Hair Color Matches For Your Skin Tone

Choosing the right hair color for your skin tone is not as easy as you think.

Like clothes, hair color also significantly influences your appearance, making your skin look lighter or darker. Have you ever tried dyeing a hair color and found it didn’t suit you, even though others dyed it beautifully? The reason is not due to the quality of the dye but the color of your skin. In fact, each skin tone will give a different hair color effect. Therefore, to get the right hair color, you should understand your skin tone.

Basic Undertones

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Undertones are divided into three distinct categories: warm, cool, and neutral. The fastest and most accurate way to check your undertone is to stand out in the sunlight, raise your wrist and look at the veins. If your veins are blue or purple, your skin tone is cool. If you have green veins, then you have a warm skin tone. In case you do not fall into the above 2 categories, your skin tone is medium. Check out your skin tone and see which one of the colors below matches your hair color.

Blonde

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This dyed hair color includes platinum, silver, champagne, smoke, gray, ash, white. Light blonde hair color is suitable for those with cool skin tones. Famous stars with this blonde hair are Gwen Stefani and Taylor Swift. A tip for those with light blonde hair color is to use purple shampoo and conditioner to keep the hair color lasting longer.

Warm Yellow

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Try warm and bright colors like gold, caramel, amber, and honey if you have a cool skin tone. Light honey or caramel color will be a good choice for those with olive or medium skin tones. If you have a warm skin tone, do not try this color to make your skin look pale.

Cool Brown

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Cool shades of brown like chestnut, mocha, dark chocolate, or dark brown will suit warm skin tones. Those with neutral or slightly darker skin should consider using a cool brown color to help your skin look brighter.

Warm Brown

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If you have a warm skin tone, choose dyed hair colors such as auburn, honey, amber, mahogany, or cinnamon. Actress Emilia Clarke is a lover of warm brown dye.

Cool Red

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Cool red tones including sepia, burgundy, or pure red will suit cool skin tones. Cool red is better than warm red if you have dark skin because warm red will make your skin look pale and faint.

Warm Red

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If you have medium skin tone or pale skin, warm red will be a good choice. Warm red tones include strawberry yellow, amber, and copper.

Cool Black

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Hair dyed in cool black tones such as espresso black, carpet orange, dark blue, or pure black is suitable for warm skin tones. If you have neutral and olive skin tones, then cool black will help to lift the skin tone effectively.

Warm Black

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Warm black tones like mocha, cocoa, or dark brown will suit fair or medium skin tones and cool undertones. This is a pretty gentle and natural dyed hair color.

Unusual colors

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Colors like pink, orange, and yellow will suit cool skin tones. Cool colors like blue or purple will suit those with warm skin tones. Note, light hair colors will fade more quickly than other colors, so choose for yourself hair care products that can keep the color for a long time.