Soft Autumn
Muted warmth. Sage, soft camel and dusty terracotta suit best; anything vivid looks loud.
Autumn · Colour season guide
Warm, rich and earthy. Autumn colours come from golden leaves and spice markets: rust, olive, burnt orange and warm brown. They make Autumn colouring look expensive.
Who suits it
Autumns have warm, rich colouring: auburn, copper, golden or warm dark brown hair. Eyes are hazel, amber, warm green or warm brown, often with golden flecks. Skin has a golden or bronze cast and usually tans. Autumn is the season most often mistaken for Winter when the hair is dark.
In practice
Your neutrals. Cream, camel, chocolate and olive make the Autumn base. Chocolate or forest green replaces black.
Jewellery. Gold, antique gold, copper and bronze. Bright silver tends to look flat.
Going deeper
Every season splits three ways. Most people who get their colours wrong have the right season but the wrong sub-season, which is why draping matters.
Muted warmth. Sage, soft camel and dusty terracotta suit best; anything vivid looks loud.
Warmth is the strongest feature. Rust, mustard, olive and chocolate are at their best.
Depth is the strongest feature. Forest green, aubergine-brown, deep teal and dark chestnut carry well.
Not sure yet?
Warm, clear and bright.
Cool, soft and muted.
Warm, rich and earthy.
Cool, clear and dramatic.
Start with the free two-minute quiz, or read the guide to all four seasons.
Know for certain
Photographs, screens and memory all distort colour. In a three-hour consultation in Ilkley, Pilar drapes real fabric against your face in natural daylight — the only reliable way to find your season. You leave with a digital colour guide for your phone.
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