastels and anything light and airy
  • Cool grays
  • Dusty muted mid-tones

Not sure? Check the neighbors

Most mistyping happens between adjacent seasons. These are the two most likely to be confused with Dark Autumn.

Dark AutumnTrue Autumn

Dark Autumn or True Autumn? If deeper is better on you — espresso over camel — you're Dark Autumn.

See the full True Autumn palette →

Dark AutumnDark Winter

Dark Autumn or Dark Winter? Both go deep. Hold black against espresso: if black looks crisp you're Dark Winter, if it looks flat and espresso looks richer you're Dark Autumn.

See the full Dark Winter palette →

How Deep Autumn dresses

Depth with warmth underneath. It takes the darkest earth tones without looking heavy, but pastels and anything airy read as borrowed from someone else.

Neutrals to build on

Better than the defaults

Nearly every season has a stronger version of black, white and gray. Swapping these three is the single change that makes a wardrobe look chosen rather than assembled.

Instead of blackBlack-Brown, Espresso
Instead of whiteCream, Stone
Instead of grayWarm Charcoal, Olive Charcoal

Deep Autumn for men

This is the family with a genuine brown wardrobe, and the one that suffers most in cold gray. Tobacco, camel and espresso do work here that navy does elsewhere.

Tailoring

NavyDark Navy #2A3444
CharcoalWarm Charcoal #38332C
Light grayWarm Light Gray #9E978A
Mid grayTaupe Gray #7A7268
Dark grayOlive Charcoal #3E4030
BrownChocolate, Espresso, Cognac, Deep Camel
EveningBlack-Brown #2E2620

Black and white — the substitution that matters most

Black sits against Autumn skin and pulls the warmth straight out of it, and optic white does the same in the opposite direction. This is the family for whom the substitution above is not a refinement but the main event: espresso and deep olive read as formal without the drain, and cream or oatmeal reads as clean without the glare.

Warm weather

Dress shirts

Ties

Leather — shoes, belt, watch strap

Belt, shoes and strap sit in the same frame as your face all day. Matching their temperature to your coloring is the cheapest upgrade in a wardrobe.

Men’s color analysis · All twelve seasons’ suit colors

Deep Autumn for women

The palette below is sorted the way clothes are actually bought: colors to wear weekly first, then the accents that work best in small doses against the neutrals above.

Everyday color

Accents

Shoes & bags — neutral
  • Bone
  • Deep Camel Suede
  • Cognac
  • Chocolate
  • Black-Brown
Shoes & bags — accent
  • Rust
  • Burgundy
  • Deep Petrol

Women’s color analysis · Makeup by season · Hair color

Makeup

Deep brick and burgundy-brown lips, warm bronze blush, deep copper and forest eyes.

Makeup colors for Autumn seasons →

Hair color

Hair color follows the same undertone and depth as the palette above, which is why a shade that flatters one Autumn can fall flat on another.

Hair colors that suit Autumn coloring →

Try it on your own face

Chroma reads your coloring from a photo and drapes any palette color under your chin, so you can judge Dark Autumn against its neighbors on you rather than on a model. Then Style Studio turns your result into real outfits: men’s color analysis covers suits, shirts and leathers, women’s covers the wardrobe, shoes and bags, and suit colors by season names the exact navy, charcoal and gray for this palette. Free, no login — your photo never leaves your device.

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