True Autumn, also known as warm autumn, is the original autumn category in the four seasons color analysis.
It sits between the Dark Autumn (or deep autumn) and Soft Autumn (muted autumn) and opposite True Spring. Whereas True Spring is bright and fresh colors, the true autumn is warm, rich, and muted.
Autumn is a season of muted colors. However, the True Autumn colour palette overall appears rich and vibrant. The colors’ softness is only apparent when compared to a truly bright season, such as Spring.
True Autumn coloring combines warmth with softness. This season is warmest, most golden of Autumn palettes, so the colors are warm with a clear yellow undertone. There is not a hint of coolness in this palette.
The other two Autumn palettes are influenced by Summer and Winter, which are both cool palettes, and therefore are warm-neutral palettes unlike True Autumn which is purely warm.
True Autumn Characteristics
When looking at a True Autumn the first thing you notice is the warmth that radiates from every feature. Their skin, hair and eyes all have rich, golden undertones.
Unlike Dark Autumn, True Autumn has golden, warm undertones, with a lack of strong contrast between their hair, skin, and eyes.
Their eyes are rich and warm. The most common colors are warm green, olive green, dark hazel, light brown, amber, and golden brown, medium brown. They may also have swirling erratic borders around the pupil and dots on the iris.
Rare though possible are deep blue eyes with a teal cast and warm chocolate brown eyes are also possible and are most common with darker skin.
True Autumn hair ranges from golden blonde to dark golden brown and auburn. When exposed to the sun, their hair often develops highlights, which can be golden, caramel, bronze or rusty.
And their skin has obvious warm undertones. Skin tones range from fair to dark and they may have freckles. What’s most distinctive about the skin’s coloring is the bronzy or golden glow it emanates when paired with rich, warm colors.
True Autumns look great in gold, but silver makes it look off, and against true black, the skin may appear yellowish.
True Autumn with Darker Skin
True Autumn skin can be dark if it is warm, and while most of the time eyes aren’t dark, they can be a chocolate brown which is more common with darker skin tones.
However, since True Autumn hair ranges from golden blonde to dark golden brown and auburn. It is unlikely that the skin will be much darker than tan.
True Autumn Color Palette
True Autumn is filled with warm undertones and a muted but rich palette which contains colors that are dense, rich, and warm.
Most of the colors that look good on True Autumn are different shades of dusty pinks, muted amber colors, warm muted browns, muted brick reds, muted forest greens, and different shades of off white and oatmeal.
Avoid black and white, and opt for a warm dark brown and a soft off white or oatmeal instead.
Jewelry
The best metals for True Autumn are gold, copper, brass, and bronze.
Metals that are slightly less reflective are ideal, such as hammered, oxidized and antiqued metals. Avoid clear of overly shiny metals, silver, platinum, and white gold, which are cool and will clash with your natural warm coloring.
For stones, anything that has an earthy or has natural feel to it may suit you, such as amber, agate, topaz, quartz, raw stones, tiger eye, and slightly muted turquoise.
Makeup
The true Autumn is a warm and muted season, so matte tones with a hint of shimmer are ideal in most of your look.
Eyeshadows should be chosen from the True Autumn color palette. For a more natural look, select neutrals from the palette, or choose colors for a bolder look.
Mascaras in the deep brown or other brown shades. True black and charcoal shades are going to overpower your coloring, but you can try a deep olive green if you want something a little closer to black.
The best eyeliners for the true autumn are the dark coffee colors or dark forest greens.
Matte and creamy lipsticks typically work best for your season, as they don’t overpower your look like a high gloss could. Oranges, warm pinks, reds, and even some berry tones are best.
Bronzer looks very good on True Autumns and warm pink or coral blushes do too. You can also try an orangier tone blush or even a red-hued blush (if you’re darker-skinned). Just use a light hand when applying.
Avoid highlighters.
Sister Palettes
True Autumn sits between Soft Autumn and Dark Autumn on the seasonal flow chart and has rich, medium-dark, and very warm colors.
Compared to Soft Autumn, the colors are warmer, brighter, and slightly darker overall. And compared to Dark Autumn, the colors are warmer, softer, and slightly lighter.
As sister palettes, Soft Autumn and Dark Autumn both share True Autumn’s warmth. This allows you to borrow some colors from your sister palettes since they are close enough to the True Autumn color palette.
If you lean more towards Soft Autumn, opt for the darker and brighter colors on the Soft Autumn palette. Whereas if you lean more towards Dark Autumn, choose the lighter colors on the Dark Autumn palette.
True Autumn vs Soft Autumn
The difference between True Autumn and Soft Autumn can be subtle. The main difference is that Soft Autumn palette has softer colors because it’s influence by Soft Summer.
True Autumns primary characteristic is warmth. Soft Autumn on the other hand has neutral or neutral-warm in undertone because it is influenced by the coolness of the Summer palette it sit’s next to.
True Autumn vs Dark Autumn
True Autumn is the original Autumn color palette, whereas Dark Autumn is a combination between Autumn and Winter.
While True Autumn sits between Soft Autumn and Dark Autumn, Dark Autumn sits between True Autumn and Deep Winter.
As a result, True Autumns have warm skin tones, while Dark Autumns is influenced by the coolness of winter so they have has neutral or neutral-warm.
Because of Winter’s influence on Dark Autumn, its coloring has more contrast and depth than True Autumns. As a result, Dark Autumn’s color palette is slightly more saturated and deep than True Autumns is.
Dark Autumn can also handle more contrast in their outfits than the True Autumn can.
True Autumn vs True Spring
True Autumn and True Spring sit opposite each other on the seasonal chart, and while both seasons are warm, but True Spring is vibrant and bright whereas True Autumn is muted and darker.
So True Autumn features complement each other and True Spring features contrast each other.
This means that True Autumn’s appearance is toned down, and the features blend. The contrast between the features is also lower compared to True Spring. True Spring, on the other hand, has a fresh, bright and saturated coloring.
