Choose clothing colors that complement your skin tone

Now that you know your skin type and undertone, you can start putting together colors for you to wear. One way to do this is by using the color wheel. Some colors seem like they should not look good together, but they do! That's because of the color wheel.

If you try to create an imaginary line to split the color wheel, half of the color wheel are warm colors and the other half are cool colors. There are two main ways to pick colors that will look great together:

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   Pick any color from the color wheel

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   Use your finger to trace the color opposite of that color on the wheel to get the color that will complement your first pick. The two colors that you got are called "complementary colors." If they complement one another on the wheel, they will also complement one another in your wardrobe.

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   Pick another color, look for the color on its left or right

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   These are what is called "analogous colors." Remember that half of the color wheel is warm colors and the other is cool colors, so you may need to play around with analogous color combinations to find ones that match your skin tone.

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Some colors look great on any skin tone. These are:

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   White

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   White can make any skin tone color look good. It does not require any certain color of skin, eyes, or hair.

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   Blush

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   Blush simply makes any skin tone color stunning.

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   Emerald Green

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   It looks stunning for both skin tone colors, whether you have warm or cool skin tones. Catherine Zeta-Jones and Elizabeth Moss wear the same color, and both of them look amazing despite being different tones.

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   Red

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   Red not only complement both skin tone colors but creates an aura on both skin types.

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   Eggplant

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   Just like red, eggplant doesn't create any bad effects on any skin color. Instead, it makes any skin tone look good.

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Choosing the right color for you also requires consideration of the color of your eyes.

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   Blue eyes

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   This is pretty simple: if you have blue eyes, then dress in blue. Wear a darker blue, like navy blue or teal, to emphasize the color of your eyes. You can also wear orange, but double check to make sure your skin color will look good with orange first.

   

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   Brown eyes

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   This eye-color has two categories. There are brown eyes with red tones or those with green tones. If your eyes appear reddish, then you should wear deep warm tones. Brown, gold, and yellow can also be a good complement, but don't forget to check your skin color too. If your brown eyes appear more greenish, you should wear Emerald color or plum shades to emphasize the green hues in your eyes.

   

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   Hazel or green eyes

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   Colors that complement hazel or green eyes are the same as with greenish-brown eye colors. Your best bets are emerald and plum. Green is also good with these eye colors, but it depends on the shade of green - check to see how it looks against your skin first.

   

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If you're having trouble determining the right clothes for your skin color or tone, check out this easy-to-follow guide below. It can help you when you're shopping for new clothes or pairing outfits from your existing wardrobe. You can instantly brighten up your complexion by choosing clothes with the right depth and tone.

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   Fair skin tones

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   If you have a rather pale skin tone, it can be easily washed out with the wrong color choices. Stick to a base of darker colors such as navy blue, deep brown, black, charcoal, burgundy, and deep green. Avoid soft pastels, light beige and anything else too close to your skin tone, as well as bright colors such as yellow or orange. Richer jewel tones combined with lighter touches of camel, slate gray or sand can enhance your skin tone rather than drown it out.

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   Medium skin tones

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   Medium skin tones look best with both light colors and deep, dark or rich colors. Choosing colors from opposite ends of the spectrum such as white, pale beige, stone gray, black and deeper jewel tones. Avoid wearing colors that might too closely match your skin tones, such as light brown, mustard yellow or olive green. If you're on the darker side of medium, you can experiment with brighter, medium-toned colors.

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   Dark skin tones

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   Dark skin tones have most leeway when choosing clothing because looking washed out isn't part of the equation. It's still important to choose your colors wisely, however. Stick with dark blue, black or charcoal as a base for your wardrobe, but add in accents of bright colors and jewel tones. Avoid deep brown, especially if it's similar to your skin tone. Muted and pastel shades look good on you, too.

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If you consider your skin tone, hair color, and eye color, you will be able to create a wardrobe that will make you look and feel fantastic. There is no better way to make your self confidence soar than to dress well. Remember the color wheel, so that you can mix and match your colors, and it will be like you have a whole new set of outfits in your wardrobe. No need to buy expensive clothes and accessories that are "in" at the moment - dress for yourself!

You may be dressed well, but there's one last thing you can do to look even better: never underestimate the power of a smile. Smile, and it will make you look even better. It will also give you the feeling that everything or anything that you wear is stunningly beautiful and if you look positive, you will be more attractive to others as well.

Be yourself, and never let anybody make you feel that you are not beautiful, inside and out. Just thinking positive and happy thoughts will bring out the beauty that will never fade.

What skin tone will emerald green compliment?

Emerald green will compliment all types of skin colors from dark tone, earth tone to light tones people. It looks especially good on people with an olive complexion, and fair-skinned people with both warm and cool tones.

What clothing color works with a warm skin tone?

The earthy colors of clothing work best for a warm skin tone. Choose clothes in brown, red, and green shades. Gray, navy, and ivory are also good to complement to this kind of skin type.

The color of your dress or top can definitely make or break your style. There is a gray area in between that of a fashion victim and a glamorous diva. You just need to know what clothing colors compliment your skin tone.

For instance, if you happen to be gifted with a warm skin tone, you will look fabulous in earthy colors and soft or subtle palettes such as brown, orange, peach, green, gold, ivory, aqua, and yellow. You should think twice though before wearing any clothing with hues of black, white or other dark colors that may prove to be unflattering to your skin tone.

What is the best fabric color for an olive complexion?

Having an color:grey'>olive complexion is lucky, because it means you can wear all kinds color:grey'>of colors. The best color for olive skin, though, is pink, because it adds more glow to the person. Shades of red and colors in the orange family are also good options.

The olive complexion categorically belongs to "cool" surface tone under the "Winter" season. Most Asians belong in this particular category. Popular celebrities that have olive skin tone are Lucy Liu, Demi Moore, and Seal; to name a few. The perfect fabric color picks to complement olive complexion would be playing around the shades of black, white, blue, green, taupe, and purple.

Clothing colors to wear that compliment blush skin, brown eyes & reddish brown hair?

If you have true auburn, red, or copper hair, you probably have yellowish, ivory, or golden undertones to your skin. If you have one of these hair colors, you might have green, hazel or brown eyes. For this kind of combination, natural and earth tones suit you best. Brown, dark and olive green, red, orange, gold, and beige look good on you. Purple, navy, bright red, pink, gray, and taupe will probably not complement your overall features.

The universal color, black, will make your face look sallow. To wear black properly, you should pair it with one of the aforementioned colors above. Your face will glow if you wear a black dress with a shawl or a jacket in one of the colors above.

See more questions like this: What tones in neutrals and browns can I wear ? fairly light skin, green eyes light hair color?

Would a jade color look nice on brown skin?

It has been said that brown skin perfectly blends with bright colors, such as yellow, peach, silver, coral, gold and other jewel tones. These colors look beautiful on a brown skin tone. Jade color is one of the jewel tones and suits the brown skin tone. Nevertheless, it still depends on how deep your brown skin tone is. If you have a medium-brown skin tone, then jewel tones are perfect for you. If you have deep brown skin, stick with bright colors and avoid dark hues, like brown. In fact, bright colors make you stand out if you have brown skin.

What colors of material compliment silver?

Almost color:grey'>color:grey'>anything can go with silver. If you want to achieve a frosted look, you can try white or blue. Combining maroon or purple with silver will help you achieve a regal look. If you're shooting for retro, then try silver with orange or yellow.

Silver goes very well with anything, as long as you maintain it all throughout. For example, if you are using a silver necklace, do not use a golden earrings or bracelet. Silver won't look right paired with different color accessories.

Also, it may not look as attractive when you pair it up with anything gray in color, since it will look too monochromatic.

How to check skin undertone using left or right hand?

Your hands or wrists have visible veins. If yours are not very visible, find a spot on your body where you can easily see your veins. If they are blue, you have a cool skin undertone. If they're green, then you have a warm skin undertone.

While a person's skin surface tone may change due to some environmental factors like the weather, your skin undertone or the skin tone that lies right beneath the surface tone will remain constant. Skin undertones are identified as the following:

• Warm undertones - Described to have peachy or golden yellow skin undertones.
• Cool undertones - Gravitate towards the bluish, red, and pink skin undertones.

If you seem to have a combination of the two, you may have a neutral undertone. Make sure you use natural lighting to check, as fluorescent and other types of lights can give things a different colored hue.

Is pumpkin color good for cool tones?

Yes, pumpkin color will go very well with cool tones. You can partner it with a dark color like black, which will make your skin tone look brighter.

Cobalt blue suits which complexion?

All complexions will work with cobalt blue since it is a light color and will show or project better than any other darker color.

===What to wear to a modeling interview?=== [Does this really belong here?]

Use your skin and eye color to determine the color of the dress (or shirt) you should wear. You can add some accessories like a necklace, earrings, bracelet, or ring (the colors of the accessories should match too!). If you are a woman, high heeled shoes look great, as long as you match the shoe's color to your clothes or accessories.

Lastly, you need confidence!

If you like how you dress up daily (clothes that you are comfortable with) like a shirt and pants with simple but nice shoes, you can also wear that to a modeling interview, because it represents yourself. If you wear a light color of shirt and pants, wear a dark color of shoes and accessories. If you wear a dark shirt and pants, wear a light color for shoes and accessories.

From what I've read I am kind of neutral but definitely leaning towards the cool toned category. I've got Mediterranean olive toned skin and I look amazing in purples, burgundies, navies, electric blues, Bordeaux etc. I don't really like warm toned colors, even though I don't look bad in them. However, I would like to ask if I would look good in olive toned clothes. What do you think?

I am asking because I want to buy a coat that is this color but I'm indecisive about it

Olive-toned clothing can look good on olive-toned skin, but make sure that it's darker or lighter than your skin tone. If you're a dark shade of olive, this isn't that much of a concern. If the tone matches your skin, it might appear to blend with and wash out your skin color. It's best to stick with a much lighter or darker shade of brown or gray or to only choose one olive-colored article of clothing, such as a jacket or pants, and coordinate it with something white, charcoal, deep brown or black.

What colors are safe to combine with a pink blazer?

Black jeans and a pink blazer, what can I team this with for a first date? I am 46 years old, Dark skin tone.

White is the safest bet for pairing with a pink blazer and black jeans. It will really make your skin color pop. If the blazer is a bright pink color, it would also look good with light gray.

Can I wear a melon/orange maxi dress if I am fair/porcelain with pink undertones (no yellow in my skin). My hair is naturally "dirty blonde/tan" but I have it colored a deeper/richer brown so I don't appear so washed out. My eyes are olive green if that matters? They offer this beautiful maxi in a deep blue (but all my maxis are blue). I prefer the blue, but my husband liked the melon which is a sunset orange shade. Thank you?

I am concerned that I will appear washed out since I need vibrant colors to look alive such as jewel tones~cobalt blue, bright green, red, black, etc. I prefer this dress in "twilight blue" which is gorgeous, but I already own 2 navy maxi dresses, and 2 medium blue maxis. I was trying to be different with the "melon." It does not seem to be a pale melon. Here is the link if you have time to see both colors? http://www.qvc.com/G.I.L.I.-Sleeveless-Asymmetric-Hem-Knit-Dress-with-V-neck.product.A266220.html?orderId=272507309&itemId=221340436&sc=CRT

Since you do have some warmth from olive green eyes and a rich brown hair color, it might be possible for you to look good in a melon colored dress. It's best to choose melon shades that are on the pinker side, but you can make it work for you by adding a touch of bronzer or a soft pinky-peach lip and cheek color to keep it from washing you out.

Can some earthy colours suit a cool undertone skin type?

I definitely have a cool undertone to my skin, eyes and mouth. My skin is quite pale, my eyes a muted light blue-grey-green and mouth a cool pinky blue color. My natural hair is a medium auburn which looks brown and has only a noticeable red tint visible in sunshine. With my present colouring I definitely suit subtle, medium to medium-deep tones and earthy brown colours. I prefer to wear taupe and olives - anything muted and not striking. However l'm considering dyeing my hair a cool medium brown (which I've never done before). I purposely picked what I considered cooler earthy colours such as taupe instead of warmer caramel but since researching complimentary colours found that they too fall into the warmer category. Is it possible for me to change my hair color to a cooler color and still wear the earthy browns and greens I prefer or would I have to completely change the colours I wear to suit a different undertone. If I dye my hair a neutral brown instead would I be able to remain with my favourite colours or could you suggest a warmer brown so I'm less red and more brunette - maybe chestnut.

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