True Autumn color palette
Also called Warm Autumn
True Autumn is the warmest Autumn: a golden undertone, medium-to-deep depth, and rich, slightly muted colour.
The palette is spicy and earthy — pumpkin, rust, olive, mustard, warm teal — with chocolate and camel as neutrals.
True Autumn colouring at a glance
- Skin
- Warm and golden — ivory to deep bronze, often with a peach or golden cast.
- Eyes
- Warm brown, amber, hazel, olive or warm green.
- Hair
- Golden brown, auburn, chestnut or copper.
- Contrast
- Medium — warm and rich rather than sharp.
Best colours for True Autumn
Wear rich, warm colour with gold jewellery and bronze-toned makeup; cream reads better than white and dark brown better than black.
Best near your face
- Pumpkin #D2691E
- Rust #A8412A
Statement colours
- Mustard #D9A419
- Warm teal #1E7D74
- Brick red #9E4B37
Neutrals
- Chocolate #4A3423
- Camel #A9773F
- Cream #F0E4C8
- Bronze #7A5C2E
Soft blenders
- Olive green #6E6B2E
- Forest green #3C5A34
Metals
- Warm gold #B07C2B
Colours for True Autumn to avoid
- Pure white #FFFFFF Cold and stark against golden skin — choose cream.
- Black #101010 Flattens warm richness and adds hardness.
- Icy pink #F4C2D6 Cool and pale; the undertone rejects it.
- Cool fuchsia #E5308A Blue-based brightness clashes with warm colouring.
- Cool grey #B0BEC5 Greys out a warm, glowing complexion.
True Autumn makeup
Lipstick
- Warm brick #B4593C The everyday True Autumn lip.
- Golden nude-brown #9C6A45 Soft warm neutral.
- Rust red bold #8F3B2A Warm statement.
Blush
- Warm terracotta #D98A63 Sun-warmed flush.
- Amber peach bold #C9733F A bit more colour for evening.
Eyeshadow
- Bronze #9A6B3C Signature warm lid.
- Warm coffee #5E4A28 Deepen the crease.
- Olive bold #5F6E33 An earthy accent.
Metals: warm gold, copper, bronze.
Go warm and rich. Brick, rust and golden brown on the lips, terracotta blush, bronze and olive on the eyes. Bronze or deep brown liner; gold jewellery over silver.
Nearby seasons
If True Autumn does not feel right, you may be one of its neighbours: Soft Autumn or Deep Autumn . Its opposite is True Winter , whose palette shows the direction to avoid.