cool or warm?

cool colors for light skin is pink or slightly reddish with florid undertones.
cool colors for med. skin is olive (yellow-green).
cool colors for dark skin is dark olive, blue, blue-black, ebony.

a neutral skin tone contains equal elements of warm and cool, no matter how light or dark the skin is remember to always match your foundation color to the color of the skin, unless using corrective techniques...the best place to check the shade is between the jaw and neck area hope something here helps you...everyone has this problem when it comes to foundation

I actually have a question about the whole Warm vs. Cool thing. I'm slightly embarassed to admit that I'm not really sure whether or not I'm cool or warm. I have medium brown hair, light green eyes and very fair skin. I have pink undertones so I've always assumed I was a Cool. However the other day I had a friend tell me that only blondes were cools and that I must be warm since I'm a brunette. Ah, I'm confused. Can anyone help? 

Kuroneko wrote: That's a load :-P .  I'm brunette, with pale pinkish skin and blue/grey/green (I guess hazel?) eyes, and I've never once heard I wasn't a cool.

Yeah, that's what I thought Thanks a million

I'm quoting "Hairdos, Hair Don'ts" a nifty little book by Mary Ann Proulx.

"A warm complexion has undertones of yellow and gold. A cool
complexion has undertones of blue and can also have pink tones."

She suggests a simple way to figure out your own skin tone. Take off all
your makeup and cover your hair with a towel. Take two pieces of fabric,
one gold colored and one silver colored. Drape them one at a time
around your neck. You'll find that one compliments you better than the
other. If you're warm, the silver will drain the color from your face. If
you're cool, the gold will make you look dull and sallow. Sometimes it
helps to have a friend assist with this.

In the olden days we used to call cool-toned people Summers and Winters
and warm-toned people Springs and Autumns.

kristie m wrote: I'm quoting "Hairdos, Hair Don'ts" a nifty little book by Mary Ann Proulx. "A warm complexion has undertones of yellow and gold. A cool complexion has undertones of blue and can also have pink tones." She suggests a simple way to figure out your own skin tone. Take off all your makeup and cover your hair with a towel. Take two pieces of fabric, one gold colored and one silver colored. Drape them one at a time around your neck. You'll find that one compliments you better than the other. If you're warm, the silver will drain the color from your face. If you're cool, the gold will make you look dull and sallow. Sometimes it helps to have a friend assist with this. In the olden days we used to call cool-toned people Summers and Winters and warm-toned people Springs and Autumns.

 

I've heard this works well for knowing what type of tones you should put in your hair too.

Cool tones are blue/pink. Usually (but not always) this
applies to people with green or blue eyes and those with fairer
skin and/or red or naturally blonde hair. If you have freckles,
chances are you are cool. Caucasian people comprise the
largest segment of cool-tones, especially those of Northern
European descent. Terms to describe cool skin can be ruddy,
pink, flushed-looking, ivory. If you generally burn in the sun, or
cannot tan, you are cool. Think Nicole Kidman, Laura Flynn
Boyle, Naomi Watts, Courtney Cox and Lindsey Lohan.

However, it is possible to be fair and to be warm-toned, this
usually applies to Asians, light Hispanics, "black" Irish, etc.
Warm-tones are yellow or orange/gold based. People with
hazel, brown, or black eyes are usually warm, but not always
( There are exceptions to the rule of course, I feel this is
why green or blue eyes look so exotic on mixed-raced people,
it is a striking constrast next to their gold-based skin) People
who are warm can tend to look sallow or "jaundiced." You tan
very well and rarely burn. Blacks and Middle-Easterners are
almost always warm tones. Think Jessica Alba, Lucy Liu,
Jessica Simpson, Vanessa Williams, and Jennifer Aniston.

Some people use the whole inside of the wrist theory, but I
don't think it is very reliable. It basically says if the veins on the
inside of your wrist are blue, you are cool-toned. If they are
green, you are warm-toned. My veins look blueish to me, yet I
am warm-toned. I have hazel eyes that are more green than
brown, naturally light brown hair. I also had my color tested at
the Prescriptives counter, which will tell you what base you are.
Eye color and hair color are helpful in determining your base,
but not a surefire way. For example, my husband  has dark
brown hair, hazel eyes that are darker than mine, and tans, but
his tan has a slightly red-tone to it and he burns fairly easily. My
tan is always "light brown" and I rarely burn. Hope this
helps....

Edited by norskygrl21