Color seasons / Autumn

True Autumn

Rich, golden and earthy: your colors look like a forest floor in October sun.

Dominant: Warm first, then soft

True Autumn is the warmest season of all. Its colors are fully golden-based, rich and earthy, with a softness that comes from depth rather than grey. Pumpkin, rust, mustard, olive, moss, teal and terracotta live here. Picture spice jars on a wooden shelf, or a hillside of turning maples: warm, abundant and grounded. Nothing in this palette is icy, and nothing is neon; everything feels sun-ripened.

In these colors, a True Autumn's skin takes on a golden, healthy glow, and eyes look warm and deep. Cool colors such as icy pink, fuchsia or cool grey tend to sit apart from the face, as if lit by a different light. With the right warmth, your coloring needs very little help; the clothes and your features speak the same language.

True Autumn sits between Soft Autumn and Deep Autumn, and shares its warmth with True Spring. Its signature is complete, earthy warmth. True Autumns exist across every skin depth and every background; the season is about how golden, rich color behaves next to you, not about your complexion. If gold jewelry has always felt like yours and cool pinks never quite did, True Autumn is worth a close look.

Signs you might be True Autumn

• Golden, earthy drapes such as pumpkin, mustard and olive make your skin look warm and even, while icy pink or fuchsia can make you look slightly grey by contrast.
• Yellow gold, brass, copper and bronze look like part of you; silver can look flat or cold.
• Chocolate, coffee and camel are kinder to you than black, which can feel severe and cool.
• Cream looks better on you than optical white.
• Your eyes often have golden, amber or green tones, and they light up in olive, teal and rust.
• Clear neon or icy colors feel like they are shouting next to you, while rich, slightly softened warmth feels like home.

A taste of the palette

Your free result includes your full 16 colors and 6 neutrals. Pro adds a deeper 60-color palette, metals, makeup and hair direction.

How to tell it from the seasons next door

Soft Autumn: Soft Autumn needs its warmth softened and lighter. If pumpkin and rust feel natural rather than heavy, you lean True Autumn.

Deep Autumn: Deep Autumn adds depth and can borrow a little coolness, wearing espresso and deep teal easily. If mid-depth golden colors suit you better than very dark ones, you are True Autumn.

People often cited as True Autumn

Julianne Moore, Jessica Chastain, Julia Roberts, Jennifer Lopez, Eva Longoria, Zendaya. Commonly used examples; not analyzed by Hue & Line.

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