Before you purchase or re-design a new wardrobe,for wedding clothes or other special occasion attire, it’s best to know how to plump for colours that compliment your skin tone. Selecting the wrong color can make your skin and hair appear dull, while the right colors for your skin tone can make you look vibrant.
This article will help you determine your skin tone, then how to choose clothes, jewelry that will make your complexion look bright and vibrant.
The key to flawless wardrobe is understanding your skin tone and undertone.
If you like to do your own wardrobe vibrant, it is time you get your basics right. Read on to understand what we mean.
The 4 Main Types Of Skin Tones Are:
Fair – This is the whitest skin that burns easily
Light – Still a paler skin, it is a bit more yellow to beige
Medium – This skin may have olive tones
Dark – This is a deep complexion
The 3 Main Types Of Skin Undertones Are:
Cool – Defined as red, blues and pinks.
Warm – Defined as golds, peaches, and yellows
Neutral/Moderate – Defined as olives or a balance of both cool and warm hues
Best Ways To Determine Your Skin Undertone
Test 1 – Vein Test
Examine the color of your veins on the underside of your wrists.
If your veins are blue or purple in color, you probably are cool undertone.
If you have greenish veins, you are warm undertone.
If you are not sure which color is most evident in your veins, you are likely to have a neutral undertone.
Test 2 – Jewelry Test
If silver jewelry looks flattering on your skin, you have a cool undertone.
If gold jewelry looks flattering on your skin, you have a warm undertone.
If both look flattering on you, you have a neutral undertone.
Test 3 – paper test
Hold a blank piece of white paper next to your face under the skin. If your skin appears more yellow, then you’re probably warm. If your skin looks pinkish, then you’re probably cool.
Test 4 – Sun Test
Does your skin tan easily without any burning sensation when you are out in the sun? If yes, you have a warm or neutral undertone. Otherwise, you fall in the cool undertone category.
Test 5 – Color Test
Check the color of your clothes on your skin and see which ones enhance you.
You have cool undertones if cool colors like blue suit you.
You have warm undertones if warm shades like the yellow suit you.
You have a neutral undertone if any and every shade suits you.