If you choose the right hair color, you can visually become younger, hide the imperfections of the face and make the image more vivid and memorable. But in the process you need to take into account the many nuances, starting with the natural color of curls and eyes, and ending with the age and type of haircut. Type of appearance - a decisive factor to which it is necessary to pay attention when selecting paint. Otherwise, there is a risk of change for the worse.
What color to dye your hair?
Which color to choose depends largely on the features of the exterior. But when choosing paint it is necessary to take into account the following factors:
- did henna curl stains in the past
- the desired result
- short or long haircut
- the presence of gray curls,
- original hair color.
Hair tint matched to your eye color will look more organic:
1. owners of brown and green eyes will go warm colors - brown, ocher, wheat,
2. Blue and gray eyes are perfectly combined with cold tones - graphite, eggplant, blond, blonde and ashen.
Warm tones will make the image softer, and cold - on the contrary, stricter. Black goes a little. It emphasizes the disadvantages, so it is recommended to use it only for young girls with perfect skin and bright eye color. Visually capable of aging cold blonde and platinum.
Appearance color type
There are 4 types of appearance:
When selecting paint according to the type of appearance, hair color is considered to match the color of eyes and skin.
Spring color type refers to warm. The skin is golden, and the eyes are usually blue or turquoise, less often brown. The natural color of the curls at the same time often light with a warm subtone - amber, golden brown or honey.
Women of spring type can not be painted in colors that will contrast with the exterior. Better to make smooth transitions. Paint pick from the golden scale. Suitable honey, warm blond, caramel, light copper, red-brown, apricot, milk chocolate. The maximum dark tone for spring is dark sandalwood. If the eyes are brown in color and the natural shade of hair is chestnut, then you should pay attention to the mahogany.
Women of spring color type are not recommended to paint themselves in too light colors, such as blond, as their face will lose its expressiveness. Invalid is black. It will be poorly combined with light eyebrows and eyelashes.
Those who belong to the summer type have a cold tone of skin, eyes and hair. Common ash tones. Eyes are usually gray, green, blue, olive, sometimes hazel.
Natural hair color may be different, but without yellowing and golden blotches. Ashy, light and dark blond curls are the most common. Black and red hair almost never occur.
To find the right hair color for women of the summer type, you need to focus on the original shade of curls. With bright hair worth paying attention to the wheat. If the curls have a dark tone, then choose colors: black tulip, dark brown and all that are yellowish, but with reddish patches.
The autumn type is accompanied by warm colors. The skin has a golden hue, red freckles. Curls often have a light or dark copper tone. The eyes are bright green or brown with a yellow tint and are always strongly contrasted with the color of the hair.
Tinted curls for women of the autumn type with dark skin should relate to warm colors. Sandalwood is chosen as the light shades, and any red tones, red, chocolate, chestnut, mahogany are selected as dark.
Those who belong to the winter color type should dwell on cold tones, to which natural shades of skin, eyes and hair belong. With a non-contrast appearance usually yellow-green, olive, light brown ocher eyes. Curls with brown. Those with a contrasting winter type, have bright blue, dark brown and black eyes of cold shades.
Since winter hair is often dark, it is not recommended to change color strongly. It should pick up cold colors, such as black tulip, ebony, with a red tint. Do not use red, yellow and copper colors.
Color and color fastness
According to the rules, paint is selected in daylight using a palette. The so-called achromatic series consists of 10 tones from light blond to black. The first number on the paint box indicates how dark or light the color is.
There is a standard scale of 8 shades. From it is taken the second number on the paint box. She is responsible for the main shade.
The third and fourth digits indicate an additional shade that appears weaker. Usually they are 2 times less than the main ones. If 2 and 3 digits are the same, then the main pigment is intense.
If there is little gray hair, then you can choose dark brown and black tones. If it takes more than 30%, then use dark-brown and chestnut shades. With a large number of gray hair painting is better to entrust a professional.
All colors are conventionally divided into three categories:
- tint
- semi-permanent,
- permanent.
They are marked on the packaging with symbols I, II, III. Tint means I category provide unstable toning. The paint does not penetrate into the structure of the curls and is washed off after 4-6 washes.
Semi-permanent agents of the second category contain ammonia. They paint better and last longer. But suitable only if there is no need for a radical change in hair color. They are able to make curls a few tones lighter or darker. Such paints are washed off from about 20 times.
Permanent remedies of the third category are necessary for those who have a lot of gray hair or who wish to radically change the color of the curls. Such compositions contain hydrogen peroxide and strongly affect the structure of the strands.
Tips and nuances
When selecting a shade should follow the rules:
1. When painting in lighter tones, dark curls will have to be discolored first. Otherwise, get what you want will not work.
2. Auburn is versatile and fits almost everything.
3. For women with green, blue or gray eyes, it is correct to choose reddish tones for coloring. But the color of the hair should not be too light so as not to merge with the skin.
4. In order not to be mistaken in the paint, you can protonate one strand for the sample.
5. Brown brown eyes are recommended to choose a paint, the tone of which will be darker than the skin. Chocolate, dark chestnut and black look great.
6. For girls with freckles, dark brown or golden tones of paint will do. They will emphasize their originality. If a woman perceives freckles as a flaw, then she should pick up red or reddish tones. They will distract attention from the defect.
7. With rosacea and rashes, the red and red shades of the curls are taboo. It is better to pick up golden, blond and chestnut tones.
8. Creative asymmetrical haircuts are combined with bright, non-standard shades of curls.
9. The most controversial are platinum blonde and blue-black. They are so radical that very few people are suitable. They may risk using young girls with perfect looks and even skin tone.
10. The older the woman, the brighter the paint should be, since dark colors add age.
11. Lovers of bright make-up are allowed to apply very dark and saturated shades on the hair.
12. If you want your haircut to look more voluminous, then it is best to dye your hair in dark shades.
Color type "Spring"
Your hair: golden, light brown, blond, linen, wheat and straw color. The hair is dominated by warm yellowish, honey, amber strands. The structure is usually thin, often fluffy or wavy. The color of the eyebrows coincides with the hair color or only 1-2 tones darker.
Your eyes: sky blue, greenish blue, green, amber, turquoise, watery green and light blue. Rarely - brown. In the iris of the eye there is a golden blotch.
Your skin: ivory, beige, porcelain, light golden. Well, but slowly sunbathes, gradually acquiring a golden brown, honey or reddish-honey shade. Often there are golden or light brown freckles and a light, delicate blush.
Color type "Summer"
Your hair: ash-blond, mouse-chestnut, medium blond and light brown, ash brown. In the sun quickly fade. As a rule, the hair is early, but gradually turns gray, and each strand acquires an aristocratic ashy tint. Eyebrows are always blond shades: from light to dark.
Your eyes: often dull, slightly misty. The color can be different: gray-blue, gray-green, light blue, blue, green-blue, green, nutty, light brown.
Your skin: thin and delicate in appearance, from which it seems to blow cool, there are freckles. The color of the summer-type skin is diverse: olive, light olive, pink and beige, pink, porcelain and ivory.
Color type "Autumn"
Your hair: copper-brown, red, bronze, carrot-red, copper, light copper, golden chestnut, warm brown, dark brown with a reddish sheen. Hair turns gray late, gently shrouding each strand in bright rays of a golden-yellow tone. The color of the eyebrow is comparable to the color of the hair and always with a golden or reddish nuance.
Your eyes: bright, "burning". The color is mainly dark: amber-brown, reed green, hazel-green, dark brown, golden brown. Less common are blue, gray with brown veins, kerosene, green-blue, light amber.
Your skin: looks tight and level. Practically not prone to redness and other minor defects. But there may be freckles. Blush is extremely rare, and if it occurs, it is barely visible with a peach shade. The color range is large: golden-beige, pinkish-beige, ivory, champagne, red-brown with golden-yellow backlight, tan peach, light chestnut.
Tsvetotyp "Winter"
Your hair: dark, the color has hardly changed since birth: black and chestnut, black, chestnut, ash-brown, plum. Or bright white with a clear ash glare. The structure of the hair is often thick and dense. Eyebrows are always dark, even when “winter” is a burning blonde.
Your eyes: dark brown, deep brown, black, icy green, dark gray, bright blue or blue.
Your skin: as a rule, quite dense and even with a transparent bluish tint. Brownish-olive, pinkish, olive, beige, ash-brown, porcelain, white-beige. Freckles are extremely rare.
What are
Natural redhead is not so common. However, we are talking about the very fiery red, when from the hair, as it seems, you can light a match. Shades of red are very common, but, as a rule, do not differ in such brightness.
The color palette of hair dye includes natural tones of ginger, found in nature, and unusual, bright and complex shades. However, in practice, the intensity of the color is much more important, and not the artificiality of the shade. And here the choice must be made immediately.
Bright colours - fiery, red, copper, and the saturation of the hue certainly attracts attention and requires appropriate “clearance” - make-up, pretty bright clothes and even appropriate behavior. And it concerns both natural shades - orange, and artificial - red. But how to dye dark hair in red color and with what paint is described in detail in this article.
Bright red color - any shade, requires flawless skin: smooth, clean, without redness, disarray and pimples. Therefore, women aged and girls with easily irritated skin cannot choose such shades.
Calm tones are much easier to combine with the natural color of hair, eyebrows, eyelashes and skin and not so demanding. Usually, these are natural shades –Imbir, the color of amber, but, true, even the most modest red will accentuate freckles.
Any manufacturer has 4–5 shades of red, and some well-known companies include up to 20 for every taste. Despite some difference in the name and classification of tones, the colors, especially characteristic, are called approximately the same.
Dividing by tones
Conventionally, the palette can be divided into light and dark tones. This value is not so much for the classification, as for the choice of the staining procedure. If the hair is chestnut color, then dark red can be applied without prior bleaching, as well as on light. But when choosing gold or amber, dark-haired girls will have to undergo blonding.
Dark gamma
It is perceived as brighter, although in practice it is associated with greater expressiveness of color. It includes both cold and warm tones, which also must be considered when choosing.
- Auburn –Practically bronze, but with a larger share of red. The color is thick, bright attracts attention, and therefore quite demanding. Refers to warm tones, but due to brightness it does not combine with pale skin and bright eyes.
- Red-red - even brighter and more spectacular color. It requires perfectly perfect porcelain skin, a clear outline of dark eyebrows and eyelashes, and preferably dark eyes. With pale skin or a tendency to irritation, it cannot be chosen.
- Dark copper - almost a brown shade of hair is most suitable for owners of dark and olive skin, since even bright white next to the copper color appears pale. Skin flaws are also excluded here.
- Under this name combine the whole range of copper shades - from the usual copper-red to red-violet. The latter is more often used for coloring or colored ombre on dark hair than for dyeing.
- Ginger - a cool color that gives the natural lack of brightness. This shade is very "democratic" and is equally combined with pale and dark skin.
- Terracotta –warm chestnut with a reddish tinge. A suitable solution for owners of both light and dark skin.
- The Red tree –An option for dark hair and dark eyes. It is risky to dye so light curls, because a complete change of image is required.
- Wine red or burgundy hair color - a very aristocratic red, ideally combined with dark and tanned dark skin.
Bright gamma
More suitable for owners of fair skin. Shades are easier to combine with the color of the eyebrows and eyes, and with pale skin they look more harmonious. The palette includes both bright and neutral colors.
- Light red - really light, it is even difficult to call it bright. The color fits nicely with light brown hair and looks completely natural. Suitable for all light-skinned and pale-skinned girls.
- Golden red –Where a brighter color, and much more demanding. It is best combined with bright eye color, although it is not necessary. Looks great with freckles.
- Pink gold is a delicate color despite brightness. A great solution for young girls, as it makes the skin more transparent.
- Apricot - rich warm color, requiring the color of the skin and eyes in a warm range, closer to orange than pink.
- Orange –The most bright version of light red hair possible. Hue for the most part looks natural, so it requires an appropriate image.
- Honey - cold tone red, perfectly combined with brown and gray eyes and with the skin of almost any shades. Honey may include additional colors - honey golden, honey red.
- Reddish blonde coloras close as possible to the natural.Perfect for all light-skinned and fair-haired women in cases where a woman is not yet ready for a drastic change of appearance, but she wants to change her appearance.
All red color combines one feature - instability. Auburn is much quicker to wash out and fade than any other color. So you have to tint the hair more often.
Who is the red hair color and what type of person is better to use such a color palette, described in detail in this article.
How does honey red hair color look on the hair of young girls and how to achieve this hair color is indicated in this article.
What are the cool shades of red hair there, is described and shown in detail in the photo in the article: http://opricheske.com/uxod/okrashivanie/xolodnyj-cvet-volos.html
How well brown hair looks with a red tint and how to achieve such a color combination is indicated in this article.
Auburn is universal. Warm and light tone, dark or pale skin, eyes of any color, any face shape - you can always choose a color. It is easier to say who does not have a sunny palette, especially since there are only two contraindications - gray hair and easily inflamed skin.
On gray strands, as well as on dry and brittle, red color will not hold. As a result, the uniform staining will not work, and the shade will change literally immediately.
To determine exactly which color to choose, you need to set your color type.
On video shades of red hair colors:
Color types and shades of red
There are 4 main color types, denoting them by the seasons. Each of them is characterized by a certain set of features - the color of skin, eyes, hair, which determines the choice.
- Spring - its representatives are distinguished by thin delicate skin - transparent or pale, blond hair - blond, honey, golden and dull color of large shiny eyes. Spring is a warm type, and the shade of curls should be chosen in a warm range.
Light shades fit almost everything - from golden honey to carrot. From the dark suit classic red, copper and terracotta. With brown eyes, you can use all shades of bronze. Bright fiery and orange colors are excluded: in contrast to them, thin skin will appear grayish or greenish.
- Summer - “summer” women have light pink or grayish skin, usually gray or blue eyes and hair color from chestnut to golden, but almost always with an implicit shade of gray. Summer is divided into 2 categories - contrast and non-contrast. In the first case, the difference between the shade of the hair and the skin is quite noticeable - a chestnut braid, for example, with pink skin. In the second, the shades are close — grayish skin and ashy blond.
You can read about how red coloring on dark hair occurs in this article.
Summer is a cold color and among the abundance of red one it is necessary to choose cold tones. For the non-contrast type, only bright and close to the natural ones are uniquely suitable - medium, golden-red, red-brown. The contrasting type can also afford a dark, but also cold color — gimbal, as well as terracotta because of its lack of brightness. 
The difference between contrasting and non-contrasting summer is not so obvious. In many cases, a well-chosen shade of red can slightly change the color type.
- Autumn - its representatives are most often natural red. The color of the eyes is bright, the skin is golden, it tans easily, almost always with freckles.
"Autumn" women can afford any shade of red - from golden-red to burgundy. It is necessary to take into account the color of the skin and eyes: the brighter the color of the iris and darker skin, the more saturated the red you can afford. 
- Winter is a cold color type suggesting a bright catchy appearance. Red color should be chosen in a cold range. The color type is also divided into 2 subgroups.
Contrasting winter has snow-white skin, dark hair and bright eye color. The best choice is dark ginger shades, since light colors reduce contrast, and even you have to lighten hair a few times, while even shampooing can be used. Non-contrast winter involves a combination of dark skin and dark hair. In this case, any bright bright colors are acceptable - from rich red to copper-violet.
The color type is easier to determine without analyzing the color of the skin and eyes, but by determining which shade of the basic tones of the type is suitable and which one is not. So, orange or peach certainly fits spring and autumn, pink goes summer, and black is absolutely not compatible with spring.
Skin color and red
Another help in choosing a shade is skin color. If the original color of the hair can be masked by lightening and dyeing, then the skin tone can not be hidden and a kilogram of makeup.
- The pink tint is remarkably well-matched with most ginger –and pink gold, and dark ginger, and ginger, and honey. The exception can only be exotic and bright, like copper-lilac or rusty.
- When olive skin is preferable natural cold tones - golden-bronze, honey, red and blond. Red and copper of any intensity are not suitable.
- Dark skin requires a warm range, and shades of any saturation are allowed. All red and copper in any combination are welcome.
- The grayish tint determines the choice in favor of soft light tones - honey-brown, golden, light red.
- Pale skin also prefers the lightest options of red without red shades. The latter is valid for white, but bright skin. But how much red the highlights on blond hair looks in the photo can be seen by clicking on the link.
Eye color is almost neglected. This palette is combined with any shade, but requires a brightness adjustment: the brighter the eyes, the brighter red can be used.
Paints for coloring
The choice of paint is limited not only by the expected color, but also by other characteristics. So, for a short-term image change, it is enough to use a tinting shampoo or foam - the so-called level 1 paint. But lasting effect can be obtained only by applying the composition of 3 levels.
The most resistant paints, except special ones, include ammonia compounds. Such substances lead to dryness and brittleness of the hair, so after dyeing the hair you need to take care of especially carefully.
Many manufacturers try to eliminate such components by releasing special product series. Firmness of such paint, as a rule, is lower, but it doesn’t bring any harm to the hair. And to take into account the general instability of this color, and the need for frequent staining, the safety of the composition turns out to be of high quality.
Garnier - famous French brand, very popular in the Russian market due to the quality and affordable cost of production. Garnier offers several collections, each of which has shades of red. 
- Color naturals - includes “Captivating Copper” - cold natural tone, “Golden-Copper” and “Passionate Amber” - intense orange color.
- Olia - a series of colors without ammonia, includes "Burning Copper" - fiery, "Sparkling Copper" - a darker and more calm color, and "Copper Blonde" - an option for fair-skinned girls.
- Color sensation - a series of products with the addition of nacre. The colors of the collection give the shine a strong shine. In combination with “Rich Red”, “Tsar's Pomegranate” and “Golden Amber”, the paint will make any woman dazzling.
- Color & shin - Another series that does not include ammonia compounds. Offers dark red hues: “Black Cherry” - very dark red, “Juicy Cherry” and “Wild Cranberries”.
Estel - a popular Russian brand that provides a wide range of hair care products. And here is how light brown-haired hair will look like, using Estelle's paint, you can see in the photo in this article.
- Estel De Luxe - a series of professional care. Includes 4 groups of colors, and each has several shades. The names of the groups: "Copper", "Golden-copper", "Red", "Golden".
- Estel Essex Series also applies to professional. Paints include additional components for the protection of curls. In the series you can find 10 different shades of red-red range.
- Estel De Luxe Sence - paint collection without ammonia compounds. Represents 20 colors of red palette from golden-copper to dark copper-dark.
- Estel Celebrity - means without ammonia, designed specifically for home care. The series includes 3 shades: “Mahogany” - dark copper, “Ruby”, and “Titian” - bright red.
Syoss is no less famous on the Russian market. Offers professional hair care products, including a variety of dyes. 
- Mixing Colors Series - “Metallic Copper Red”, providing not only color, but also shine, “Plum Cocktail” with a distinct purple hue, and “Cherry Cocktail”.
- Pronature –Offers the dark “Red Chestnut”, “Walnut Chestnut”. Shades are close to natural and are suitable for most color types.
- Oleointense - means without ammonia. Here you can find "Shimmering Copper" and "Rich Red" - a very bright deep tone. How wide the Ciez hair dye palette is, will help you understand the information in this article.
Do not overlook the usual henna. With it, you can also get a lot of different shades, and to care for the curls. However, the natural dye is even less resistant than the artificial one.
The red color palette is unusually rich and diverse. To pick the right shade with such wealth can any woman. It is only necessary to take into account the features of the skin, eye color and natural shade of hair.
We determine the color: brown, green and blue eyes, how to properly combine with skin tone
The rainbow colors of the colombra are now in a fashion trend, but nevertheless, even a slight change in the shade of the hair produces an effect. What is meant? The transition to a different tone, cold or warm, can change the appearance.
Red, orange and golden compositions create a feeling of warmth and set off the complexion favorably. We are talking about golden blond, warm caramel, golden chestnut, bronze and copper shades of hair.
At the other end of the spectrum are cold colors, platinum blond, ash brown, black and cherry, which contain blue, purple and green components and refresh the complexion.
You can see how the transition of Eva Longoria from cool, dark brown colors to warmer hair shades gave a blush to her cheeks.
Christina Hendrix is beautiful in all shades of red. And the photo confirms this again. The dark copper in the left image emphasizes the blueness of her eyes, and giving her hair a light orange shade adds color to her face.
Reese Witherspoon makes you admire yourself, effortlessly moving from cold to warm tones of golden brown, still looking impeccable.
So, who has the most warm hair colors? The best hairdressers recommend them to those who do not hurt to add paint to the skin of the face. If someone feels too pale, golden tones will achieve the desired brightness. On the other hand, if the skin has a pronounced pinkish hue, and there is a desire to neutralize it, you need to choose a cooler gamut.
If it is too difficult to give preference to any one color, this does not mean that you will have to walk with a dull and boring shade of hair. By mixing different tones, you can create the perfect multi-faceted ombre. It is enough to ask your stylist to make a cold base with a warm face frame in order to take the best from both styles.
If you have skin tones of ivory, and your eyes are amber or green, try warm, light shades. For example, light golden brown.
The skin is warm golden hue and amber brown or green eyes will benefit from a rich color. Medium and deep warm shades - copper, chocolate and cinnamon will be perfect, and tones of red will add an accent.
Warm blond shades of hair are softer and more delicate. They are best suited to other than the warm type of appearance.
How to find the right hair dye with a warm shade of color?
Tones may be indicated by 1 to 3 digits. The first corresponds to the level of natural color depth on an international scale:
- 1 - black,
- 2 - 5 - chestnut tones from dark to light,
- 6 - 10 - shades of light brown from dark to light-light.
If more than one digit is present in the designation, then the color is not natural. The next digit indicates the presence of a second tone, the amount of which is half the basic.
- 1 - there is a blue-violet ash component,
- 2 green matt
- 3 is a yellow-orange golden component,
- 4-copper,
- 5 red purple
- 6 blue violet,
- 7 reddish brown.
Color fastness
Dyes act differently.
Permanent allows you to reach the ash tone of hair, lighten or drastically change their color. In this case, the natural pigment changes and the paint lasts a long time.
Semi-permanent will help to hide a slight gray hair and return the natural shade of hair. Lightening does not require and natural pigment does not change. However, this dye is not durable.
Demipermanent can withstand up to 28 flushes. Suitable for the first coloring, renewing the natural color or creating subtle gradations of hue and saturation.
Types of dyes for light, blond, red, brown, chocolate and honey hair
Natural dyes can improve the tone and texture of hair. They do not penetrate deeply so the color may be unstable. These include henna, basma, sage, onion peel and chamomile. Lemon is an effective clarifier.
Chemical paints have high resistance. The interaction of metal salts with hydrogen peroxide with deep pigmentation of the hair structure is used. Provides a beautiful even color that lasts a long time.
Ammonia-free dyes less effectively fix the paint on the hair, which leads to their more frequent use
Five helpful tips
- Pink cheeks and leather are sufficient reasons to color your hair in bright colors, warm red shades and tones with a red tint. You can dwell on the natural light chestnut and blond, which will soften excessive saturation.
- Saturated shades of hair secrete irregularities and flaws of the skin and are suitable for uniform skin complexion. Screaming tones increase the age and emphasize the imperfection of the skin.
- Colors change size visually: dark ones look smaller and light ones increase. This rule applies to clothing, makeup, and in relation to the face. Therefore, full use of the light scale should not be.
- It is not recommended to drastically change the natural coloring of the hair in one shading. The optimal solution is a shade that is no more than 2 tones from the natural one.
- To avoid mistakes when choosing a color, you can use the paint number decoding table, without relying on the name or image on the package.
A few words about gray hair
The key to a spectacular fill is the correct selection of colors. Solid gray does not encourage the use of too dark or bright - orange and red hues. It is better to dwell on natural tones, not too dark blond and chestnut.
The best staining will provide such techniques:
- hair roots should be dyed darker in tone, which will also give greater naturalness.
- to refresh the paint of the hair ends, apply paint for a couple of minutes,
- gray, hard hair 10 minutes before applying the dye is recommended to be treated with a special conditioner, because the coloring efficiency is improved if the hair is softened,
What does the division of appearance by color types
The first to divide human appearance by color type was the founder of the largest in Hollywood perfume and cosmetics company Max Factor.In 1918 he wrote the book “Color Harmony”, in which he asserted that it was necessary to select shades of makeup not only taking into account the skin tone, but also the color of eyes, hair, eyebrows and eyelashes. It was Max Factor who coined the term “makeup”, meaning “to draw a face”. He worked for the film industry, and initially produced makeup for the actors. Thanks to the division into color types, it has become much easier for makeup artists to select the shade of the foundation, which favorably emphasizes the beauty of a woman. Soon the idea of Max Factor spread throughout the world, and so far they have not lost their relevance.
However, correctly determine your color type is not so simple. But to know about your own color type is important and necessary for any woman, if she aspires to be fashionable and attractive. For beauty does not forgive mistakes. If you choose a hair shade that contradicts the laws of your color type, you can turn from a delicate beauty into a tired, faded person.
Color types correspond to four seasons: in winter, spring, summer and autumn. The basis of division based on the combination of hair color with skin tone and eye shade. In turn, "spring" and "autumn" belong to the category of warm colors, and "winter" and "summer" - cold. Consider each color type separately.
Winter color type
Winter color type is the most contrasting and bright. He also has his subtypes, so it varies from hot brunette with snow-white skin to dark-skinned platinum blonde.
The main difference between “winter” and other color types is a bright eye color and visual contrast between the color of the iris and bright white protein. From this eyes appear bright and shiny. They can be of any color: icy-blue, candy blue, greenish-brown, sparkling gray or a shade of ripe sweet cherry.
The second "winter" feature - dark expressive eyebrows. It is not necessary for them to be wide and thick, but on the face the eyebrows are clearly visible.
And the third distinctive feature of the winter color type is either dark brown bronze skin, or vice versa, very light, porcelain, luminous. Even with a dark skin tone, in the "winter" it still contrasts with the hair color (if the skin is tanned, the hair of the "winter" may be platinum). By the way, the hair color of "winter" does not have to be rich black. Among representatives of this color type, there are often people with ashy hair color, and early graying for “winter” is quite typical. Blush this color type does not happen. If the girl in all respects looks like a “winter”, but a blush burns on her cheeks, then she is most likely a “summer”.
Winter color type is ambiguous. Among its representatives are found both contrasting and non-contrasting types.
But the characteristic feature is a bright appearance and expressive features. Winter color type is divided into three subtypes:
1. Cold winter.
It is characterized by pronounced thick dark eyebrows and cold clear eyes. The features of the “cold winter” are classic, intelligent, dark, smooth hair. The skin is clear, radiant, has a beige shade or even tan. Such girls go only cold saturated shades: dark blue, wine, emerald, purple, bright red, fuchsia. You should avoid any warm or pastel shades that can impoverish the bright beauty of winter. The representative of the "cold winter" is Brooke Shields, an American actress.
2. Deep winter.
This color type is characterized by saturated shades of hair and eyes. The skin is very white, porcelain, with a bluish or olive undertone. Facial features are expressive, can be sharp and even androgynous. But it is precisely this contrast that distinguishes the “deep winter” from other subtypes. Warm shades they also do not go, but clean and sparkling, for example, cornflower blue, mint, icy blue, lemon yellow, bitter chocolate, raspberry, will be to face. The representative of "deep winter" is Anne Hathaway.
3. Mild or bright winter.
Often these girls are confused with other color types, because they do not have the pronounced features of "winter". Often they have eyes of a warm shade (greenish-brown, hazel), hair can be dark-brown, and skin is golden-beige. Dark hair has a reddish tint, eyebrows are not as rich as that of a “cold winter”. The features of the face are soft, gentle, like those of “spring”. She goes turquoise, cold pink, snow-white, ruby. A typical “mild winter” is Catherine Zeta Jones. It is enough to recall her surprisingly soft eyes, delicate facial features, and murderous femininity in order to understand the difference between “mild winter” and, say, “cold winter”.
Summer color type
Summer color type is the opposite of the winter one, but also refers to the cold color scheme. This is the most common type of appearance in Russia (the European part of the country). It has a pinkish skin tone. Remember, in a fairy tale, one queen asked: “My light, mirror! say yes, tell all the truth: am I in the world of all the sweeter, all the more rosy and whiter? The combination of very white skin with a pinkish hue, pronounced blush on the cheeks - all this is a distinctive feature of the summer color type.
Thanks to this particular feature, Russian girls are considered recognized beauties all over the world. Sometimes the "summer" can be covered with a tan, but the notorious blush will not leave their faces. By the way, the sun loves its summer wards, so girls can safely sunbathe. Tan will lie on them evenly and easily, and will delight in a golden tone.
Another distinctive feature of the "summer" is ashy hair. In another it is also called fair-haired. For blond hair needs special care. They are usually thin and weak, especially among urban women. But in the countryside, the owners of blond braids were sung by many poets and became muses for numerous artists. Often, girls with any light brown tint try to make their natural color more vivid and repainted in blondes. And rightly so. The cold, muffled light color will be very much to their face.
The eyes of the "summer" girls are more often light, blue or gray, but there are also ladies with a nutty or greenish-gray tint. However, the color of their eyes is dull, muffled, not the same as that of winter. The white of the eye does not contrast with the iris. The eyebrows are rather dark, but not as expressive as those of the "winter". But not faded, like the "spring".
"Summer" also has its subtypes:
1. Cold summer.
Representatives of this color type also belong to the cold color type, and from the side they can be similar to a “mild winter”. However, their hair color is not so dark. It is mainly rich blonde or chestnut brown. But the skin is a cold shade, pinkish and bluish. The eyes are very bright, cold and radiant. Suffice it to recall the typical representatives of the "cold summer" Milla Jovovich or Lisa Boyars. Such beauties will suit any color with a bluish subtone: all berry shades, blue and blue. Warm tones should be avoided, especially yellow, orange and peach.
It is the most common color type in the countries of the former Soviet Union. The world-famous blond beauty with delicate white and pink skin and clean bright eyes are representatives of this color type. They are ideally suited for pastel shades, as well as neutral tones (lavender, milky, light gray). It is necessary to avoid saturated and dark shades.
It has two main characteristics: pink skin and ashy hair color. Often these women have a natural blush on their face, whites of the eyes also often have a pinkish tint due to the closely located capillary mesh. Light-blond hair with an ashy shade, eyebrows inexpressive, also gray. The eyes are usually gray, occasionally gray-blue. These girls should choose soft muted colors and avoid saturated colors.
Spring color type
Spring color type refers to warm colors. It is characteristic of the inhabitants of Western Europe: Germans, Frenchwomen, Englishwomen, northern Italians, Belgians, and others. They belong to the “spring” color type. Its main feature is the low contrast between the skin and hair color and the dominance of a beige shade.
The skin of the "spring" is translucent, thin, beige or ivory. A bluish undertone is not typical of it. But freckles - this is another bright sign of "spring". That the girl did not do, no matter how bleached the skin, freckles appear on it again and again.
Hair color "spring" does not contrast with skin tone. It is usually straw, wheat, linen, honey. Eyebrows are almost the same color as the hair. In contrast to the "summer", the spring beauties of the eyebrows are not expressive. They have to tint them periodically. But this should be done carefully, because there is nothing worse than unnaturally dark eyebrows on a peach-golden face. The "spring" eyes are incredibly beautiful: bright and radiant. They may be blue-cornflower or honey-brown, but they are never dull.
Autumn color type
It is the warmest and bright. Bright red-haired beauties, owners of brown hair are all “autumn” girls. For the fiery color of the curls to look natural, the skin tone should be peach, beige or golden. If a girl dyes her hair red and looks conspicuously pale, then this shade is not hers. After all, red shades are also "cold" and "warm." Sunburn does not fall on the "fall". Even if the sun's rays accidentally touch her face, they will leave a mark not in the form of tan, but in the form of a placer of brown freckles.
A distinctive feature of autumn girls is a reddish, reddish or golden shade of hair. At the same time, eyebrows also have a reddish tint, so the “fall” is better not to let them down with a dark pencil.
The color of the eyes of autumn beauties is bright and saturated. Dark brown eyes are characteristic of red-haired brunettes, and gray and blue with gold-colored eyelashes and eyebrows for gold-silk hair.
Autumn subtypes include the following:
It is characterized by a beautiful, copper or bronze hair tone, greenish or amber-brown color of the eyes, as well as a warm rich skin tone without much contrast in appearance. Representatives of this color type will be matte warm colors: brick, salmon, olive, ocher, brown. Avoid all shades of pink and blue.
2. Deep autumn
Has a more contrast appearance. Her hair is dark red or brown with a reddish undertone. The skin color is rich beige or dark, eyes are green or brown. You should prefer a more intense gamut, and avoid pastel colors.
Women of this color type are not as intensely colored as warm or deep autumn. Their hair may even be ash gray or light brown. But the autumn type in them gives a light beige skin tone, warm eyes and eyebrows with gold. They are suitable for yellow-orange gamma, and you need to avoid saturated colors.
What does warm and cold color type mean
If you remember, among the six leading characteristics in the category Color types there are two: Cold and Warm color type. These are the people, the temperature of which paints are obvious, she catches the eye first of all. Such people usually do not ask themselves what is warm and what is cold. They know about it, perhaps from birth.
Below you can see photos of such obviously "cold" women. All their colors emit cold. There are no golden or reddish shades and there can not be. It is even scary to imagine such a woman dressed in orange or bright yellow warm colors.
And in these photos (below) - frankly "warm" people. Their paints radiate heat, immediately there is an association with sunlight or with natural "earthly" colors (color of soil, greenery, etc.).
It is these people that can be attributed to the Cold or Warm Color Type, since their temperature is their key feature. They are not even going to even hints at someone else's temperature in the colors of clothes near the face.
But they also have other characteristics that must be considered when choosing the colors of clothing and accessories: clean, bright or muted, deep or light. Simply, if, for example, a fairly light representative of the Cold Color Type puts on something dark, it will be less deadly for her than something warm, as her temperature is very obvious, and It is a key feature.
Very often such a color indicator is a warm shade of yellow. On the face of the owners of cold colors yellow often casts a yellowish shade, and the face acquires a yellow tint (Anne Hathaway, owner of cold colors, below).
But this is what Anya’s face looks like in a cold red dress (the second photo below) - we don’t observe any icteric effect. On the contrary, her skin shines. Both photos are not studio and not retouched.
With owners of warm skin this does not happen, as their skin contains more yellow pigment (carotene), and this color looks quite harmonious on them. It will suit someone more, someone less, but the “yellow face effect” will not.
Below the face of “warm” Julianne Moore looks quite pink in herself next to such a yellow dress.
Also, the colors-indicators can be cold shades of pink (fuchsia, for example) and red (crimson). Along with the clothes of such colors, the faces of people with warm colors often become reddish, and a stunning red nose can happen.
If you have difficulty determining your appearance temperature, try applying one of these colors to your face: warm bright yellow or cold fuchsia or crimson. If you can observe one of the above effects, then perhaps this test will help you determine your temperature.
As for other characteristics that also need to be considered, despite the temperature, we take as an example, Julianne Moore. The actress is a bright representative of the warm color type. But she has rather dark hair, rich, and also clean dyes, not muffled, which means that rich pure colors of warm shades will suit her. In addition, she has a contrast in lightness (very light skin and rather dark hair), as well as high color contrast. All about both types of contrast can be read here.
What if I am not warm or cold, or I don’t understand anything at all
Not all people have so pronounced temperature. Sometimes it is really difficult to say, cold colors of the exterior, or warm ones. The fact is that often the color of the eyes, skin or hair is on the edge between cold and warm, the so-called neutral color. Blue eye color, for example, is sometimes quite close to both warm and cold hues. Hair is also often colored different from the natural color. Yes, and the color of natural hair is sometimes difficult to attribute to warm or cold (neutral again!).
If this is your case, then temperature is NOT your leading characteristic. As a rule, in this case, it is more important for a person to focus on other parameters: depth (dark or light), contrast in lightness, color contrast, as well as brightness, clarity or mutedness of its colors.
Often, such people, when selecting colors that correspond to these characteristics, can wear some kind of warm and some cool colors.
For example, Elizabeth Hurley's eyes appear cold, the skin color has a yellowish tint, as is the case with warm skin, and her hair (she is dark brown) has golden strands (highlights), which also gives her hair warmth. It is quite difficult to say whether it is warm or cold.
Let's see how the clothes of flowers of different temperatures behave.
In cold fuchsia, Liz looks organic, despite the warm reflections in her hair and the lukewarm skin tone. The face has not acquired a reddish tint. Is Liz cold?
But the same can be said about the dress of warm coral color - again Liz is good.
And in her yellow dress, her “jaundice effect” is not observed, also not bad. Is Liz warm?
She has bright eyes, bright colors go to her, so all three dresses look good on her, as their colors are quite bright, not muffled.
You may like Liz more in one of these outfits, but in any case, you see, none of them looks disastrous on her.
For those who find it rather difficult to determine whether their exterior paints are cold or warm, it’s still better to know that we are often inclined towards one or the other. That is, you can look good in some color from a cold palette, in one of a warm one, but if you apply a whole palette of warm colors that suit you by other parameters (brightness, saturation, etc.), and then the whole palette of the same cool shades, then you will see that one of them will suit you more. Therefore, to determine whether you have a colder colouration or a warm one is still desirable. How to do this, read below.
The main disadvantage of color typing on the system is Winter-Summer, etc. in that people are offered either frankly warm or frankly cold colors. But for those whose temperature is not obvious, or it is closer to neutral (there are many such people), colors more suitable for the border are more warm — cold.
If you are really a neutral type, that is, your exterior colors are close in temperature to neutral, to the border of warm and cold, then you will have more colors from a warm palette or from a cold one, but rather, not frankly warm and cold, and close to the border of the warm-cold. In this case, it is important to pay attention to other characteristics of your paints (this is written above).
Tone and subton - why warm skin may seem cold
… and vice versa. In general, a lot depends on the skin, and its color is sometimes difficult to determine. The fact is that our eye catches the skin tone, but the subtone is not always obvious.
For example, if the same Julianna Moore was not a red-haired girl by nature, and she didn’t have such a cosmic amount of freckles, then ONLY looking at her skin, it would be difficult to determine her warmth at once - she’s very pale and reddish, which is often testifies just in favor of the "coldness" of her tone.
Could you say that this skin belongs to such a "warm" person?
Zoom the image. And here is its owner.
So, sometimes even our own eyes deceive us.
Imagine that Julianne has no freckles and she is brown-haired. In this case, to determine its temperature correctly with such skin would be problematic.
As you can see, determining the temperature in various “not obvious” cases can be really difficult. So what to do? After all, to find those colors that make the eyes shine, and the skin would like to shine all!
Let's try to go by experience.
Determine the warm and cold colors by comparing
First of all, I will share with you several observations that may help determine the temperature. As you will see right now, everything is so individual that there are exceptions from general rules, but still they will be able to help someone determine whether their exterior colors are warm or cold.
Warm: Usually such hair contains golden or reddish shades. It can be any hair color (from blond to brunette), but warm shades are present in such hair. This is a natural hair color, of course.
BUT: It's hard to believe, but there are also red-haired people with cold colors, which are very cool colors - as a rule, they have eyes of a cold color (gray, cold blue) and light skin.
Cold: usually those that do not contain any shades of red or gold. Often black or dark brown (brunette), brown with an ashy shade or hair of a cold shade of brown (brown), ashy-blond, light ashen and ashy blond.
BUT: there are also “warm” people who have ashen in their hair color, their hair can even be ash-blond - as a rule, such people have warm but muted paint.
So here it is not so obvious, but still.
It is absolutely impossible to say in color (that is, in tone - see above) - blue, gray, green, brown and even yellow eyes can be both warm and cold. Well, except that such gorgeous amber eyes of the red character, as in the photo on the preview at the beginning of the article can always be regarded as warm. :)
Obviously warm eyes There are green grass, amber, olive green, golden brown, and light brown.
Apparently cold - steel gray, ice blue, deep bright blue, walnut and dark brown without any gold streaks, rays, splashes.
You can often find that a person has warm colors, if his eyes contain blue-green / green-blue shades (aqua). That is, one cannot say for sure whether it is blue or green eyes. This is often a sign of "warmth." But again, not always.
Also, chameleon eyes are usually a sign of a warm temperature — this is when the eyes change color depending on the lighting and / or on the clothes. But there are exceptions.
The owners of cold colors, as a rule, the eyes do not change color. If gray, then always gray, if blue, then always blue, etc.
More on the "warmth" may indicate the yellow and golden rays (important: the rays, as in the photo, and not speckled! specks are melanin, it does not affect the temperature) on the iris. Partial heterochromia in the form of orange and yellow-brown spots also indicates this.
This is the most difficult, for the reason described above (see about Julianne Moore).
However, common signs of warm skin the following (although this does not always work):
- the presence of reddish or yellowish freckles,
- peach colour,
- yellowish tint (in the absence of problems with the liver)
Signs of cold skin:
- pinkish color (using the example of Julianna Moore above, you can see that this, unfortunately, does not always work),
- lilac color of skin or blush,
- bluish color
- olive color (this is a clear indication of cold temperature).
One can say the following about this: the olive itself, of course, as a color, is absolutely warm. But NOT when it comes to olive skin.
The fact is that initially the skin has a yellowish tint, as it contains carotene, which is either visible (with a warm color) or not (cold carotene has less skin).
What makes the color warmer? Adding to it a yellow pigment.
What makes the color colder? Adding blue pigment to it.
Read more about this here.
Now, if you imagine that blue was originally added to the yellowish skin, what kind of color will it end up? That's right, greenish. Skin with a greenish tint and is called olive. Therefore, it is the owners of cold colors.
It can be said that olive skin looks warm (we know that olive is a warm color). This is skin tone. But her tone is blue (it is he who turns yellow skin into greenish), and blue is a cold color. Consequently, such skin is cold.
By the way, if you know exactly what you have a very pure white colorthen this is most likely in favor of cold colouration. If you know what suits you cream more than white, then - warm.
Determine the warm and cold colors by experiment
If this description has helped you a little, then it remains only to go by experience.
Here I can offer several options, you can try them all.
First you need to decide on other characteristics:
- you have dark colors (hair / hair and eyes / hair, eyes and skin) - light - medium intensity
- you have clean paints - clean and bright - muted
To pass tests for determining warm or cold colors, it is best to remove hair (especially if it is dyed), you can tie some neutral fabric (white, beige, gray) on your head or wear a neutral shower cap. Neutral! Not a flower! :))
It is necessary to pass such tests without cosmetics and without decorations, with good lighting, best of all, daytime, and also without clothes, or in a top with a deep cut neutral (better than white, cream, gray).
Test 1. Lipstick
You will need lipsticks of different shades: a warm shade of red or pink (tomato, coral, peach, etc.), as well as a cold one (red, going into lilac, berry, hot pink, etc.). It is better if the colors of these lipsticks match your characteristics (dark, medium or light, subdued or bright colors).
See what shade, cold or warm, looks better on you.
If you do not have such different shades, you can buy some cheap option to conduct such a test. It is actually very effective, as the lipstick immediately manifests itself to a warmer temperature or a cold one you incline.
By the way, lipstick can be tested not only on the lips, but also on the inside of the hand (see photo above). So you too can see how well her shade will “fall” on the color of your skin.
If both cold and warm shades of “your” color depth and brightness suit you, then, most likely, you have a mixed temperature, that is, you are a neutral type. About him is written above.
Test 2. Veins
Look at the veins on the wrist in daylight: if they have a greenish, greenish-blue color, this indicates a warm color, and if it is bluish-lilac or blue, it is cold.
You can compare the color of your veins with someone you know, whose colors you can easily identify (obviously warm or cold).
Test 3. White and yellow metal
With the hair removed (see above), sit in front of the mirror and put on a necklace of white metal (silver, steel, etc.), and then yellow (gold, brass, copper, etc.).
If you liked the silver more on yourself, it looks more organic, then, most likely, you have a cold colouration, but if gold comes to you more - it is warm.
The same test can be carried out with metallic fabric of silver and gold color.
By the way, metal jewelry can be put on and on the hand, and to see which metal will look more harmonious on your skin, it is better to combine with it in color.
If both metals are going (or both do not go :))), then, most likely, you have a mixed temperature, or you are a neutral type. By the way, in this case, pink gold is often very suitable.
Test 4. Cloth
Do the same with a cloth or clothing (or with sheets of paper), putting it close to the face in the neck area. Choose to compare several frankly warm and cold hues of the same color (for example, cool pink and warm coral / peach). Do not forget that for objectivity it is best to adhere to your other characteristics that you have already defined, that is, if you have light colors, then you should choose light fabric, if deep colors - then deep colors, if bright colors, then bright, if muted - then muted shades.
It is best not to wear clothes of these colors, and apply it. First attach, for example, a fabric with a cool shade, and on top of it - with a warm one. Look at yourself carefully. And then quickly remove the top fabric (or clothes), now you will see yourself in a fabric with a cold shade. Usually, exactly at this moment of changing colors You can see most clearly how the color behaves near your face.
You need to look at eye area: Does a shadow appear under the eyes, do the circles / bags become more visible? Or, on the contrary, does this color mask them?
Look at the area around the mouth and chin: Has a shadow resembling a male stubble appeared there? :) It sounds scary, but sometimes colors that do not coincide with our temperature, can cast a greenish shadow on the chin.
Look at face in general: Does your skin look smoother, fresher, and your face rested? Or is all your features erased, blurred, skin irregularities manifested more strongly?
You can conduct and test with yellow and fuchsia (it is described at the beginning of the article). If the face becomes yellowish next to yellow, then this is in favor of cold colors, and if you turn red from the neighborhood with cold pink or red, then, on the contrary, your colors are warm.
Also, it helps to determine the temperature well. White color: if pure white goes to you, the skin looks healthier, and in cream it becomes yellowish, then you have a cold color. If the cream suits you more than the white, the face becomes fresher, and the white as if it “erases”, then you have warm colors of the exterior.
In the photo below you can clearly see how color affects our appearance.
Below: the top two photos are warm shades of pink, the bottom two are cold pink and fuchsia.
It is noticeable that in warm shades the face of this girl becomes yellowish, and in cold looks more fresh.
Take a deeper shades, suitable for its coloristics (deep color type).
Below: the top two photos are warm shades of red, the bottom two are cold.
It is also noticeable here that the face looks yellow in warm shades on the top two photos, but the cool shades on the bottom two photos do not leave their red mark on the face of this girl, the skin looks healthy.
All this testifies in favor of the fact that she has a cold temperature of appearance.
Below: the top two photos are warm shades of yellow, the bottom two are cold.
With the yellow indicator color everything became quite obvious - in warm shades the girl's face approached the color of the fabric.
By the way, note that even the coldish shade of yellow-orange (the second photo in the second row) casts a yellow shadow on the face, in fact, there is no cold orange — the shade becomes cooler when adding red, but it is still warm. Apparently, she should stick to quite frankly cold shades.
Test 5. Love
Exactly. :) Your love for a certain group of flowers can also indicate your possible temperature.
Johannes Itten, a Swiss painter and color researcher, as well as a teacher at the famous Bauhaus school in Germany in the last century, discovered that his students, having received the same task, used either warm or cool colors in their works. In 1947, he began to investigate this issue, and found a relationship: students with golden skin and eyes of warm color chose warm shades, while students with pinkish or lilac skin, ashy hair and eyes of cold color preferred cold ones.
Itten concluded that people are naturally attracted by the color palette, similar to their natural colors.
Look at the photo above, what colors chooses a red-haired baby.
So wear what you like and be happy!
I hope this tough question determine warm or cold temperature of appearance You will be able to successfully resolve that will allow you to choose the most advantageous colors for you that will only decorate and delight you!
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