How to Determine Your Skin Tone

• Try sitting by a window.
• If you have an outdoor seating area, go outside.

• If you can’t categorize your veins as either greenish or blue, your skin has a neutral undertone. This is often the case for those with medium-toned skin.
• If your veins appear greenish, you have a warm undertone.
• If your veins look blue or purple, your undertone is cool.

• If you tan easily and rarely burn, your skin has a higher melanin level, indicating a warm or neutral undertone.
• If you burn easily and don’t tan, your skin has less melanin and tends to have a cool undertone.
• Some women with darker skin may not burn easily but still have a cool undertone. Try using additional methods to confirm your undertone.

Expert Opinion: Generally, the darker the skin, the less sensitive it is to sunlight. However, other factors, such as certain medications or autoimmune conditions, can also increase light sensitivity.

• If your skin looks yellow or pale next to the white paper, you likely have a warm undertone.
• If your skin appears pink, rosy, or red, you likely have a cool undertone.
• If your skin looks pale, you may have medium-toned skin with a neutral undertone. A blend of brown and yellow tones creates this effect, which might make your skin look like it has a warm or neutral undertone, as it lies between these two ranges.
• If you can't pinpoint whether your skin looks yellow, medium-toned, or pink, you may have a neutral undertone. Neutral undertones generally match foundations in both warm and cool shades.

• If you look best with the gold foil, your undertone is warm.
• If the silver foil makes your skin appear brighter, your undertone is cool.
• If both the gold and silver foil enhance your appearance equally, you likely have a neutral undertone.
• If you don't have foil, try wearing both gold and silver jewelry and see which one complements your skin better.

• Have them check the skin near the small fold behind your ear.
• If the skin appears yellow, your undertone is warm.
• If it looks pink or rosy, your undertone is cool.
• If they have difficulty identifying the undertone, they can hold a white piece of paper near that area. This will help them determine if the skin looks yellow or pink.

• For instance, if you have blue eyes, your undertone is likely cool, while brown eyes indicate a warm undertone.

• If you have fair or light skin, go for raspberry red, earthy pinks, or nude shades (skin tones).
• If you have medium or tanned skin, choose berry red or cranberry red shades.
• If you have dark or deep skin, deep ruby red or burgundy with a metallic sheen will look great.

• If you have fair or light skin, bright red (this shade will make your teeth appear whiter), coral, light pink, or peachy nude will complement you well.
• If you have a tan or medium skin tone, try cherry red, pink, lavender, coral, or mauve. You can also experiment with orange, red-orange, copper, or brass shades.
• If you have dark or deep skin, go for brown tones, copper, brass, purple, caramel, plum, or deep wine red shades.

• If you have fair skin, try contrasting shades that make your skin stand out; choose coral shades for medium or tan skin, and purple-pink hues for darker skin.

• If you have fair skin, opt for light pinks.
• If you have medium or tan skin, go for bright pinks.
• If you have dark or deep skin, purple-pink shades are best. You can also brighten your look with peachy pink tones.

• If you have fair skin, opt for a light coral or even a copper shade.
• If you have medium or tanned skin, try shades like apricot, lavender, peach, copper, or violet.
• If you have dark or deep skin, brick red, raisin, or orange shades work beautifully. Fuchsia also complements your skin well.

• If you have fair skin, try pink hues.
• If you have medium or tan skin, coral-pink tones are a great option.
• If you have deep or dark skin, bold blush shades work best for you.

• If you have fair skin, go for soft earth tones, pinks, or greens.
• If you have medium or tan skin, experiment with pink or coral tones.
• If you have dark or deep skin, try bright jewel tones that really pop on your complexion.

• If you have fair skin, earth tones and copper shades are your best match.
• If you have medium or tan skin, copper, deep pink, and coral will complement you wonderfully.
• If you have dark or deep skin, bold shades like deep purple, navy, emerald, or reddish-brown will bring out your undertone beautifully.

• If you have fair skin, try jewel tones, earth tones, and metallic shades.
• If you have medium or tanned skin, copper, earth tones, pinks, and coral will look great.
• If you have dark or deep skin, try bold jewel tones.

• Add golden yellow and copper tones to your outfit, especially when selecting jewelry.

• Go for silver-toned outfits and silver jewelry.

• If you have a neutral undertone, you'll look great in metallic-colored outfits, as well as with metallic jewelry.

• If you have a cool undertone, go for platinum blonde or ash blonde.
• If you have a warm undertone, honey blonde or butterscotch shades will suit you best.
• If you have a neutral undertone, you're free to choose any shade of blonde.

• If you have a cool undertone, ash brown works well, especially when highlighted. Chestnut brown is also a great choice.
• Cool undertones pair nicely with dark brown shades like chocolate or mocha.
• If you have dark skin, go for brown shades lighter or darker than your skin tone. Cool undertones look great with deep black or coffee hues, while warm undertones will look radiant with shades like caramel or wood brown.
• If you have a neutral undertone, you can wear any shade of brown.

• If you have fair skin with cool or neutral undertones, try soft reds like strawberry blonde.
• Fair skin with a warm undertone pairs well with deeper reds like ruby or brick red.
• Warm undertones look good with reddish browns, whether your skin is fair, medium, or dark.
• If you have a deeper, tan skin tone, it's best to avoid red as it can make your complexion look dull.