12-season color analysis
Deep Autumn.
Korean · 딥 어텀
“Rich earth, jewel deep — sun-baked spice.”
- Undertone
- Warm
- Contrast
- High
- Chroma
- Medium-high
The season
What is a Deep Autumn?
Deep Autumn is the darkest, warmest, highest-contrast season in the autumn family. Rich earth and jewel deep. The coloring is warm olive, golden-deep, or bronze skin. Dark warm brown, black-brown, or deep auburn hair. Deep warm brown, dark hazel, or dark green eyes with warmth. In the 12-season color analysis system, Deep Autumn sits at medium-high chroma and high contrast. The palette is roasted, spiced, and saturated. Copper, garnet, moss, espresso, mahogany. Warm Autumn is autumn at its peak. Deep Autumn is autumn at sundown.
Diagnostic
Are you a Deep Autumn?
The face signals that point to Deep Autumn. If most of these match you, this is likely your season.
Skin
Warm olive, golden-deep, bronze
Hair
Dark warm brown, black-brown, deep auburn
Eyes
Deep warm brown, dark hazel, dark green with warmth
The 12-season map
Where Deep Autumn sits.
Deep Autumn lives in the Autumn quadrant. The closer a colour sits to it, the better it reads on a Deep Autumn face.
What this means.
Stay in Autumn
Anything in the Autumn quadrant is on-team for a Deep Autumn, even outside the sub-type.
Borrow neighbours
Deep Winter and Warm Autumn sit either side. Their picks cross over safely.
Skip the opposite
Deep Autumn sits opposite. Those shades drain a Deep Autumn face.
The palette
Deep Autumn colors.
The twelve colours a Deep Autumn wears in heavy rotation.
Copper
#B56A3A
Garnet
#8D1A1D
Moss
#3D4A23
Espresso
#5A3622
Pumpkin
#A85220
Mahogany
#6B2D1A
Antique Gold
#C7A04A
Deep Teal
#2E4A4A
Wine
#7A2D2A
Burnt Orange
#C46322
Soft Black-Brown
#1F1815
Warm Ivory
#F4DCB0
Faces of the season
Deep Autumn celebrities.
Well-known names typically classified as Deep Autumn.
Also commonly typed as Deep Autumn: Rihanna, Penelope Cruz, Salma Hayek, Eva Longoria, Halle Berry.
Commonly confused
Deep Autumn vs the neighbours.
The seasons most often mistaken for Deep Autumn — and how to tell them apart.
Wearing it
Living as a Deep Autumn.
Deep Autumn style is built around saturated depth. Pair garnet with antique gold, espresso with deep teal, pumpkin with mahogany. A Deep Autumn outfit might be a dark cherry silk top with espresso wool trousers and antique brass jewelry. Pure white drains the depth, so use warm ivory instead. Cool silver fights the warmth, so go with gold, copper, or amber.
Deep Autumn style is built around saturated depth. Pair garnet with antique gold, espresso with deep teal, pumpkin with mahogany. A Deep Autumn outfit might be a dark cherry silk top with espresso wool trousers and antique brass jewelry. Skip pure white. Use warm ivory instead. Cool silver fights the depth, so go with gold, copper, or amber. The face wants saturation near it, so the deepest colors belong at the collar, not at the hem.
The most common Deep Autumn mistake is wearing pastels of any kind. They wash the face out instantly. Even the soft colors in your palette are deep. Another mistake: cool-undertone foundation. Many Deep Autumns get read as cool because of their depth, but the undertone almost always runs warm. Check at the jaw under natural light.
Deep Autumn · common questions
Deep Autumn questions.
Deep Autumn vs Deep Winter: what's the difference?+
Both are deep and high-contrast. Deep Autumn is warm. Golden, bronze, earthy. Deep Winter is cool. Icy, blue-based, jewel. Compare yellow gold vs silver jewelry near your face to confirm.
Can Deep Autumns wear black?+
Yes, especially when mixed with warm accents like terracotta, gold, or copper. But chocolate brown, espresso, or deep mahogany often suit the face better than pure black.
What's the best lipstick for Deep Autumn?+
Brick, wine, warm berry, deep terracotta, brown-red. Anything saturated and warm. Skip cool fuchsia, bright pink, or pastel mauve. They wash the depth out of the face.
What hair color suits a Deep Autumn?+
Dark warm brown, espresso, deep auburn, black-brown. Highlights should warm the hair, never cool it. Cool ash colors fight the warm depth. Henna can be a strong match.
Should Deep Autumn wear gold or silver?+
Yellow gold, antique brass, amber, copper. Warm metals only. Cool silver and platinum will fight the warm depth of the skin and push the face toward grey.
Which celebrities are Deep Autumn?+
Rihanna, Penelope Cruz, Salma Hayek, Eva Longoria, and Halle Berry are commonly typed as Deep Autumns. The shared signal: warm-olive or bronze skin paired with very dark warm hair.
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