Soft SummerversusTrue Autumn

The Soft Summer palette sits in the Summer family: The Soft Summer palette is a nuanced and elegant collection of cool, muted colors. If you're a Soft Summer, your features have a gentle, dusty quality, and you shine in colors that are blended and soft, rather than bold and bright. Think of a tranquil, misty landscape – those are your colors. The True Autumn palette belongs to the Autumn family: The True Autumn palette is the quintessential autumn palette - warm, rich, and deeply saturated. If you're a True Autumn, you have warm undertones and can handle intense, earthy colors. Your palette captures the essence of autumn foliage in full glory. 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. Soft Summer is a Summer palette while True Autumn is a Autumn palette. Because they come from different seasonal families, they differ in undertone, contrast, and the colours that bring out your natural features.

Soft Summer leans on shades such as Powder Pink, Sky Blue and Lavender Gray, while True Autumn is anchored by tones like Burnt Orange, Forest Green and Golden Brown. 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. Soft Summer is characterised by cool & muted undertones, whereas True Autumn is characterised by warm & rich 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 Soft Summer palette include Jennifer Aniston, Sarah Jessica Parker and Leona Lewis. Examples linked to the True Autumn palette include Jessica Chastain, Susan Sarandon and Debra Messing. These examples are illustrative — your own colouring is the most reliable guide.