Dark AutumnversusLight Autumn

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 Light Autumn palette belongs to the Autumn family: The Light Autumn palette is warm, golden, and luminous. If you're a Light Autumn, you have delicate features with warm undertones that look best in light, warm colors. Your best colors are gentle, golden, and radiant. 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.

Both Dark Autumn and Light Autumn are variations within the Autumn family, so they share an overall temperature and mood but differ in the specific shades, contrast, and saturation that flatter you most.

Dark Autumn leans on shades such as Deep Mahogany, Burnt Umber and Forest Green, while Light Autumn is anchored by tones like Warm Peach, Golden Honey and Soft Coral. 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 Light Autumn is characterised by warm golden 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 Light Autumn palette include Blake Lively, Jennifer Aniston and Cameron Diaz. These examples are illustrative — your own colouring is the most reliable guide.