To always look spectacular, a woman must find her own style and priority shades in clothing and makeup. For this purpose, it is recommended to determine your type of appearance by season. A simple analogy with the seasons is a great tip for fashionistas.
A bit of history
The theory that the appearance of people corresponds to four seasons did not originate from scratch. It was preceded by the research of artists and other creative people, as well as many years of observation by psychologists. The first fundamental work on this issue can be considered the book "Color is My Beauty," which was written by C. Jackson in 1980. He focused on the fact that a person’s belonging to a particular color type is inherent in nature.
If you delve into history, you can not say about M. Yu. Chevrel, who was an outstanding chemist, and also worked in the royal workshop, which was engaged in the production of tapestries. In 1839, he published a work in which the rationale was given that the colors located next to the face can affect the skin tone. this knowledge was later used by artists.
Already in the 1920s, the subject of Coloring was introduced at many US universities. The course was based on the book by S. Casil “Color is you.” By 1960, the work “The Interaction of Color” and “The Art of Color” came out from German artists D. Alberts and I. Itten. They described the possibility of using certain colors to emphasize the advantages of appearance. These works are also used by modern stylists.
Type of appearance by season: how to determine
To form a harmonious image, for a start it is worth carefully studying your reflection in the mirror, highlighting the key characteristics. Next, it is worth determining the type of appearance by the time of year. Photos of nature in different seasons will certainly allow you to draw analogies with the human face. If you already have some assumptions regarding your color type, it is worth confirming your guesses through practical experiments.
There are color types of appearance "winter", "spring", "summer", "autumn". To accurately determine whether one of them belongs, you will need multi-colored rags of fabric or sheets of paper. Remove makeup from your face and sit comfortably in front of the mirror. For the experiment, the first half of the day, which is characterized by good natural light, is best suited.
Alternately bring to your face a cloth or paper of different colors to find out your type of appearance by season. How to determine the appropriate shade? Intuition will tell you. So, the skin will respond to your color in the most positive way. She will become tender and fresh. Eyes will acquire an attractive shine, and lips will become more expressive. If the shade turns out to be inappropriate, the opposite will happen. The complexion will become pale and painful, all defects (dark circles, wrinkles, rashes) will become more noticeable.
Important Nuances
If you do not have any vivid and expressive characteristics, it will be quite difficult to determine the type of appearance by the time of year. Tips will help ease this difficult task:
- Ask a family member for help. Assessing the reaction of your skin to a particular color, you can be biased, because you have your favorite shades. And from the outside it will be noticeable immediately.
- The room in which you will conduct the experiment should not be decorated too brightly. Ideally, the walls should be white so that all attention is focused only on the test. If you don’t have access to such a room, ask someone to hold a white sheet behind you as a background.
- Of course, it is important to wash your face off. Nevertheless, accessories can also distort the impression. Thus, before the experiment, you need to remove earrings, pendants, bracelets and piercings, if any.
- Although dyed hair cannot change color, it can be somewhat confusing during testing. To objectively assess the effect of a particular shade on your appearance, hide your hair under a white scarf or hat.
- The mirror should not reflect your clothes of any color. It is recommended to bare shoulders.
- If you have natural hair color, determining the type of appearance will be much easier. To do this, look at them in sunny weather. If bronze or gold glare is played on curls, then you belong to the warm spectrum. Cold type implies an ashy or silver shade of hair.
Cold or warm?
If pink, blue, and also green shades are best for you, it means that your gamut is cold. It refers to the color types of appearance "winter" and "summer." Warm red, yellow, orange tones - this is the main calling card of the "autumn" and "spring".
Despite the fact that both “winter” and “summer” belong to the cold palette, different colors correspond to these color types. So, choosing a wardrobe and makeup, it is worth considering the following:
- summer shades are quite light and muted with a bluish tint;
- speaking of the winter color type, it is worth noting that it corresponds to the same colors as the summer color, but in a brighter and more saturated variation.
And the warm shades corresponding to “spring” and “fall” are also slightly different. It is worth paying attention to such moments:
- spring shades belong to the yellow-orange palette (while they should be as bright and cheerful as possible);
- the basis of the autumn palette is a red color (unlike spring, the shades will be muffled and rather pale).
Winter
The type of appearance according to the season will help you navigate the choice of makeup and clothes. Winter has the following characteristics:
- pronounced contrast between pale skin and dark hair;
- expressive eyes of deep brown or blue color;
- bluish or olive tint on the skin;
- blue-black or dark brown hair.
To imagine the visual image of "winter", it is worth taking a look at celebrities. So, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Natalia Oreiro have a similar type of appearance.
Tips for the "winter"
By analogy with the seasons, the color types of appearance “winter”, “spring”, “summer”, “autumn” are distinguished. So, if you find signs of a cold season, take the following tips:
- In makeup, focus on the lips. At the same time, bright shades of lipstick are welcomed, which will most advantageously look against the background of fair skin. Cherry blossom is best.
- Use light tones of powder with a pearly shimmer. This will help make the noble pallor of the skin even more attractive.
- As for eye makeup, it is worth starting from muted cold shades. Shades of pink, olive or purple will look good. As for eyeliner and carcass, black is better to prefer graphite.
- “Winter” girls are best suited for a classic wardrobe. It is recommended that you use bright shades of the cold palette. An exception is the red color, which perfectly suits this type of appearance. So that the image does not seem boring, it is worth adding a few extravagant accents to it.
- To emphasize the nobility of the image, use original, but miniature accessories. They should be made of noble metals, pearls or crystal.
Spring
With ease and freshness, we associate the type of appearance of the season "spring". It is characterized by such distinctive features:
- light skin with a hint of peach or ivory;
- light pinkish blush or freckles on the cheeks;
- eyes are fair enough (brown, blue or gray);
- blond hair, the shade of which can vary from light blond to golden.
If you cannot independently determine your type of appearance by the time of year, compare yourself with famous personalities. So, Nicole Kidman and Meg Ryan can be attributed to the “spring”.
Tips for Spring
Color types of appearance for the time of the year imply compliance with some rules that will make the appearance even more expressive. Speaking about the "spring", it is worth considering the following recommendations:
- As for makeup, the most appropriate are transparent "watercolor" colors. It is worth noting that the spring color type is the only one that allows emphasis on the eyes and lips. It is best to use pink, coral, as well as gray-brown shades. The complexion should be warm.
- "Spring" wardrobe should be flying and delicate, made of light natural fabrics. Clothing should be light, pastel. Green, blue, gray and peach shades are welcome. It is not recommended to wear yellow and red items.
- "Spring" involves wearing clothes in a romantic style. Also, a similar color type is favorably combined with authentic things. Styles should be as simple as possible. It is unacceptable to overload the image with details.
Summer
With the hot sun, the type of appearance associated with the season is “summer”. But despite this comparison, this cetotype is cold. It is characterized by such features:
- thin transparent skin with a barely noticeable olive tint;
- sometimes there are pale freckles;
- eye color usually muffled;
- light brown or brown hair with a reddish or silver tint.
The summer color type includes Natalia Vodyanova, Christina Aguilera, as well as Jennifer Aniston.
Tips for the "Summer"
Color types of appearance are determined by the time of year in order to form an ideal, harmonious image. If you belong to the "summer season", adopt such tips:
- This type of appearance will look most advantageous if in makeup you focus on the eyes. Special attention should be paid to eyebrows and eyelashes, making them jet black or chocolate brown. When choosing shadows, pay attention to smoky shades, as well as the color of the sea wave.
- If you decide to focus on the lips, the shades should be soft, pastel. The summer color type carrot, burgundy, lilac and raspberry color is favorably emphasized .
- In clothes, it is worth giving preference to calm shades, which will somewhat balance the bright appearance. Since the summer type of appearance is cold, the colors should be appropriate. From a warm palette, you should pay attention to the cherry shade.
- Almost all known clothing styles are suitable for the summer color type. Nevertheless, it is worth forming a wardrobe so that nobility can be traced in your image. Clothing should be made of soft fabrics that will fit the figure beautifully.
Autumn
Each type of appearance in season has its own unique zest. “Autumn” is a sophisticated and cheerful woman, from whom it blows warmly. The following effects produce a similar effect:
- hair with a reddish or bronze tint;
- pale ivory skin or with a warm golden tint;
- eyes are mostly brown, but gray are also quite widespread;
- in the warm season, freckles appear on the nose and cheeks.
The most striking "autumn" women can be considered Angelina Jolie and Julia Roberts.
Tips for Autumn
Each girl is simply obliged to understand such a question as color types of appearance. How to determine the appropriate makeup and wardrobe? You can do this by trial and error, or you can turn to the advice of stylists. So, for the "fall" developed the following recommendations:
- A win-win make-up option is golden shades. This applies to both lips and eyes. You can also emphasize the eyelids with beige, olive, terracotta or mustard shades. As for the eyebrows and eyelashes, it is better to dye them brown.
- Shades of red and burgundy should prevail in the manicure. For a calmer look, you can use brown, golden or beige varnish.
- As for clothes for this color type, it should also match the gamut of autumn. Khaki, red-brown shades, orange, gold and beige things will look good. Radical white or black is best avoided. They can be replaced with ivory and dark brown.
- "Autumn" women are best suited for sports style. Country-style clothing will also look good. Try to use textured clothing in your wardrobe. Fittings must be massive.
- As for jewelry, give preference to gold. Speaking of stones, it is best to use amber, pearls, corals.
Contrast
Girls can significantly differ from each other, which corresponds to a certain type of appearance in time of year. Photos of women of the same season, when examined closely, show differences in contrast. These types are distinguished:
- The light type is quite rare. It is a combination of pale skin, clear blue or gray eyes, and golden hair. It is worth noting that a similar type in nature is quite rare. And among celebrities, Cate Blanchet can be attributed to him. Basically, women create it artificially by dyeing hair and applying light powder. Creating an image, you should be careful with bright and dark shades, because they can be extremely unprofitable to emphasize pallor.
- The natural type is characterized by medium contrast. Typically, such people have brown hair, peach skin and fairly fair eyes. The most prominent representative among celebrities is Jennifer Aniston. The natural type should emphasize its advantages with light or muted tones.
- Contrast is a fairly common color types of appearance. With a photo of a representative of this color type, a dark-haired girl with fair skin usually looks at us. The eyes are brown or gray, quite expressive. In some cases, a bright look is combined with light brown hair. As for the wardrobe, it is recommended to combine light and dark shades within the same image.
- The bright type is the most expressive and colorful. The main distinguishing feature is a very dark skin in combination with black hair. The eyes are usually brown, but sometimes the iris can be colored bright blue. Representatives of this type look most favorably in clothes of black or white colors. Experiments with vibrant hues are also welcome.
Some facts about color types
Trying to determine the type of appearance by season, women are constantly faced with certain difficulties. They are mainly associated with myths that have formed around this topic:
- It is impossible to say unequivocally that a certain color is not suitable for any of the “seasons”. Each of them has many shades, among which you can choose the one you need for winter, and for spring, and for summer, and for autumn. The only exceptions are orange, black and white.
- Many women think that the type of appearance can change in time of year if, for example, dyeing your hair or tanning in a solarium. Nevertheless, a “season” is an innate characteristic that persists throughout life. Successful metamorphoses will only emphasize belonging to it. And trying to change, for example, “spring” to “autumn”, there is a risk of spoiling the appearance.
- It is worth noting that the signs of color types are very arbitrary, and they can be determined by the prevailing combination. Rarely enough is the "season" in its purest form. Thus, blondes do not always refer to the "spring", and green-eyed girls are not always "autumn" and so on.
Conclusion
The expression that there are no ugly people is quite fair. It’s just that sometimes a clumsy make-up or color scheme of a wardrobe can completely cover all the advantages of appearance and make defects more noticeable. Thus, a science such as color is simply irreplaceable in matters of beauty.