Whether your skin tone is warm or cool, it plays an important role in choosing the best makeup colors.
Warm skin tone is a term used in cosmetics to describe a person with yellow or golden undertones to their skin. Knowing whether your skin is warm or cool can help you determine what kinds of colors, jewelry, and even hair color will help complement your natural skin tone. There are several ways to tell if your skin is hot or cold.
An easy way to tell the difference between a warm and cool skin tone is to take a close look at the veins on your arm. If the veins appear more green than blue, the person usually has a warm skin tone. If the veins appear more blue than green, the person is often considered a cool-skinned person. Vein Control only works on skin types where the veins stand out enough against the skin color to be easily noticed.
People with brown eyes tend to have a warm skin tone.
Another way to determine if the skin is hot or cold is by pinning strips of gold and silver cloth to the side of the face. A warm-skinned person will almost always look more vibrant, colorful, and lively in gold fabric. Silver fabric can make warm skin look washed out or yellowish.
Choosing the best colors for a warm skin tone varies from person to person. For the most part, anything with a yellow undertone will complement warm skin, while colors with blue or pink undertones may not make skin look prettier. This does not mean that a person with warm skin tones should avoid cool colors altogether. Depending on your hair color and eye complexion, some people with warm skin can still look stunning in cooler colors.
People typically fall into one of two skin type categories: cool or warm skin tone.
People with warm skin are sometimes referred to as fall or spring, based on a number of different skin tone analysis systems that use the seasons to suggest the best colors for a person’s skin. People with a warm “autumn” skin tone look best in bold shades of reds, golds, oranges, and leafy greens. Those with a “spring” complexion still wear yellow-toned colors, but they look best in muted shades like olive, pink, and warmer reds and even some dusty lavender and aquamarine hues.
When it comes to hair color, people with warm skin tend to look better when using gold or copper-based dyes. Some experts recommend avoiding dyes listed as ash or reddish brown shades. Many hair dyes and enhancement kits available will tell you if they are for warm or cool skin tones; Some common names for heat-enhancing colors include words like gold, caramel, bronze, and copper.