Burgundy on deep, warm skin tones (Deep Autumn)

One of yours: with deep, warm colouring, burgundy sits ΔE 1.0 from the nearest Deep Autumn colour.

The answer

Yes. Burgundy sits inside the Deep Autumn palette. The nearest thing in the palette is #5C1E2C, ΔE 1.0 away. Under 12 reads as the same colour family; past 25 the two are visibly different colours.

It does not collide with anything on the season's avoid list, so the only question is distance.

How burgundy scores across all twelve seasons

Burgundy is an opinionated colour: Deep Autumn scores it 97 and Light Summer scores it 0. A gap that wide means the colour genuinely decides something, and getting it right is worth the effort.

Deep Autumn is the top of that list. No season wears burgundy better, which is worth knowing before you talk yourself out of it.

  • Deep Autumn: 97 (ΔE 1.0) <- this season.
  • Deep Winter: 91 (ΔE 3.8).
  • True Winter: 75 (ΔE 10.0).
  • Light Summer: 0 (ΔE 42.4).

What to wear it with

The palette entries closest to burgundy are the ones that will read as a deliberate pairing rather than a near-miss, because a near-miss of two similar colours is more noticeable than a clear contrast.

  • #5C1E2C: very deep, a burgundy (ΔE 1.0).
  • #6B2438: deep, a burgundy (ΔE 3.8).
  • #4A2438: very deep, a burgundy (ΔE 8.3).

Updated 19 August 2026