So I ran across an article forever ago on matching the clothes you wear to you skin tone. Here is the gist of the article with the wesbite all the way at the bottom so you can check it out too.
Step 1: Decide which season most accurately describes your complexion.
Everyone can be divided into "seasons" depending on their skin tone.
1. "Winter" complexions have blue or pink undertones. Skin can be pale white, yellowish-olive, or dark. Winter people are generally brunettes, with deeply colored eyes. Many Asians and African Americans fall into this category.
2. "Summer" complexions, have blue or pink undertones. Skin is pale and pink. Summers are often natural blondes or brunettes with pale eyes.
3. "Autumn" complexions have golden undertones. Many redheads and brunettes with golden brown eyes fall into this category.
4. "Spring" complexions have golden undertones and are usually creamy white or peach. Spring people generally have straw-colored or strawberry red hair, freckles, rosy cheeks, and blue or green eyes.
Step 2: Once you've decided what your skin tone is, here are the colors that will flatter your lovely tone.
"Winter": Winters should wear colors that are sharp, stark and clear. White, black, navy blue, red and shocking pink all go well with winter complexions. For lighter colors, wear icy tones rather than pastels. Avoid subdued tones like beige, orange and gold.
"Summer": Summers should choose pastels and soft neutrals with rose and blue undertones. Lavender, plum, rose-brown and soft blue suit summers well while black and orange do not.
"Autumn": Autumns should select colors with golden undertones, like camel, beige, orange, gold and dark brown. Avoid colors with blue tones, like navy.
"Spring": Springs can wear warm colors like camel, peach, golden yellow and golden brown. Avoid dark, dull colors.
I think I would fall under the Summer category. However, I had a hard time deciding if I'm a Spring or a Summer but they both say stay away from dark, dull colors and black. Although, I love wearing black. I love wearing a LBD, and I don't think I will ever not wear something black.
This post is based on an article I read online and is just one way to dress according to your skin tone. I think that a person knows what colors don't work for them and they can make their own decision on that, but to know what colors would only help you look even better- that's the point of this post. Some people may have never known camel would look best on them or a shocking red would bring out their personality.
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