In a place with bright, natural light, hold up a piece of printer paper and look at how your skin reacts to it. If your skin looks pinkish against the paper, you probably have cooler undertones; if your skin looks yellow against the paper, you're probably a warm tone.
As a rule, any blush with a brown or peach undertone is warm. Any blush with a purple or pink undertone is cool. Some colors can work for both skintones, such as a peachy pink or a pinkish brown.
Check the colour of your veins on the inside of your wrist. If the veins appear more greenish (than blue) in colour, then you have a warm undertone, while if they appear more bluish (than green), then you have a cool undertone to your skin. 2.
Flip over your arm and take a look at the inside of your wrist. If your veins appear to have a blue or deep purple tint, you likely have cool skin undertones. If they look more greenish, you likely have warm or olive undertones. If you can't tell one way or the other, you may have neutral undertones.
A pink undertone is a term for a light reddish-pink tone that is generally found in fair-skinned people. If you have a pink undertone, it's likely you're more prone to rosacea and sensitive to sunburns, but those with this undertone look great in makeup and red clothing.
If you've picked the wrong undertone:
If you are COOL and pick a WARM or NEUTRAL foundation, it will look yellow on you. If you are WARM and pick a COOL foundation, it will make your skin look pale and icy. If you pick a NEUTRAL foundation, it will look grey.
If you have warm undertones, you will still have pink in your skin but it may be neutral to warm pinks. And if you have cool undertones, you will have neutral to cool pinks. The neutral pinks are the skin tones that can confuse you because we've been told that pink tones in the skin means cool. Not necessarily true.
Warm undertones range from peach to yellow and golden. Some people with warm undertones also have sallow skin. Cool undertones include pink and bluish hues. If you have a neutral undertone, this means that your undertones are roughly the same color as your actual skin tone.
A cool undertone is generally associated with skin that has hints of blue, pink, or a ruddy red complexion. A warm undertone is more peachy, golden, or yellow. Neutral is a mixture (or neither!) of the two.
Neutral undertone means your skin has a mix of cool and warm hues, or lack both. If you are a neutral undertone, your veins should appear blue-green. People with neutral undertones can look good in both silver and gold jewelry. As a person with neutral undertone, you look good in both warm and cool colors!
In a place with bright, natural light, hold up a piece of printer paper and look at how your skin reacts to it. If your skin looks pinkish against the paper, you probably have cooler undertones; if your skin looks yellow against the paper, you're probably a warm tone.
Someone with red undertones is better suited to cooler hair shades—violet reds, cool icy blondes, and mocha browns. A word to the wise: If you have a darker skin tone, stay away from medium browns and dark blondes, as the lack of contrast will wash you out.
Pink has a tint of red in it, so we can conclude pink is a warm color.
Those of ethnic descent from Scandinavia, the British Isles, Central Europe (France/Germany/Switzerland and surrounding countries) may often have a cool complexion. NEUTRAL: Eyes may be any color. Hair may be any color. Skin has unspecifiable undertones, such as pink, olive or yellow.
As far as hair hues go, you'll want to stick to cooler shades. This means lighter and ashy blondes, along with lighter browns and true reds. Avoid anything that is golden or orangey because they won't complement your skin tone accordingly.
Look at your wrist veins under natural light.
If your veins appear to be green, you probably have warm undertones. If they're blue or purple, you probably have cool undertones. If they are a mix of both, you may have neutral undertones.
That being said, there are several reasons olive people are considered to have the most attractive skin tone. For one, it is widely regarded to be the average skin tone among most races and ethnicities around the world.
The easiest way to determine your undertone is by opting for a closer inspection of the insides of your wrists. If they appear green, your undertone is warm while blue veins signify cooler undertones. If you can see a mix of both, you likely have neutral undertones.
The experts have spoken, and the answer is, foundation should be one or two shades lighter than your skin tone. This is because when you use bronzer or contour then the foundation should be able to blend and give the perfect look to your face.
Avoid pastels since these colors tend to wash out those with red hair. Also avoid most oranges, yellows, and burgundy-reds. (Yellow is the wild card color— on some it looks unbelievably good and others it washes out.) Never be afraid to be bold with the colors you wear.
Good Color Choices
Browns that do not have red undertones, gray, black, blue, and greens are good choices that won't give your blemished skin any unwanted attention. Green is one of the best choices, and it is often used in cosmetics that are made for scar coverage.