Red color palette: 8 shades of red, with hex codes
Every red in our 12 seasonal color palettes, from warm poppy to mahogany. Tap a color to copy its hex code. Below the list: which reds suit which season, and what to wear them with.
By Jane MitchellCertified color analystPublished
All 8 red colors, with hex codes
Lightest first. The line under each name says how many of the 12 seasons wear it.
Which red colors suit you
The red shades in each season's palette, most first. The neutral beside each is one from the same season to wear with them.
Deep Autumn 3 shades
tomato red, deep brick and mahogany. Wear with warm cream (#EDE0C8).
Deep Winter 2 shades
true red and deep crimson. Wear with pure white (#FFFFFF).
True Spring 1 shade
warm poppy. Wear with cream (#F2E6CE).
True Autumn 1 shade
brick red. Wear with warm cream (#F2E7D0).
Bright Winter 1 shade
electric red. Wear with pure white (#FFFFFF).
7 seasons have no red by our rule. That is data, not a gap: those palettes do not use red.
Warm and cool reds
A red is warm or cool by the seasons that wear it: Springs and Autumns are warm, Summers and Winters cool.
Warm only (5)
- Warm poppy#E85D4E
- Tomato red#A93226
- Brick red#8B3A2E
- Deep brick#943126
- Mahogany#7B241C
Cool only (3)
- Electric red#FF1744
- True red#B71C1C
- Deep crimson#A4133C
Worn by both (0)
None in our palettes.
Red outfit ideas
Three outfits, one from each of the seasons that hold the most of this color: a main piece, a second color and a neutral, all from that season's own palette.
Deep Autumn
Mahogany as the main piece, tomato red as the second color, warm cream for shoes and bag.
Deep Winter
Deep crimson as the main piece, true red as the second color, pure white for shoes and bag.
True Spring
Warm poppy as the main piece, cream for shoes and bag.
Using this red palette for a design
For a website, a room or a brand, copy the hex codes from the list above. The shades of one season already work together, so a set taken from one season card reads as a planned palette. For a calmer base, add shades from the pink color palette or the brown color palette. To see one of these colors next to every other color, use colors that go with every color. For ready combinations, see three colors that look good together.
How we picked the shades
We pooled the wearable palette and the neutrals of all 12 seasons on this site, 271 different colors, and measured each in CIELAB: lightness (L*), chroma (C*, how strong the color is) and hue angle. A shade is in this palette when it is a hue angle from 12° to 42° (wine to tomato red) with C* 30 or more and L* under 58, so true reds, cherry, brick and burgundy count. A shade named pink, fuchsia, coral, orange or terracotta stays out.
No shade is typed by hand, and no paint or fashion brand is used. The same shade can be in two palettes, for example a light pink in both the pink and the pastel palette.
What this page cannot do
This page shows which seasons wear each red. It cannot tell you which season you are: that depends on your own skin, hair and eyes, in good light. Our free analysis reads them from one selfie, in your browser, and gives you your own palette with every red that suits you.
How this is different from other color analysis tools
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Your photo stays on your device
Many photo apps upload your selfie and read it on their server (see our comparison). Ours measures it in your browser. There is no upload.
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The result is free
Your season and palette, with no account and no email. At least one app in our comparison takes payment before you see any result.
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A close call says so
Every result names the runner-up season and how close the call was. Borderline is a result we print.
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We publish our accuracy
We tuned the method on faces that experts had labelled by season, then tested it on 410 celebrity photos we collected. The results, misses included.
Questions
What colors are in a red color palette?
Our red color palette holds 8 shades from the 12 seasonal palettes, among them warm poppy, electric red, true red, tomato red, brick red and deep crimson. Each one has its hex code on this page.
Which color season looks best in red?
Deep Autumn holds the most red shades of the 12 seasons (3), followed by Deep Winter (2) and True Spring (1). By family, Autumn leads. 7 of the 12 seasons have no red shade by our rule.
What colors go with red?
Each season pairs its reds with its own neutrals. For Deep Autumn that is warm cream. For a design, pink and brown shades from the same seasons sit well beside it.
What are the hex codes for red colors?
For example warm poppy #E85D4E, electric red #FF1744, true red #B71C1C, tomato red #A93226 and brick red #8B3A2E. All 8 are listed at the top of this page, and one tap copies a code.
What you can do on this page
This page is a red color palette of 8 named shades, each with its hex code and a one-tap copy, taken from the 12 seasonal color palettes on this site by a stated CIELAB rule. It shows which reds each season wears with a neutral to pair, splits the shades into warm, cool and both, and builds three outfits from the seasons that hold the most. The free photo analysis finds a season from one selfie in the browser, with no upload and no account.
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