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Warm Autumn is somewhat tawny, lower in contrast between hair, eyes, and skin, and decidedly warm with yellow undertones.

Deep Autumn features are high in contrast, at times they can borrow from Deep Winter. Their colors are slightly less warm and the most pigmented of the Autumns.

Soft Autumn is the most neutral of the Autumn set. They have some underlying cool tones and their best colors are more blended, muted, and subtle.

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Meet Sakura Considine of the Bloguettes, also a Warm & Rich, Deep Autumn.
Follow along through the color draping to uncover your own coloring. Each drape represents a season: Warm & Rich – Autumn, Warm & Fresh – Spring, Cool & Delicate – Summer, Cool & Brilliant – Winter.

Notice how the Olive Green brings out the green in her hazel eyes.

Her best blue, Indian Teal, brings out all the highlights in hair while the powder blue leaves her features flat. According to David Zyla in Color Your Style, this would be her Dramatic Color.

Sakura’s skin is glowing in wine purple. Indigo is also lovely on her. As a Deep Autumn she can borrow some Deep Winter colors.

Coral brings out the radiance in her cheeks and lips. Salmon has some warmth and Fuchsia has great contrast, but neither are as harmonious as the first autumn option. The baby pink leaves her looking lifeless and wan.

Sakura’s pigmented features are flattered by several versions of red, but the brick leaves the white of her eyes and teeth at their full optic white potential.

Cool features shy away from orange, but Sakura’s warm undertones embrace pumpkin.

The depth and warmth of chocolate are perfect match for Sakura. She needn’t avoid camel or coffee, but khaki leaves less sparkles on her complexion.

Photos by Red Poppy Photo, Breanne Johnson

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Shoppable Warm & Rich (aka Autumn Recommendations)

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Cool & Brilliant (aka Winter)
Warm & Fresh (aka Spring)
Cool & Delicate (aka Summer)
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Color can help you look younger, better rested, more powerful, and overall more attractive? The trick is identifying the unique colors in your complexion and wearing colors that mirror (ie wearing a top in the same coral tone as your cheeks) or contrast (ie wearing red lipstick to bring out the green in your eyes) them.

If you’re new to the color scene, here is an easy place to start. Ask yourself, do I prefer to wear navy and grey or brown and khaki. We usually gravitate to hues that are cohesive with our overall coloring, even if we don’t feel completely confident in every color selection. This initial color choice identifies whether you prefer warm or cool hues (see more details below), then depending on the depth or value of your complexion, you can start looking at possible color categories.

color-flow-diagram I’ve also found the pattern in your eyes to be a helpful clue in uncovering your best and worst colors. Cool & Brilliant, Winter eyes tends to have symmetrical patterns with spokes radiating from the pupil, the iris is then ringed with a strong border, clearly separating the whites of the eye. The division between iris and white in a Cool & Delicate, Summer eye is much more subtle. Their pattern is commonly like crackled glass. Warm & Rich, Autumn eyes have an irregular pattern with swirls embracing the pupil and freckles spotting the iris. Finally, Warm & Fresh, Spring eyes show a sunburst of color, commonly with a golden ring surrounding the pupil.

eye-composition In the beginning, color analysis only offered four color categories, obviously insufficient for the diversity in the general population. Over time, the system added neutral blended seasons for a total of twelve options: Deep Winter / Cool Winter / Cool Summer / Light Summer / Soft Summer / Soft Autumn / Deep Autumn / Warm Autumn / Warm Spring / Light Spring / Clear Spring.

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Here are a few examples of social influencers and there color categories.

Deep Winter: Rachel Parcell, Pink Peonies

Cool Winter/Summer: Marianne Verilli, The M.A. Times

Light Summer: Becki Crosby, Whippy Cake

Soft Summer/Autumn: Julia Hengel, Gal Meets Glam

Deep Autumn: Cori Robinson, DressCorilynn

Warm Autumn/Spring: Emily Meyers, The Freckled Fox

Light Spring: Brooke White, The Girls with Glasses

Clear Winter/Spring: Hilary Rushford, Dean Street Society

Each complexion is still unique but the categories offer a starting point so you don’t have to uncover every color from scratch. In the end you should know your color components (Hue, Value, and Chroma) whether you should opt for warm or cool, Clear or Soft, and Deep or Light.

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Hue refers to the name of the color family (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, violet). Red, orange, and yellow and their combinations on the left of the color wheel are warm. On the right of the color wheel are the cool hues: blue, green, and violet.

Value refers to the relative degree of lightness or darkness/deepness of a hue. White is positioned at the top of the value scale (high value), gray in the middle (mid-value), and black at the bottom (low value).

Chroma refers to the purity of a color. The purest chromas are the primary colors: red, yellow and blue. Soft chromas are diluted by the presence of another color. Weak or soft chromas appear muted and dull. Pure chromas appear vivid and intense.

What do you think your color category is? Tell me in the comments below.

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Warm & Rich (aka Autumn)
Cool & Brilliant (aka Winter)
Warm & Fresh (aka Spring)
Cool & Delicate (aka Summer)

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