Autumn Colour Type - Which Colours to Wear?

Sometimes one blouse lights up the face, while another in a similar colour adds years and tiredness. It is not chance, but a matter of colour type. Women with an autumn colour type have a warm, deep colouring that suits entirely different shades than cool types. Once you know your palette, shopping gets simpler and your wardrobe more coherent. Below you will find concrete tips on how to recognise the autumn type, which colours to wear and which to avoid.

How do you recognise the autumn colour type?

You recognise the autumn type by a warm, golden undertone of the skin, eyes in amber, hazel or deep green, and hair with a warm, reddish brown reflection. It is a saturated, warm colouring, without cool pinkness.

The most common features:

• Skin with a warm, golden or peachy undertone.
• Hair in shades of chestnut, copper, warm brown.
• Eyes in hazel, amber or green.

If your skin catches a golden tan in the sun and gold jewellery suits you more than silver, you are most likely an autumn type.

Which colours should the autumn type wear?

The autumn type looks best in warm, deep earth tones that harmonise with the saturated colouring. These are shades that light up the face and add glow.

Your palette:

• Earth tones: chocolate, caramel, rust, mustard.
• Deep greens: bottle, olive, moss.
• Warm accents: terracotta, amber, warm reds and deep burgundy.

Build a base in these colours from sweaters and dresses, which in autumn come in a warm palette.

Which colours should you avoid?

The autumn type should avoid cool, bright and very icy shades, because they dull the warm colouring and highlight tiredness. It is about tones that clash with the golden undertone of the skin.

Better to limit:

• Cool pastels: icy pink, cool blue, blue toned violet.
• Pure, cool white, which washes out the face (swap for ecru and ivory).
• Bright fuchsia and cool silver right by the face.

If you love a cool colour, wear it away from the face, for example in trousers, and keep a warm shade at the neckline.

How do you build an autumn wardrobe for your colour type?

You build an autumn wardrobe for your colour type from a warm, coherent colour base, to which you easily add further pieces. Then almost everything pairs with everything.

A proven start:

• A base in caramel, chocolate and bottle green.
• A shirt from shirts in ecru instead of cool white.
• One warm accent, for example a terracotta sweater or a coat from coats.

Frequently asked questions

How do you recognise the autumn colour type? By a warm, golden skin undertone, hair with a reddish brown reflection and hazel or green eyes. Gold jewellery usually suits better than silver.

Which colours should the autumn type wear? Warm earth tones: chocolate, caramel, mustard, terracotta, plus deep greens and warm reds. They light up the face and add glow.

Which colours should you avoid? Cool pastels, pure cool white and bright fuchsia by the face. They dull the warm colouring and highlight tiredness.

Can the autumn type wear black? It is better to swap it for chocolate, deep brown or bottle green. If you want black, keep it away from the face and add a warm accent at the neckline.