Dark AutumnversusDeep Winter

The Dark Autumn palette sits in the Autumn family: The Dark Autumn palette is rich, deep, and dramatic. If you're a Dark Autumn, you have bold features with deep warm undertones that can handle the most intense autumn colors. Your best colors are dark, warm, and sophisticated. The Deep Winter palette belongs to the Winter family: Deep Winter (also known as Dark Winter) is a palette of depth, clarity, and coolness. It combines the coolness of Winter with the depth of Autumn. Your best colors are highly saturated, dark, and vivid. The clearest way to tell them apart is to compare their signature shades side by side and notice which set feels more harmonious against your skin, hair, and eyes.

No. Dark Autumn is a Autumn palette while Deep Winter is a Winter palette. Because they come from different seasonal families, they differ in undertone, contrast, and the colours that bring out your natural features.

Dark Autumn leans on shades such as Deep Mahogany, Burnt Umber and Forest Green, while Deep Winter is anchored by tones like Black, Pure White and Ruby Red. Holding these signature colours next to your face is the simplest way to feel which palette harmonises with your colouring.

Seasonal colour analysis matches a palette to your natural undertone, contrast level, and the depth of your skin, hair, and eyes. Dark Autumn is characterised by deep warm undertones, whereas Deep Winter is characterised by neutral-cool undertones. Drape the key colours of each palette in natural light and choose the set that makes your skin look clearer and more even.

Faces often associated with the Dark Autumn palette include Penélope Cruz, Jennifer Lopez and Eva Longoria. Examples linked to the Deep Winter palette include Anne Hathaway, Penelope Cruz and Sandra Bullock. These examples are illustrative — your own colouring is the most reliable guide.