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Thanks, this could be it. I tried O and supposedly it is a warm colour and it was horrible on me.
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yeah, from the swatches it looks definitely golden; I will not even try it, does not make any sense for me.
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Yes, my hair are very dark and my eyebrows and lashes are black as well.
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Then it seems very much that you could be a cool-coloured type.
I go according the separation in seasons: spring (light warm colours), summer (bright or pastel cold colours), autumn (well, autumn colours, golden greens and oranges too and warm reds, burgundy.. ), winter (strong cold colours, often bright). It´s not superstrict, though, people should choose what they like best, but it does give some orientation if wished so.
But one can also just separate between cool and warm colouring, without the seasons.
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Now I just need to find out how to see if a colour is warm or not. Do you have a tip for this?
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hm, this is a bit difficult to explain. There are pages on the web, but because every screen is different, colours don´t necessarily look true.
You could start looking at the things you have already, both clothes and make-up. Try to see a pattern for example in the reds and browns, there are cold brown eyeshadows (like mothbrown), and warm brown which go in the direction of being red-dish, or have gold shimmer. A cold brown for example would match great with silver and has no or not much red. (That´s also the reason for the punched-eye look, when those who can´t wear it, use warm brown or pinks as eye-shadows).
Well, for MAC I think it is possible to first of all check carefully their descriptions of each colour. That already gives a lot of information. Often they mention also things like "warm/cool" or which kind of shimmer something has. "Bronzed" also is almost always warm.
I think you should really experiment at home with different shades of the same colours and those which make you look especially fresh and great and your complexion look right, these are the right ones. Then you can look at their colour description (in case of make-up) and see how they are being characterized. So you can develop an eye for which shades of colours are the best. Also for clothes, look, try and compare and you will develop a feeling for it. Often there is a reason why specific things are your unconscious favourite: because it just looks great on you. Then see which colour family it comes from
Note: this does not have anything to do with yellow or rose undertones of skin; that´s a different setting and each of them can be warm or cool-toned.
I'm sure there exist also more detailed explanations on this (and more scientific
), maybe others have an idea, too?
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Would you say Blooming and Plum du Bois are cool or warm colours?
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I haven´t seen them in person myself (next week hopefully), I am very interested in Blooming; from the swatches Plum du Bois looks a bit warm, too. But only from that it's hard to say. Since you have dark hair, it is possible that you could wear it. Still, the description (if I can´t see in person; it I read the description really_carefully) says: Plum du Bois - Frosted deep pink bronze with gold pearlized pigments (Frost) (LE).
So it has bronze and gold, which both are warm.