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Soft Autumn
Soft Autumn is the muted, gently warm season that sits between Soft Summer and True Autumn. The colouring is blended and medium in depth, with warmth that whispers rather than shouts. Its palette is everything sun-faded: camel, sage, salmon, soft terracotta and warm mushroom.
The complete palette
All 20 colours, with hex codes for shopping.
- Salmon#D98A76
- Soft terracotta#C4705C
- Muted rust#B5654A
- Warm rose beige#C98F7A
- Dusty brick#B07C7C
- Soft mulberry#A86F7E
- Warm mushroom#8E7C6E
- Soft gold#C4A76A
- Wheat#D6BC7E
- Moss gold#A89B5C
- Sage green#87905F
- Olive#6E7D5B
- Muted forest#5E7A6B
- Soft teal#6F9188
- Dusty blue#7E9AA5
- Slate blue#5F7386
- Soft plum rose#B58F9E
- Soft peach beige#DCC0A8
- Pecan#96795F
- Rosewood#C1A192
The neutrals
Buy these first — trousers, coats, shoes and bags. They are what you wear most.
- Soft cream#F0E8D8
- Oat#D3C3A8
- Camel#B79B75
- Warm taupe#8C7A62
- Soft olive brown#57503F
Colours to avoid
And exactly why each one works against this colouring.
Black #000000
Too deep and too cold — it drops a hard line under a soft, blended face.
Pure white #FFFFFF
Optically brighter than the skin can match; soft cream is the fix.
Hot pink #FF4081
Cool and vivid — wrong on both the temperature and clarity axes.
Icy turquoise #00E5FF
The clarity is jarring next to muted colouring.
Burgundy #7A2048
Blue-based and heavy; muted rust reads far better.
Cool silver grey #C0C0C0
Adds a grey cast without any of the warmth Soft Autumn needs.
Makeup
Lipstick
- Soft terracotta
- Muted rose
- Warm nude
Blush
- Soft peach
- Warm rose
- Muted apricot
Eyeshadow
- Moss gold
- Warm mushroom
- Soft teal
Metals: Matte gold, Antique brass, Rose gold. Foundation: look for warm or golden in the shade name, test along the jaw in daylight, and check again after ten minutes — foundation oxidises.
Hair
- Dark golden blonde#B79B6E
- Soft caramel#9E8055
- Mousy golden brown#8A6E4E
- Warm chestnut#A67B5B
- Bronde#C4A67C
Ask for a tone on the warm/golden side and stay within a couple of shades of your natural depth. Dark blonde to soft golden or mousy brown, with dusty warmth.
The capsule wardrobe
Start with Soft cream and Camel as the base — trousers, a coat, shoes and a bag. That is four pieces that go with everything else here.
Add four tops or knits in salmon, soft terracotta, muted rust and warm rose beige. These sit near the face, which is where colour does almost all of its work.
Finish with one statement piece in dusty brick. Twelve items, every combination works, and nothing in the wardrobe fights the colouring.
In a real report this is built on your two best neutrals, which are not always the season’s first two — they are chosen from where your own reading sits on the three axes.
The palette card
One picture with the whole palette, the hex codes, your neutrals and what to leave on the rail. This is the actual card, drawn from the same data as the report above.
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