Autumn Color Analysis: Warm and soft
Autumn coloring is warm and soft. Autumns look their best in rich, earthy, golden-based colors — the palette of turning leaves, spices and forest greens.
Shared Autumn traits
- Undertone
- Warm to neutral-warm
- Value (depth)
- Medium to deep
- Chroma (clarity)
- Soft to rich
Autumn coloring appears in people of every skin depth and background — these traits describe how colors interact with your features, not your skin shade.
The three Autumn sub-seasons
AutumnSoft Autumn
Warm, mellow and earthy
Characteristics:
- Neutral-warm undertone
- Medium depth, low contrast
Best colors:
- Olive
- Salmon
- Moss
AutumnTrue Autumn
Rich, golden and spicy
Characteristics:
- Warm undertone
- Medium to deep depth, medium contrast
Best colors:
- Pumpkin
- Mustard
- Forest Green
AutumnDeep Autumn
Deep, warm and dramatic
Characteristics:
- Neutral-warm undertone
- Deep depth, high contrast
Best colors:
- Espresso
- Deep Teal
- Burnt Orange
Which Autumn are you?
- If softness stands out most and strong colors feel heavy, look at Soft Autumn.
- If warmth stands out most and spicy colors like rust and mustard make you glow, look at True Autumn.
- If depth stands out most and you carry dark, rich colors easily, look at Deep Autumn.
Autumn FAQ
Autumns usually look best in warm earth tones like olive, rust and camel, and can look washed out in icy pastels or stark black and white. Gold, bronze and copper tend to flatter.
Both are warm. Autumn colors are softer, deeper and earthier; Spring colors are lighter and clearer.