Dark Autumn is warm and deep, like a pile of leaves in the fall. If you are a Dark Autumn, then you thrive in rich, luxurious colors like brown, mahogany, deep green, and wine.

If you fall into this color season, then you will of course have a very warm skin tone; however, your skin tone can be light or dark—the important thing is that you have one dark feature (either your skin, your eyes, or your hair) and that you have high levels of contrast (either between your skin and hair or between your skin and the whites of your teeth and eyes). Your sister seasons is Deep Winter because your most important reqiurements are dark & warm colors!

Knowing your best colors will help you streamline your shopping, trim down your closet to your absolute favorite pieces, and save you from wasting time wondering why certain outfits don’t look as great on you as they did on your favorite celebrity. So, if you are a Dark Autumn, look no further, help is on the way! Let us walk you through this stunning color palette and get ready to watch the compliments (and confidence!) roll in. 

Dark Autumn Best Colors

With warm undertones and high-contrast features, Dark Autumn favor colors that are also warm, fairly saturated, but not too muted or too bright. Your worst colors don’t honor your natural features, and will either be too cool, too light, or too muted or too bright. 

Once you embrace your color season, everything clicks. You’ll be throwing together outfits left and right, you’ll quit second-guessing your outfits, and the compliments will start piling up. Every day is your red carpet!  It’s not because you’ve discovered the perfect lip tint, or whatever it is this month on the tiktok-gram, but because you’re working to enhance your already beautiful natural features instead of trying to work against them. We call that an absolute win over here.

Dark Autumn Features

If you are a Dark Autumn, your dominant feature is either really dark hair or really dark skin that contrasts with another one of your features, either your skin or the whites of your eyes. Your skin can range from extremely fair to extremely dark, and your eyes are either dark brown or black. And your hair will always be really dark as well.

Ready to know your Seasonal Color Palette for certain? Book a Your Best Colors Consultation here.

Dark Autumn Make Up

When shopping for make up, remember that when you wear your best colors, you can wear less make up than usual, with similar results. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with wearing more or less make up. But when you are working to enhance your already amazing natural features, then there’s just less work to do with make up than if you’re trying to go against your natural beauty.

For Dark Autumn, your makeup can be dark and intense and still look natural because your natural features are also dark and intense. 

Your skin can be dark or fair, but will have a bronze glow. Opt for matte or satin finishes over anything too shiny. Because you have a warm skin tone, you can give bronzer a try if you’d like as well. Just make sure it’s not too shiny and that it is darker than your foundation! One of the benefits of a color analysis is that wearing your best colors near your face is akin to a layer of foundation. 

For eye make up, your neutrals would be beige, golds, and olives, but you can also opt for a fun purple, green, or blue from your palette. When choosing eyeshadow, remember to lean warm. Never reach for a silver or gray, instead opt for gold or bronze when you want some glamour. Trust us, this makes all the difference. Your best eyeshadow will also be a dark warm brown instead of a black because black is too cool for a warm person!

For blush, refer to your full color palette for warm pink inspirations. The perfect shade will depend on the shade of your own skin. Reddish pinks and darker browns are a good place to start.  For lipsticks, you can try warm pinks and even some browns, just remember that there are no hard and fast rules for naming make-up, so you will have to pull out your color card and compare the colors yourself to decide if the lipstick is cool or warm. 

For nail polish, you can pick a color straight from your palette! You can even choose from this full color palette here.

Dark Autumn Celebrities

As you can see, these celebrities have high contrast between their skin, hair and eyes, and they also all have warm undertones. These celebrities look cohesive and put together in their Dark Autumn Palette. The warm blue on Sofia Vergara and Megan Markle isn’t too warm on them, Zendaya and Jason Mamoa’s warm deep reds looks amazing on them as well. 

If you are a Dark Autumn, you can trust that the same colors will look magnificent on you as well. 

Dark Autumn Jewelry

We can’t forget jewelry! Because your main attribute is dark, your jewelry should reflect that as well, to a degree. Opt for a gold, bronze, brass, copper, or pewter because of your coloring. Opt for “antique” or “earthy” looking pieces, like hammered or oxidized metals. When choosing stones, opt for angled or faced cuts with lots of shine over smooth pieces. Emeralds, carnelians, garnets, and jaspers are great stones for you.

Start Dressing in Your Dark Autumn Palette

If you don’t already dress in your best colors and the idea of a whole wardrobe overhaul overwhelms you, you can book a Closet Review , a Shop With Me or even a Shop For Me package. But in the meantime, here are my three tips to get started on wearing clothes that make you shine!

1. Pick 2-3 colors out of your palette to start experimenting with. You may have already searched “Dark Autumn Color Palette Outfits” and seen the gorgeous color combinations this palette has to offer, but don’t feel like you need to throw out your entire closet and replace it right away. There’s more to finding your style and optimizing your closet than just color. (Like dressing for your body shape and comfort level!)
2. However, if you do have some pieces in your closet that are not in your Dark Autumn palette that you absolutely never reach for, then odds are that nothing will ever convince you to like them in the future, because they simply don’t support your natural beauty. You have our permission to donate them! (Blog on donating clothes in Amsterdam coming soon!)
3. Experiment with a new make up routine! Now that you know what colors suit you, it’s the perfect time to freshen up your make up. 

What If I Hate My Best Colors?

You’ve pulled up Pinterest and seen one outfit after another that looks so far from how you dress. But don’t panic! Give yourself time to explore. Now that you know what colors suit you best, that information will never change or go out of style. You can sit on this new information until you feel ready to use it.

If you’re happy and confident in the wardrobe you have now, that’s amazing. You are not obligated to wear only your best colors all the time! If you want to treat your Best Colors like a secret weapon you pull out for weddings, job interviews, photoshoots, or first dates, that’s totally fine! 

However, once you start raking in those compliments, it’s really difficult to go back to those colors that weren’t serving you well. Once you’re used to seeing your skin glowing in the mirror, it’s hard to go back to colors that deliver subpar results. 

When you’re ready to lean deeper into your best colors and choose outfits that also actually work for your body shape and lifestyle, book a Closet Review , a Shop With Me or a Shop For Me session!