Most coppers are too orange, but very occasionally you’ll see a pink copper which works.īright and shiny metals are like bright colours - they’ll overwhelm the natural, subtle magic of your colouring and flatten it into dullness. Silver, pewter, bronze, white gold, rose gold and soft yellow gold can all work as long as they are muted enough. Antiqued can be great too, as long as it isn’t overly blackened. Brushed, matte, satin and hammered metals are fantastic. The best metals for Soft Autumn are soft and muted. And the last returns to the small dots, but replaces the olive with Bright Winter lime. The third is the same as the second, but the dots are larger. The next replaces those with True Autumn olive dots. The polka-dot pattern on the left uses a Soft Autumn pink background and Soft Autumn khaki dots. The patterns below are examples of the first and last case. More neutral - an incorrect grey will be less problematic than an incorrect red You’re more likely to get away with it if the non-Soft Autumn colour is:Ĭloser to Soft Autumn, like True Autumn olive as opposed to Bright Winter lime What if most of the colours in a pattern are Soft Autumn, but there’s one that clearly isn’t? Does it matter?

If the colours are right, you’ll see the same effects you saw during your draping, like vitality, happiness, 3-dimensionality and authenticity. If harmonising with the fan is too hard, try checking it against your face. Matching solid colours to your fan is one thing matching patterns can be a trickier task.

Warm soft autumn color palette