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The first step is to figure out if you are Warm Toned or Cool Toned.
You can only be one or the other. Warm Toned people will have golden or orange undertones to their skin. Cool Toned people will have blue, green, or red undertones to their skin. Now, bear in mind – it doesn’t matter how light or dark your skin appears, it’s all about the undertones.
Over the years, I’ve had to figure this out in several crazy locations for work situations. Hotels, beaches, houses, national parks, anywhere and everywhere. The one thing that I found to be constant, was that all of these places had a bathroom with a nice white procelain sink or toilet!
So – I developed what my clients now like to call “The Toilet Test”. Here’s what you do – find a standard white porcelain sink or toilet that has natural light in the room. You need bright natural sunlight. Hold the inside of your wrist next to the sink or toilet. Really look, and you will start to see that your skin will have a golden, orange, peach tone compared to the pure white porcelain. Or it will have a pink, blue, green tone compared to the pure white porcelain.
One caveat – Don’t confuse Olive skin tone with Golden. Olive skin tones are really a Greenish Yellow (hence an olive). This can be confusing for some darker Caucasians, Asians, Indians, and Native Americans.
Some people will be very obvious and clear, while others will be more subtle and difficult to see at first, so…
I can't believe how many people say they still do their colors!! Many younger generation Xers my age think it is uncool or passe--- a limiting theory we were raised with. The whole point is *how the information is applied*. It is definitely not a mainstream fashion topic but I am still really tickled pink that the chicfashionista girl uses it. It think she is 20 something. There are many discussions about it all over the Internet including Facebook.
Hair Tone
November 13, 2009 by ColorIntervention
So, some of you have figured out your skin tone from The Toilet Test. Others need more information to figure it all out. We can further confirm for everyone by checking your hair tone.
Now, I don’t care what color your hair is now – or what color your colorist has colored it this month – we need to figure out what is the natural tone. Some of you may already know it, some may need help to figure it out.
Think back to what color your hair was as a child. It doesn’t matter if you have gotten darker or lighter naturally since then, your childhood hair tone is still your hair tone.
If your Natural Hair Tone is:
Anything with Golden or Red Tones. Golden Blonde, Strawberry Blonde. Anything Red, Copper, or Auburn. Brown hair light to dark that has Golden or Red Highlights or Hints in the sunlight. If you have gray hair it is Creamy Gray or Dove Gray. Pay attention even if you have what some people describe as “dull” or “mousey” brown hair – if you can see Golden or Red Tones in the sunlight.
These mean that you have Warm Toned Hair.
If your Natural Hair Tone is:
Anything with Ash Tones. This can be anything from Platinum Blonde to Jet Black. Black, Ash Brown, Ash Blonde. Blonde or Brown hair has more of a Green or Blue undertone. If you have gray hair, it is Salt and Pepper or Silver.
This means that you have Cool Toned Hair.
Are some of you really figuring out if you are Warm or Cool based on your Skin Tone and Hair Tone now? Do some of you still need more clues and confirmation?
Okay, let’s more on to Eye Tone next…
Eye Tone
November 13, 2009 by ColorIntervention
You want to find a mirror with natural sunlight. Look closely.
You have Warm Toned Eyes if you see:
Golden or Brown flecks. Amber Brown, Reddish Brown, Golden Brown. Green with Gold or Brown. Blue with Aqua, Turquoise, Green, Gold, or Brown Flecks. Hazel eyes that include some of these Warm Tones.
You have Cool Toned Eyes if you see:
Black, Dark Brown. Light or Dark Gray. Blue eyes with Gray or White Flecks. Green Eyes with Gray, White or Blue Flecks. Hazel eyes that include some of these Cool Tones.
Are you seeing a pattern here? All three categories of your Skin Tone, Hair Tone, and now Eye Tone should fit into all Warm or all Cool. Do you see it?
If you think you’ve got it great. We’ve got one more test to confirm it.
If you’re still not quite sure, that’s okay. Like I said, we’ve got one more test to help you figure this out.
The clothing colors on the left side are Warm Tones. The clothing colors on the right side are Cool Tones.
You will look better in the Tones from one side or the other. You will see a big difference. You can easily tell if you try on tops and compare Brown or Black – which looks better on you? Ivory or Pure White – which looks better on you? Coral/Peach or Pink – which looks better?
The correct ones will make you look a little younger, your skin will look healthier, your eyes will look brighter. The incorrect ones will make you look dull, not as healthy, and you might even notice more lines or wrinkles.
Do you own any of these clothing colors? Do you find that people tell you that you look great whenever you wear them?
These are all clues, so start putting this all together now – and you should know if you are Warm Toned or Cool Toned. That’s the beginning.
Well, see, that's the thing. There are oranges and yellow you would look good in. Each color has a certain tone that looks good on everyone. I used to think I looked bad in orange until I found the right one. There are shades of every color, there are also warm and cool version of every color(except white and black.
If you have freckles you are definitely a warm tone . Either Spring of Autumn.
Is it allowed to post a link to a thread in another forum, because there is a great one on cruise critic
I also think a lot of people think "pale" means cool. It doesn't. You can be a pale warm tone or a pale cool tone
Some other stuff
Season Color Analysis Skin Tone
Complexion refers to the natural color, texture, and appearance of the skin, especially that of the face. The coloring of people is cold (undertones bluish pink) or warm (undertones golden yellow).
The best effect for the skin tone, and also for hair and makeup, can be achieved using complementary colors in clothes, dyes, and makeup. What follows is only a simplified idea of the theory and some of the main colors.
Freckles are small brownish spots of melanin on skin in people of fair complexion. Predisposition to freckles is genetic and is related to the presence of red hair. The same process, which produces sun tanning, causes your freckles although the distribution of melanin is uneven, causing the freckling.
As Freckles are predominantly found on the face, warm colors will be the most flattering for you.Your season is determined based on the undertone of your skin which is either warm or cool. Since you cannot see this undertone, a draping of fabric colors enable you to determine if you are warm or cool.
With all due respect I am NOT Autumn. And I have yet to find an orange or yellow I look good in. I am deep winter. I look best in blue reds, black, white, icy blue, magenta. Those are my best colors. My skin tone is most definitely cool...This is not just my opinion...and I did do the test. It was pretty unanimous that I am a winter!
My freckles are ash colored...not brown but more like a light tan. You can only see them if you are close up to me. And they go away in the winter.
With all due respect I am NOT Autumn. And I have yet to find an orange or yellow I look good in. I am deep winter. I look best in blue reds, black, white, icy blue, magenta. Those are my best colors. My skin tone is most definitely cool...This is not just my opinion...and I did do the test. It was pretty unanimous that I am a winter!
My freckles are ash colored...not brown but more like a light tan. You can only see them if you are close up to me. And they go away in the winter.
Well now that I've seen what i've seen, you look like winter to me. I'm not an expert but you have Audrey Hepburn coloring
It took me forever to figure out I was a spring. I thought I was a winter myself.
And I am wrong, while there are two winter yellows, there are no winter oranges
I went to Beauty Control parties, and I do think there was something to it. For them, it was strictly summer, fall, winter or spring, and I was a winter. It was remarkable that, when I wore the winter colors I got compliments. For me, navy, burgundy, dark purple, and other cool colors look better.
All you need to do it put bright white/dark blue against your skin, or creamy off white/orange or yellow against your skin to tell if you are warm or cool. Bright white will look better on cool complexions, and creamy off white will look better with warm skin tones.
Another theory is that the clothes you feel best in are the colors which are the most flattering. My point is there IS definitely something to color theory.
I navy, burgundy, dark purple, and other cool colors look better.
There is actually a spring Navy which has a bit more blue in it than other navys. The problem is I don't have a good enough eye to pick it out much of the time
Everyone can wear navy as a neutral, however each season has a different navy tone
Ice= Winter
Air= Summer
Fire= Spring
Earth= Autumn
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And I have yet to find an orange or yellow I look good in. I am deep winter. I look best in blue reds, black, white, icy blue, magenta. Those are my best colors. My skin tone is most definitely cool...This is not just my opinion...and I did do the test. It was pretty unanimous that I am a winter! 
