When choosing makeup, hair color, or even clothing, knowing your undertone is key! Your undertone is the subtle hue beneath your skin’s surface—cool, warm, or neutral—and it affects how colors look on you.
1. What Are Undertones?
Your skin tone (fair, medium, deep) is not the same as your undertone. Undertones fall into three categories:
• Cool: Hints of pink, red, or blue
• Warm: Hints of yellow, peach, or golden
• Neutral: A balance of both warm and cool tones
2. How to Determine Your Undertone
✔ The Vein Test
Look at the veins on your wrist in natural light:
• Blue or purple veins? You have a cool undertone.
• Green veins? You have a warm undertone.
• A mix of both? You’re neutral.
✔ The Jewelry Test
• Gold jewelry looks best? You have a warm undertone.
• Silver jewelry is more flattering? You’re cool.
• Both look great? You’re likely neutral.
✔ The White vs. Cream Test
Hold a pure white and a cream-colored fabric to your face:
• If white makes you glow, you’re cool.
• If cream suits you better, you’re warm.
• If both work, you’re neutral.
✔ The Sun Test
• If you burn easily, you likely have a cool undertone.
• If you tan easily, you’re probably warm.
• If you burn first, then tan, you may be neutral.
3. What This Means for Your Makeup
• Cool undertones → Best with pink, berry, or blue-based red lipsticks; foundations labeled “cool” or “rosy.”
• Warm undertones → Flatter peachy, golden, and orange-based lipsticks; foundations labeled “warm” or “golden.”
• Neutral undertones → Most colors work, but soft peaches, mauves, and neutral pinks look best.
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