How to choose the right hair color according to your skin tone and eye color

What hair color suits you 100%? Maybe you should change your hair tone? These questions are regularly asked by any woman who wants to change her image. And you should know that choosing your shade with 99% accuracy is quite possible.

Often ladies notice that the dress they like may simply not suit them or make them look paler, and the color of hair dye makes them look older, or, conversely, emphasizes their facial features.

Psychologist Carol Jackson offered her vision of the color scheme and divided them into 4 color types - winter, spring, summer and autumn. This author’s book, “Paint Me Beautiful,” has become a real bestseller among hairdressers and stylists. Now every woman, following some basic knowledge, can choose the shade of color that suits her.

Basic color types: how to identify and choose a color

There are several options for determining the color type:

– it is necessary to identify what type of palette the girl belongs to, cold or warm;

– determine what time of year the girl belongs to: light or dark.

The correlation of these definitions (hair, skin and eye colors) will help you understand which colors suit a woman, make her attractive, emphasizing all the advantages of her appearance, and which colors are best avoided.

Selecting a color palette such as “Cool” or “Warm”

In order to determine the correct color scheme, apply two types of foundation on your cheeks - with a pink or blue tint and yellow: on one cheek a pink / blue tone, on the other yellow. Colors that blend into your skin suit you best. If it's pink/blue, then cool tones suit you, but if it's yellow, then you're the owner of warm tones.

Jewelry can also help determine the color type. Wear gold and silver jewelry on your fingers. If items made of yellow metal look more harmonious on your hands, it means your natural color type of appearance is warm, but if silver jewelry suits you better, then you are a cold type.

Sometimes, to determine the color type, you can look at the wrists (in good lighting). Blue veins, visible through the skin, appear in women with a cold appearance. Well, with green it’s warm.

However, there are other ways to determine the color type, so do not divide the entire gamut according to only one characteristic.

Selecting a color palette such as “Light” or “Dark”.

Ladies of dark appearance are characterized by:

Leather– warm colors, yellowish, olive, beige and tanned.

Hair– deep black, chestnut, shades of chocolate, brown and even with a red tint.

Eyes– bright green, blue and brown.

The light type is distinguished by other features:

Leather– light shades, the noble tone of ivory also belongs to the fair sex of this color type.

Hair– blonde of any shades, including ash-gray, cold, as well as with a hint of yellow and light brown hair.

Eyes– light brown, light green, gray and related colors such as blue-gray or blue-green.

Correct determination of two parameters will help you avoid making a mistake with the choice of clothes or hair color that you want to change to a more successful and fresh one - the shade and its depth, which predominates in a woman’s appearance.

Winter and summer: what color are you?

The most common way to determine your color type is to analyze external data in accordance with the time of year.

Winter color type

A winter woman is characterized by a contrast between the color of her skin, eyes and hair. As a rule, these are girls with black hair, white skin and dark brown eyes.

Sometimes there are women with a warm variation of “winter”. They have metallic white, ash-dyed hair and white skin.

Individual characteristics:

1. Eyes and hair – dark, rich shades; hair (brunette or brown-haired) can have a red tint.

2. Skin of cool tones, practically without blush on the cheeks, although it is present in cold pink manifestations.

3. All bright and saturated variations of yellow (lemon), blue, pink, red, contrasting white and black colors are best suited. These colors can be present in clothing, makeup, accessories, and jewelry.

Spring color type

A spring woman is characterized by a warm palette, blush on her cheeks, freckles or moles.

Individual characteristics:

1. Eyes and hair – warm, soft. Strands from warm blonde to light brown with sunny or chocolate tints.

2. Eye color in soft, soft shades - green, light brown and gray.

3. Milky, golden, light brown, pastel colors suit these girls best.

Summer color type

The Summer woman is distinguished by a noble combination of soft pink skin, cool tones and blonde hair.

Sometimes there are “summer” blondes and girls with dark blond curls.

This type of appearance is characteristic of most representatives of Slavic peoples.

Individual characteristics:

1. A combination of green, gray-blue, blue, brown eyes combined with delicate fair skin.

2. Lips pink or pale pink.

3. Pink blush and natural tan only enhance the attractiveness of girls with this appearance.

Beige and watermelon shades suit these girls best. Berry, turquoise, and denim tones in clothes will help highlight your beauty. Steel gray, coffee brown and mint also look good.

Autumn color type

This is the warmest type of appearance, on a par with the spring one.

Autumn woman has red hair (from light red to deep copper, burgundy). The eye color of these women is brown, gray, green with soft shades.

Individual characteristics:

1. Skin color is dark and beige.

2. These women are suitable for warm shades of clothing, outfits with complex cuts, and makeup with accents of green-blue, gold, brown and orange.

3. However, the “seasonal” color type does not always correspond to a specific person. Agree, changing clothes or makeup is easier than changing hair color, so you need to spend more time choosing the right color.

Who is suitable and who should avoid cold shades of blond and light brown?

Light brown color throughout the world belongs to the “blond” type. White and brown (from light to dark brown) hair can have a warm tint. “Moon tones” add coldness.

Features of cold light brown and blond:

1. Snow-white blond, platinum, silver, boiling white, pearl, platinum light brown hair shades are suitable for girls with pale and white skin, and with blue, gray or brown eyes.

2. Brown hair, as if bleached by the sun, can be of cool shades. It is important to avoid yellow and red tones.

3. Bob-haircuts and graduated cascades will help to visually add volume to the hair of owners of light-colored strands. Highlighting is very popular - from ash to silver or cold light brown.

4. For women of the “winter” color type, who have milky white, soft pink skin and black eyes, cool blond and light brown colors are suitable.

5. These colors are not advisable for girls with freckles, dark skin and marsh-green eyes.

Who is suitable and who should avoid warm shades of blond and light brown?

Even if white is considered a cool color, blonde can sometimes surprise with warm shades such as wheat and chocolate blonde. The main feature of these tones is sunny honey, egg yellow or mustard tints.

Features of this palette:

1. This palette includes all wheat, sunny, golden shades, and strawberry shades, reminiscent of a light red, caramel or copper color.

2. These shades make the skin bright and highlight its natural glow. These colors are suitable for girls with fair, but not pale skin. Compatible with any eye color - brown, green and gray.

3. The right shade of warm blonde hair can decorate any girl.

4. If a lady has a “cold winter” color type with white skin and clear blue or gray eyes, it is better for her not to experiment with these colors.

5. The combination of such hair with a face that does not have clear contours can be called not entirely successful. Such shades are not suitable for ladies with a healthy, bright blush.

Who is suitable for and who should avoid brown-haired women?

The common name “brown” does not quite represent the entire color palette of hair, which is also called “brown.” This range includes cognac and ash-brown tones. These colors are always suitable for ladies, the main thing is to know your skin and eye tone.

For girls of the “winter” color type, cold shades of chocolate with ashy tints are suitable. While soft tones suit spring, summer and autumn color types.

Features of this palette:

1. Girls of Slavic appearance are more suited to golden and gray tints of light brown hair.

2. Dark brown hair adds depth to the look. A sunny or copper shade of ash color will add shine to your hair.

3. Cool brown hair looks good on girls with brown, brown-green eyes and fair skin.

4. Brown hair decorates any woman; it is only important to choose a light or warm tone. The color should not be dull.

Hair dyed these colors needs proper care (moisturizing). Highlighting and ombre, popular this season, look very good, creating the effect of sun-bleached hair.

Who is suitable for and who should avoid brunettes?

Black hair is typical for brunettes. Initially, this hair color characterized girls with the “contrasting winter” color type, with white skin, deep black or blue eyes. In the second half of the twentieth century, hairdressers began to frequently use this color, even if women had warm natural tones.

Features of this palette:

1. The color “brunette” can include all shades of dark hair, from dark chestnut with a black tint to blue-black hair.

2. Warm shades suit girls with tanned or yellowish skin and soft brown eyes. Cool tones look better on white skin and bright eyes.

3. Remember - a dark brunette makes you look old. You can improve the result only if you choose soft shades, highlight with ash blonde or red, purple tones.

4. Girls with gray and blue eyes with dark skin tones, natural blondes, girls with freckles and skin blemishes are better off not experimenting with this range, as the black color will concentrate attention on the flaws in appearance.

Before you start choosing your hair color, pay attention to the color of your skin, eyes, your state of mind and character. If you cannot decide on the shade of color yourself, contact your hairdresser. Well, if you still want to radically change your image, choose an unusual shade of paint from the same palette as your natural hair color.

How to choose the right hair tone to match your eye color

The right hair color can highlight your look, making it more expressive.

Blue eyes

In a nutshell, blonde, brown and red hair colors suit these eyes. When choosing light shades of blonde, focus on cool tones. These colors go well with a bright complexion. Cold blonde perfectly highlights blue eyes.

Warm, brown hair looks beautiful when paired with blue eyes. Dark shades of hair are rarely combined with blue eyes. It is best to choose warm brown, red or copper hair tones. It must be remembered that red, ginger colors in combination with a bright complexion highlight any imperfections.

Brown eyes

Girls with such eyes should avoid contrasts. A dark complexion, brown eyes and light hair look very harmonious. The best choice is all shades of brown from bright chestnut to the color of dark chocolate. You can do a fashionable ombre coloring or bronzing. Well, if you still want to lighten your hair, then stick to warm shades, starting from light brown to bronze.

Green eyes

You will be surprised, but it is the most difficult to choose the right hair color for this eye shade. This eye color is the rarest, so the choice of hair shade depends on your skin tone. The ideal combination of green eyes with red hair is always a win-win and attracts the gaze of others.

How to choose the right color of clothes

You've probably already noticed that some clothes look amazing on you. These clothes seem to even out your skin tone, add shine to your eyes and improve your overall appearance. This all happens only because the clothes are the right color that suits you. In the same way, you can choose the shade of your hair by determining the right palette.

If olive, orange, red, yellow, light brown, burgundy, red suit you, then you should choose a warm hair color like wheat blonde, strawberry or golden brown.

If purple, fuchsia, blue, black and very dark, aqua, blue, green suit you, then you should choose a hair tone from cool shades, including platinum and ash, ash brown, with a red tint or black.

If khaki, purple, lilac, gray, light yellow suits you, then choose neutral shades such as beige blond, chocolate or sand.

Experiment with your appearance!