These colours break up the more accessible but heavier darks that tend to dominate Dark Autumn styling, providing some respite from the usual suspects of black, military green, burgundy or bitter chocolate, and offering a change from old-faithful ivory or tahini “whites”. To look their best, Dark Autumns typically need more contrast than other Autumns, a legacy of Winter’s influence on the season. This is the catalogue of colours a Dark Autumn may reference for “lighter” occasions - weddings, the races, a summertime wardrobe.ĭon’t be tempted by a crisp white shirt, these colours are plenty light on you and way more flattering. Teaming these lights with more familiar neturals creates instant depth and dimension, especially since we don’t see them as often as we should. You won’t believed the effect it has on your wardrobe. They are also are among the season’s most interesting and exciting colours.Īs a Dark Autumn, understanding these lights leads to advanced styling.ĭiscovering a garment or accessory in one of these colours is like hitting the jackpot. They are usually the last part of the palette a newly crowned Dark Autumn will learn. In addition, Dark Winter can push all the way to white which Dark Autumn never can. There’s a range of pale iceberg greens not pictured here. Some colours seem similar to Soft Autumn but these versions are much deeper and more pigmented.ĭark Winter is pinker with frosted violets absent from warmer palettes and light blues much closer to true blue than the green-tinted teals of Autumn. Look around the edges where the sun sets and you’ll spot plenty of Dark Autumn lights it really is the sunset palette.
It also feels a lot airier and more diaphanous, with teals warmer but reminiscent of mint or sage greens.īeing purely warm, True Autumn lights lean heavily into yellow - plenty of golden beige, latte or olive-khaki laced neutrals, dull apricot tones like unbleached silk. Soft Autumn is faded, dusty and a bit greyish. If you look closely and take note of the colour gradients, you can pick out tons of lighter colour matches in these images. Here’s how Dark Autumn lights stack up against those from related seasons. Using a blue-light screen protector or a night-shift might make the colours appear warmer.Comparison is central to learning colour so let’s try another one. On computer screens colours tend to appear cooler. If you see the colours in person, they might differ from the way they appears on your computer screen. Note: Computer and smart-phone monitors and cameras distort colours. White - cool and bright ( If you are a Warm/True Autumn, your version of white is latte or beige.)
Icy Grey & Icy Blue - cool and bright (Warm/True Autumn is warm, golden and bronzy. Warm/True Autumn should avoid colours that are cool or neutral, bright colours as well as colours that are light in value such as:īlack - too deep and too cool for Warm/True Autumn ( If you are a Warm/True Autumn, your version of black is warm medium-dark gray or rich brown.)īright Silver - too bright and too cool (Warm/True Autumn should wear gold instead of silver.)
Bright colours overpower Warm/True Autumns, undermine their presence and create a patchy skin structure.Ĭlick for more info on what unflattering colours do to your face. Warm/True Autumn colours are neutral to medium soft. The facial features lack definition.Ĭhroma: Colours that are very bright do not harmonise with Warm/True Autumn. Warm/True Autumn needs a certain level of depth and colours light in value erase Warm/True Autumn faces, create a balloon head effect as well as bubble fish effect on client’s face (see article). on the other end of the spectrum of the value dimension of colour. Value: Colours that are light in value, i.e. Warm/True Autumn colours are not blue based. They also turn their teeth and eye-whites grey-yellow. Cool colours turn Warm/True Autumn faces grey to yellow-grey, take away the spark in their eyes and turn the natural colour of their lips slightly purple-grey (i.e. Warm/True Autumn pigments require warm colours.
Hue: Colours that are cool (or neutral cool) are extremely unflattering to Warm/True Autumn complexion. What colours are in disharmony with Warm/True Autumn?