How to determine whether you have a warm or cold appearance. Various tests to determine your appearance color type. Dark - High Contrast

The first thing a makeup artist determines when looking at a new face is whether the skin type is “warm” or “cold,” since it is this factor that determines the future makeup.

Warm peach or cool rose?

Experts divide all people into two types - “warm” and “cold”. Warm types have peachy or yellowish undertones in their skin, and warm, bright colors make their faces sparkle. “Cool” types have skin with a pinkish or bluish undertone, which is most effectively emphasized by cold, icy colors. Using the pink and orange cards you received as a gift with this issue, take our color test (below) to determine whether you're a warm peach or a cool rose.

Test with cards "Your true colors"

1. Stand in front of a mirror and place first an orange and then a pink card on your face just below your chin.

2. The “right” color will illuminate the face. The “wrong” color will make the skin dry and uneven.

3. If the color orange suits you, you are a “warm peach”, and if pink, you are a “cold rose”

Check the result:

Gold jewelry gives a pleasant shimmer to warm skin, but silver suits cold skin better. Look at the inside of your wrist: “warm” people have greenish veins, while “cold” people have blue veins.

"Cold Roses"

So you're a "cool" type, but what type - light, medium or dark? It depends on the color of your skin, hair and eyes.

COLD LIGHT

Representatives cold light such as light brown, ash or blond hair. The eyes are light blue, bluish-gray or pale green. The skin is usually milky white.

Perfect colors The eyes will sparkle with pale gray, sky blue and lilac colors. Blush in soft pink tones will shine on the cheeks, and it is better to apply pale pink gloss on the lips.
Bad colors Apricot and golden shadows will make cold eyes look red and tired.

COLD MEDIUM

Representatives cold average type have brown or light brown hair with a medium to dark shade. Their eyes are usually brown or blue, sometimes interspersed with gray or green. The skin is milky white, often with a blush.
Perfect colors Blue-gray, cool taupe colors will add brightness to the eyes, and cheeks will bloom with ash-pink blush.
Bad colors Pale green tones make the skin look unhealthy.

COLD DARK

Business card cold dark type - dark brown or jet black hair. Eyes bright blue, cold gray, pale green.

Perfect colors Black, cool purple and blue shadows will make the look fatal, and blush in deep pink tones, as well as lipsticks in cool red and wine shades, look great.
Bad colors Pearlescent shades of pastel peach tones will make cold eyes watery, and against the background of terracotta color on the lips and cheeks, the skin will appear reddish.

"Warm Peaches"

Warm Peaches can be light, medium or dark. They range from reddish blondes to dark-skinned beauties.

WARM LIGHT

TO warm light types include reddish and golden blondes, as well as auburn beauties. Their eyes are hazelnut-colored, green or bluish-green, and their skin is often freckled.

Perfect colors Soft shades of champagne, ivory, honey and pale greens are best on the eyelids, while an orange-pink blush will bring the cheeks back to life.
Bad colors A black color that should not be applied thickly to the eyelids. Bright pink tones will look defiant.

WARM MEDIUM

Red-haired classic version warm medium type of appearance. Warm, average women have green, brown, hazel, or bluish-green eyes.
Perfect colors Shades of dull gold, clay brown and olive green will perfectly highlight the eyes. Coral and golden brown look flattering on the lips.
Bad colors Pure whites and light shades, as well as cool purples, will make your eyes look puffy and tired.

WARM DARK

Women warm dark type distinguishes chestnut, black and mahogany hair in combination with brown, hazel or green eyes.

Perfect colors Bronze, warm chocolate and shades of lush foliage look luxurious on the eyes. Dark terracotta blush will perfectly refresh your cheekbones, and fiery red lipstick will look spectacular on your lips. Bad colors Cool pink tones are more likely to stand out as a separate detail on the face than to lie harmoniously on the lips and cheeks.

Ideal and bad colors

The right colors will make your eyes sparkle and your skin appear clearer, while the wrong colors will make your eyes look dull and your skin uneven.

Correct warm

Lily is a warm, dark type and looks great with brown shades on her eyes and cheekbones.

Wrong warm

Against the backdrop of pastel shadows, Lilia's brown eyes appear swollen.

Proper cold

Olga radiates beauty thanks to her soft pink blush.

Wrong cold

Olga's scarlet lips look defiant, and her eyes are inflamed due to bronze shadows.

Question answer

Neither warm nor cold?

Both orange and pink colors look equally good on my skin, and all my friends agree. What does this mean?

You belong to the lucky ones who are classified as a neutral type; almost all colors suit you, but with the condition that they are soft and muted. Jennifer Aniston (below), Cindy Crawford and Kate Moss are all in the neutral group.

Muted blue and greenish shades, eggplant and charcoal gray tones, taupe and cream will suit you. Saturated black and white colors are not for you.

“Soft plum, pine, stone gray, deep gray and cream colors are great for neutrals.”

What is a color type?

A color type is the set of shades that nature has awarded you. There are 4 color types in total, which conveniently fit into the season. Each season has its own palette. A person can belong to only one color type, that is, he belongs to either WINTER or SPRING, or AUTUMN, or SUMMER.

How are colors distinguished?

Colors are separated by temperature

Colors are separated by saturation

How to determine your color type?

There are 2 ways. 1st is an experiment with rags and 2nd is a search for matching signs. I defined myself by the 2nd.

I want to immediately make it easier for everyone to self-determinate themselves. Most Russian women are SUMMER by color type.

When I was trying to define myself, I mistakenly believed that I was SPRING.

So you need:

1. Put your hair in a ponytail
2. Lighting - daylight from the window
3. Take fabrics:

• light orange or light - blue or light green- Spring
• fuchsia or black or snow white - Winter
• light pink or lilac or pale blue- Summer
• brown or brick or dark green - Autumn

Apply it to your face and try to determine which ones do not fit exactly. If the colors are yours, then the face will be fresh, rested, if not yours, the face will be tired, every wrinkle will be visible, and if there is a pimple or redness, then they will appear even larger and even brighter.

Hair is determined only by natural hair, not dyed hair; if dyed, try to remember your native color.

Signs

Spring - warm, light, pure (saturation) color type -freshness and cleanliness

This color type is rare for Russia. Often confused with the Summer and Autumn color type. Swedes, Dutch, Germans, Scandinavians

General description:

skin and lips: transparent, thin, with a warm soft golden or peach undertone, the blush is a subtle milky pink. The lips have a warm natural red color, which is fundamentally different from the soft bluish cold color of the lips of summer and winter.

freckles: Sometimes they are not gray like Leta’s, but golden or golden brown.

hair: more often light: linen, honey, golden brown, sand. As children they were all blond. With age, hair darkens, but does not lose its golden tint. Even if the hair is dark-dark brown, it still has a reddish-golden tint, not only in the sun, but also in the light of a lamp.

eye color: the most diverse: from blue, gray to golden brown. There are practically no dark or pronounced green shades.

Tan: On very fair skin, the tan will have a red tint. The middle one has a golden bronze color.

There are several varieties of Spring:

Warm - can be confused with Autumn.

The main difference between these types is the color of their skin and hair.

Spring type hair does not come any darker than honey blonde, and its shade is golden, without a reddish copper tint.

Spring is never sparsely saturated, dull, calmly blond, it is always a radiant, intensely golden appearance. Spring, unlike autumn, tans easily and blushes easily. Autumn seems a little pale compared to spring; people of the autumn type do not have a blush on their cheeks.

To finally make sure that you are spring, you can do a color test - apricot versus red-brown. Dark brown, perfect for autumn, is too dark for spring. Apricot, on the contrary, well emphasizes the radiance of spring, but is too primitive for autumn, it seems vulgar.

Light - in The exterior features a mix of warm and cool shades, so you can use both spring and summer colors.

The word “light” is key for you when choosing colors.

Very dark colors make you unhappy and tortured.

Bright - a mixture of Spring and Winter.

Both types are characterized by contrasting appearance (expressive colors of eyes, skin, hair) and brightness. The difference between Bright Spring and Winter is that any type of spring is always warm (but compared to Warm Spring, Bright Spring is more neutral), and Winter is always cold. Bright Spring's hair, eye and skin colors are always lighter than Winter's.

Any colors you use should be bright and clean, but you should avoid dark, pale and muted colors because... they completely extinguish your natural “aliveness”.

Autumn - dark, warm, muted color type- luxury and nobility

This color type is often confused with Winter.

skin and lips: The complexion is quite intense and distinctly warm. It has a peachy hue and golden highlight. Unlike the spring color type, the skin does not look transparent and the blush rarely touches the cheeks.

freckles: red, can cover the entire body

hair: red, golden-red, copper, golden-copper, chestnut-red. Even dark hair will have a sufficient red tint.

eye color:it can be icy blue, bright blue, emerald green, transparent light green, golden brown with yellowish specks.

Tan: doesn't tan well.

Autumn also has several varieties:

Warm - Such “warm” girls look best in colors typical of autumn - brown colors of fallen leaves, yellow and red, pumpkin-orange, fragrant cinnamon. Rich and warm colors are in perfect harmony with the natural golden coloring of their owner.

It is best to choose medium-toned colors, not too dark, but not too light.

Warm Autumn sometimes overlaps with the Warm Spring color type, so it is allowed to use colors from the palette of this related color type.

Deep - RICH, VIBRANT

*rich (dark) eye and hair color

* skin from light to dark

This type is often confused with Winter

The deepest and most pronounced autumn shades are suitable for a rich Autumn - dark chocolate, tomato red, green shade of fir needles. These colors will emphasize the brightness of this type. It is very good to combine such deep colors with bright ones for contrast. Avoid light pastel shades and light earth tones, they will dull your natural depth. Saturated Autumn is Autumn turning into Winter, it is less bright than Warm Autumn. Remember the month of November in nature - there is no longer the former diversity of shades.

Soft is a mixture of Autumn and Summer types.

This type is characterized by a combination of warm and cold tones in appearance.

*eyes are quite light, with a “soft” tint, sometimes interspersed with gray

*skin with a slight cold undertone. It is often difficult to determine which type it belongs to - warm or cold

*hair is blond or brown"mouse" shades

For Soft Autumn, the softest autumn shades are also suitable. They should not use saturated colors, as for Warm Autumn, or as deep as for Saturated, due to the fact that they will contrast too much with the muted color scheme of this type.

The color range offered by Soft Autumn is quite soft and neutral, you can wear both soft warm and soft cool shades. Avoid flashy colors!

Winter - dark, cold color type -clarity and contrast

skin and lips: mostly light, pale, clean; rarely - dark, olive-colored. The blush is subtle pink, cool, lips are cool pink or with an olive tint

freckles: almost not

hair: black, brown with a silver or blue tint; very rarely - white (in combination with dark eyes, dark skin)

eye color: always clear, rich: black, dark brown, dark blue, light cold green, emerald, violet, gray-blue, amber. A sharp contrast between the iris and the white (white with a bluish “backlight”). Eyebrows and eyelashes black

Tan:rarely good, but for southern girls - olive color

Several varieties of Winter:

Cold - The main rule for this type is not to use warm colors!

Cool colors that highlight the beauty of Cold Winter should be rich, not pastel. For example, pale blue and light lavender will look faded against such a bright appearance.

The peculiarity of this type of Winter is that many of its representatives at a young age were closer to the Deep Winter type, and with age, the natural shades of skin, hair, and eyes became colder and softer.

This type is closest in color to Cold Summer. Therefore, you can safely use the color palette recommended for this related color type - raspberry, plum, rich and cool pink. These same colors are recommended for use in makeup.

Deep - SATURATE

*Saturated (dark) hair shade

*Rich (expressive, juicy) eye shade

*Skin can be very light or dark

There are warm shades in appearance, this is especially true for skin tone

The rich natural color scheme of this type allows you to safely wear active and pure colors, such as scarlet, rich blue, and pure neutral colors - rich charcoal gray, black and white.

People belonging to the Winter color type are among those few who are adorned with the color black.

Deep Winter is a mixture of Fall and Winter, so the deepest fall colors (dark chocolate, dark green) will also suit this color type.

Bright - CLEAN

*bright, sparkling eyes - blue, hazel, green

*snow-white whites of eyes

* light skin, with a slight warm tint

*hair - dark brown or black

Bright Winter looks best in outfits consisting of items in pure and bright contrasting colors. For example, combining snow-white with dark blue. Black suits this type; it will look especially advantageous in combination with bright colors.

You can afford the most daring, “sparkling” colors - ruby ​​red, emerald green, sapphire blue.

Bright Winter is Winter turning into Spring, so you can safely indulge in such bold spring shades as bright coral and cool yellow.

“I have a great wardrobe. I know perfectly well what suits me. Models, styles, colors - I select everything for myself. But individually, things look perfect, and as a set, it seems like everything should be combined, but on me everything is wrong: it’s faded, strange shades appear, and expensive things look cheap and tasteless. I can’t understand what’s happening!”

Sound familiar? And the reason is that many of us do not know our own color type.

Color type. A certain type of appearance, for which ideally matching shades and colors are selected. This is the color given to everyone at birth by nature itself.

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Let's start making our own discoveries

Nowadays the color type of appearance test according to the seasons is very popular. Such a clear theory of character gradation as seasonal very often gives erroneous results. Why is that?

Dividing a person into a cold or warm color type is not entirely correct. There are a lot of people with a neutral type, which can easily fit into several seasonal color types at once.

The determination of the color type by the directional method (according to the theory of Alfred Munsel) is now confidently taking first place. There is a differentiation of the human type into such characteristics as:

• Depth(color saturation. Light-dark)
• Undertone(temperature shades. Warm-cold)
• Brightness(purity of color. Bright-muted)

For each person, three characteristics are selected. Among them, dominant, secondary, and tertiary are identified. This method allows you to determine your only, unique color combination. Find a real guiding star into the world of the color intended for you by nature.

Let's start research

How to conduct a color type test at home. So, first of all we need light. Not evening, artificial electric, but natural, dissipative, daytime. The ideal place would be near a north-facing window. A large mirror and you. Without makeup, with thoroughly washed hair (the color of clean curls is lighter).

Step 1: Depth

Representatives of the dark color type have matte, darkish skin, richly colored hair and eyes. The eyes are brighter and stand out against the background of the entire face. Prominent representatives Penelope Cruz, Julia Roberts, Natalie Portman.

Light representatives have a soft, neutral appearance. Eyes of medium intensity, radiant. Vivid examples of this type are Diane Kruger, Sharon Stone, Gwyneth Paltrow.

Step 2. Undertone

Cold people do not have any hints of warmth in their appearance. Hair, skin, eyes are saturated with cool, gray and blue and undertones. They lack copper and gold shades. Often their faces are pale. Prominent representatives of Carmen Kass, Lauren Graham, Lynda Carter.

Warm types have warm undertones in their appearance (eyes, skin, hair), without a hint of a cold tint. Prominent representatives Julianne Moore, Nicole Kidman, Jessica Chastain.

Step 3: Brightness

A bright color type allows you to wear two bright contrasting colors in clothes. Externally, they differ precisely in contrast, brightness, and radiance. Very often they have glowing light eyes with the whites of icy blue or pure white. And the skin can be of different shades (cold, warm). Prominent representatives Dita von Teese, Courteney Cox, Megan Fox.

Muted ones create a soft impression, they have no contrast between the color of hair, eyes and skin. Their appearance ranges from medium-dark to medium-light shades. They do not have radiant eyes (they are not very dark, deep, soft). They have mixed characteristics (dark hair + light eyes, cold skin + warm eyes). Prominent representatives of Drew Barrymore, Jessica Simpson, Ashley Olsen.

So, we have decided on the dominant characteristic of our color type. Now, let's conduct a test on how to determine the color type of appearance for cold-warmth. There are three such methods (veins, precious metals and handkerchiefs). Let's look at each one separately.

Vein test

Carefully examine the hand from the inside (where it never tans). We need to understand the color of the veins on the elbow and wrist.

• The veins are blue, with a greenish tint. Your type is warm or neutral-warm.
• The color of the veins is clearly cold, blue. Your type is cold or neutral-cold.
• Blue and green (one on the elbow, another on the wrist). You are a neutral type.

This is not to say that this test is suitable for all people. For those who have thick, dark skin, it is difficult to see the color of the veins. You can try differently.

Decoration test

It can be carried out in two ways. For both, you will need a pair of gold and silver jewelry. You need to test in natural light.

• Option 1. Without makeup, sit in front of the mirror and, in natural light, bring gold, then silver, to your face. The metal that doesn't suit you won't fit into the whole picture of your appearance.
• Option 2. Place gold and silver jewelry on your hand and view them against a neutral background. Which decoration looks more harmonious?

Gold suits you - you are a warm type

Silver suits you - cold

If it seems that none of the metals suits you or, on the contrary, both suit you, you are a neutral type.

Determination of color type using the “Handkerchiefs” test

The test for determining the color type of appearance using scarves is one of the simplest. We need two handkerchiefs of warm pink and cool pink colors. Apply them to your face one by one. If the color does not suit you, a grayish shadow will appear on the skin of your face, all imperfections will appear, and even a not entirely healthy blush will visually appear.

Warm pink suits you - your type is warm or neutral-warm.

Cool pink suits you - you are a cold or neutral-cold type

Draping (autumn-spring)

Draping is used by almost all image makers. We need to arm ourselves with colorful fabrics that we will apply to our face (again, without makeup).

How to do it correctly:

• Daylight
• Sit in front of a light source
• There should be a neutral background behind
• If you have dyed hair, cover it with a white scarf.
• Apply pieces of fabric to your face one by one and watch his reaction.

Approximate colors for a test to determine the color type of appearance

Depth: light-dark

Undertone: cool-warm

Cosmetics manufacturers and makeup artists distinguish between seven basic skin tones. Almost like the seven colors of the rainbow! This:

Very pale
- Pale (Fair)
- Medium
- Olive
- Dark (Dusky)
- Tanned (Tan)
- Dark

It is equally important to know not only your shade, but also your undertone, or subtone. Before we move directly to the tests, we should decide what skin undertone is.

What is skin undertone? No matter what color your skin is, it also has an undertone: warm or cool. There are three types of undertones:

Warm,
- cold,
- neutral (or medium).

Warm skin tone- This is skin close to a yellow tint. At the same time, it doesn’t matter whether the skin is light or dark. For example, the skin of Kim Kardashian and Ashley Olsen can be classified as warm tones.

Cold- This is bluish or pink skin. Celebrities such as Angelina Jolie, Anne Hathaway, singer Adele, and Liv Tyler have cool skin tones.

Neutral shade– not so common, this is skin that is difficult to classify as warm or cool undertone, that is, yellow, bluish and pink to the same extent.

Most have a warm skin tone, but Western women have skin that is close to cold. Indians have warm and neutral undertones, South Asians (Chinese, Koreans) have yellow skin with warm undertones, African skin can be either warm or cold. Americans, Germans, Russians, and Norwegians generally have a cool skin tone, while Greeks, Italians and Spaniards have warm skin tones.

The theory is over, let's move on to practice, actually, to tests.

TEST 1. Check the veins

Take a close look at your wrist veins. Determine their color:
- Blue veins mean you have a cool skin tone
- Green veins – warm skin tone
- Both blue and green veins mean you have a rare, neutral skin tone.

TEST 2. Sheet of paper

It is often difficult to determine your skin tone, because bright hair is next to your face, jewelry reflects reflections on your skin, and your skin is set off by colored clothes. Therefore, a simple method has been invented - you need to compare your skin with pure white color.

As a standard of whiteness, we take an A4 sheet of good paper, pure white in color and without texture (flat and smooth). We look at ourselves in the mirror, and hold a piece of paper next to our face. Naturally, you must be without makeup during the test. Against the background of white paper, it is quite easy to immediately understand whether the skin is warm or cold. Check it out, it really works!

TEST 3. Jewelry test

For this test you need a lot of jewelry - gold (or gold-like) and silver. Put on as much jewelry as possible at the same time. And see which ones look better on you. Which metal does your face best harmonize with:

If it is gold jewelry, then you have warm skin. That is why the largest consumers of gold jewelry are Indian and Chinese women, but silver jewelry and items made of white gold and platinum are more popular among European women.

If your skin looks better with white metal jewelry, then you have a cool skin tone.

If both silver looks equally good on you, you have neutral skin. You are lucky with the choice of jewelry - you can safely buy any.

TEST 4. With fabric

You need bleached fabric and old white fabric (it is not pure white, a little yellowish-grayish). Throw both fabrics over your shoulders: on each shoulder - different fabrics. Look in the mirror. What fabric makes your skin bright? Which color makes your skin stand out the most?
- If it is a snow-white fabric, then you have a cool skin tone
- If you are better set off by a not very white fabric, then you have a warm skin tone. Although white color looks good on any skin, it makes warm skin look somewhat faded and colorless.

TEST 5. Ears

This test is difficult to do on your own; you need either a good mirror or an attentive assistant. Because you need to check the color of the skin behind the ears. If the skin behind the ears is warm, close to a yellow tint, then the whole face can be classified as a warm type. If the skin behind the ears is light and pink or bluish, then your type is cold.

Now it will be easier for you to determine your color type, which means choosing lipstick, eye shadow, and hair color.

Probably, each of us at least once in our lives has encountered the fact that a new blouse (or, for example, lipstick) of one tone enlivens the face, making the eyes and skin glow, while others - almost the same, only a slightly different shade - give a tired look. look, make your eyes look dull and highlight the wrinkles that came from nowhere?

Here's the thing: the first color perfectly matches your skin tone, highlighting its shade, and the second simply does not match its undertone.

Why does this happen? Chances are you have a general idea, but don't really understand the difference between a surface shade and an undertone? You are not alone here. When it comes to fashion and beauty, the expressions “cool shades” or “warm shades” can easily be called one of the key concepts. In fact, we constantly hear that in order to emphasize our attractiveness, we need to determine which category we belong to. However, how to do this is not entirely clear.

First, you need to understand that your skin's surface tone is its base color or shade (ivory, light, medium, tan, dark, etc.) But your skin's undertone is the color "under the skin." Regardless of your skin color, your undertone may be:

• Cold (pink, red or bluish).
• Warm (yellow, peach, golden).
• Neutral (mixing cold and warm undertones).

A common misconception: it is believed that fair skin and warm undertones are incompatible concepts. In fact, many fair-skinned women have warm undertones (Nicole Kidman is one of them!), while cool undertones are often characteristic of dark-skinned girls (supermodel Alek Wek has a cool skin tone).

So how do you determine which category you fall into? Read on!

Jewelry test

What do you think: gold or silver jewelry suits you better (the question is not what you like best, but what actually gives your skin a glow, with which jewelry it looks fresher and healthier). Typically, girls with cool skin tones go for jewelry made of silver and platinum, while warm skin harmonizes better with gold.

Check your veins

Roll up your sleeves and look at the veins on the inside of your wrist. If their color is closer to blue, your skin most likely has a cool undertone. If the veins appear greenish, you are a “warm-skinned” creature. In reality, of course, veins cannot be green - they appear that way because you look at them through yellowish skin (yellow + blue = green).

Neutral test

Think about which neutral colors complement your beauty. Does your skin, eyes, and overall face look better with clean whites and blacks, or with ivory, off-whites, and browns? If the first statement is true, then you most likely have a cool undertone, and in the second case, you have a warm undertone.

Eye and hair color

Your natural hair and eye color can help you determine your color type.

Typically, people with cool skin tones have blue, gray or green eyes, and blond, brown or black hair has a bluish, silver, purple or ash tint.

And, on the contrary: warm-skinned women usually boast eyes of amber, brown or hazel, and hair has a golden, reddish, reddish, or yellowish tint (wheat blondes, owners of copper and chestnut manes and black with a reddish tint are precisely the warm type).

Test by the sun

When exposed to sunlight, does your skin turn golden brown or immediately burn and turn pink? In the first case, you are a warm type, and skin of cool tones usually burns (light-skinned girls simply burn in the sun, and not too light skin of cool tones first burns and then tans).

Find your celebrity

Famous owners of cool skin tones: January Jones, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway, Lucy Liu, Cara Delevingne, Cameron Diaz.

Celebrities with warm skin tones: Jennifer Lopez, Nicole Kidman, Jessica Alba, Rachel Bilson, Jennifer Anniston, Beyoncé.

Determine what colors suit you

Regardless of skin tone, certain colors suit each person better.

Warm-skinned girls usually suit various shades of yellow, orange, brown, yellow-green, ivory and warm tones of red.

Girls with cool undertones should pay attention to all shades of blue, green, pink, lilac, blue-green, purple and true blue-based red.

In order to get a more complete picture, we suggest checking the color chart above!