December, 22 2022
Did you know that there are specific colors that will make you look good?
To look your best and feel confident in what you wear, it is important to choose, the best colors and even better choose color that
specifically looks great on you. So we want to help you discover this list of colors, to create a perfect wardrobe that will flattern
you and the way to find this list is to determine your skin undertone, so follow the methods that we will detail in this post.
How to determine your skin tone
There are a few test that you can do, to determine your skin tone. Try all of them to make sure you get the most accurate result.
Method 1
Checking the reverse of wrist or elbows as there is very thin and you can see the color of your blood vessels. As the image bellow shows
green tone vessels makes your skin tone for warm colors, while blue or purple vessels are consider to be for cool colors.
Method 2
The second method, to help you determine what is skin tone is, check your nail beds, if you are not wearing nail polish off course. If the color that you see on your nail beds, is more neutral or peach you might be warm tone, instead if the color is pink or purple ish then you could be cool tone.
Method 3
The last method to mention is the "jewelry test". Check your wrist or neck skin tone against gold and silver jewelry. Using good natural lighting, pay attention to the way your skin looks against each jewelry metal, if your skin appear brighter and you prefer the look against gold tones then you are warm toned. If you prefer the look of your skin against silver then you are cool toned.
And the last way to find your skin tone is, reflect on what colors do you feel you look your best, that little info can give away your real skin tone and what colors to select and include in your clothing palette.
Once you have determine, if you are warm or cool tone, it's time to start selecting the colors that will look best for that tone.
Warm Colors
The warm colors palette includes colors from citrus yellow and mustard, rusty orange, earthy shades of red, olive greens, chocolate shades of brown and even gold. You can also include coral tones, peach, fuschia, violet and pink to your selected warm tones. Find below a palette with all the warm colors:
Outfits ideas with warm colors
Cool Colors
The cool colors are more like sky blues, frosty purple and pinks, emerald greens, berry reds and also super pale yellows you can play with pastel versions of these. Find below a palette with all the warm colors:
Neutral Undertones
Finally there is also the neutral skin undertone which tends to be between beieg and ivory or a very light brown. For this type of skin tone, the best colors to wear are neutral tones white, taupe, scales of gray, beige, brown, soft rose and jade green, also if you want stand out the best color for you is red and neon tones. The one thing about neutral colors is that you can play with the spectrum of both sides but avoid too bright or vibrant colors, always go for soft tones of any selected color.
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