Deep skin
On deep skin, Deep Autumn colors tend to read rich, like a brick red or a deep teal. Deep skin can also be cool, so hold the brick against a berry at your jaw before you settle on Autumn.
- Brick red
- Deep teal
Autumn, the deep one
DeepAutumn.
Think deep, rich color with warmth in it.
- Brick red
#8E2D1FAt the window - Deep teal
#145E5FOn a video call - Dark brown
#3F2A1DIn the closet
01 Is this you
Is this you?
- DepthDeep
- ClaritySoft to medium
- TemperatureWarm-leaning
Depth leads. Depth stands out first, so it names this season, and a warm lean decides that it sits on the Autumn side of the ring.
Pale colors can sit apart from that, and deep, rich ones tend to sit with it.
02 Your colors
Your colors.
Tap a color to copy its HEX.
Neutrals
Accents
Statements
Handle with care
Best white
Warm cream
#EDDDB9A softer black
Dark brown
#3F2A1DDenim
Dark rinse indigo with a warm cast
03 Wear it
Wear it.
Keep deep, rich, warm color closest to your face.
Try deep olive, brick red or warm teal.
Dark brown, dark olive and warm black-brown are your deepest neutrals.
Black can work, and a warm brown keeps the warmth.
Let your pieces sit well apart in lightness when you like.
Add one deep or rich color near your face.
04 Neighbors
Or a neighbor?
Deep Winter
Deep Autumn
Deep Winter
Same deep depth. Deep Winter leans cool where Deep Autumn leans warm.
The swap test. Run two swaps, one at a time: forest green or olive against deep emerald, then dark brown against black. Hold each under your chin by a window.
True Autumn
Deep Autumn
True Autumn
Both lean warm. True Autumn sits at medium to deep, where Deep Autumn is deeper.
The swap test. Use this swap only if the gray strip left you close to the line between medium and deep. Hold a medium brown under your chin by a window, then a very dark brown.
05 Your skin
Same season, your skin.
Olive skin
Olive tends to sit between warm and cool, so a very orange color can pull yellow. Compare a forest green with a deep emerald by a window and ask whether your skin looks grayer or more yellow-green.
- Forest green
Medium to tan skin
A tan can shift your depth reading, so run the strip again in another season. Brick and a deep terracotta are easy first swaps, and a plum shows whether warm or cool keeps your face first.
Fair skin
Fair skin with dark hair and dark eyes can land here, and the warmth swap matters most. With a rested face, compare dark brown and black at your neckline by a window and see which keeps your face first.
- Dark brown
07 Questions
Questions about Deep Autumn.
Two apps gave me two seasons.
Photos carry their own light, and a consultant's room has another. The two answers are often next door: Deep Winter and True Autumn.
Do I have to give up black?
No. Warm black-brown and dark brown are your deep neutrals near your face.
Is Deep Autumn the same as Dark Autumn?
Some systems use other names for the same idea, and Dark Autumn is a common one for what I call Deep Autumn. The twelve season names are a convention, so they drift from one source to the next.
Can Deep Autumn wear black?
Black can work, and it is a choice. A warm dark brown or a warm black-brown shares your warm lean and keeps your depth, so try it near your face first.
Does deep skin mean Deep Autumn?
No. Depth is one of three readings, so deep skin can sit in Deep Autumn, Deep Winter or other seasons whose range reaches that deep.
Carry Deep Autumn with you.
A closet in deep, warm colors with outfit formulas, the words for a colorist, and a page for your skin tone.
or just the palette on your phone
Not sure it is yours? Take the free test.
