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Color analysis · Autumn

True Autumn

also called Warm Autumn

Fully warm, richly pigmented, earthy. True Autumn is the season of spice and metal — colors that look like they were mixed with earth rather than light.

The read

Value
Medium to deep
Chroma
Medium
Temperature
Warm
Family
Autumn

Your palette

Rust#B7410E
Olive#6B7A3A
Mustard#D4A017
Terracotta#C56A3E
Teal#1F6F6B
Warm brown#7B4B2A

Neutrals

Chocolate#5C4033
Camel#C19A6B
Deep olive#4F5A2A

Metals

Gold, bronze, copper, antique brass. Silver looks foreign against this palette. How your metal is measured.

Wear

  • Rich warm earth tones at medium saturation
  • Brown and olive as anchor neutrals
  • Cream, never optic white

Avoid

  • Black, especially near the face
  • Fuchsia, icy pink, cool pastels
  • Gray as a base neutral

Not sure? Check the neighbors

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

True AutumnSoft Autumn

True Autumn or Soft Autumn? If full-strength rust looks powerful rather than harsh, you're True Autumn.

See the full Soft Autumn palette →

True AutumnDark Autumn

True Autumn or Dark Autumn? Depth is the test. If espresso and deep aubergine look strong on you, you're Dark Autumn. True Autumn looks best a shade lighter.

See the full Dark Autumn palette →

How True Autumn dresses

The richest warm palette, and the one that carries brown better than any other season. Spice and earth at full depth; nothing icy, nothing gray-based.

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 blackEspresso, Warm Charcoal
Instead of whiteCream, Khaki Stone
Instead of grayWarm Charcoal, Taupe

True 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

NavyInkwell Navy #2F3E48
CharcoalWarm Charcoal #403A32
Light grayWarm Light Gray #A6A092
Mid grayTaupe #8A7A64
Dark grayOlive Charcoal #4E4C3C
BrownChocolate, Tobacco, Camel
EveningEspresso #453322

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

True 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
  • Camel Suede
  • Cognac
  • Chocolate
  • Espresso
Shoes & bags — accent
  • Rust
  • Antique Gold
  • Deep Teal

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

Makeup

Brick and terracotta lips, warm peach-bronze blush, copper and olive 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 True 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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