The beauty of a woman is unique. That is why the fair half of humanity has its own seasonal color type, which are divided into 12 styles and four groups. They are divided into a certain palette of hair shades, eye colors, facial skin and the contrast between the iris and the protein, hair and skin. All these factors will help you pass the test: how to determine your color type.
If you know your coloring of appearance, it will not be difficult for you to choose the necessary shades of your wardrobe and accessories, and you can also easily experiment with your appearance.
Let's take a closer look at each of them
"Spring"
This type, unlike the next three, is the most gentle and warm. Spring girls have clean and warm tones in their hair, eyes and skin. The hair ranges from warm blonde to light brown. Eyes are exclusively light shades. The skin is light, thin with light children's blush and a delicate pink tint to the lips. In the summer, freckles appear, and they also fade quickly.
"Summer"
The color scheme of the exterior is cold and muted. Shades of hair color can vary, from light brown to dark with an admixture of ash. Eye color also ranges from blue, gray-blue, gray-green to dark brown. The skin best tolerates the sun's rays, acquiring a hazel or bronze tan. Lips with a pale pink undertone.
"Autumn"
Representatives of this seasonal type are immediately visible. Autumn warmth predominates in their natural color scheme. My hair is all shades of red and gold, as is my skin, which does not tolerate tanning well. Eyes with golden highlights, bright irises, from gray to golden brown or green.
"Winter"
Bright and contrasting appearance distinguishes the owners of a cold color with their porcelain skin, black or dark brown hair, blue, dark brown or green eyes.
We offer options for testing type definition
Through the veins
Most quick way, not the most effective.
If the shade of the veins on your arms is visible well enough, you can use this method.
By fabric color
This technique is considered the oldest. To determine your season, you need to purchase four scarves. They indicate a certain time of year. 
How does the method work?
You need to put your hair in a bun. Cleanse your face of makeup. For girls with natural hair color, it is recommended to apply scarves alternately around the neck; for those with dyed hair, it is better to tie them on the head. Carry out this type of test in daylight.
And so, what factors need to be taken into account when determining the color type based on the color of the fabric:
- The color of the fabric should blend with the color of the skin.
- Eyes, with the right shade, become expressive.
- The face looks attractive, wrinkles, redness, bruises in the eye area, rashes become less noticeable.
- The first thing that catches your eye is your face, not the beautiful color of the scarf.
There is a third method for determining color type
Sampling method
The test is that each color has its own specific shades. You need to choose one of the proposed options.
Part one
(If the color type was determined using the second method, proceed to the second part of the test.) Correlate your natural color to a certain time of year.
Spring girls are distinguished by the purity and warmth of the shades of their eyes, skin, hair and delicate blush. In summer, freckles appear on the face.
Spring color type
The appearance of the representatives of summer contains muted and cold tones with an admixture of gray.
Summer color type
The autumn type is distinguished by the brightness of their hair, their skin quickly burns in the sun.
Autumn color type
Winter girls have a bright appearance: eyes, hair in contrast with skin color.
Winter color type
Having determined the time of year, record the result.
Part two
Determination of the dominant criterion.
In nature, there are six characteristics of appearance, they play important role in determining the color type.
You need to choose one of the proposed characteristics that is closest to you.
- Level of appearance contrast
Soft - They are characterized by mutedness and smokiness.
Bright - Have a strong contrast in appearance.
- Temperature of natural colors
Cold - Natural colors exhibit cool shades.
Warm - Brings out yellow, peach and gold tones.
- Predominance of tones in appearance
Light - There is virtually no contrast between the skin of the face, eyes and hair.
Dark - High contrast.
Part three.
The four seasons (spring, summer, autumn, winter) are divided into three more colors - corresponding to the months.
The final answer in determining the color type will be one of them:
Spring
bright light warm
Summer
cold light soft
Autumn
soft dark warm
Winter
bright cold dark
(If you get a combination that is not in the selected season, ask your family or friends for help)
What is a contrasting color type?
In the terminology of color theory there is no concept of contrasting color type. Contrasting is an appearance that lies on the border of two adjacent colors. That is, this is a way of combining light and dark shades in clothes.
Memo: Winter girls cannot be a warm or light type, just like autumn girls cannot be light. Spring will never be dark or cold. Representatives of summer have the most muted shades, which means that they cannot be warm, bright and dark.
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Do you know your color type?
If you treat your color type wisely, you will harmoniously emphasize all the attractive aspects of your natural appearance.
So how do you decide on your color type?
- Define cold or warm skin tone
- Define light or dark type of appearance
- From the results obtained, draw a conclusion
- How useful is knowledge of color type? Excursion into history
1. Determine the type of appearance Cold or Warm
The first thing you need to figure out is your appearance type.
Cold - This summer And winter,
Warm – spring And autumn .
METHOD ONE
1. You will need two foundations– one with a pink base shade, the other with a yellowish tint.
All foundations are based on either blue/pink shades (cool) or yellow (warm).
2. Apply foundation a blue/pink tint on one cheek and a yellowish tint on the other. Blend.
If your skin tone merges with a yellow tint, then your color type is warm.
If with bluish - cold .
This test is best carried out in winter, when the skin is not tanned and the tone is as close to natural as possible.
METHOD TWO
1. You will need two pieces of fabric or paper- silver and gold.
Carry out the test in natural light.
2. Place both pieces of fabric or paper on a neutral-colored surface and place your hands on them.
Your skin will blend in with either one or the other shade.
It's simple:
silver - cold type,
gold - warm .
So, a small summary:
If you have a warm, yellowish-golden skin tone and the prominent veins on your wrists are greenish, then you are WARM color type (autumn or spring).
If your subcutaneous veins have a bluish tint, and your skin is pink or blue, then you are COLD color type (winter or summer).
2. Determine the type of appearance Light or Dark
Everything is simple here:
Determined by eyes and hair dark or light you have the type of appearance.
Light -Eyes can be from light brown to light blue, light gray and light green, Hair is closer to light.
Dark - Eyes can be either dark brown, dark blue or dark green. Hair is closer to dark.
3. Result. Determine Color Type
Once we have defined:
- Cold or Warm skin tone
- Dark or Light type of appearance
We draw the following conclusions:
you are WINTER if
Your subcutaneous tones are cool. Eyes and hair are dark.
Gray hair is a sign of the winter color type in people with cool skin tones.
you are SPRING if
Subcutaneous tones are warm, greenish. The hair is blond, the eyes are exceptionally light.
Among the representatives of the spring type there are both red-haired girls and owners of dark brown hair with reddish reflections.
you are SUMMER if
Subcutaneous tones are cool blue. Eyes and hair are light.
you are AUTUMN if
Subcutaneous tones are warm greenish. Eyes and hair are dark.
The autumn type is characterized by a copper and reddish tint in the hair.
4. Why is knowledge of color type useful? Excursion into history
At one time, artists, psychologists, and photographers thought about this survey.
It all started with the fact that at the beginning of the 20th century, one talented Swiss artist and famous teacher named Johannes Itten concluded that his portraits looked more attractive when he used a specific palette for each individual skin tone or hair color. As a result, he created four palettes corresponding to four different skin tones. These palettes helped his students paint truly attractive portraits.
Susan Caigill, who in the middle of the 20th century also studied the color scheme and searched for harmonious color combinations, continued Itten’s research. In her theory, each person carries subtle information about his personality and style thanks to his nature-given “color.” The shades of our hair, eyes and skin are combined with different natural objects.
Well, she was last in line, but by no means least important. Carol Jackson at the end of the 20th century. Being a psychologist by training, she published a wonderful book called “Color Me Beautiful” (literally “Color Me Beautiful”). She was the same woman who proposed conditionally dividing people's appearance into four seasonal color types, saving the majority of women from the age-old problem of choosing makeup, clothes and jewelry. Thanks to Carol Jackson and her theory, figuring out your color type has become much easier.
In order for your makeup to be flawless, making your face rested and radiant, and not tired, painful and tortured, it is important to choose it correctly color scheme. The choice of colors in makeup depends on the type of appearance. What color types exist and how do you know which one is yours? Let's try to figure it out!
The concept of color type is a combination of skin tone, hair shade, lip color, eye color and eyelashes. There are four main types based on the names of the seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn.
- Winter women have a bright, icy beauty - their appearance is exquisitely contrasted and should also play on contrasts; what would be suitable here is something that would look too bright and even vulgar on girls of other color types.
- The girls are fragilely charming, graceful and light. Soft skin, illuminated from the inside, is their main decoration, so makeup should not be too abundant and overloaded.
- The girl's appearance is modest, feminine, calm and non-contrasting. By choosing the right makeup palette, you can turn the Summer young lady into a shining diamond.
- Sensual representatives radiate special magnetism and natural charm. Warm, natural colors in their makeup will emphasize the depth of the image.
Classification
Each of the four appearance color types is divided into three subtypes according to the following criteria: cold - warm, soft - clean, dark - light.
Criterion “cold - warm”
Cold color types are Winter and Summer, and warm color types are Spring and Autumn.
Main features cold colors :
- Pale beige skin with a grayish undertone or soft porcelain color;
- Eye color is often blue or gray-blue;
- Hair ashy shades without warm undertones, without admixtures of reddish and reddish colors, or vice versa, black and cold dark chestnut tones.
Warm colors characterized by:
- Peachy or golden skin, often with freckles;
- Green or brown color of the iris with golden rays or sparkles near the pupil;
- Hair with wheat, honey tones, with reddish or reddish-brown tints.
“Soft – clean” criterion
Soft, non-contrasting types of appearance are considered Summer and Autumn, and clean ones are Winter and Spring.
For soft types The following features are characteristic:
- The whole image is soft, low-contrast, as if in a light veil or haze;
- Eyes of muted tones: hazel, soft gray, gray-green;
- Hair is often neutral blond or light brown.
Character traits pure types :
- A high degree of contrast (for example, between skin tone and hair tone or eye and eyelash color);
- Bright, juicy, sparkling eye shades, bright white whites;
- The hair is also of bright, pure tones and can be either light or dark.
Criterion “dark - light”
Dark types of appearance include Winter and Autumn, and light types include Spring and Summer.
Main nuances of appearance for dark color types :
- Golden beige or olive skin;
- Dark, rich, deep eye shades;
- The hair is either dark or steel-gray.
Light color types have the following characteristics:
- Light thin skin, sometimes freckles are possible;
- Eyes of dull, discreet colors;
- Blonde hair, sometimes with a slight red tint.
So, we get twelve types of appearance, each of which has its own characteristic features:
Determining your appearance color type
You can find out which of the above types of appearance you belong to on your own at home using a couple of tests for which you need to carefully prepare:
- It is quite difficult to evaluate yourself objectively alone, so it is better to call someone to help you;
- It is better to carry out the test in a bright room without bright furniture in natural neutral lighting so that colors and shades are not distorted;
- The skin must be thoroughly cleaned and jewelry that is on the face must be removed;
- Clothes should be neutral colors; it would be even better to bare the shoulders;
- If your hair is dyed, it should be tucked under a scarf of a dull white color;
- The mirror should be located near the window.
Several ways to determine cold and warm colors:
- The first method is simple and does not require any auxiliary tools. Look at the inside of your wrist. If the veins on the wrist are cold of blue color, then you have a cold color type (you are Winter or Summer), if they are greenish, then your subtype is warm (you are Spring or Autumn).
- For the next test you will need a white sheet of paper. Hold the paper up to your face. If, against the background of a white sheet, your skin appears pinkish, bluish, or pale pink, then you have a cold color appearance. If your skin seems yellowish, brownish with a golden tint, or peachy, then you can safely classify yourself as warm.
- This time you will need gold and silver jewelry. Take turns bringing the jewelry to your face. If your skin looks fresh next to a gold item, but dull and gray next to a silver item, then you belong to a warm color type, if on the contrary, then to a cold one.
- The most “delicious” method for which you will need an orange. Bring it to your face: does your complexion become brighter and lighter, and the dark circles under your eyes become less noticeable? This means your coloring is warm. If skin defects have become even more obvious, and the skin has acquired a grayish tint, then your coloring is cold.
- For this method you will need scraps of fabric of different colors. First, a fabric of warm, pale salmon color and cool fuchsia color is brought to the face alternately. In what case does your face look fresher, your eyes begin to shine and minor imperfections in your appearance disappear? And in what case do you look tired, your face fades and turns gray, your features seem to blur? If the salmon color highlights your strengths, you are a warm subtype. If fuchsia gives you a radiant, rested look, you belong to the cool subtype.
After it becomes clear to you whether your coloring is cold or warm, you can determine what your color type is: if your coloring is cold, then who are you - Winter or Summer? And if the color is warm, are you Spring or maybe Autumn?
I’m starting to write how to determine my color type.
I would advise starting with the definition of a semitone - this will somewhat simplify the further search.
Warm or cold?
In order to determine whether you have a cold or warm appearance, there are four ways.
1) Look at your veins
2) Compare gold and silver
4) Test with fabric in warm or cool undertones ( colored paper It will also work if you find such complex shades)
1. Vein test
. It is offered most often, but it is also the most incomprehensible. You need to look at the inside of your hand, which almost never tans, and study the color of the veins behind the wrist and on the inside of the elbow. They write that warm types will have veins... green. Here we need to clarify - they, of course, will not be grassy green, they will be warm blue, i.e. blue with a greenish tint. If the skin is thick and not very light, it will generally be difficult to recognize whether they are greenish or not, except perhaps in comparison with someone else. But I’ll still give this test here, because sometimes even the smallest details are important.
So, if you have greenish veins on both your wrist and elbow- Are you a warm type or neutral-warm?
If you have and the veins on the wrist and elbow are clearly cold blue- you are a cold or neutral-cold type.
If you have both green and blue veins (for example, blue at the wrist, green at the elbow)- you are a neutral type, neutral-warm or neutral-cold, without extremes.
Personally, this test didn't give me much. My veins are greenish at my elbows. I found 4 veins on my wrist. 2 green and two dark blue. This means I am a neutral type, combining warm and cold undertones. Which means I can't be purely warm season and purely cold season.
2. Test with gold and silver
. There are two versions.
I both need good natural lighting and two pieces of jewelry - gold and silver.
1 option- in natural light (not in the bright sun - it also changes colors), without makeup, sit in front of the mirror so that the light falls on your face. Bring silver to your face first, then gold, and see what harmonizes better. Forget for a while about personal preferences like “I love silver, but I don’t like gold”; it’s not a matter of preference, but of type. Usually “not your” metal does not fit into the overall picture of appearance.
Option 2— in natural light against a neutral background, put gold and silver jewelry on your hand together, see what looks more harmonious. 
After these two tests, the following are possible: options:
1
) Gold suits you and silver does not suit you - you are a warm type.
3) You cannot choose - it seems that both are going, then it seems that both are not going - you are a neutral type.
I am a neutral type, I can wear both gold and silver. Although gold is still a little better since I'm a warm neutral. In life, the difference is more noticeable, since the photo is with a flash, but it conveys the main idea - you cannot definitely choose.
3) Lipstick test
. More accurate, because you can put on a lot of lipsticks, and you can see more clearly whether it works or not. Again, we need natural lighting, a neutral background, a bunch of different lipsticks (get samples, ask your friends and relatives). Lipsticks should be distributed according to undertones - those in which the bluish undertone predominates are cold, those in which the yellow or red undertone predominates are warm.
Cold lipsticks 
Warm lipsticks 
Usually some will look better. In my case - warm.
So, if cold lipsticks suit you
If warm lipsticks suit you
- you are a warm or neutral-warm type.
4. And the last thing - the most important and revealing - tissue test
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The usual classic version - compare warm pink And cool pink.
If the color is yours, the skin is evened out, imperfections are smoothed out. If the color is not yours, you will have a grayish shadow on your face, all imperfections will become noticeable, and an unhealthy blush may appear.
If warm pink suits you
- are you a warm or neutral-warm type?
If cool pink suits you
- you are a cold or neutral-cold type.
If you don't like pink or can't find it on hand, you can try it on other colors. however, do not go for shades that are too bright or too dark.
I like the table at http://eniki-beniki.livejournal.com/29350.html
Although I don’t agree with half of her explanation about color types, her table is good =) 
However I would anyway first of all recommended would test with pink, because among the rest it may be that both will go or both will not go, unless you're a pure warm type and a pure cold type. This doesn't usually happen with pink.
Now results:
1) Warm type
If, according to the test results, it turns out that you are clearly a warm type, and cold undertones do not suit you at all, then you are most likely Warm Autumn or Warm Spring
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2) Cold type
If, according to the test results, it turns out that cool colors suit you, but warm undertones categorically do not suit you, then you are most likely Cold winter or Cold Summer
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3) Neutral type
If both warm and cold undertones suit you, even in different proportions, then you are a neutral type and cannot be a purely warm or purely cold season. If, however, warm undertones suit you better, you neutral-warm type (Bright Spring, Light Spring, Soft Autumn, Deep Autumn ). If cold undertones suit you better, you - neutral-cold type (Bright Winter, Light Summer, Mild Summer, Dark Winter) .
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Jewelry test
What do you think: gold or silver jewelry suits you better (the question is not what you like best, but what actually gives your skin a glow, with which jewelry it looks fresher and healthier). Usually, girls with cool skin tones go for jewelry made of silver and platinum, and warm skin harmonizes better with gold.
Check your veins
Roll up your sleeves and look at the veins on the inside of your wrist. If their color is closer to blue, your skin most likely has a cool undertone. If the veins appear greenish, you are a “warm-skinned” creature. In reality, of course, veins cannot be green - they appear that way because you look at them through yellowish skin (yellow + blue = green).
Neutral test
Think about which neutral colors complement your beauty. Does your skin, eyes, and overall face look better with clean whites and blacks, or with ivory, off-whites, and browns? If the first statement is true, then you most likely have a cool undertone, and in the second case, you have a warm undertone.
Eye and hair color
Your natural hair and eye color can help you determine your color type.
Typically, people with cool skin tones have blue, gray or green eyes, and blond, brown or black hair has a bluish, silver, purple or ash tint.
And vice versa: warm-skinned women usually boast eyes of amber, brown or walnut color, and the hair has a golden, reddish, reddish, or yellowish tint (wheat blondes, owners of copper and chestnut manes and black manes with a reddish tint belong specifically to the warm type).
Test by the sun
When exposed sunlight Does your skin turn golden brown or immediately burn and turn pink? In the first case, you are a warm type, and skin of cool tones usually burns (light-skinned girls simply burn in the sun, and not too light skin of cool tones first burns and then tans).
Find your celebrity
Famous owners of cool skin tones: January Jones, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway, Lucy Liu, Cara Delevingne, Cameron Diaz.
Celebrities with warm skin tones: Jennifer Lopez, Nicole Kidman, Jessica Alba, Rachel Bilson, Jennifer Anniston, Beyoncé.
Determine what colors suit you
Regardless of skin tone, certain colors suit each person better.
Warm-skinned girls usually suit various shades of yellow, orange, brown, yellow-green, ivory and warm tones of red.
Girls with cool undertones should pay attention to all shades of blue, green, pink, lilac, blue-green, purple and true blue-based red.
In order to get a more complete picture, we suggest checking the color chart above!
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Quote from Ellynna's message How to determine your skin undertone - warm, cool or neutral
As is known, any color can be described by three characteristics— lightness, brightness and hue . Closely related to the concept of color tone "color temperature". What is it? I think you have often heard phrases like: “Cold red suits her, but warm red does not suit her.” Let's figure out what the color temperature characteristic means.
Psychologically, people divide the color wheel into warm And cool colors . Colors with a predominance of yellow and red are warm because they are associated with the sun and fire, while colors with a predominance of blue are cool because blue reminds us of water and ice.
However, not every red can be called a warm color and not every blue can be called a cool color. This happens because any color can be decomposed into two components - tone ( overtone) And undertone ( undertone) . The tone is the main color - i.e. green, yellow, purple, etc., and the undertone is the color "additive". For example, green with added yellow is a warm shade of green, and green with added blue is cool shade green. All chromatic colors except orange have warm and cool variants. Orange has only warm shades.
Compare cool and warm shades of the same color
Typically, each individual person wears either colors with a warm undertone, or colors with a cool undertone, or neutral colors that are close to the warm-cold border. The choice of clothing colors, hair color and makeup depends on this color characteristic.
To determine Which colors - warm, cool or neutral - are right for you?, there are 4 ways:
I will distribute them in order of increasing importance.
1) Look at your veins
2) Compare gold and silver
3) Try warm and cool shades of lipstick on your skin
4) Test with fabric in warm or cool undertones
1. Vein test
Look at your veins on your wrist and in the crook of your elbow. If their color is bluish-green, then most likely you have a warm type. If their color is bluish-lilac, then most likely you have a cold type. If you have both greenish and bluish veins, then you are a neutral type, with a slight predominance of warm or cold shades.
2. Test with gold and silver
There are two options for this test. Both require good natural lighting and two pieces of jewelry - gold and silver. Instead, any silver or golden metal will also work.
Option 1 - in natural light (not in the bright sun - it also changes colors), without makeup, sit in front of a mirror so that the light falls on your face. Bring silver to your face first, then gold, and see what harmonizes better. Forget for a moment about personal preferences “I like silver, but I don’t like gold”; it’s not a matter of preference, but of type. Usually “not your” metal does not fit into the overall picture of appearance.
Option 2 - in natural light against a neutral background, put gold and silver jewelry on your hand together and see what looks more harmonious.
After these two tests, the following options are possible:
1) Gold suits you and silver does not suit you - you are a warm type.
2) Silver suits you and gold does not suit you - you are a cold type.
3) You cannot choose - it seems that both are going, then it seems that both are not going - you are a neutral type. Rose gold suits neutral types.
Lipstick test. More accurate, since you can choose many shades of lipsticks, and with them you can more clearly see which shades are in better harmony with the skin. We again need natural lighting, a neutral background and many different lipsticks (take samples, ask friends and relatives). Lipsticks should be distributed according to undertones - those in which the bluish undertone predominates are cold, those in which the yellow or red undertone predominates are warm.
Take turns drawing stripes on the inside of your arm, first with cold lipsticks and then with warm ones. See which ones are more in harmony with the skin.
In the photo, the neutral-warm type tests cold and warm lipsticks. Warm lipsticks look more harmonious.
So, if cool lipsticks suit you, you are a cool or neutral-cool type.
If warm lipsticks suit you, you are a warm or neutral-warm type.
And the last thing - the most important and revealing - tissue test.
A common classic option is to compare warm pink and cool pink.
The tissue test should be carried out in front of a mirror in natural light and without makeup. If your hair is colored, it is better to cover it with a neutral gray cloth. After that, you drape the fabric of the desired shades over your shoulders or bring it to your face and watch how your skin reacts. If the color is yours, the skin color is evened out, imperfections are smoothed out. If the color is not yours, you will have a grayish shadow on your face, all imperfections will become noticeable, and an unhealthy blush may appear.
If for some reason you don’t like pink, or it’s not representative for you, you can try to compare the warm and cool shades of other colors (see illustration above)
If you cold type- colors with blue undertones suit you if you warm type- then colors with a golden or reddish undertone are suitable for you. Neutral types are suitable for colors from both categories, usually with a predominance of one. Neutral warm types have warm colors, and neutral cool types have cold colors. Depending on the brightness or softness of the colors of your appearance determines the choice of shades within each category that you can wear.
As for hair color and makeup, golden, copper and reddish shades of hair suit warm types, and ashen and cold red hair suits cold types. Golden undertones suit warm types foundation, and when cold they are pinkish.
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How to understand what type of facial skin: test
Let us immediately note that skin type can be determined by visual signs, and no complex research is needed for this. Enough simple test with a mirror, which will be given below.
In addition, there are some indirect signs that help you make the right choice:
- Most women between the ages of 25 and 45 have combination skin. There is no severe peeling or acne. There are a small number of blackheads on the nose and cheeks; an oily sheen appears in these areas a few hours after washing
- Normal skin with a healthy pink blush and no visible defects usually occurs only in children under 10 years old, if you have such skin as an adult, you are lucky
- IN adolescence 80% of boys and girls have oily skin and are prone to acne
- After 40 years, everyone’s skin, without exception, becomes drier and therefore requires more nutrients.
- In addition to genetic predisposition, the condition of the skin is also influenced by the external environment: in winter, due to frost, it is drier than in summer. The same can be said about trips to the sea: if you are sunburned and your skin is peeling, then you need to take care of it as if it were dry, regardless of what type of skin you naturally have
Test 1: With a mirror or napkin
To carry out this test, you need to wash your face with water and a special foam or gel for washing. After this, we do not apply any cosmetics to the skin and wait three hours. After this time, we carry out a test: take a clean mirror and apply it to different parts of the face.
If any visible mark remains on the mirror, then the skin in this area is oily; if not, then it is normal or dry. Instead of a mirror, you can also use napkins if there are stains on the paper - your skin is oily.
Test 2: Determine skin type by visual signs
Does your skin have enlarged pores?
- Yes, they are visible to the naked eye on all parts of the face
- Yes, but only on the nose and a little on the cheeks near the wings of the nose
- Without a magnifying mirror, I can't see the pores on my face.
What does your skin feel like?
- It appears thick and uneven, reminiscent of an orange peel
- It's a little rough on the nose, where there are blackheads
- The skin is absolutely smooth and seems very thin
If you didn't apply any cosmetics at night, how did you feel in the morning?
- I want to wash my face to remove accumulated dirt.
- Normal sensations, I don't feel anything special
- I would like to quickly apply some cream
How well does loose powder stay on your skin?
- The oily shine appears again within an hour
- An hour after application I need to “powder my nose”
- Loose powder will last well for at least half a day
How quickly do you “burn” in the sun?
- I can handle sun exposure better than everyone else
- About as fast as other people
- My skin immediately turns red and begins to peel the very next day.
Do you have areas of dry skin on your body that are prone to flaking?
- The skin on my elbows and feet sometimes peels
- I constantly feel peeling in some problem areas, sometimes I have a strong desire to apply cream all over my body
If option 1 suits you as the answer to most questions, then you have oily skin; if option 2 is more common, then combined; if option 3 dominates in your answers, then your skin is dry.
Combination or mixed skin type
On and near the nose there are enlarged pores that are prone to inflammation, and on the forehead and cheekbones the skin is dry, this type is called mixed or combined. Facial care in such cases is a little problematic, because different areas you need to care for it differently, simultaneously using products for both oily and dry skin.
If you buy cosmetics for normal skin, then most likely it will not give good result in none of the areas, especially since good cosmetic brands have such universal remedies very little. So, what should be in the makeup bag of the owner of a combination skin type?
- A gentle foam cleanser that does not dry out the skin
- Lotion, tonic or any other remedy for blackheads, which after washing should be applied only to problem areas
- A lightweight moisturizer that can be applied all over the face
- A sun protection product with an SPF factor of at least 25. If you have a moisturizer with such filters, then you don’t need to buy a separate sunscreen
- Nutritious night cream, which is applied to those areas of the face where the skin is dry. For areas with oily skin, you can apply a lighter moisturizer at night.
- Eye cream
Regular cream is also suitable for the area around the eyes, provided that you use it very, very carefully. Conversely, eye cream can, in principle, be used for the entire face.
Normal facial skin type
Normal facial skin differs from combination skin only in that there is no pronounced contrast between oily and dry areas. This skin looks great, has an even blush and a healthy glow. However, good skin also needs to be looked after. First of all, it needs hydration.
IMPORTANT: Moisturizer should be applied immediately after washing, only lightly patting your face with a towel.
The fact is that moisturizers themselves contain little moisture. But after washing, a layer of water molecules remains on the skin, and the cream can create a greasy film that will help retain this water.
Oily facial skin type
Those with oily skin are distressed by the greasy shine, enlarged pores and tendency to acne. However, oily skin has a huge advantage - it later develops wrinkles and other age-related changes, so if you have it this way by nature, then you have a lot of chances to look young and attractive for a long time.
Oily skin needs cleansing, but taking precautions is very important. After all, if you choose too aggressive products that dry out the skin, you can achieve the opposite effect: the body will react to the fact that the skin is dry and damaged, and the sebaceous glands will begin to work even more actively.
- Even if you have oily skin, you shouldn't wash your face. regular soap, which dries it out a lot. It’s better to take a special gel or foam
- You should also not use products that contain alcohol or wipe your face with wet wipes containing alcohol.
- If you have acne and are using it for it special means, it’s better to apply them pointwise, there is no need to try to apply them to the entire face for prevention
Oily skin, more than other skin, needs scrubs and peels. Old keratinized cells are mixed with the secretion secreted by the sebaceous glands, and a dense, oily film is formed on the surface. As a result, the ducts become clogged and pimples and blackheads appear. To prevent this from happening, at home you can use a scrub purchased in a store or a homemade scrub made from coffee grounds twice a week.
- Coffee grounds can be used in pure form or mixed with honey, it is simply applied to the face and rubbed over the skin with massage movements, after which the paste is washed off big amount water.
- To make enlarged pores less noticeable, masks containing white clay are ideal.
- Oily skin, like any other, needs hydration. Therefore, after washing your face in the morning, it is also necessary to apply a day cream, albeit a very light one, designed specifically for this skin type.
- Sun protection is also required. But for oily skin, you can choose products with a lower level of protection. Those that say SPF 15 or SPF 20 usually do the job quite well.
Dry facial skin type characteristics
On dry skin, pores are not visible, it seems very thin, and capillaries are often visible through it. It feels smooth or slightly rough to the touch due to flaky areas.
Dry skin, unfortunately, is very sensitive to environmental influences, and if it is not properly cared for, fine lines and wrinkles may appear early on. Therefore, it is very important to ensure that dry skin receives enough nutrients, to use a rich anti-frost cream in winter and good sunscreen in summer.
Ultraviolet light is the main enemy of any skin, especially dry skin. Owners of this skin type are better off not going out at all without sunscreen, in summer the SPF should be at least 30.
Ultraviolet is the number one enemy for dry skin How to determine whether your skin type is cold or warm: test
Girls who belong to the cold color type clothes are coming and cosmetics of cold shades, but those with a warm color type, on the contrary, will suit warm colors. There are several ways to help determine which color type you have.
1. Color test: pink or peach
You will need two sheets of colored paper: one in a cool pink shade, the second in a warm peach shade. Bring them one by one to your face and evaluate which one complements your appearance more favorably. If it's pink, you have a cool color type, if it's peach, you have a warm color type.
2. Test with different shades of white
Find two things in your wardrobe: one dazzling white, the second also white, but a little pastel with a milky or yellowish tint. Which color suits you best? If it's pastel, then you have a warm skin type.
Skin type cold warm
If your skin type is closer to cool, then light-colored foundations will suit you. Most likely, you naturally have a soft pink blush on your cheeks, and this can be emphasized with decorative cosmetics cool pink color.
Warm cool skin type
If your skin color is warm, choose foundation creams and peach-colored powder. Blush should also be warm golden tones. Girls with this skin type will suit fashionable makeup in bronze tones.
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You've probably noticed that some colors can make your face look fresher and more youthful. At the same time, other shades, on the contrary, give the face a tired, sick look, the skin acquires a gray-yellow tint. Many women spend long hours in store fitting rooms to buy exactly the thing that suits them, and they often make mistakes. Is it possible to simplify the procedure for choosing the right color?
There are millions of different shades of paints, and in order to choose the right ones for yourself, you need to have some knowledge. Today there is a well-known taxonomy, with the help of which it is quite easy to choose the ideal shades for yourself. This is the theory of seasons. It is based on the observation that the ratio of warm and cold colors in nature changes characteristically from one season to another: warm (spring) - cold (summer) - warm (autumn) - cold (winter). Temperature has nothing to do with this theory, everything is based only on the color palette of nature.
Warm tones include color combinations in which red and yellow undertones predominate. This includes spring (when there are a lot of yellow colors) and autumn (earthy-warm tones dominate).
Combinations with a blue undertone are perceived as “cold”. These include summer (lots of blue, even faded from the heat) and winter (cold, this time in clear, distinct nuances).
All people can also be divided into four color types according to the seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. Color type determine our pigments depending on the predominance of yellow or blue shades in the color of the eyes, hair and skin. They harmonize perfectly with each other in their natural form. Therefore, if we want to create a harmonious combination of colors in our image, when choosing clothes, cosmetics or hair dye, we should learn from nature.
Rules for combining shades
In nature, there are only three main “colors” - yellow, red, blue. There are also three achromatic colors (not colored) - black, white, gray. All other colors are just combinations of these primary colors.
Every person can wear all these colors (with rare exceptions) - but only in those combinations that match his color type. For example, for spring and autumn yellow or red undertones should predominate, and for winter and summer - blue.
All color combinations of the same season are in harmony with each other. From this simple rule There is an amazing color harmony that nature shows us in every season.
How to determine your color type?
The most difficult thing is to correctly determine your color type. Which season do you belong to: autumn, summer, winter or spring?
First of all, you need to establish whether warm or cold undertones predominate in the natural colors of your body. Next, you must determine whether brightly colored or subdued shades suit your personality better.
Cold or warm?
Take a closer look, does your skin have a warm, reddish-yellow undertone or a cool, bluish-pink? Difficult to determine? Indeed, without an experienced stylist it is very difficult to come to a final conclusion. But there is one tricky way testing, which can even determine to a non-specialist whether you belong to a warm (spring/autumn) or cold (summer/winter) color type.
To do this, you need to choose two scarves - one bluish-pink (cold), the other yellowish-salmon-pink (warm). If you don't find suitable scarves, use colored paper of similar shades. Apply each color in turn to your face and hands (in daylight).
- You belong to the spring or autumn color type of appearance if a scarf of a cold bluish tint makes your facial skin pale and your lips become painful blue tint. In a scarf in a warm shade of salmon, on the contrary, the skin will appear fresh and healthy, and its golden hue will become clear.
- If you belong to a winter or summer color type of appearance, then your skin, in contrast with a bluish-pink scarf, will seem fresh, while the warm yellowish tone of salmon will make your face tired, and the veins and circles under the eyes will immediately become more noticeable.
Determining contrast
Once you have established which tones your skin harmonizes with, you need to find out whether more contrasting, saturated colors suit you or, conversely, muted ones. After this, you will finally be able to classify yourself as a specific color type - spring or autumn, or winter or summer, respectively.
Difference between two warm tones:
— The dominant tone of spring shades is yellow, so colors of this type are light, cheerful and bright.
— The basis of autumn shades is red, so the colors will be more contrasting, heavier, earthier, compared to the gentle spring.
The difference between the two cool tones:
— Summer shades have a blue undertone, but compared to winter nuances, they are more muted, light, washed out on the same blue base.
—Winter colors are also based on blue, but they are clearer and brighter than their summer counterparts.
We select hair color according to the color type of appearance
The art of mixing warm and cool colors.
All colors that belong to the palette of one season are combined with each other and allow any combination with each other.
Remember: a shade with a blue undertone is a cool color; red and yellow undertones are warm colors.
Does this mean that red and yellow should only be in spring and fall palettes, and green and blue are only suitable for winter palettes? This is far from true! Each color type can wear all colors - you just need to choose the right shades. For example, blue color can be warm if it has a yellow or red undertone, and representatives of warm color types can safely wear it. And vice versa, if the red main color has a blue or blue undertone, it will look harmonious on representatives of a cold color type.
Is there a mixed color type?
If you have difficulty determining your color type, you may think that you belong to mixed type. However, there are no mixed color types. Each type may have more delicate, light variants and more pronounced, dark ones. Each color type may have nuances that allow you to approach the selection of your personal color palette more frivolously.
For example, if you are a spring type with dark, pronounced golden tones in your skin and hair, you can safely use light shades of the autumn palette in clothes and cosmetics.
Delicate, fair-skinned autumn types may be suited to many of the soft, muted tones of the spring palette.
Summer types with darker shades can harmoniously suit the face with delicate shades of the winter palette.
A strong winter type with a very bright, strong contrast between skin, hair and eye color can be softened with the help of delicate and fresh shades of the spring palette.
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Skin tone is divided into three classifications, including: warm, cool and neutral. Here are a few simple steps to help you determine your skin tone.
The test vein is that all you need is natural light, look at the inside of your wrist. If the veins have a greenish tint, this indicates a yellow undertone to your skin, which in turn indicates a warm skin tone. If the veins have a bluish tint, this indicates a cool skin tone.
Horse Tail Test - Pull your hair back away from your face and create a ponytail, the main goal is to thoroughly cleanse your face. Take a white towel or cloth and wrap it around your neck and shoulders. If your face is more yellow tint, means you have a warm skin tone, while a bluish undertone means you have a cool skin tone.
Silver and gold test – If it looks like gold, it means you have a warm skin tone. People with cool skin tones tend to prefer silver. Additionally, you can use gold and silver fabrics for this test. Place a gold-plated cloth under your chin; it will either give a healthy tone to your face or not. Try the same with silver plated fabric, what do you see? Yellow or blue tint?
One of the natural methods, eye and hair color - Typically, people with blue, green and gray eyes, black and brown hair have cool skin tones. In addition, in its natural state, cool-toned skin has a pinkish tint. People with brown, black, hazel eyes and black, blond and red hair tend to have warm skin tones. Natural shades of this skin are golden and apricot colors. However, there are always exceptions to the rules, so be careful with this method.
If you've done all of the above and still haven't determined your skin tone, it's possible that you have a neutral skin tone. Neutral skin tones can pair well with any color, but may also lean towards warm or cool tones. For example, a neutral skin tone can look great in colors that suit warm skin tones, or vice versa.
So, best colors for your skin tone. Below is a short selection, but remember, there are always exceptions to the rules.
Cool skin tone - includes rich pure colors: red, pink, crimson, deep emerald green, mixed or pure black. In general, cool colors are preferred over pastel or light colors. Cool skin tones should avoid beige, orange and gold colors.
Warm skin tones take on earthy and muted colors. Typically, sage greens, golds, and bronzes look great on warm skin tones. Among the soft colors, peach, apricot and yellow are recommended.
Neutral skin tone - accepts all colors to your satisfaction. However, as stated above, neutral tone tends to lean towards warm or cool tone preferences, this does not mean that the colors of one tone or the other will look bad, but the effect will be variable.
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What is a color type
The concept of color type is a combination of skin tone, hair shade, lip color, eye color and eyelashes. There are four main types based on the names of the seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn.
- Winter women have a bright, icy beauty - their appearance is exquisitely contrasting Makeup for the Winter color type should also play on contrasts; here something that would look too bright and even vulgar on girls of other color types would be suitable.
- Girls Spring color type fragilely charming, graceful and light. Delicate skin, illuminated from within, is their main decoration, so makeup should not be too abundant or overloaded.
- Girl's appearance Summer color type modest, feminine, calm and non-contrasting. By choosing the right makeup palette, you can turn the Summer young lady into a shining diamond.
- Sensual representatives Autumn color type radiate special magnetism and natural charm. Warm, natural colors in their makeup will emphasize the depth of the image.
Classification
Each of the four appearance color types is divided into three subtypes according to the following criteria: cold - warm, soft - clean, dark - light.
Criterion “cold - warm”
Cold color types are Winter and Summer, and warm color types are Spring and Autumn.
Main features cold colors :
Warm colors characterized by:
“Soft – clean” criterion
Soft, non-contrasting types of appearance are considered Summer and Autumn, and clean ones are Winter and Spring.
For soft types The following features are characteristic:
Character traits pure types :
Criterion “dark - light”
Dark types of appearance include Winter and Autumn, and light types include Spring and Summer.
Main nuances of appearance for dark color types :
Light color types have the following characteristics:
So, we get twelve types of appearance, each of which has its own characteristic features:
Determining your appearance color type
You can find out which of the above types of appearance you belong to on your own at home using a couple of tests for which you need to carefully prepare:
Several ways to determine cold and warm colors:
- The first method is simple and does not require any auxiliary tools. Look at the inside of your wrist. If the veins on your wrist are cold blue, then you have a cold color type (you are Winter or Summer), if they are greenish, then your subtype is warm (you are Spring or Autumn).
- For the next test you will need a white sheet of paper. Hold the paper up to your face. If, against the background of a white sheet, your skin appears pinkish, bluish, or pale pink, then you have a cold color appearance. If your skin seems yellowish, brownish with a golden tint, or peachy, then you can safely classify yourself as warm.
- This time you will need gold and silver jewelry. Take turns bringing the jewelry to your face. If your skin looks fresh next to a gold item, but dull and gray next to a silver item, then you belong to a warm color type, if on the contrary, then to a cold one.
- The most “delicious” method for which you will need an orange. Bring it to your face: does your complexion become brighter and lighter, and the dark circles under your eyes become less noticeable? This means your coloring is warm. If skin defects have become even more obvious, and the skin has acquired a grayish tint, then your coloring is cold.
- For this method you will need scraps of fabric of different colors. First, a fabric of warm, pale salmon color and cool fuchsia color is brought to the face alternately. In what case does your face look fresher, your eyes begin to shine and minor imperfections in your appearance disappear? And in what case do you look tired, your face fades and turns gray, your features seem to blur? If the salmon color highlights your strengths, you are a warm subtype. If fuchsia gives you a radiant, rested look, you belong to the cool subtype.
After it becomes clear to you whether your coloring is cold or warm, you can determine what your color type is: if your coloring is cold, then who are you - Winter or Summer? And if the color is warm, are you Spring or maybe Autumn?
Below is a video that will help you expand your existing knowledge about appearance color types.
Before defining warmth and coldness, it is necessary to determine the contrast in appearance. The error in determining temperature is not as critical as in determining contrast.
Why is the contrast of a color type more important than its warmth or coldness?
The laws of visual perception are the same for everything, which means they also apply to the perception of appearance. Some characteristics matter much more than others. These perceptual effects have been discussed in articles about them. If we distribute color characteristics by importance, the sequence will be as follows:
- Shape and size of color spot, texture
- Color contrast in lightness
- Color contrast by saturation
- Absolute color temperature
- Relative color temperature, warm and cool shades, temperature nuance
And although color temperature comes last in importance, it is of great importance. Suitable shades of clothing and makeup make the skin visually younger, the complexion healthier and fresher, the image harmonious and thoughtful.
Why is this happening? The color of skin, hair and eyes depends on the presence of certain pigments in them. The colors of clothing, makeup or hair dye interact with these pigments through phenomena such as simultaneous contrast and reflexes.
Cool or warm color type is determined in two ways.
The first is to determine which pigments predominate in a person’s individual coloring and analyze their interaction with surrounding colors. The second is the application of tissue samples.
Determining the warmth and coldness of appearance using fabrics.
Important! Determination of color type temperature should take place in natural light.
3. Headbands-kerchiefs are white, as is the background in a generally inappropriate color in contrast. We perceive the entire image: the face, the scarf, the test fabric, the background. This means that the surrounding colors influence the assessment of the image no less than the test fabrics. The white scarf is much lighter than the exterior colors and stands out sharply in contrast, making it stronger. Cold White color when determining the temperature of a color type, it distorts perception. The same goes for the background: black or saturated color can distort the results of the experiment.
1. Cool light blue looks good. It’s just that it matches the white scarf better, but the face roughly stands out from the overall picture. 2. The colors of the background and scarf are the same lightness as the colors of the exterior, so here the blue color itself stands out roughly, too light and cold. 3. By reducing the intensity of blue and making its shade warmer, we get a more harmonious image.
With a white scarf on our heads, we risk defining the color type as more contrasting and colder than it actually is.
Right: When determining the color type, only fabrics of the same lightness as the appearance are applied and tied to the head.
4. Applying fabrics of inappropriate contrast and saturation to the face. This is a very subtle point. Because contrast is primary, fabric of the right contrast and the wrong temperature will usually look better than fabric of the right temperature and the wrong contrast.
Examples of how temperature is secondary to contrast. 1. Yellow, despite the appropriate warmth, is too light, so it stands out in front, and the face has “moved” into the background and seems inconspicuous. 2. Magenta, despite the coldness of the shade, is suitable for contrast, so it looks good. 3. Warm green is too dull and unsaturated, so the face stands out painfully against its background. 4. Cool blue looks good because of the appropriate contrast.
Sometimes colors from someone else's temperature range suit us only because they suit other more important parameters, and this confuses us when determining the warmth or coldness of appearance. If you apply a color that is suitable in temperature, but not suitable in lightness or saturation, it is easy to make mistakes in your conclusions. This is especially true for colors without a pronounced temperature, that is, without blue, orange and their impurities.
Not everyone sees temperature nuances, lighting also distorts the picture, but contrast is read unmistakably by everyone at once. Therefore, if you have difficulty determining the temperature, choose neutral colors, complex, mixed shades without pronounced warmth and coldness. Avoid shades of blue and orange or saturated colors.
Right: First, we determine the contrast of appearance on a gray scale. Fabric samples to be determined, clothing, backgrounds and headbands must be within the lightness range determined by the gray scale. In addition, they must be neutral in temperature, that is, also gray.
5. Difficulties in determining the brightness/saturation of a color type. The lack of makeup is disconcerting. A face without makeup looks quite faded, and against the background of colored fabrics this effect is enhanced, so saturated shades may be rejected as inappropriate. It is recommended to determine the color type without makeup, but we don’t always walk like that. Makeup expands the range of contrast and saturation of the individual palette. Don't forget: When determining suitable colors without makeup, we select spectacular and bright shades for an evening look.
Right: first determine the appropriate contrast range, then the temperature using desaturated fabrics. If the first two stages were successful, then you can apply moderate makeup suitable colors. First, tint your eyelashes. Black mascara is universal here, unless you are a fair type. If it’s light, take the darkest from the lightness scale: neutral gray for cold ones and brown for warm ones. Now you can apply fabrics of rich colors. Evaluate how far they go. After this, you can lightly line your eyes and repeat the experiment. Same thing with eyebrows. If you apply everyday makeup, this should also be done when determining the purity of the color type.
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