Appearance color types

Very often in the fitting room, we don’t understand why one dress makes our skin and eyes shine, while another makes it look old and faded. It's not about the size and style of the dress, it's about its color, or rather, your color type. Most often, the term "color type" means the color type of appearance.

Determining your color type will allow you to choose a range of clothes and makeup that will suit your appearance, to expand your range of colors. You will look closely not only at those colors that you tried on yourself, but also pay your attention to such colors and their shades that you did not notice before.

The most popular theory of color types is the well-known winter, spring, summer, autumn. The winter girl is the classic Snow White, autumn is the so-called red-haired beast, summer is a "cold blonde" and spring is a "warm girl" with wheat hair.

According to such a system, it is very difficult to determine exactly what to attribute yourself to: if you are a brunette, but clearly not winter, there is redness in your hair, but you understand that you clearly do not belong to autumn. This is confusing for most women. Many do not fully realize which color suits them exactly: they will wear a red dress and do not understand why they have so much bruising under their eyes. That's why choosing your wardrobe and makeup, you should take into account your color type.

Consider the basic theory of color type: winter, spring, summer and autumn. This is due to the primary colors that prevail at certain times of the year.

• Winter

In winter, there are many contrasts. Therefore, a person belonging to this color type will always have contrasting colors in appearance: white hair and blue eyes, black hair and white skin.The skin can be either too light, or vice versa: swarthy. Eyes: brown, deep, black or bright blue. Hair is white, black, or brown with a cold tint.

Representatives of this color type can be complete opposites: either be like Monica Bellucci, or like Christina Aguilera. And both of these options are a winter color type.

• Spring

Spring is associated with warmth and pure bright colors. It is girls with such characteristics that belong to this color type: they may have freckles, their skin is pink, and their hair color is warm.

You look at a person, he seems so soft, warm and cozy - this is the spring color type. Wheat hair, reddish and light brown. The skin is peach or pink. The lashes and eyebrows are so light that they are barely noticeable. Eye color - blue or green.

• Summer

Muffled and neutral tones belong to summer; there is a kind of haze in this type of color. Oddly enough, bright colors are completely absent in it. Summer girls are girls with light skin, such an olive color, their hair is ashy or ash-blond, it can even be silvery. Eye color can be gray, blue, brown, olive. The lips are always slightly pale.

• Autumn

The autumn version of the appearance is skin of a warm shade, the hair always gives off a red color. Sometimes this color type has freckles. The color of the eyes is most often also warm: green, brown, olive.

There are also mixed types of appearance, so the main color types are divided into three more. So, in nature there are as many as 12 color types.

When determining the color type, you need to build on the appearance given to you by nature: from your natural hair color, eyebrows, eyes, eyelashes and skin color.

The most important thing is to define your dominant characteristic. This is the one that catches the eye first. For example, you look at one girl and it seems that she is dark, at the other - it seems that she is warm, or she makes a cold impression. Determine what you think of yourself more: warm, cold, bright, soft, light or dark colors. Some kind of appearance characteristic will always be key.

• If you have warm eyes with yellow blotches, brown eyes, red hair, skin with peach blush or freckles, like Lindsay Lohan or Nicole Kidman, then you can be attributed to a warm color. This is the most noticeable flavor, it stands out very much from the rest.
• Ash hair, eyes of a cold shade of gray, green or blue, cold skin with a pink blush, like Linda Carter or Christina Brinkley, then you have a cold color.
• Bright coloring is when everything in your appearance seems bright: cheekbones are brightly highlighted, eyebrows, noticeable eyes, contrasting hair like Courteney Cox and Megan Fox.
• Soft coloring is when your hair is light enough, light brown, not thick eyebrows, everything in your appearance is as soft as Doyu Barrymore or Ashley Olsen.
• If you have dark hair, dark eyes, light skin like Natalie Portman or Vanessa Hudgens. Then you belong to the dark color.
• Light hair, light eyes, light skin, like Sharon Stone or Kate Hudson, then you belong to the light color.

Now you need to define your additional characteristic. This is what is present in our natural colors, but is not the main one. Now you classify yourself as 12 types of appearance:

• Cold and bright color of appearance - cold winter.
• Cold and soft coloring of appearance - cold summer.
• Bright and cold color of the exterior - pure winter.
• Bright and warm color of the exterior - pure spring.
• Dark and cold color of the exterior - deep winter.
• Dark and cold color of appearance - late autumn.
• Warm and bright color of the exterior - warm spring.
• Warm and soft coloring of the exterior - warm autumn.
• Soft and cold color of the exterior - mild summer.
• Soft and cold coloring of the exterior - soft autumn.
• Light and cold color of the exterior - bright summer.
• Light and warm coloring of the exterior - light autumn.

There is a third characteristic, it is not always used and it is most suitable for some details. You need to understand that we are all individuals and even a scale of 12 color types does not always suit a certain person. Therefore, you should select colors that visually suit your appearance, regardless of the color type.

To more accurately figure out which color type you belong to, examples of color types of appearance will help. They are best seen in stellar images.

Nicole Richie has warm golden hair, warm hazel eyes, peach skin tone. She refers to a warm appearance.

Paris Hilton has a cold blond, cool blue eyes and pinkish skin. She refers to cold looks.

Marcia Cross has a red head of hair, green eyes and peach-colored skin, she can be attributed to a warm appearance.

Kate Middleton has a cool color, as she has blond hair, cold blue eyes and pink undertones of skin.

Jennifer Loppes has a warm skin tone with a yellowish tint, warm brown eyes and hair with golden highlights. Melania Trump is of the same warm type.

Madeline Stowe has a distinct cold flavor as she has a cool grayish skin tone, cold hair shade without redness.

Reese Witherspoon is an example of a clean, bright appearance, as the colors of her hair and eyes are bright enough for those with a light color.

Jennifer Aniston's appearance is softer: her eyes and hair do not differ in sharp contrasts.

Emma Stone has fair skin and red hair, and her eyes are green. This is a perfect example of autumn color. This includes Jessica Alba and Olivia Palermo.

Natalie Porman belongs to the same color type: she has dark brown hair, dark brown eyes, light skin. Strong contrast between eyes, hair and skin. It can even be attributed to dark or late autumn.

Natalia Vodianova has fair skin and freckles. She has blonde hair and blue eyes. She fits the summer color type in all respects. This includes Sarah Jessica Parker.

Keira Knightley has a noticeable winter color type. She has bright hair color and rich eye color, olive skin with a cold sump.

Angelina Jolie is often referred to as a winter type of appearance, although she has clearly pronounced summer features: a real light brown color and cold grayish eyes.

All colors have three main characteristics: color can be warm or cold, clear or muted, and light or dark. Our natural paints, as mentioned above, have the same characteristics. Knowing what type you are, you can choose the appropriate color palette and understand what colors in clothes are right for you. We describe only the area near the face, shoes and trousers do not affect your color type.

If you have a soft, warm and light appearance, the same soft, warm and light colors will suit you. If it is green, then for you it will be pistachio, if pink, then gently peach, if brown, then a warm chocolate shade and so on, by analogy you can choose the appropriate color.

Cold, clean and dark looks need the same colors. In this case, green should be selected as rich emerald, red - coral, if blue, then its bright color, exactly the same should be orange, if blue - then it is better to choose bright turquoise or, as it is also called, aquamarine.

First of all, you need to understand which colors do not suit you for sure. As a rule, girls intuitively know what colors they are. Most often there are five or six. These are the colors that are out of harmony with your appearance in at least two ways.For example, if you are muted, cold and light, then this color should be warm, contrasting and light.

There are colors that look pretty neutral on you. These colors can only be worn competently. They differ in one characteristic in your appearance. For example, if you are bright, cold, dark. Then this color will be muted, cold and dark.

If you really want to wear the opposite color to yours, then this can be done with the help of accessories. For example, if your appearance is warm and you want to dilute it with a cold color, then wear a cold scarf and vice versa.

Those colors that are in harmony with your natural colors are perfect for you. You can wear them without any problems, without worrying that something may affect your appearance.

For ease of color matching, pay attention to the following color combination tables:

For a winter girl, cold but bright colors are suitable. Clothes should be chosen from smooth fabrics. The ideal option is plain clothes in blue, gray, black or white. It is better for this color type to avoid all kinds of prints.

It is easy for a winter girl to compose her business wardrobe like no one else: a white top and a black bottom with straight lines are the ideal clothing option for such a color type. A contrasting combination of colors of clothes is your strong point.

The summer color type was the most fortunate: both warm and cold colors suit them. But here, too, everything is not so simple, the most important thing is to use muted colors in clothes. Choose fabrics that are soft like velvet and airy like chiffon. Any print on your clothes will look good on you. But forget about geometric shapes and sharp lines in clothes, they should be removed from your capsule wardrobe, they will not emphasize your femininity.

A summer girl should avoid black, it will visually make you look older. So the little black dress is best given to someone else. Also, pure white color will significantly highlight all the flaws of not only your figure, but also your face.

An autumn girl must choose for herself all natural colors and shades: the color of the earth, sky, foliage. All colors brown, green, yellow, red can be in your arsenal. You can ignore the fabric - anything will suit you.

An autumn girl should forget about cold shades. If you want something dark, you shouldn't turn your attention to black, you'd better choose chocolate. The same with white, instead of it it is better to choose beige or ivory.

For a spring girl, natural and fresh shades are most suitable. All colors and shades of clothes should be with the word light - if brown, then light brown, if blue, then light blue, etc. It is better to choose small designs on fabric, a large pattern will visually crush you. It is better to choose linen, velvet, cotton and suede from fabrics.

When choosing a make-up according to your type of appearance, you should take into account the colors and shades of all decorative cosmetics: foundation, shadows, blush, lipstick, eyeliner and lip pencils, mascara. Only the right choice of your color and shade will create the perfect makeup.

When choosing a foundation, there are two basic rules to remember. For a cold skin tone, choose a foundation with a pink undertone. For a warm one, a foundation with a yellowish tint is suitable.

The spring girl should remember one thing: your color is peach. It is better to choose blush and lipstick of this shade. Choose shades of delicate colors: pink, blue, peach, beige, etc.If you want to make a bright accent on your lips - choose red lipstick and red pencil, fashionable blue, purple and black lips are not suitable for you. It is better to choose mascara and eyeliner in warm shades, for example, brown, the usual black will not suit your face.

Saturated colors are suitable for an autumn girl. It is better to choose a blush of golden color, bronzer is your everything. You should avoid cold colors in your makeup. Caramel, chocolate and olive shades should be your favorites. Not only bright red lipstick suits you, but also wine-colored lips.

The summer color type of appearance goes well with the cold pink shade of the makeup. It is this appearance that smokey-eyes makeup of any colors and shades is perfect. Better to use a deep red lipstick, ideally hot pink. You can choose the shade at your discretion, but the shade should be extremely cold.

A winter girl should pay less attention to eye makeup, more lipstick. Cool red lipstick is perfect for you. The blush should also be a cool pink or red. It is better to decorate the eyes with arrows and apply minimal mascara, but if you really want to make up with shadows, choose cool green, gray and blue. They will not smear your appearance or show minor imperfections in your face.

The image of the representative of the spring type of appearance consists of warm colors, with the exception of accessories.

The makeup is mostly not pronounced, star stylists prefer to apply delicate nude colors and shades to the face of the spring type of appearance.

Light and flowing fabrics complement the spring color type, all colors of clothes are warm. The print of clothes for this color type should be minimal, styles should be simple. Remember, elegance and simplicity are key.

Shoes should also be as simple as possible and look elegant on the leg. The ideal option is shoes made of suede, soft leather and nubuck. Shoes on a wooden wedge will look good.

An image of an autumn type of appearance should consist of deep and complex shades of blue, green and brown tones. It is better to protect yourself from clothes with prints, the main image should be made up of monophonic styles.

Bright colors in clothes are perfect for this type of appearance. At the same time, it is best to choose soft and plastic fabrics: corduroy, wool, suede.

It is better to choose natural makeup.

Makeup from green, brown and purple will look good.

For a winter color type, bright colors in clothes and in makeup are suitable. Clothes can be chosen with pronounced prints, you should avoid "blurring" in appearance.

A summer girl should choose natural images and delicate colors for herself. In bright clothes, you can lose your personality.

Flowing fabrics combined with aggressive accessories will highlight the elegance of the look. In general, a romantic style of clothing is your strong point.

In makeup, the principle is the same: the more natural, the better. Choose all shades of pink for your makeup and you won't go wrong.