Deep Autumn is where warmth meets darkness. Your colouring is rich and deep, so you can wear colours that would swallow a softer season — and you look striking, never washed out. The trick is keeping that depth warm: think espresso and rust, not black and ice. Here's your full Deep Autumn colour palette and how to wear it.
Deep Autumns have deep, warm colouring — usually dark brown or black-brown hair with warm undertones, and deep brown, hazel or olive eyes. There's real contrast, but it leans warm rather than icy. You look powerful in dark, rich shades and tired in pale, washed-out ones.
Wear these near the face — deep, warm and saturated.
Your "black" is espresso. Build on deep warm browns and a warm camel to lift them.
Icy pastels, dusty cool tones and anything pale or greyed will drain you. You need depth + warmth, not softness.
Warm bronze and brick blush; deep brick, terracotta and warm wine lips. Bronze, deep-green and warm-brown shadows suit you. Skip frosty pastels and cool pinks.
Dark chocolate, deep auburn and espresso with warm undertones. Avoid ashy/cool tones and very light shades that wash out your depth.
Anchor on espresso or chocolate, add a saturated warm accent (rust, deep teal, forest green), and add a glint of antique gold or bronze. Rich textures — leather, suede, heavy knit — suit your depth. One bold dark colour worn head-to-toe looks expensive on you.
Often described as Deep Autumn: Sofía Vergara, Penélope Cruz and Salma Hayek — a style mood, not an official ruling.
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Deep, warm, rich shades: rust, deep teal, dark olive, brick red, dark mustard, warm aubergine, forest green and burnt sienna.
Both deep and dramatic, but Deep Autumn is warm and earthy while Deep Winter is cool and icy-jewel.
Icy pastels, dusty cool tones and washed-out shades — they drain your depth and warmth.
Deep warm colouring, dark hair and eyes, looks powerful in rich darks. Confirm with the free Colourelle colour test.