Welcome to the True Autumn Season!
Now that you've discovered your unique color palette, this guide will take you on a deep dive into everything that makes this season shine. From your best colors and those you’ll want to skip, to ideal prints, patterns, and makeup choices—we’ve got it all covered to help you get the most out of your season.
If you are one step ahead and want to always have your best colours with you (and stop spending money on garments that don't flatter your natural beauty), make sure to check our digital and physical colour swatches. Think of this as your ultimate style companion!
Intro
True Autumn is the season that embodies the richness and warmth of peak autumn. This palette brings to mind the earthy beauty of ancient artifacts, the deep hues of falling leaves, terracotta rooftops, weathered bronze, and the lushness of mossy forests. The colors are as warm and inviting as fields of ripened grain, the glow of an autumn sunset, and the soft embrace of golden sunlight.
Colour Dimensions
On the three dimensions of colour, True Autumn has the following settings:
Hue
True Autumn’s colours are warm. The colour palette sits at the warmest end of the hue scale and the colours contain yellow undertones.
Chroma
The colours are medium-low in chroma and lean towards the muted end of the scale. They are soft rather than bright.
Value
The colours range from fairly light to fairly dark, but most colours sit in the middle of the value scale.
Your beauty and contrast
If you are a true autumn, your primary colour aspect is your warm undertone (hue), meaning yellow based colours suit you a lot better than blue based colours.
Your secondary colour aspect is the softness of your features (low chroma). Your colouring is muted – meaning your features blend rather than contrast each other.
Overall, the level of contrast between your features is medium. Usually, your skin appears lighter than your hair and eyes, which creates that medium contrast.
The contrast is important when we talk about hair colour, makeup, prints and patterns, and the rule never changes: if you want a harmonious look, repeat your natural contrast!
True Autumn Colour Palette
The true autumn colour palette combines warmth with softness.
The palette is filled with warm greens, golden yellows, orangey reds and lots of golden browns. The colours are dense, rich and warm.
Autumn is a season of muted colours. However, the True Autumn colour palette overall appears rich and vibrant.
Due to the warmth of your natural colouring, true black is too cool and bright. In its place, you have dark browns and very dark, slightly-olive greens. These are the best dark neutrals for you.
True white also does not go well with your appearance because its also a cool and bright colour. The best versions of white for you are slightly yellowed off-whites that are warmer than pure white. Variations of beige, cream, and ecru are also on the palette. You can use these as light neutrals.
Yellow-based nude tones tend to work a lot better for you, as they bring the warmth that matches your beauty. You can also use them as light neutrals.
What if I still want to wear white or black?
No one is going to stop you. Remember, this is a collection of the best colours, what works best for you, but you also get to decide how and when to apply that information.
Colours to avoid
Since True Autumn’s colours are warm and soft, your worst colours are the opposite of that: cool and bright.
Apart from white and black, other cool and bright, such as pastel pink or ice blue, will clash with your natural warmth and richness.
Extremely bright and vibrant colours, such as intense pinks and blues, will also clash with your naturally muted colouring.
If you want to learn how to use the colours that are not in your palette, make sure to read this post.
Colour Combinations
One of my favourite things about colour analysis is how effortlessly it makes mixing and matching. When you have a colour-coordinated wardrobe based on your ideal shades, every piece works in harmony with the others. It’s like having a personal style formula – no more second-guessing or wondering if that new top will go with your favourite trousers!
Each item complements the next, making it easy to create fresh, stylish outfits without the stress. With your personalised palette as your guide, your wardrobe becomes a curated collection where everything flows together beautifully.
For a Clean, Sophisticated Look: Monochrome is your go-to.
For a Harmonious, Balanced Outfit: Analogous combos.
For Bold Outfits: Complementary combinations are perfect to create that impactful look.
Patterns and Prints
Since your natural colouring has medium contrast, opt for patterns that reflect this natural contrast level.
Below you can find an example of low, medium and high contrast respectively.
The best prints will always be the ones that contain True Autumn colours only. But what if most of the colours in a pattern are True Autumn colours, but there’s one that clearly isn’t? Does it matter?
1. Try checking it against your face. If the colours are right, you’ll see similar effects to what you saw during your colour analysis (maybe your skin is brighter, your eyes pop, etc).
2. As a rule of thumb, an off colour is less likely to ruin a print if it’s:
a neutral;
from a nearby tone, like your sister palettes
a smaller element in the print
See below some perfect prints if you are a true autumn:
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Now, let's get personal, shall we?
Firstly, getting acquainted with your new palette takes time. Many people get surprised with their results, so make sure to give it some time to sink in and to explore your new palette.
Secondly, you absolutely don’t need to discard everything that is out of your season or buy a whole new wardrobe. Instead, start by replacing one clothing piece you wear regularly with a similar piece in your palette. And remember, your palette has a range of colours, so if you don’t like pinks don’t start with pinks – let's keep it simple.
Over time you will develop a new baseline and begin to see how the new colours can work for you and how versatile and easy to mix & match your wardrobe is.
Embracing your palette is not just about following rules, but celebrating your unique self. If you have any questions or need help with anything—whether it's how to use your swatch or styling tips—please don’t hesitate to reach out. I’m always here to support you along the way!
Yours in style,
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