Deep skin
If your swaps land you here, keep the warm, muted colors rich in depth, like a deep olive or a soft terracotta, and check them at your jaw and lips. A pale, dusty shade can read gray.
- Deep olive
- Soft terracotta
Autumn, the soft one
SoftAutumn.
Think blended, muted color with warmth in it and nothing sharp.
- Muted coral
#D9806AAt the window - Moss
#7D8F5BOn a video call - Stone
#C9BBA2In the closet
01 Is this you
Is this you?
- DepthMedium
- ClaritySoft
- TemperatureWarm-leaning
Clarity leads. Softness stands out first, so clarity names this season, and a warm to neutral lean decides which side of the ring it sits on.
Muted warm colors tend to read as part of you, and icy or neon colors sit far from it.
02 Your colors
Your colors.
Tap a color to copy its HEX.
Neutrals
Accents
Statements
Handle with care
Best white
Soft cream
#F1E6D0A softer black
Soft brown
#6F5844Denim
Soft faded mid wash with a slight gray cast
03 Wear it
Wear it.
Keep muted, warm color closest to your face.
Try moss, warm olive or dusty coral.
Soft cream, stone, warm taupe and soft brown are your neutrals.
Keep black away from your face.
Keep your pieces one or two steps apart in lightness.
Blend the edges with tone on tone.
04 Neighbors
Or a neighbor?
Soft Summer
Soft Autumn
Soft Summer
Both are soft. Soft Summer leans cool where Soft Autumn leans warm.
The swap test. Run two swaps, one at a time: dusty terracotta against dusty pink, then warm khaki against gray-taupe. Hold each under your chin by a window.
True Autumn
Soft Autumn
True Autumn
Both lean warm. True Autumn is richer and more saturated, where Soft Autumn is muted.
The swap test. Hold a muted moss under your chin by a window, then a rich olive and a rust. If the rich colors keep your face first, you are closer to True Autumn.
05 Your skin
Same season, your skin.
Olive skin
Olive tends to sit between warm and cool, and Soft Autumn sits near the neutral zone. Hold a warm olive and a dusty rose by a window and ask whether your skin looks grayer or more yellow-green.
- Olive
- Dusty rose
Medium to tan skin
A tan can shift your depth reading, so run the strip again in another season. Soft terracotta and muted teal are easy first swaps to hold against a cooler mauve.
- Soft terracotta
- Muted teal
Fair skin
Redness in your cheeks can look like a cool undertone when it is only blood flow, so test warm against cool with a rested face. Soft cream against icy white, by a window, is a quick first swap.
- Soft cream
07 Questions
Questions about Soft 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: Soft Summer and True Autumn.
Do I have to give up black?
No. Soft brown is your softer dark near your face.
Can olive skin be Soft Autumn?
It can. Olive tends to sit between warm and cool, and Soft Autumn sits near the neutral zone, so it is one to check.
Can Soft Autumn wear black?
Black can read stark near a soft, warm coloring. Soft brown or dusty navy tends to keep the depth with less edge, and a warm scarf between black and your face softens it.
What hair color suits Soft Autumn?
Soft, blended color tends to read best, like warm taupe browns and medium browns with gentle highlights. Sharp contrast or very black hair can read harder than a soft coloring.
Carry Soft Autumn with you.
A closet in muted, 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.
