Your Guide To A True Autumn Color Palette (2024)

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Your Guide To A True Autumn Color Palette? ›

The True Autumn palette contains warm greens, golden yellows, orangey reds and lots of golden browns. The colours are dense, rich and warm. Autumn is a season of muted colours. However, the True Autumn colour palette overall appears rich and vibrant.

Muted reds and burgundy, gentle oranges and yellows, and shades of amber or gold are perfect for a True Autumn. In addition, True Autumns can go for light or warm greens (remember - nothing bright!) and even muted harbor blues. But what is best for a True Autumn is a golden brown or dark brown.

True Autumn Wardrobe Neutral Colours

For many, light neutrals like white and grey and darker neutrals like black are the go-to options when it comes to neutral colours in their wardrobes.

The best metals for True Autumn are gold, copper, brass and bronze. Silver, platinum and white gold are completely disharmonious with your absolute warmth, and will clash with your colours. Metals that are slightly less reflective are especially good, like hammered, oxidised and antiqued.

White is one of the palette's worst colours. Replace these basics with clove and warm ivory. Quintessential True Autumn colours are olive, mustard, rust and brown. Lights can be found in jute, sisal, parchment, tatami and other tanned or yellowed natural fibres.

Even though the True Autumn palette leans towards the darker end, true black (a Winter colour) is not the best colour for you since it is too dark, cool and harsh. In its place, you have dark browns and very dark, slightly-olive greens. These are the best the dark neutrals for True Autumn.

When it comes to colour combing, the classic Autumn technique of layering up similar colours is usually your best look - taupes and soft purples, or soft greens and teals, for instance. Brighter shades are usually best worn as a small accent in a tonal look.

Choosing the Right Shade

Autumns should look for navies with a slightly warmer undertone, avoiding those that are too crisp or stark. A navy that leans towards teal or has a touch of green can complement Autumn's warmth.

Warm brown hair colors are ideal for those with an Autumn palette. These shades harmonize beautifully with the rich, earthy tones of Autumn colors. Chestnut Brown: A deep, rich brown with warm undertones, chestnut brown adds depth and dimension to your look.

Well I'm here to tell you it does. At the warmest end of the Autumn palette lives the coral pinks - soft peachy shades that inch ever so close to being in the Spring palette but still carry that slightly more muted feel of Autumn colours. You want a definite orangey undertone to these pinks.

What blush is best for true Autumn? ›

Blush colours for a True Autumn are best when they are warm and glowing. Depending on the depth of your skin tone, you can either try the lighter pink and orange shades or go darker towards the brown end of the palette. Avoid pink and blue-based blush tones that are too cool for your warm colouring.

An Autumn season color palette is full of warm colors like mustard yellow, eggplant purple, and pumpkin orange. Some of the neutral Autumn colors are ivory, cream, khaki, olive green, and brown.

If you can find a muted, slightly cooler version, great. Rose gold is lovely on Soft Autumns but it needs to be blushy not peachy, and contain some depth. If the colour is very shiny and twinkly, it's better left to Light Spring.

Black - too deep and too cool for Warm/True Autumn (If you are a Warm/True Autumn, your version of black is warm medium-dark gray or rich brown.) Sky Blue - cool, light and muted. New Fuchsia - cool and dark. Deep Blue Green - cool, light and soft.

For True Autumn, the defining feature is spicy warm. Jeans in a warm grey tone is better than blue jeans for True Autumn. You're looking for jeans that have spicy warm quality, to complement your True Autumn palette.

Many autumns have a warm, golden undertone. Most autumns have hair with red or gold streaks or undertones. Many autumns have hair that is naturally chestnut, chocolate, caramel, or copper. Most autumns have hazel eyes or eyes with flecks of brown, black, or gold.

Autumn is warm and golden, choose colours that compliment the season. Yellow, olive, burgundy, red, deep green, denim, grey, brown, cream, are all colours that go well with nature's backdrop. Minimise black, as it tends to be too dark and contrasty. For inspiration check out my Pinterest Board.

When it comes to putting outfits together, go for tonal reds, browns and oranges for a truly autumnal look, or add a bit of contrast with soft white and marine navy for a less obviously autumnal look that still flatters your warm skintone.

The colors most associated with fall are orange, red, yellow and brown, inspired by the seasonal changing of leaves' colors as temperatures drop and daylight shrinks.

For True Autumn, the defining feature is spicy warm. Jeans in a warm grey tone is better than blue jeans for True Autumn. You're looking for jeans that have spicy warm quality, to complement your True Autumn palette.