Fair skin with dark hair and dark eyes can land here, and the warmth swap matters most.
- Dark brown
Fair to deep skinForest green #24512F
Deep Autumn
Your season is 26 colors to wear and to mix. Start with three.
Tap to mix
At the window#8E2D1F
Brick red
Pastel pink can fade
Brick red and dark olive hold their own.
On a video call#145E5F
Deep teal
Powder blue can look faint
Deep teal stays rich on a small screen.
In the closet#3F2A1D
Dark brown
Cool light gray can look chilly
Dark brown and warm cream sit easy.
Tradition Stylist practice. No study tests season color lists.
26colors, named
Your palette.
Each drop is the closest color next door. Tap one.
Neutrals
Accents
Statements
Handle with care
Hold it to your face
Deep Autumn or a neighbor?
Two answers? They are often next door.
Deep Autumn your season
- Warm cream
- Dark brown
- Dark olive
- Deep teal navy
- Brick red
- Burnt orange
Deep Winter the neighbor
- Cool white
- Cool gray
- Black
- Midnight navy
- Ruby
- Deep raspberry
Same deep depth. Deep Winter leans cool where Deep Autumn leans warm.
The swap test
Run two swaps, one at a time: forest green or olive against deep emerald, then dark brown against black. Hold each under your chin by a window. The one that leaves your eyes clear and your skin even is the closer season.
Deep Autumn your season
- Warm cream
- Dark brown
- Dark olive
- Deep teal navy
- Brick red
- Burnt orange
True Autumn the neighbor
- Cream
- Golden brown
- Dark brown
- Olive
- Rust
- Burnt orange
Both lean warm. True Autumn sits at medium to deep, where Deep Autumn is deeper.
The swap test
Use this swap only if the gray strip left you close to the line between medium and deep. Hold a medium brown under your chin by a window, then a very dark brown. If the very dark one wins and your face is not lost in it, you are closer to Deep Autumn.
- Bare face, window light.
- Phone under your chin, like a scarf.
- Watch your skin and your eyes.
Your skin
Same season, your skin.
A tan can shift your depth reading, so run the strip again in another season.
Olive tends to sit between warm and cool, so a very orange color can pull yellow.
- Forest green
On deep skin, Deep Autumn colors tend to read rich, like a brick red or a deep teal.
- Brick red
- Deep teal
Use it
Lips, closet, hair. Start anywhere.
Questions about Deep Autumn
Two apps gave me two seasons.
Photos carry their own light, and a consultant's room has another. The two answers are often next door: Deep Winter and True Autumn. Hold both to your face by a window.
Can fair skin be Deep Autumn?
Fair skin with dark hair and dark eyes can land here, and the warmth swap matters most. With a rested face, compare dark brown and black at your neckline by a window and see which keeps your face first.
Do I have to give up black?
No. Warm black-brown and dark brown are your deep neutrals near your face. Black works lower down, or with a warm color at the neckline.
Is Deep Autumn the same as Dark Autumn?
Some systems use other names for the same idea, and Dark Autumn is a common one for what I call Deep Autumn. The twelve season names are a convention, so they drift from one source to the next. Judge a palette by what its colors do next to your face, not by the label.
Can Deep Autumn wear black?
Black can work, and it is a choice. A warm dark brown or a warm black-brown shares your warm lean and keeps your depth, so try it near your face first. If you love black, a warm scarf between it and your face keeps the warmth.
Does deep skin mean Deep Autumn?
No. Depth is one of three readings, so deep skin can sit in Deep Autumn, Deep Winter or other seasons whose range reaches that deep. Warmth and clarity pick the side, and the swaps on this page show which way you lean.
Your palette, in your pocket.
- 57named colors
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