Color type "Summer": The ideal basic wardrobe for a medium-bright and cool color type. How to dress and paint the Summer color type: useful tips

You have probably heard such a thing as a color type. There are four of them, and each was named according to the time of year. Such concepts are often used by stylists, designers, makeup artists and hairdressers. Women's beauty is interesting and multifaceted. In order not to get confused in this variety and create a competent and stylish image, experts divided the color types into four main types: spring, summer, autumn and winter. Incorrect selection and combination of colors can provoke a faded, “tired” skin tone and dark circles under the eyes. Today we will talk about the summer color type and the colors of hair, makeup and clothes that suit it.

What does the summer color type look like

The summer color type is the most sunny and characteristic. This type is very common in Russia. How to correctly determine whether the appearance refers to the summer? Looking at the photo of the summer color type, you just need to compare your appearance to see if it fits the main features.

It is enough to know the main signs of a summer girl:

• Delicate, soft features.
• Gray, gray-blue, greenish, blue eyes.
• Delicate sensitive ivory skin, prone to blush and redness.
• In general, the skin has a clear pinkish undertone - and this is its main difference.
• : ash blond or ash chestnut.

The summer color type is cold and light.

What colors are suitable for the color type of summer in clothes

We make a test so as not to be mistaken:

1. Bring a soft pink handkerchief to your face. see if it refreshes your face.
2. And now - an orange handkerchief. Well, which is better or worse?

If you are a summer type, then your face will freshen up with pink, and redhead will be completely “out of character”.

Summer-type girls should pay attention to smoky, light shades. For example, blue, lemon, pink, purple, lilac, gray. A fly girl should avoid flashy shades that will make her appearance less expressive. A heavy monochrome range will make the image heavy and gloomy.

"Summer" is afraid of rich black, acid orange, brick and inexpressive warm shades. For lovers of black, designers recommend replacing this shade with dark chocolate or blue.

Hair coloring for summer

"You can change your life by changing your hairstyle." This phrase also applies to girls of the summer type. How to choose the right hair color that will decorate the summer?

Rule number 1. Summer girls should avoid extravagant shades of hair. Against their background, expressive appearance will be lost. Red, burgundy and mahogany are definitely not for you.

Rule number 2. Red shades should be excluded from use. It is they who are the source of the dull complexion and grayness of the skin for the summer color type. And in general, any golden hair colors do not suit you. They are warm, so they come into dissonance with a cold skin tone.

Rule number 4. Cold shades or light brown most favorably emphasize the appearance of such a girl.

The most flying hair colors:

1. Ash blonde.
2. Cold chestnut - for those who want darker.
3. - trendy color.
4. - for brave girls.
5. Lilac is trendy.

Makeup for girls summer

Makeup color type-summer should not contradict the basic rules in the selection of colors. Warm golden, brown, copper shades should be excluded.

• When choosing a palette of shadows, you should pay attention to the cold shades of blue, green, blue, purple, gray. Add white and neutral beige, cool pink.
• We must not forget about the base for makeup. It is she who is able to extend the durability of cosmetics and give the face a radiant look. For a cold type, pinkish, Ivory, olive tint of the base is excellent. It fights redness and evens out skin tone. And yellow or shades with a tan effect, on the contrary, will give dullness and grayness.
• When choosing powder and blush, you should pay attention to light and non-greasy textures. For girls with thin and sensitive skin cream blush is perfect.
• Powder should be chosen according to the requirements of the skin. Mineral loose product will add shine and set makeup, while pressed powder with a mattifying effect will remove excess oil.
• The best lipsticks are soft pink, in general - all cold and neutral shades of pink. To exit - raspberry and fuchsia.

This is the most gentle, softest and, at the same time, the most common color type in our latitude.
The shades of summer are always muted, as if in a haze, unobtrusive, sweet and modest. In a word, delicate.

So, let's try to understand the color characteristics of the summer color type.
Eyes: gray-blue, greenish, hazel, steel gray, blue.
Leather: pinkish beige, light olive, ivory.
Hair: ash chestnut, medium blond, light blond, grayish.
The best colors for "summer" are cool, matte, delicate, restrained. The main tone is smoky blue, in its frame the natural tenderness of “summer” is especially manifested. Complementary colors: moon yellow, rosewood, phlox (smoky rose red).

In “its own” colors, “summer” looks blooming: the skin gets rid of the redness that is characteristic of “summer” due to closely spaced vessels on the face, the color evens out, the look becomes deeper and more piercing, the hair acquires a pleasing tint to the eye.

In “foreign” colors, “summer” (in the picture - in autumn) fades significantly, “is lost”, the contour of the face becomes heavy, the eyes look tired, the hair acquires a faded yellow tint.
Girls of the “summer” color type should always remember that their gamma is a cold, muted palette. Then even without makeup you can look fresh!

Summer color type - colors in clothes

For owners of summer, there will be such shades as: milky white, gray-blue, smoky brown, moonlight yellow, wine red, lingonberry, lilac, mint green, etc.

And also remember that orange, deep black and all body colors in clothes are contraindicated for the summer color type. Try to replace the black color with dark gray, dark blue, the color of dark chocolate. Below is a table of shades corresponding to the Summer color type.

Color type Summer - hair color

In choosing a hair color, girls of this color type need to follow the same rules as with the choice of clothing color. Avoid red shades. Red hair color will spoil the complexion of the "summer". "Summer" girl with red hair looks sickly. The sparkle in the eyes disappears. The skin acquires a grayish-yellow undertone. Wrinkles deepen.
Look at the examples: 1 and 2 pictures - "summer" in red shades; 3 and 4 - "summer" in its natural shades.

The result, as they say, on the face! Thus, do not try to change your hair color to a radically opposite one. Nature has harmoniously created your image, you should not argue with it. And if you want an update, then just try coloring lighter or darker by 1 tone of your original shade. And be sure to consider the most important characteristic of color - warm and cold color.
The Summer color type is a cold color type, so only cold shades of hair are suitable for it: light brown, ash-blond, ash chestnut, ash blond, etc.

A couple more examples of successful and unsuccessful hair color choices.

Makeup for the Summer color type

After a competent selection of hair color and clothing color for the summer color type, it was the turn of the final stage - makeup. For makeup, as for all other components of the image for the "summer", all the same basic characteristics of shades are used: cold, icy, calm. Of particular note, red, warm brown, golden yellow colors are completely absent.

Basic tone

For "summer" always choose a foundation with an olive tint. Why olive and not peach or pink? This is where the color property comes into play. I will tell you one secret. Green neutralizes red. This is easy to check. Take paints and paper. Draw a line first with red paint, and then over green. You will see that the combination of these two colors gave gray. Why am I explaining this? The Summer color type has one important feature. The skin of the "summer" is thin, and red capillaries are always present on it. Some have more, some have less. Sometimes there are representatives of Summer as a whole with a reddish tint of the face. So, to eliminate redness, you need to use a greenish (olive) shade of tone. Do not hesitate, when applying it, the face will not turn green, it will become light with an even dense natural color.

Avoid: overly pink, warm, golden, and especially self-tanners, which give the “summer” a sickly yellowish-orange tint.

When applying tone, remember that it should not "argue" with the color of the skin on the rest of the body. Such a difference in color is especially noticeable on the face and neck, when the face is “camouflaged”, and the neck remains as it is. It creates the effect of a mask on the face, and it looks pretty stupid.

Powder

Use colorless powder, and for evening make-up - with a shimmer effect.

Blush

When choosing blush, look again at the right colors for Summer. Use blush in cool pinks that don't overpower the color intensity of lipstick, and avoid brick reds, auburns, and corals.

Eyeshadow

To highlight the natural beauty your eyes, choose shades of pastel and simply cold shades: pale blue, silver gray, icy pink, lilac, smoky blue, gray green.

Mascara and eyeliner

In addition to black, you can safely use lilac, dark brown, dark blue mascara. Black eyeliner is best replaced with dark blue, dark brown, olive green, gray, purple.

Lipstick or lip gloss

The whole palette of pink shades is suitable for the summer color type for lips: berry, dusty rose, lilac-pink. And also more saturated: cherry, red wine color, watermelon pulp color.

Avoid warm browns, ripe tomato, orange shades.

If your appearance color type is Summer, surround your delicate beauty with the same delicate shades(photo below) that color summer itself: gray-green foliage of trees, gray-blue sky, silvery haze at dawn.

Determining your color type on your own is very difficult. Even professional image consultants use special tools, namely test scarves. The color type can also be determined from photographs, but only a professional can do this.

You can order service to determine your color type via the Internet.Write me at . For a consultation, I need some of your photos. Their number and format I will explain to you personally.

You can order a color consultation - the cost is 5500 rubles, which includes:

• color testing
• definition of color type
• drawing up a color palette
• recommendations for hair shades and wardrobe items, as well as a makeup palette
• principles of combining shades in clothes as a percentage based on one of the 16 appearance color types

Or you can order only by definition of your color type without additional characteristics and descriptions - the cost is 1000 rubles. This consultation is also conducted online.

Additional Information

Ekaterina Malyarova

The summer color type is the most common in Russia. This color type is unique in its own way. It can be simultaneously defined as the most common and the most diverse.

The photo shows Natalya Vodianova - a typical representative of the summer color type.

Skin tone is always the basis of color. In the case of summer, it is always a cold main tone. The skin of the summer color seems noble and fragile. She is quite thin.

There are three main options:

Very fair skin;
cold skin Pink colour, in which the vessels are translucent;
skin of a cold light beige tone.

If a summer woman has freckles, they are gray or ashy. Also, like spring, this color tans well. However, this is not a hard and fast rule.

Note: They have a rule: they do not test for a color type until more than two weeks have passed since the person returned from vacation. Because a tan, especially a fresh tan, makes the skin tone warmer.

summer hair color

As for the shade of the hair, there is also a fairly large scatter. Naturally, we are talking about natural given by nature a shade of hair that has not faded and is not obtained as a result of dyeing. Natural hair color in summer can vary in any shade of light brown, from light to dark blond.

Miranda Kerr - an example of a summer color type

Hair may not be very light, as, for example, Miranda Kerr, a contrasting summer with dark blond hair.

Cameron Diaz and Reese Witherspoon - summer hair color

In summer, the so-called "mouse" hair color is often found. Sometimes the owners of such hair themselves call their shade mouse and gray. It is a cold ash-blond, sometimes a gray-brown shade. It can be light or dark. It is summer women who dye their hair more often than others, because this way they look brighter and more spectacular.

Changing hair color can greatly transform a summer woman, add brightness and catchiness, which her appearance sometimes needs.

Natasha Poly - summer color type hair color

In the photo - the same girl, Natasha Poly, with her blond hair and dyed blonde.

Eyes in the color type of summer

The eyes of summer can be gray-blue, gray, dark blue, green-blue, brown (from light to quite dark), gray-green - there are a lot of options. Summer is the most different color type in its external expression.

The photo shows another example of a summer color type: blue eyes, ashy hair, bright skin.

In addition, a woman of the summer color type can have brown eyes of any tone, from light to almost black.

In the photo - an example of a representative of summer with brown eyes.

The summer color type has one more interesting feature: They don't look expressive enough without makeup. Therefore, the difference between the images of the same summer woman with and without makeup is very significant, perhaps the strongest among all color types. Especially summer changes the presence or absence of foundation.

In the photo: Cara Delevingne with and without makeup.

This feature makes the representatives of the summer color type the most in demand on the podium. This is due to the fact that, thanks to a certain neutrality of appearance, almost anyone can be made of them. What can not be achieved from brighter color types.

In the photo: Linda Evangelista and Sarah Jessica Parker are also vivid examples of summer color.

In the series "Sex and the City" Sarah Jessica Parker demonstrated almost all possible hair tricks available to representatives of the summer color type. She had rare highlights with highlights of just a few strands, and frequent highlights, and regrown roots in combination with lighter hair, and a darker blond shade. This is almost everything that can be done with summer hair.

Linda Evangelista is known as a chameleon model. No one changed looks and hairstyles so many times: she had long, short, medium hair in all possible colors. This is an amazing appearance that makes it possible to change.

Neither Julia Roberts nor Monica Belucci can be molded into any image - they are limited by the bright color of their appearance. A summer girl, depending on the color of her hair, makeup, costume, can change beyond recognition: she can be fatal, she can be thin and refined, she can be a woman-child, she can be anyone.

The image shows two bright representatives of the summer color type: Taylor Swift and Charlize Theron.

If the uniqueness of the spring color type was in magic, airiness, subtlety, naturalness, then the uniqueness of the summer color type is that its representatives are very feminine, sophisticated and diverse. Their neutrality in color gives ample opportunities for creating different images. Therefore, it is a sin to call summer girls gray mice.

Color type subtypes

Within each color type, four subtypes are distinguished: light, natural, bright and contrast. Belonging to a particular subtype is identified on the basis of three factors:

eye color;
skin tone;
hair color.

These three indicators determine the color of the exterior.

bright summer

You can talk about belonging to one or another subtype within the color type based on the color of the eyes, skin and hair. The light color includes representatives of any of the four color types (winter, summer, spring or autumn), in which two out of three indicators are light.

In the photo: Claudia Schiffer - bright summer.

The subtype takes into account the hair color that a person has on this moment and not the one given to him by nature. Thus, by changing the hair color, you can move to another subtype of your color type.

natural summer

They speak of natural coloring in cases where there are no special contrasts in a person’s appearance: eyes, skin, hair - nothing stands out sharply.

The photo below is a vivid example of a natural “summer”. There is nothing striking about her appearance: her skin is not very fair, her hair is not very dark, her eyes are not very dark and not very bright.

bright summer

Representatives of bright colors have one of the following indicators: eyes, skin, hair - stands out from the rest. For example, in the summer, bright blue or very dark brown eyes most often stand out, in the "autumn" - red hair.

Of course, natural summers can have blue eyes, but they are not so bright as to stand out from the rest of the appearance. For example, Natalia Vodianova does not have very bright eyes, while Cameron Diaz has bright ones.

Cameron Diaz is a very expressive example of a bright summer. When looking at this photo, it becomes quite clear what is meant when talking about a bright indicator. In the image of Cameron Diaz, the eyes stand out sharply, they are the first to attract attention.

Another example of a bright "summer" is Sarah Jessica Parker with her bright blue, piercing eyes.

Contrasting summer

In the appearance of a contrasting color, there is a double contrast. For example, the contrast between skin and eyes, the contrast between skin and hair, etc.

Miranda Kerr - a contrasting summer. She has fair skin, contrasting with her darker hair and fairly bright eyes.

Another representative of the contrasting summer color is Linda Evangelista.

Colors for the summer color type

Summer, like other color types, has its own shades that, more than others, can emphasize its beauty and sophistication.

Here is a summer color palette. These are muted, calm, gentle, bewitching, cold shades. These colors are cool, matte, delicate, discreet, restrained. However, they are quite expressive, they are only slightly diluted with gray, and this makes it seem as if they are in a light haze. They can not be called faded, but they are not flashy-bright, like the colors characteristic of winter.

Red color for the summer color type

When choosing a summer wardrobe, you should focus on the shades of berries and flowers characteristic of this season.

Summer is a cold color, so it is recommended to choose cold colors from the available palette for it. For example, in red and pink shades, the addition of blue is necessary. These are fuchsia, azalea, begonia, ash red, dusty, dusty pink, lingonberry, pink-purple.

These colors can be a little brighter or a little more dusty, but they are always colors with a bit of blue added or just pure red. Perfect options for "summer" will be transparent scarlet (that is, red without the addition of yellow), raspberry, and also the color of red wine.

But coral and other shades of red with a slight yellowness, so in demand in the "spring" scale, should not be in the wardrobe of "summer" women.

Blue color for the summer color type

For the summer color type, the main color is blue or smoky blue. Therefore, among the "summer" shades, blue are predominant.

Summer colors are characterized by the addition of gray. Depending on its quantity, you can get completely different options: this and summer evening, and smoky blue, and denim, and gray or greenish blue. In the summer palette of blue, both light and bright or dark tones.

There is an opinion that only pastel colors are suitable for summer. It is erroneous. Summer shades are simply not pure spectral colors, but their gamut is quite wide.

The fact is that summer has a dim, non-contasting appearance. On the contrary, she is very calm, refined, elegant. Therefore too bright colors can suppress its color. At the same time, exquisite shades will only emphasize the natural beauty of the representatives of this color type. But this does not mean that only faded, inexpressive shades are suitable for them.

It is enough just to add a little gray to the bright spectral color - and it can already be freely used in the summer wardrobe.

Green color for the summer color type

In the photo - green shades that are most suitable for the summer color type.

If you look at a garden or forest in the summer, you will notice that their greenery is no longer as bright as it is in the spring. This greenery seems to be a little dusty. summer green color- this is smoky gray-green, mint green, apple green, this is the color "blue pine", this is emerald green, jade green, blue-green.

In the summer range there are no such dark colors as, for example, bottled in the winter color type. They can be light or bright, but not dark.

Yellow color for the summer color type

Since yellow originally refers to warm colors, there are not so many cold shades in it. But it is they, and in their lighter variations, that are summer. These are, for example, chrysanthemum yellow or the color of yellow daffodils - cold nuances of yellow, diluted with white. Roughly speaking, this lemon color diluted with white.

Yellow color looks good only on a tan. In summer, when the skin is slightly tanned, yellow is very refreshing, and in the autumn-winter season, on the contrary, it can age. The main feature of the yellow color is that it looks better, if not on very tanned, but at least on weathered skin.

The yellow color has another feature - it is chic in shoes and accessories. Adding it to a set in the form of shoes or an element of an accessory group, for example, a bag, allows you to make a look more juicy, stylish and interesting based on neutral colors. For example, if you add it to gray or deep blue, it looks very impressive.

In general, yellow has the widest possibilities for combination with other colors; it is equally good with blue, and with green, and with orange (if you are interested, here is the article), and with lilac.

Violet color for summer color type

The choice of purple shades for summer is quite wide. It can be both red-lilac shades and blue-lilac shades. It is only important that the color is not gloomy and deep, otherwise it will suppress the summer color type.

The purple color for the summer color type is presented in the form of lilac shades, in which the predominance of both blue and red is equally available. An example of a summer version of purple is violet. This is a natural shade characteristic of the summer season.

It is in nature that one should draw ideas: violet and lilac bloom in summer, their shades are soft lilac, pale lavender, grayish-lilac. There is no gloomy, dark purple. Summer thin refined appearance will not pull out its heavy depth.

If neutral colors in the wardrobe of spring should be represented by shades with the addition of yellow, then pink or blue should be present in summer neutral colors. These shades include: coffee with milk, cappuccino, mocaccino, rosewood (brown with pink added), milk chocolate, beige-gray shade.

In the photo: a neutral range for the summer color type. The colors marked with a cross will also suit the winter color type.

Chocolate looks great when there is a consonant shade in the color of the exterior. Then it is allowed to use it in large quantities. A woman with chocolate hair and brown eyes can wear a chocolate dress without feeling overdone. But on a blue-eyed blonde, a chocolate dress will look gloomy. She can use chocolate in shoes, purse, accessories.

Yellow is added to white shades of warm colors (spring, autumn). For them, ivory (for spring), color eggshell, creamy, vanilla. In summer, instead of yellow, not a large number of gray. And in its range, white, milky, the color of unbleached wool, grayish-white will look harmonious.

Black is a color that suits only the winter color type. In summer, it is replaced by graphite, that is, very dark gray. Neither spring nor autumn have black in their palette. He will crush them.

You should not choose colors that do not look perfect on you, no matter how much you like them. No need to try to change your appearance, you need to use what suits you, this is your weapon.

If you are summer, do not try to be fatal in winter, be refined, elegant, feminine in summer.

There are a lot of gray shades that match the color of summer.

This is silver-gray, and gray-blue, and ashen, and smoky, and graphite. That is, the gray scale for summer is expressed by the whole spectrum, from pearl gray to graphite.

Everyone knows that there is a classification of appearance by color type, and that each has its own palette of colors. However, there are cases when it is necessary to use a shade of a different color. In particular, this may be necessary for the manipulation of impressions.

For example, blue is the color of power, and sometimes there are exceptional situations when a woman should ignore the rules. By choosing a stronger winter color, she can make some desired impression. It can create an emotion, create an association just because this color will look stronger, because it is deeper, more intense, richer than summer.

The combination of colors in clothes for the summer

Combinations based on rich shades of red

Before you is the first combination, which is based on a cranberry shade. On the right are several shades with which it can be complemented. On the left are the valid base color options: darker, brighter, and lighter.

Cranberry is primarily a color for the summer color type, but in some shades and combinations it can also be worn by winter women.

For summer blondes, it is better to replace the cranberry shade with raspberry. It is this variant of the berry in this case taken as the main tone and diluted with medium pink (No. 3), pale pink (No. 4), chocolate (No. 5) and beige (No. 2) shades.

This combination is built on the basis of monochrome harmony: most of the shades in this image (light pink, dusted medium pink, bright raspberry and chocolate) are taken from the red beam, one neutral color is added to the combination - beige.

In the set, the presented combination can be expressed in a combination of a raspberry dress with a dusted pink shade jacket (No. 3), complemented by a handbag in shade number 2 and shoes in shade number 4.

You can not take all the elements of the combination. Each proportion can be rotated in a different way. For example, you can take beige trousers, a raspberry jacket, a dusty pink top and complement it with shoes and a handbag.

Berry shades, depending on the combinations, can afford to be worn by both the owners of the summer color of the exterior and the representatives of the winter color type. It's just that in the latter case, the dusty pink tint should be replaced with a purer color or a variation of white, such as a milky white tint.

The shade of red that we see in the following example is called magenta.

As options for the combination, colors from blue (the so-called baby blue (No. 2) and dark cobalt (No. 3)), as well as from the orange range (shades numbered 4 and 5) are offered. On the right are options for more dark shades the main color, which will also look good in such combinations.

Combinations based on light shades of red

In the example in the picture below, a rich pink shade is taken as the basis, a great option for the summer color type. It was complemented with two neutral colors: porcelain gray and milky white (No. 3), as well as the addition of light orchid (No. 4) and dark purple (No. 5).

On the right are examples of how you can vary this pink: it can be a little lighter or a little darker. The meaning of the combination will not change from this.

When compiling the combination, the principle of related harmony was used: flower pink was taken from the red range, a shade of light orchid and dark purple were taken from the red-lilac beam. In addition, two neutral shades have been added: milky and gray-porcelain.

In the set, color number 1 can be used for a dress, shade number 2 is suitable for a jacket, a handbag and shoes can be used in shades number 3 and number 4, respectively. Other options are also allowed. For example, shade number 4 can be used in a purse, and shade number 3 can be used in shoes.

You can make a more relaxed variation, for example, take milky a skirt, a china gray jacket (No. 2), a bright pink floral top and complement with a handbag and shoes.

If berry shades can be used both in the spring-summer season and in the autumn-winter season, then bright floral ones are the prerogative of the spring-summer season. An image of joy and summer mood is created.

The smoky pink shade presented in this picture also belongs to the summer range.

According to the monochrome rule, it was highlighted - we see its lighter variation at number 3, according to the rule of opposite harmony, gray was added green tint(No. 2) and complemented the combination with light neutral shades (No. 4 and No. 5). Since both colors that make up the opposite harmony are softened, the combination does not look too contrasting.

Combinations based on dark shades of red

Before you is bitter chocolate, a shade for the winter color type. In order to obtain on the basis of this color summer version, you need to lighten it at least to a shade of milk chocolate.

So, the shade of dark chocolate is taken as the main color. Highlighted pastel shades: from a pink-lilac scale, as well as from a green and blue-green beam.

Such a combination can be put into practice in a dress with such a print or in a combination of a chocolate-colored dress with a jacket (No. 3) and a handbag (No. 5).

Combinations based on dark shades of red-orange gamut

This rosy-brown shade is a summer option. It was diluted with neutral colors (the color of the stone) and supplemented with a dark gray tint under the number 4 and blue (number 5).

The set can be made up of blue jeans, a gray jacket, a rosewood top and a bag.

Combinations with shades of yellow

This image shows an exclusively summer version of the combination. A bleached yellow tint, a bleached citrus, is taken as the basis.

This color can be used in a dress and complemented with a jacket (No. 4 or No. 5) and a handbag (No. 2 or No. 3). You can also make a set based on these colors from trousers, a top and a jacket.

In this combination, shade number 3 is warm green. In the summer version, it is distanced from the face, using, for example, in a handbag or a print on a dress. A light yellow dress with a print of several shades below will look great.

This combination looks very fresh and interesting, creates a joyful summer mood. Due to the fact that here is used yellow, and there are plenty of them, the combination does not look overly romantic and sweet. In general, the combination of yellow and lilac, even in light versions, softens the feeling of romance.

It is not necessary to use the suggested colors in the specified proportion. For example, you can take lilac dress and complement it with a yellow jacket.

In the following example, a cool yellow tint, the color of lemon sherbet, is taken as the basis. To him, according to the rule of opposite harmony, a dusty lilac shade (No. 2) was selected, and according to the rule, two colors later, to the third - a shade of water (No. 3) and two very pale shades of the color of clouds.

In a set, such a combination can be realized, for example, using a dress with a print or light jeans (No. 3) in combination with a top (No. 2) and a jacket (No. 1). Implementation can also be done in this way: No. 1 - a dress, No. 3 - a jacket, No. 2 - a handbag and light shoes.

In order for this shade to be used in winter sets (it is quite acceptable), you need to combine it with typical winter colors: pure lilac, white-lilac, or even a brighter shade of lilac and a brighter shade of blue-green or just a bright shade of blue. Here, for the combination, shades of the summer range are proposed.

Combinations with shades of green

In this image, we see a dusty green tint for the summer color type.

Main color is khaki cold shade from a green scale, well diluted with gray. Sometimes it also happens with a little brown addition.

The combination was built, on the one hand, according to the rule of opposite harmony, because shade number 3 was taken to the dusty green - a bleached rose petal, and on the other hand, the rule of related harmony was used here, according to which two light shades from red-violet gamut (No. 4 and No. 5). The combination is completed with a neutral color (No. 2).

The combination can be expressed in a dress with such a print or a summer coat with a print in combination with light-colored trousers. Great options for the spring/summer season.

Combinations with shades of blue-green gamut

Below is a bluish-green shade for a summer wardrobe. On the right in the picture, its more saturated options are offered. But, as you can see, they all still remain colors for representatives of the summer color type, just a little brighter and a little darker. As options for the combination, two shades of purple and blue are proposed.

In the kit, this combination can be implemented as follows: blue can be taken in jeans, the main color in a sweater, and shades numbered 4 and 5 are suitable for a handbag. A great option would be a dress with a print in these colors.

Another option: No. 3 is light jeans, No. 1 is a top, No. 2 is a jacket, and numbers 4 and 5 are jewelry. Such a set will look very fresh and bold.

The option below is for the summer color type. This is a very refined, subtle, elegant combination. Its main shade is called “exquisite blue topaz”.

So, we see topaz as the base, with a milk-themed neutral (#2), mugwort (#3), lavender (#5), and lead blue (#4) added to it.

The combination can be made according to the scheme: No. 4 - trousers, No. 1 - blouse, No. 5 - bag, No. 3 - jewelry. You can also take a dress in the main color (No. 1) and complement it with a multi-color decoration (No. 2, No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5).

It turns out a very refined, refined, transparent, fresh and romantic combination. Romantic, but not cloying.

Combinations with summer shades of blue

Here is a shade from the summer range - the presence of gray is felt in it.

The color of the heavenly depth (No. 1) is taken as the basis. It was complemented by: two neutral shades - milky (No. 2) and sandy (No. 3); a darkened shade from a red-orange range (No. 4); variation on the theme of gray (No. 5).

Kit options:
No. 1 is a dress, No. 3 is shoes, No. 2 is a jacket, and No. 4 is a bag;
No. 5 - trousers, No. 1 - blouse, No. 4 - bag, No. 2 - jacket.

Color ratios in proportion can be changed.

On the right in the figure is a column of primary color options, but they all retain their belonging to the summer palette.

In the image below, we see a summer gray-blue tint as the main one. Two cold shades were added to it in the form of deep blue (No. 4) and deep plum (No. 5) and two warm ones - from a reddish-brown range.

Used here:
the rule of monochrome harmony - a darker shade of the same gamut is matched to the main blue;
the rule is through two colors to the third - a shade from the red-violet scale is taken to blue (shade 5);
the rule of opposite harmony - red-brown shades numbered 2 and 3 are matched to blue.

Warm shades for representatives of the summer color type are recommended to be taken in accessories not near the face. For example, against the background of such a dress, a handbag in the shade of burnt clay (No. 2) will look great.

Against the background of the softened orange shade of the clay, the blue looks even more blue. Like all contrasting colors, blue and orange shades in combination enhance and emphasize each other.

On the right in the figure - variations of the main color: in combination, it is acceptable to use a darker or more saturated version, as well as a shade with less gray. In any case, it turns out a very calm, but at the same time unhackneyed combination.

Color combination rules exist, and opposite colors reinforce each other. That is why the 2nd shade looks so impressive against the background of the 1st, smoky blue. It becomes even more orange. And it must be used.

In combination in the picture below, the infant blue tint is taken as the basis. To it is added a light shade of gray, baby pink (No. 3) and from a warm red-orange range, shades of "tutti-frutti" (No. 4) and "crimson light" (No. 5).

On the right, we see the possible options for the main shade: lighter, darker and grayish. In any case, you get a combination for a summer color type.

An example of a set: a dress in combination with a gray jacket, complemented by shoes in shade number 5 and jewelry (No. 3 and No. 4).
Another possible option: No. 1 - jeans, No. 2 - knitwear, and numbers 4 and 5 - shoes, bag, jewelry.

Combinations with shades of blue-violet tones

In the summer version of the combination presented below, a lilac hyacinth shade was taken as the basis, light and dark shades from the green scale, as well as deep purple, were added to it.

If we consider given example according to the rules of color combination, here, according to the rule of related harmony, a shade from the violet range (No. 5) is selected for the main color from the blue-violet range, and according to the rule, two colors to the third - shades numbered 2, 3, 4 from green.

Features of composing combinations with shades of purple

A set based on such a combination, as we see below, will be a great addition to your summer wardrobe. Here, a lilac shade is taken as the basis, shades of green are added to it, according to the rule of a triangle, and, according to the rule of related harmony, two shades from the red-violet range.

This option will look great in a dress or summer coat with a print. As for the set, then, as an option, you can use the following scheme: No. 1 - a raincoat, No. 2 - a scarf, and numbers 4 and 5 - a dress with a print. With the same use in garments of shades numbered 1 and 2, shade number 4 can be taken for a one-color dress, and number 5 for a handbag.

The next example of a combination based on a lilac shade is also for the summer color type.

The basis is a brighter version of lilac than in the previous case. To it, according to the rule of monochrome harmony, a lighter shade (No. 3) is added, and according to the rule of a triangle, a rich and bright sunset orange (No. 5) and a lighter neutral peach (No. 4) shades are added.

Kit option: No. 1 - dress, No. 3 - jacket, No. 4 - shoes, No. 5 - handbag. In this combination, the orange color makes the image brighter, adds zest and sharpness to it. Without it, the combination would look simply refined and elegant, but not so spectacular. A small nuance in the form of a handbag or shoes can make the image very interesting.

And again we see an option for a summer color appearance. In order for this combination to be used in spring sets, the main shade should be warmer and not contain gray.

In this case, only a summer combination is presented. Here is a lilac shade, according to the rule of a triangle, supplemented by orange (No. 5), as well as several neutral shades (2, 3 and 4).

In the kit, the main color can be taken in a dress, supplemented with a jacket (No. 4) and a bag (No. 5), which will look like a bright, interesting nuance.

On the left, we see variants of the main color: it can be a little darker or a little lighter. Warm shades should not be used by representatives of the summer color type on the face.

And again a shade of purple for the summer.

According to the triangle rule, several variants of green are given to it, according to the rule of monochrome harmony - a light shade of the same gamut.

Combinations with shades of red-violet gamut

This option on the theme of a berry-pink shade is for the summer color type, like most other floral and berry tones. It is slightly dusty, but bright enough.

With such shades, neutral colors are perfectly combined: grayish-pink, sand or peach, as in the picture under numbers 4 and 5.

The set might look like this: #1 is a dress, #2 or #3 is a cardigan, and #4 and #5 are a jacket and a bag, respectively. You can make it differently: No. 2 - a skirt, No. 1 - a blouse or jacket, No. 4 and No. 5 - shoes and a bag.

On the right in the figure, we see options for shades of the main color: lighter and darker. In a darker interpretation, this color can also be used for the winter color type.
Most summer combinations can be brought into winter ones and vice versa. In this case, a winter combination is presented. On the left, we see what other variations of this color can be used in these combinations: take a darker shade, this will also be a winter version, or a lighter one, and then the combination can be brought out into the summer.

And here we see an option that is equally suitable for both the summer color type and the winter one. If the main color is combined with pink shades (No. 2 and No. 3), then an exclusively summer combination will be obtained, and if with darker ones, like the colors of blackberry and blueberry, presented in the picture under numbers 4 and 5, it will become purely winter.

In the right field we have examples of variants of the main color: a lighter, pure summer shade and a darker winter one.

The set can be made up of a dress of the main color in combination with jewelry, shoes and a handbag.

Combinations with neutral colors

The use of bright hues, sometimes even neon bright hues, is great way Liven up neutral colors.

In this version, the grayish-beige tone is taken as the basis, and it is very refreshing shades numbered 4 and 5. The combination is complemented by neutral shades (No. 2 and No. 3).

Implementation included: the main color is a dress, number 2 is a jacket, and numbers 4 and 3 are a handbag and shoes, respectively.

The next example is about neutral shades. Summer option.

Colors from the orange range (3 and 4) were added to the cashmere wool shade taken as the basis. Such accessories can really enliven sets based on neutral shades, especially in the spring-summer season.

In the kit, this combination can be embodied in this way: No. 1 - a dress, and numbers 3 and 4 - jewelry, bracelets, handbag, shoes.

Combinations with shades of gray

Bright colors can greatly diversify the gray tint.

A set for a summer color type based on the above combination may look like this: a dress (No. 1), a light bleached yellow jacket (No. 3), shoes (No. 5), a gray handbag (No. 2).
The following option is also possible: gray trousers in combination with a pearl top and a yellow jacket and bag.

This combination will also look good in print.

Yellow color can really enliven and add sun to the image based on gray shades.

In this case, against the background gray shade neon colors are already used - bright pink and bright yellow.

They add brightness, courage, dynamics to the image.

Examples of applying the rule of monochrome harmony

Monochrome harmony is a combination different shades one color. Such non-contrasting combinations are used for all color types, but the prerogative still belongs to the calmest colors within the color type, that is, natural and light colors of all color types.

In addition, this rule is most often used when compiling sets for summer and autumn, since they have a weakly saturated color scheme. Although other color types can successfully apply monochrome harmony in their wardrobes.

Here is a red that has been lightened to a light pink, paired with a red that has been darkened to a deep burgundy. This combination is for the summer color type.

Examples of application of the rule of related harmony

Like monochrome, related harmony is not contrasting, because the rays are located next to each other.

Everyone can use this rule, but combinations based on it are most suitable for summer and autumn color types. Although this does not mean at all that the use of combinations using related harmony is contraindicated for other colors.

This is a winter version, and summer could take a similar combination, but from calmer shades. On the left in the picture, the dress has a satin fabric, and this enhances the color, makes it brighter, and on the right it is matte, and such a set can take on a brighter or darker color of summer.

Examples of color combinations according to the triangle rule

The three primary colors are blue, red and yellow. IN color wheel they are located three colors apart. This means that they can be combined - all three or only two of them.

Below is a combination of red and blue. In this variant, we see a combination of two colors out of three possible according to the triangle rule.

This combination is for the summer color type. Denim blue, denim is a summer color, here it is used on the face. The color of the skirt refers to cold shades.

In this case, the red is darkened to berry shades (cranberry), and the blue is brightened to light blue.

This is exclusively a summer option.

This picture shows a combination of highlighted shades: light blue and pink. In this version, this combination is ideal for a summer wardrobe.

Shades that are the same in terms of lightness are always harmoniously combined with each other. This is an example of light pastel colors. Here, both shades take up a lot of space and look good. But the more contrast there is in combination, the further one should move away from equal proportion, endowing one color with the functions of a background, and the other with an accent.

Using the example of this kit, we will consider how the determination is made for which color type this or that combination is suitable. The yellow used here is cold. It is located near the face, which means it is not suitable for warm colors.

Of the remaining two options - winter and summer - choose one. Since in this case we are talking about bleached yellow, it will look great on summer girls. On the other hand, this shade is quite clean, without the addition of gray. That is, it may well suit the representatives of the winter color type.

Thus, in this case, we are dealing with a universal option for cold colors - both for summer and winter.

In the photo below - a combination of emerald with red-violet.

Emerald is presented in a top, red-violet in a skirt. This is a summer set. It also contains Jean jacket a pure summer dusted faded shade of jeans.

Examples of color combinations in clothes for summer

Such a dusty shade of pink, as in the photo, is the perfect option for summer color.

Orange is the only color that does not have cold undertones. Therefore, cold colors - summer and winter - should be used exclusively in shoes and accessories not on the face.

In the photo - an example of a delicate, refined shade of lilac. It is ideal for representatives of the summer color type.

The shade of coffee with milk is a great choice for the summer color type. This shade, like many other variations of brown, is a wonderful background color.

In the photo - a great example of a summer shade of coffee with milk.

Gray and beige

The combination of gray with beige and variations on the theme of beige: sand, cinnamon, brown, cognac and others - this is, as you know, the visiting card of Giorgio Armani. He, like no one else, knows how to manipulate the variations of these colors. His combinations of gray and beige are very elegant, but at the same time they are luxurious, they are relaxed elegant.

The photo is a perfect example of such unobtrusive sophistication: gray trousers combined with a beige sweater, coat and bag.

In such sets, the quality of the fabric and the fit of the trousers are very important. If the pants fit well, the image can look very expensive.

This proportion can also be turned in the opposite direction, for example, for the summer color type, gray should be placed at the top, and beige should be lowered down.

And depending on the predominance of a particular color, the energy of the image will change. Although both beige and are classic options, in beige a little more airiness and neutrality, in gray - sophistication, rigor, conciseness and elegance.

This image shows an exclusively summer use of a combination of gray and beige.

Gray is used in several shades and in fabrics. different textures: glossy in overalls and more matte in a jacket.

Giorgio Armani has an amazing balance. On the one hand, his sets, which combine gray and beige, look very elegant and classic, on the other hand, they never look boring and featureless. They have a chic Italian relaxation, a special zest.

The set combines a gray jumpsuit, a gray jacket and a beige bag and shoes. The image looks so interesting due to a very sophisticated and expensive combination of colors. Grey, beige, medium light shades are classic and elegant style. Armani emphasized this classic and elegance with different surfaces of gray, matte and glossy, and with an unusual combination of elements: jumpsuit and jacket. Exactly the same effect could be obtained if a top and shorts were used instead of a jumpsuit. You can also lengthen the overalls, the kit will not lose anything from this.

Such a natural range - beige combined with gray - is most often used in two directions: these are either very elegant looks, as in the previous version, or very natural, sporty ones.

The kit in the picture uses several shades of gray, from lighter to darker, and beige in combination with rough shoes and woolen socks. This is just an example of such a "free" casual style.
Another example of the combination of gray with brown shades: a hint of dark chocolate, coffee with milk and red-brown.

The kit looks very interesting, and this is in the complete absence of bright accents. It uses only achromatic or neutral colors, and the most striking element here is the shoes.

The combination of white and beige

Sets based on a combination of white and beige look very light, weightless, elegant. They effectively combine the classic beige and the airiness of white.

In the photo above, we see just such a combination of white and sand in the kit. sports style on the second mannequin.

In this photo, the combination is presented in a more elegant interpretation: trousers full length and a V-neck sweater, a classic English coat.

In the kit, everything is as simple as possible: a concise cut, the absence of unnecessary details. They are not needed here, otherwise attention will be scattered. And as a result, comes to the fore
This image is an example of the combination of elegant and sporty style: formal trousers are combined with a sports sweater, a fringed sack bag and wide bracelets as an accessory.

Such sets do not look boring, despite the absence of bright colors, do not look faceless and uninteresting. But to compile them, you need a little more knowledge and ability than to create sets using expressive colors.

In this photo, a set of translucent fabric in a cafe-au-lait check is worn over a white case and complemented by a gold-colored handbag.

On the model - universal option shoes without a back and a heel. It can be worn with dresses, and with skirts, and with trousers, and with jeans, and completely different lengths of clothes are allowed.

In the photo - beige checkered trousers in combination with a white shirt.

In this version, the combination looks interesting and very expressive.

And in this case, the combination of white and beige is given in a multi-layer set: the top is combined with a sweater with a deep V-neck.

The image, on the one hand, is elegant, on the other, very relaxed. This is a great weekend getaway.

And in this photo - variations on the theme of the "safari" style, ideal for the spring-summer season. The combination of beige and white looks very fresh and at the same time elegant, such a set can be worn to work. It is noteworthy that so many people can afford to wear this option. First, a pencil skirt below the knee is always very slim hips. Secondly, a fitted single-breasted jacket with a small sleeve also visually makes the figure more slender.

In general, all combinations of white and sand look very fresh, natural, natural. And they look chic in the spring-summer season. In addition, sand-colored things are quite practical.

Total look in achrome: a combination of white, black, gray

Using only achromatic colors in one set requires a special approach. With inept handling, this combination can be rather inexpressive. In fact, such combinations provide the widest possibilities for creating an image.

In the photo: sleeveless coat, gray trousers, white blouse, two shades of gray on the coat: darker and lighter.

Due to the fact that the trousers match the color of the inside of the coat, the combination looks like a single set. The costume looks very elegant, but not boring or faceless.

The style of trousers in such sets can vary depending on the figure. In this case, the model is wearing knitted trousers. If the figure does not allow the use of this option, trousers can be replaced with any other.

A sleeveless coat is a thing that will help you create many different sets. You can safely wear it with jeans - in combination with a sweater you get a very interesting look.

The set presented above is ideal for representatives of the summer color type due to the combination of two shades of gray and white. In addition, the use a large number white and pearl gray "facilitates" the image.

In the combination in the photo below, the skirt gives an overall gray background due to the texture. In the variant when black is located near the face, as in this case, the kit is suitable for the winter color type. If you swap the colors in places, you get a combination for the summer color type. The set looks interesting due to the difference in textures: a textured skirt with a smooth top.

Here is added an element of sporty style in the form of a sweatshirt. Also pay attention to the shoes, which used gray-brown color. It is very versatile and fits easily into kits where gray is needed, and kits where gray is needed.

Combination of white with gray and brown

Brown in combination with gray and white plays a very important role. It gives relaxation and luxurious elegance to the image.

In the photo we see just such an example of a combination. Classic plaid suit, white blouse. The only expression of originality in such a set can only be called trousers 7/8. Although the length of the trousers and their cut can be completely different: they can be straighter or tighter, longer, etc. - in this case, it is not important.

Here, the reddish-brown color in accessories is fundamental, which brings some zest and style to the image. If you mentally remove the shoes, belt and bag, the image will fall apart.

Since there is not much difference in the level of lightness between brown shoes and gray trousers, it will not visually shorten the legs. Complete your look with brown heeled ankle boots for a classy look.

Such a set, depending on the color of the blouse, can be afforded by many. And summer first.

The photo below allows you to take a closer look at the same set. The image is quite strict. The only decoration here is the watch.

This brown is not summer, but since it is not located near the face, it is acceptable for a summer wardrobe. This color is very effectively combined with gray. And if you remember the rules for compiling a men's wardrobe, then it is brown shoes that are taken to the gray suit.

Features of using neutral colors for the summer color type

Below we see an example of cool neutral colors for summer.

These are completely different shades. Very light options are represented by mixed white, ecru, a shade of unbleached wool, milky white or gray white. The beige shades of the summer range are presented in a pinkish or grayish interpretation, in the color of an old rose, a dirty beige version. The brown gamma is expressed by the following spectrum: rosewood, coffee with milk (and in different proportions), cappuccino, mochachino and other smoky brown shades.

With the help of combinations of neutral shades, you can get very elegant and feminine looks that will always look expensive and noble.

The photo shows an example of such an exquisite look: a sandy shade of a dress, a reddish shade of a belt and a very light shade of ivory coat.

In this photo - a model in a beige coat from Max Mara, for which such combinations have already become traditional.

Here we see exactly the option when the image, despite the neutral colors, looks chic, luxurious and very interesting.

These photographs are an example of how, using the same neutral combinations, you can get an almost diametrically opposite image.

In contrast to the previous elegant image, in this case, more natural, natural options, variations on the theme of casual style. The sets are demonstrated by a summer girl. But, despite the use of beige, they look very harmonious on it. In the first case, the beige is smoothed out thanks to the cold brown shade of the sheepskin coat, in the second, the same effect is achieved using the cold gray shade of the coat.

And again, examples of such natural, more sports options on a casual theme. In the first photo, the set consists of jeans, a sweater, a jacket, a scarf and a handbag, in the second case, a parka combined with a skirt and a sweater. Both options are ideal for the summer color type, as in previous cases.

Summer looks very impressive in such combinations, much more spectacular than, for example, winter.

In this photo - again examples of combinations of neutral shades to a greater extent for the summer color type. Although the sets are demonstrated by a representative of the winter color of her appearance.

Shoes and a warm-colored bag are very refreshing sets. This is just the case when you can take a warm color and a cold color, since it is distanced from the face.

The first picture shows a gray-brown cardigan. On the second - a coat the color of coffee with milk.

In such sets, fabrics of different textures look very impressive. For example, in the photo below, smooth trousers are combined with a chunky knit sweater.

Owners of summer color look extremely impressive in such options, because their appearance is very natural, it does not have the catchiness, contrast, brightness and drama of winter. Natural natural colors create a very harmonious image if they are used in sets for summer women.

And again, an example of a summer set: jeans, a coat in beige-grayish shades, a scarf.

The result is a very relaxed, natural look that doesn't look boring at all.

The next photo is a safari-style option that is more suitable for the spring-summer season. This is a variation on the theme of gray-brown, gray-beige shades, that is, shades that can be safely attributed to both gray and beige-brown tones.

The set combines: taupe shade, brown, as well as a combination of black, white and natural shades in a bag. This is also, of course, an option for the summer color type.

Purchasing any variation on the safari theme is a very smart investment. Money, since this style is relevant every spring-summer season, it will never go out of style.

This image is also an example of the "safari" style, but in cold beige shades with the addition of gray. Accordingly, it is also more suitable for the summer color type.

Such sets should not be supplemented with a bright bag, this will destroy the image. Safari style should use only natural natural colors: coffee with milk, taupe, tan, khaki and any interpretation of the above shades.

Many people have a question whether the summer flavor of the exterior will merge with such colors. It all depends on the skin tone. If the skin is tanned, there is nothing to worry about. And if the skin is light, then you need to choose a different shade.

It is very important that the neutral colors used do not merge with the skin, as in this case the set will either look faded or give the effect of a naked body.

This photograph shows a very interesting example, when a combination of achromatic colors - white, black, gray - gives an overall grayish background, against which a red-brown hue looks bright and expressive.

In this set, a beige suit is combined with a faded blue blouse.

Although a white blouse would be nice too. For a warm color, a blouse should be chosen in a warm white shade: vanilla, creamy, ivory, champagne. Thanks to such combinations, a very elegant and relaxed look is obtained. On this and the previous picture - sets from Massimo Dutti.

The use of white in kits for the summer color type

Combinations with white can use completely different color types, provided that the shade of white is chosen correctly. If bright white, boiling white or bluish white are recommended for winter women, then it is better for representatives of the summer color type to give preference to a milky shade or a shade of unbleached wool.
In the photo - an example of a combination of white with delicate blue hues.

White is very often introduced into such pastel scales. He fits well in them and looks calm, neutral.

The next image is a combination of white with a mustard tint.

This is an autumn combination. But the image would be perfect if the shade of the trousers was a little warmer. The snake print fits perfectly with the color of autumn.

Speaking of summer lovers mustard color, then they will have to limit themselves to accessories not at the face. The fact is that if mustard will appear in trousers, then he will need a warm shade as a companion, since it goes better with warm colors. The best option is to use it in a bag; mustard may look somewhat pale in shoes.

This image shows examples of black and white combinations combined with color.

In the picture on the left, we see a combination of a white jacket and trousers with a check print. The combination of black and white in a print, especially in small ones, gives the effect of an overall gray color. Therefore, clothes with prints of such a plan, including those that will be worn near the face, can easily replenish your summer wardrobe.

Against the background of a white blouse and checkered trousers (in fact, such a combination is perceived as a combination of white and gray), two colors are given, and they immediately attract attention. This is another confirmation that achromatic colors are an excellent background for another color.

Yellow color is quite light even in its brightest version. In terms of lightness, it is close to white. At the same time, it is significantly lighter than gray. If the trousers were white, the shoes would not look as bright as in this case. Achromatic colors allow another color to take the lead.

In the picture on the right, the set consists of black trousers, a white top, a vest, shoes and a colored bag. Since there is proportionally more white here, the information carried by the white color dominates. The color of the vest is a summer milky shade of white, which is easy to identify against the background of a white top.

Use of gray

Gray is an achromatic color, so it goes well with all other colors.

The photo below shows a combination of gray and yellow. And, in order to avoid such an effect, colors were taken that were different in lightness: a rather light yellow and a rather dark gray.

This combination is most suitable for the winter color type. For summer, it is also acceptable, but only if it is not a completely light version of summer.

This combination can be chosen by representatives of a contrasting or bright subtype of the summer color type, as well as owners of a natural summer color of a darker range. For example, girls with brown eyes and chocolate hair. It is better for blue-eyed blondes to refrain from such a tandem.

In the photo: a combination of blue and gray.

This is a purely winter combination, since blue is located near the face. Such blue is contraindicated for girls of the summer color type, they will simply get lost against its background. The red-orange in the decoration is separate from the face, so it doesn't really matter.

Gray in pure form without shades - this, of course, is a summer option. There are cases when pure gray is also suitable for other color types - if it repeats the color of the eyes. But most often it is still taken for the summer color type.

Above is an example of a sporty outfit with navy blue in the trousers and sweater and a lighter shade of the coat.

Below are examples of possible combinations with gray. In the first case, we see a darker shade of gray combined with yellow, in the second case, a lighter shade combined with hot pink and bright orange.

Especially characteristic of those with blond hair and brown eyes.

Features total look in gray

Gray is one of the most sought-after colors for making up sets in a total look. Of course, this option, first of all, is suitable for representatives of the summer color type.

The photo shows a total look in gray, consisting of a suit (jacket, trousers), shirt, tie, clutch and shoes.

The clutch and shoes on the model are actually silver, but the use of silver in this version is also acceptable. The photo clearly shows how unrealistically tall, as if elongated, a person in a total look seems.

Total look visually makes a person taller and perfectly corrects figure problems. This is a great opportunity, on the one hand, to look stylish, and on the other - elegant.

The next photo is an example of the use of fabrics of various textures in a gray total look.

Both on the model on the left and on the model on the right, the garments that make up the set are made in fabrics of different textures. In addition, in both cases, a combination of contrasting styles is used, in particular, casual elements with dressy ones.

Such images always look very refined, refined, subtle and elegant, but not always clear to lovers of bright colors.

Using beige shades with different colors

In combination with beige, there are no special rules. You just need to try, connect - and look at the result.

Summer beige shades include variations on the theme of pinkish-beige, gray-beige, dirty beige, the shade of an old rose, etc.

This photo shows a softer combination of beige and yellow.

In this case, a cold summer yellow color is combined with a beige tint.

Beige looks good not only with bright shades. It looks great both with lighter colors like in the previous example and with a bit more dusty calm hues like in this image.

This photo shows a very interesting combination white, beige, blue and reddish shades. And this is again a variant of the summer kit.

Variations on the theme of beige and powder are very beautifully combined with lilac shades, for example, lavender or pale lilac.

This combination looks very feminine, elegant and expensive. This is a summer combination.

Examples of combinations based on shades of blue

Summer gray blue shades they look very interesting if you add white and a little peach or sandy-peach shades to them, as in the photo in a purse and a scarf. This is a very simple combination, but it looks elegant and expensive.

Here we see the implementation of the rule of opposite harmony in a combination of blue and orange, only in this case, blue was given dusty, and orange was brightened, peach.

An example of color detailing is presented in a scarf that includes blue, white, and peach.

In this version, a dark shade in a dress is taken from the blue scale, a dusty shade in a jacket is taken from green, and a marsala color in a scarf is taken from red.

This combination looks very fresh and original.

Here we see a dusty blue-blue hue combined with red according to the triangle rule. Marsala shade in shoes.

Examples of combinations with berry shades

The combination of any variations on the theme of berry shades (cherry, raspberry, plum, cranberry, lingonberry) with light and neutral shades looks great: beige, sand or a shade of unbleached wool, as, for example, in this case.

In the photo we see a set for the autumn-winter season. A berry-colored skirt paired with an unbleached wool sweater and a sand coat. This option can be used by representatives of the summer color type, because the sand used in the kit is quite light, bleached. Any highlighting makes the shade a little colder.

The next example of such a combination is already for the spring-summer season.

On the one hand, berry shades add brightness to the image, on the other hand, calm and neutral shades make red more elegant, more applicable, less flashy, balance it. It turns out a very expressive and interesting combination.

Combinations of variations on the theme of berry shades with neutral ones are equally good both in the autumn-winter season and in the spring-summer.

Use of pastel shades

Summer pastel shades are the most. They can be a little lighter, a little darker, they can have a little more or a little less gray. No one looks as chic in pastel colors as the women of summer. And since there are a lot of summer girls, this trend is fixed for a very long time.

Of course, pastel is not the only option for summer. However, blue-eyed blondes in pastels look simply stunning. This is exactly the case when you can admire and cannot be repeated, because the result is based on a unique appearance. Some color types are more suitable for bright shades, others for dark ones, but pastels are the prerogative of summer.

Pastel colors are the prerogative of the summer color type

A lot of elegant images for the spring-summer season are built on pastel colors. The photo below shows examples of such exquisite options. In the first case, we see a combination of dusty blue and light yellow in a dress, in the second - blue in a coat and white in trousers, in the third - pale pink and pale yellow shades in a skirt and top set.
In this photo - another example of a combination of an exquisite pink hue with yellow.

Pastel shades are much easier to match than bright or dark ones. When combining bright shades, there is a danger of slipping into a flashy image, dark ones - creating too gloomy options. The combination of light shades always looks very fresh, elegant, subtle. And sets based on them are much easier to assemble than when using brighter shades.
The next example is in green.

Very often, light summer sundresses and skirts, tops and light jackets are made in pastel colors. They can be ultra-romantic and feminine or very elegant.

A new example of a pastel shade in a dress.

For summer color type pastel shades- it's always a win-win because they are relevant every spring-summer season. Buying such a dress or jacket, you buy it for more than one season. Next summer will come, and pastels will return anyway.

If cold pastel shades go for summer, warm ones are more suitable for spring. Some warmish light shades can be used in the summer, but not as a main color and not on the face. It can be shorts, a skirt, one of the colors in the print, but not a top or a scarf.
This image is an example of a blue toned dress using a slightly brighter hue.

This photo shows examples of feminine looks created using pastel shades - pink and gray.

And again, an example of summer kits.

In these shades, the presence of gray is clearly felt.

Pastel gamma is most often used in the spring-summer season. However, the color trends that have been observed over the past few years indicate a slight shift in the palette of the autumn-winter season towards shades that are not typical for it.

For example, in autumn-winter sets, variations on the theme of powdered pink shades began to appear, and in completely different wardrobe items.

These are not only dresses and jackets, but also coats or fur coats, as well as sets made entirely in light colors.
Variations on the theme of lilac fog, as in the picture on the right, have also become Lately part of the color scheme for the autumn-winter season.

Both sets presented in the image are exclusively summer. For the winter range, these colors are too dusty, the owner of this color will get lost in them. The combination of such shades with pearl gray gives very sophisticated combinations.

Blue shades are also included among the options for the autumn-winter season. In the photo in the first case, we see the use of blue in a leather dress and boots for the autumn-winter season, in the second - in a sheepskin coat. This is the Gucci vision. Both of these sets are ideal for the summer color type.

Fashion moves from top to bottom. Today it is no longer necessary to go to Gucci for pastel shades. In stores you can find a surprisingly large number of light options for the autumn-winter season.

Pastel shades are used both in dresses and accessories, and in combinations of both, as in this case. In the photo we see a pastel-colored dress in combination with a light-colored bag.

Such shades can look deeper when combined with a dark color.

In the photo, a summer blue hue is used in tandem with black, which adds drama to the set. If you use gray or white instead, you would get an exclusively summer version.

Below is an example of a combination of a pale pink top and a pale yellow skirt.

This is also an option for summer, since the pink in the top is a cool shade with the addition of gray. This option is not suitable for the winter color type due to the presence of a large amount of gray in color.

Combinations of variations on the theme of white or milky shades with blue tones very often used in spring-summer collections.

In this case, a combination of light blue jeans, a milky top and a jacket is presented. And this is again an option for the summer. The color used here is not bright white, it even looks slightly grayish. This is a shade of unbleached wool.

The next example is a combination of powdered pink with achromatic colors (white and gray).

And this again, like most sets based on pastel colors, is an option for a summer color type.

And in support of the above, the following example is presented: a combination of white with a delicate bluish-greenish tint.

This is also a set for the summer.

The use of gold in kits for the summer color type

One of the directions in which fashion will develop in the near future will be the combination of elegant elements of clothing with everyday ones. And in particular, this trend will find expression in the inclusion of gold in everyday style.

The image below is another example of incorporating dressy elements into everyday style.

In the first version, the trend is expressed in a gold insert on a simple tweed skirt, as well as in a combination of a sports jacket with seams outside, with a gold bag and shoes. In the second case, a tweed skirt is combined with a downy vest and gold boots.

On the example of this photo, we see how with the help of a small accent you can achieve interesting nuances in the image.

Golden shades for different color types may be different. So, for example, any gold, except pink, is suitable for winter women, since it is warm. Choosing a shade for a summer wardrobe, it is better to give preference to yellow gold.

In this photo, a black and gold striped skirt is paired with black heels. And this option is much closer to everyday than it would be in the case of an all-gold skirt.

In this version, the eccentricity, originality of the set is created by playing on the difference in textures: a rough sweater is combined with an elegant smooth skirt and shiny golden stripes - with matte textures. Such combinations will suit both the summer color type and the winter color type.

Bright colors for the summer color type

Using bright colors in dresses

Bright shades look very advantageous in dresses. For example, a sheath dress in a bright color will never look boring or too businesslike.

A bright dress is more of an image in style smart casual. This is the version of the dress that you can wear to work when there is no dress code or it is not too tight, and after the end of the working day you can visit the theater, exhibition or presentation in it.

A dress in a bright color, as bright as the color of the appearance allows, is an invariable must have of every spring-summer season.

An example of a bright dress is a must have of every spring-summer season

This version of green, as we see in the photo, may suit representatives of the summer color type. But this color is on the verge of being acceptable; this is the brightest thing that a summer woman can afford.

In this image, the dress on the girl on the left is great option for your summer wardrobe.

For the winter color type, this color is not bright enough. But it is good as an accent option for the summer.

The shade of the second dress also belongs to the cold range. Accordingly, this is also summer and, provided correct selection accessories, winter. There is no gray in this shade at all.

The following example of a bright summer dress is very ambiguous. Its style is difficult to describe in one word, it all depends on personal perception. Someone will call it case, someone - feminine and flowing.

This is the maximum bright dress, which is permissible for summer or winter color as an accent color. The dress looks very impressive. This is an almost finished image, then you just need to pick up shoes and a handbag. In any combination, you will always get a very catchy and spectacular image.

This photo shows a red dress.

This is a universal option for cold colors of appearance. This dress is suitable not only for winter, but also for summer.

Evening dresses in bright colors look very impressive, create unforgettable, impressive images, as, for example, in the photographs below.

On the left - a variation on the theme of a blue-violet hue for representatives of the winter color type; on the right - a variant of emerald for summer girls.

Use of bright colors in accessories

Bright colors in shoes and accessories always look very impressive, go with many things and are acceptable in a wardrobe of any color type.

In the photo, an extremely simple set based on a combination of white and light gray is complemented by bright shoes. This detail is very refreshing image. In addition, here we see a clear example of the use of winter color for the summer color type.

Sets based on deep shades

This color, as in the photo on the left, is a great winter option.

Summer can also use it, but the subtype is important here, since not every representative of the summer color type can afford variations on the theme of wine. For a blue-eyed blonde, this color is contraindicated. But on a brown-eyed brown-haired woman, he will look very harmonious.

Evening sets based on deep shades

Deep shades are very often used in evening dresses.

They look expensive and bewitching in flying fabrics, as in the photo below.

In the image on the left, we see a blue tint, which is the base color for the summer color type. It clearly shows the presence of gray. On the right is a variation on the theme of wine.

Green shades, deep variants of emerald in evening dresses look luxurious, and this photo is a clear example of this.

However, blue shades are not inferior to him in anything. This is a summer version, winter blue should be brighter.

If you are interested to know, read a separate article on this topic.

Errors when working with color, characteristic of the summer color type

There are especially many representatives of the summer color type, so their mistakes are more noticeable.

Use of bright "winter" colors. The main problem of summer girls is that they themselves consider themselves gray and inconspicuous. Accordingly, those who want to appear brighter start using either very bright or too intense winter shades. But their appearance is subtle, refined, elegant, and winter colors require a catchy, spectacular, contrasting appearance. And summer girls just go out against the background of such shades.

Deviation from the rules is possible if you need to create a very strong image for work. This is often the case when a woman works in an industry where most of the leaders at her level are men. Then instead of the dusty blue color of the summer range, in which it is against the background of dark men's suits will look too feminine, you can use a brighter color than her coloring allows, to create a strong image of power.

The use of black. In the evening version, black can be taken using accessories of their own shades. There are situations when you need black dress, regardless of color type. For example, if you need to attend an event where the established dress code is a black evening dress.

For very solemn options, the use of a scarf is unacceptable - this can only spoil the dress. And in this case, you can give preference to a brighter makeup.

In other cases, if there is a need to wear black, it should be separated from the face. And not necessarily a scarf. Top can be used.

Use of warm colors. In order not to seem too gray and colorless, summer girls often choose spring or autumn colors for themselves. This is especially true for those with blond hair and brown eyes.

Note: The selection of a palette for makeup has nothing to do with the color type. For example, belonging to the summer color type is not a reason to choose an exclusively cold range for makeup, since in this case skin tone, eye and hair color are taken into account. Therefore, red lipstick is quite acceptable for owners of a cold color of appearance.

Question: Can summer have hair with a golden hue, and is it possible to wear warm colors in such a summer?

Answer: The golden shade of hair in summer is quite common, for example, when they burn out. It may be slightly warmer than ashy. But pronounced yellowish color representatives of the summer color type do not have hair.

Question: Is orange color suitable for light summer?

Answer: Only if it is used not on the face.

Question: Is it possible for a summer color type to use warm shades of yellow or orange in skirts or shorts?

Answer: In this case, we are talking about use not on the face. In this embodiment, the use of these shades is permissible.

Question: Are there clothing brands where shades of the summer color type are better than others? Answer: Basically, manufacturers try to cover everyone, therefore, colors of different color types are presented in each brand.

Question: What is the difference between a bright summer and a contrasting one?

Answer: A contrasting summer has a contrast in the level of darkness and lightness, for example, fair skin, dark hair and bright eyes.

Question: What is the difference between a contrasting summer and winter when bright eyes and dark hair?

Answer: Winter is much brighter. This can be seen when comparing the brightest representatives of both color types. To get a clear idea of ​​the difference, you can, for example, compare Miranda Kerr and Dita Von Teese.

Question: What should I do if it is difficult to determine in the store which color suits the color - summer or winter?

Answer: Color winter palette easy to identify because it is very bright. All cold, but less bright colors can be used in your wardrobe by representatives of the summer color type. But in general, the thing you like should be viewed in different lighting conditions.

Question: If natural summer hair is dyed blonde, should I use base for light summer?

Answer: It depends on the results you get from coloring your hair. With light skin, light hair shifts the subtype of its owner to a light summer. But if the eyes began to stand out, like those of Cameron Diaz, then the subtype moved towards a bright summer.

Question: What color for a total look should I choose for a contrasting summer?

Answer: It all depends on the appearance, on the color of the eyes and hair. Take the color that suits you and do a total look in this color or variations on its theme. For example, if a blue-blue gamut suits a person with blue eyes, he can stop at blue, or maybe blue.

It is also important to consider where it is supposed to wear this kit. If it is worn only a couple of times, the question arises of its expediency. Lifestyle matters too. Black total look is an option exclusively for winter.

Question: In what combinations should a representative of the summer color type wear a mustard-colored jacket if she is already in the wardrobe?

Answer: It should be separated from the face. For example, you can use a scarf for this.

Question: How can a woman-fly look more dramatic? What to do if the pastel colors do not match the temperament of a summer girl?

Answer: There are a lot of bright shades in the summer palette, for example, mint, emerald, blue pine, golf stream. From red shades, you can choose transparent scarlet or raspberry. Choose brighter colors from the range of summer colors. Moreover, there are much more "summer" flowers than winter ones.

Question: Is it possible to use bright lipsticks in makeup during the summer?

Answer: Of course you can. Red lipstick suits everyone.

Question: Which ray does blue belong to for the summer color type: the main blue or blue-violet?

Answer: Summer blue is a dusty blue hue located in the beam of the main blue. Although there are also lilac-blue shades in the summer palette, for example, the color of the bell is not pure blue, it has a slight addition of lilac.

Question: Can representatives of the summer color type use shades of red-violet?

Answer: For summer, not red-violet, but red-lilac is suitable. Variations on purple are definitely not worth using.

Question: Representatives of what color type can use a cherry shade?

Answer: As a rule, it is used in the summer palette. But in combination with winter colors it can also be suitable for a winter wardrobe.

Question: Many people think that the owners of the "summer" appearance are inconspicuous and inconspicuous. Is it so?

Answer: Of course, this is not true. Summer has its own uniqueness: no other color type can be so varied and so different. Summer has the widest selection of styles. summer women can be anything: elegant, refined, gentle, romantic, they can be very different.

The summer color type has the most shades, because it has a weakly saturated gamma. Once a color stops being electric bright, it becomes a summer color. Look at the bright shades of summer: this is a transparent scarlet color, these are quite bright floral and berry, as well as wine shades.

Question: Since the perception of style is tied to shades, and the shades are tied to the color type, is it possible for the summer color type to choose options in ethno style?

Answer: Representatives of the summer color type in pure ethno are often lost and look rustic. But when ethnic elements are included in another style, for example, when ethnic is combined with sporty or elegant, it looks on a completely different level and can suit different colors of appearance. In this sense, it is worth paying attention to the Etro brand.

How to emphasize the advantages and hide the disadvantages of your appearance? How do some seemingly unfashionable women manage to look more attractive than ladies in perfectly fitting expensive brand clothes and elaborate make-up? The answer to these questions is quite simple: it's not about the style, but about the color. That is why it is so important to correctly determine the color type of appearance and, accordingly, selected, suitable for you, image. However, before choosing your style, make sure that you are the woman of summer.

Summer natural colors

Professional stylists use dozens of different pieces of fabric to find out the color type of a particular model. At home, this option, of course, is difficult - it is quite enough to get a few paper samples of shades of warm and cold colors. How to use them? Apply to your face and see if this color suits you - if a palette of ash pink, muted blue, or other cool colors suits you, then you are a summer woman. If your natural shade of hair has a spark of “gold”, a red pigment, then you are a warm type (autumn, spring).

Stages of determining the color type of appearance

But, when determining your appearance color type, remember that you may not be objective enough about your reflection in the mirror. Therefore, it makes sense to invite a couple of reputable friends to the bride. Well, if there are none, trying on colors, pay attention to how the most problem areas: nasolabial fold, the area around the eyes and small, typical for women of the summer type, redness on the skin. For example, an unsuccessfully chosen hair tone can make the contour of the face heavier and emphasize not so big signs of fatigue.

Important nuances

What else is important to consider when wanting to accurately determine your type of season:

1. Carefully wash off makeup.
2. If the hair color is non-native, we hide them under a white scarf.
3. Turn off artificial lighting.
4. We are located in front of the window so that direct sunlight does not fall on the face.

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A color type, not a sentence, is a hint for choosing favorable color shades that will emphasize your natural beauty in the portrait zone (near the face). It can be blouses, dress tops, tops, scarves, necklaces, earrings, glasses. This is especially true with age, at the first signs of aging. The uniqueness of the palette of subtypes is that all colors are combined with each other and you can safely combine them. All your favorite colors NOT from your palette can be used in skirts, trousers, shoes, provided that the colors are combined.

If you find your appearance (skin tone, hair color, eyes) similar to the presented photos of stars or representatives of subtypes, we recommend that you save the palette of shades to your smartphone in order to experiment while shopping, trying on new colors from the palette. It will also help when choosing cosmetics for makeup and coloring.
And remember that there are no clear boundaries, because we dye our hair, change tonal products, sunbathe, use certain styles of clothing that dictate color in themselves. Each appearance is individual. Experiment, but emphasize your beauty!

Summer color palette

So, we figured out how to determine the color type of a woman in summer. Now it's time to choose your look.
However, that's not all, because the summer color type involves 3 more subtypes, due to the combination of hair, skin and eye colors. When choosing your individual style, such nuances must be taken into account.

SUMMER subtypes: representatives, bows, makeup, palette

Summer includes the following subtypes:

Light type (Light Summer)

Light type (Light Summer) corresponds to the owners of light blond hair, pink skin and blue eyes.

Celebrity subtype Light Summer (Light Summer)

Representatives of Light Summer include: Reese Witherspoon, Michelle Pfeiffer, Naomi Watts, Cate Blanchett, Rosie Huntington.

A girl of a summer color type can create her own individual image by trying on a silk or cambric sundress with a maxi length of a gradient color. The main thing is that the palette of watercolor stains should be cold shades. Sandals and jewelry will serve as style-forming elements. For example, elegant image make up an elegant handbag and a thin chain with a cute pendant, and casual style hippies will support a backpack and jewelry made of beads, wood or matte stones.

Clothing options for the subtype light summer

A fashionable wardrobe for a woman's appearance in summer often includes ripped jeans and a daring one. In this case, it is better to replace the black leather of the latter with shabby brown “antique”, while the alternative to shining rivets will be the delicate shimmer of ancient buckles that seem to have turned green.

Palette Light Summer

The more natural you look, the more fashionable your image will be. So, women with the “summer” color type do not have to emphasize their soft charm. However, if you are uncomfortable without makeup at all, give preference to lipstick and blush in all shades of pink. More saturated berry colors would also be appropriate.

Makeup for the subtype Light Summer

Natural type (True Summer)

Natural color or contrasting SUMMER (True Summer) implies soft combinations of the main indicators. For example, grayish-blue eyes, dark blond hair, olive or beige skin.

Celebrities Natural subtype

Celebrities of the color type natural or contrasting summer (True / Cool Summer):, Olivia Wilde, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Emily Blunt.

When choosing shoes and bags, consider not only the color and style, but also the material. The best option would be products made of thin matte leather or suede of calm shades: wet asphalt, gray-blue, brown, muted green and the like, cold shades that fit into the main wardrobe, shades of cold color.

Color selection in clothes for Natural Summer

The vast majority of fashion designers recommend that ladies of the summer type of appearance have a romantic style that has been relevant for many years. And indeed - pastel shades, floral patterns, flying fabrics and feminine frills are the best way to emphasize the soft charm of a summer girl.

The combination of shades in clothes of the cool summer subtype

Color Palette Natural/Pure Summer (True Summer)

Depending on the time of day, you can use both traditional black mascara and newfangled lilac mascara. But eyeliner is better to use gray, brown, olive green or purple. Choose your eye shadow accordingly, although, as mentioned above, such a thorough make-up would be appropriate only at a party.

Suitable makeup for cool summer

Soft Summer

The soft type of a woman summer (Soft Summer) corresponds to the owners of light blond hair with an ashy tint, ivory skin and blue eyes.

Celebrity subtype Soft Summer (Soft Summer)

Stars of the Soft Summer subtype: Jennifer Aniston, Keri Russell, Miley Cyrus, Sarah Jessica Parker, Natalia Vodianova.

Representatives of the subtype Soft Summer

When composing her wardrobe, a summer woman can choose any style. It is important to remember that clothes for the summer color type should not be too bright. Otherwise, you risk "getting lost" in your own outfit.

Color in clothes for the subtype Soft summer

A delicate palette determines not only the wardrobe, but also the important little things that accompany it. So, give up too dark toning, otherwise the soft glow of your hair and skin will fade into the background, and black glasses will dominate your face.

Palette of shades Soft summer (Soft Summer)

If during the holidays your skin turned dark and your hair color lighter, don't be afraid to try on bright colors in clothes, but don't forget about a sense of proportion in makeup.

Makeup for the subtype Soft Summer (Soft Summer)

The summer color type is best suited for materials that do not drown out the soft, even intelligent, charm:

1. Matte silk.
2. Cotton.
3. Knitwear.
4. Jeans.
5. Cashmere.
6. Wool crepe.
7. Tweed.

too heavy or shiny fabrics in the wardrobe of a woman, summer is out of place - with them, the grace and grace inherent in this particular type are lost. Choose a print accordingly: a soft paisley pattern, exquisite patterns of Venetian glass, watercolor fantasy stains, various ethnic patterns in light colors and a dim cell. It is permissible to emphasize your business image with a suit or sheath dress in a thin, dim stripe.

Beauty industry experts say that women who have the Summer color type are very lucky because they can experiment when choosing colors and makeup. But for your experiments to be successful, you still need to adhere to certain rules that suit your type of appearance. The thing is that the Summer color type is also divided into Light, Cold and Soft Summer, each of which has its own characteristics. Let's consider them in detail.

Bright Summer is pale skin, blue, light green or grey colour eye, cool blond or light brown hair. IN summer time years, the skin color becomes more tanned with a beautiful blush, this is what gives it a special zest. Light summer is a light cold color, which means the mandatory presence of a white shade in the color palette.

Cold Summer is pale yellow skin, often with an olive tint, gray, blue or green eyes, hair of cold and dark shades. This appearance is characterized by cold colors and not bright contrast.

Soft Summer is light pink skin, green, blue or grey eyes, light brown, blond or dark blond hair. A feature of this color type is that the strands of hair, fading in the sun, acquire a golden hue.

If you still have doubts which of the three summer color types you belong to, then watch this video. It addresses this issue in more detail. Only the Cold Summer in the video is called Typical Summer, and the Mild Summer is called Muted Summer.

Suitable colors

After you have determined which specific color type you are, it is important to understand which colors suit you best.

In order to be able to emphasize all the features of this color, it is important to understand and accept the features of your appearance. The shades of Light Summer are discreet and do not differ in saturation, but this does not create the image of a “gray mouse”. It’s just that the owners of this color type should adhere to minimalism when choosing colors. Sharp contrasting transitions look inappropriate in their image, even with the colors that suit them, it is better not to experiment by combining them.

Such moderation and delicacy in the image of the Bright Summer color type is associated with the lightness of clouds, calmness and harmony.

Color type Cold summer

The name of the Cold Summer color type speaks for itself, unlike Light, which has gentle, romantic shades, it is dominated by a calm, restrained palette of colors.

Stylists explain that it is necessary to choose paints based on associations with mountain landscapes, clear water that is present on them and the freshness of the forest after rainy weather. At first, this approach may seem complicated, but in fact everything is simple: in the palette of colors of the Cold Summer color type, the main element is the blue pigment. Also natural beauty can be emphasized with the help of such shades:

• turquoise;
• blue;
• grey;
• green;
• light green;
• beige, etc.

White color is best avoided, as it has the inherent property of softening the image, it is better to replace it with colder similar colors, for example, beige.

The image of such an appearance is as if shrouded in a light haze, which gives it charm and charm. This feature of appearance is clearly visible on the Soft Summer color type. The colors of this image are soft, that is, muted, moderate. Despite the fact that such unsaturation is also inherent in the Light Summer color type, they are very different from each other. Soft Summer implies a transition between shades, but very smooth.

The fact that the color palette is muted does not make the image boring at all, because a combination of colors is allowed. They are associated with soft grass, delicate flowers, especially violets, and sophistication is clearly visible in the appearance of the Mild Summer. The basic principle when choosing colors is the golden mean, that is, they should not be either very light or dark.

The Soft Summer color type is suitable for many colors of cold shades. It is strongly not recommended to use:

• black;
• dark brown;
• fiery red and other defiant colors.

Matching wardrobe

In our area, the Summer color type is the most common, however, not all women know how to create a suitable image for themselves. When choosing a wardrobe, an important role is played by the character of a person. The Summer color type usually has a balanced and soft behavior, so femininity is an integral part of the image, which can be most easily emphasized by a wardrobe.

Stylists advise opting for a romantic style, as well as Provence and Country. Lace, frills, ruffles, which are so loved by many women, are ideal for the Summer color type, because they emphasize femininity. Developing dresses will perfectly complement the evening look.

Absolute taboo for the Summer color type are strict business and tracksuits. No matter how feminine and romantic the make-up is, these clothes will destroy the image, adding rudeness. If the situation requires you to come in a sporty or classic business suit, their appearance must be softened. It is not difficult for designers to add embroidery, romantic patterns and other embellishments to them that will change the look without changing the style.

Shades that are ideal for a Summer wardrobe are:

1. White and black. It is not allowed to use one of these colors or their combination with each other. Both white and black must be combined with other colors.
2. Blue. It must definitely be the main one in the wardrobe of the Cold Summer color type, in all the rest it also looks appropriate. It is better to use clothes not in pure blue, but, for example, blue-gray, indigo, denim shade and others.
3. Red. If such clothes are present in the Bright Summer wardrobe, then there can be only one detail in the image, for example, a red skirt, and all other parts are delicate. Shades of red look favorably: ripe cherries, fuchsias, raspberries, watermelons and others.
4. Green, yellow, brown and purple. For the Summer color type, it is necessary to give preference to cold shades of these colors.

The most unfortunate shades for the Summer color type are:

• orange;
• gold;
• ginger;
• scarlet and other sharp, warm colors.

Examples of the right combination of things in the wardrobe.

Suitable hair color

The Summer color type is unique in that its owners have their own natural hair color that can range from cold blond to chestnut. The natural shade of all of them is a light gray haze. Hair color must be chosen based on the characteristics of the color type:

1. Bright Summer. Its owners are suitable for light ash and wheaten hair color. Frequent unwanted effect when stained with these colors - yellowness, which instantly spoils the image. Therefore, it is better to dye your hair from professional masters.
2. Cold summer. Paints with cold shades are suitable for representatives of this color type: light brown, chestnut and other brown tones. The color can be any of them, but a prerequisite is a cold shade.
3. Soft Summer. The owners of this color type will look defiantly both too light and too dark tones, therefore, when choosing a hair color, it is necessary to abandon experiments, stopping at the “golden mean”. It can be light brown shades, light chestnut and others not bright.

Suitable makeup

The fact that representatives of the Summer color type often complain about the inexpressiveness of their natural image, can be easily turned into dignity with the help of well-chosen makeup.

When choosing makeup, you need to opt for light, delicate colors:

• white;
• beige;
• peach;
• pale pink;
• light gray and others.

In the Light Summer color type, the skin has a natural pale shade, so it would be appropriate to apply blush, but not bright ones. Choosing Foundation, you can not use one that is darker than the natural complexion.

The natural hair color of the Cold Summer color type is usually dark, so pale shades will not work when choosing makeup. This type is hardly the only one on which pink shadows look very appropriate, which can be combined with clothes of the same shade.

The main rule when choosing colors for both makeup and hair and clothes is the need to use cold shades, which are available in almost all colors.

Bright lipstick looks appropriate, but it should be combined with makeup and the overall look. The Soft Summer color type has lips with clear contours, so bright shades always look advantageous on them, which cannot be said about most other types. The color of the shadows can be gray, turquoise, cool brown or purple.

Despite the fact that each subtype has its own shades, the basic rules for applying makeup can be distinguished:

1. Blush. Depending on the features natural color face, they can be either cold pink or beige-gray. It is strongly not recommended to use orange, brick and red shades in blush.
2. Shadows. When choosing shadows, it is best to opt for the celestial and marine range: gray, blue, beige, blue shades. Taboo colors are copper, red-violet and other poisonous shades.
3. Ink. The best option is classic black mascara, for those who like to experiment, purple is also suitable, but in no case green or bright blue.
4. Pomade. Since the lips of the Summer color type are usually correct form, there are no special restrictions. You can use any pink, beige, eggplant shades, but not orange.
5. Creams. When choosing any concealers, it must be borne in mind that they must be in harmony with the skin tone and in no case be darker. Creams with a tanning effect are not suitable for this color type.

The owners of the Summer color type are lucky, because they can be given free rein to their imagination, but within the limits of acceptable rules. Universal make-up and wardrobe can be peeped at the stars belonging to this type, or you can pick it up on your own through experiments.