Winter, spring, summer, autumn - find out your color pattern!

The most popular is the selection of color typesappearance by analogy with the seasons: winter, spring, summer, autumn. As in the corresponding seasons, these color types are dominated by a certain color range: warm or cold. Warm range is based on different shades of yellow and red colors, in the cold range the blue color predominates.

Warm gamma is typical for the color types "spring" and "autumn", cold - for "winter" and "summer". Identify your color pattern is not as easy as it canseem at first glance - for this you need to develop a good sense of color perception. But there are several ways that facilitate the task of determining its color.

Firstly, It is necessary to identify what shades are detected in the color-type: cold or warm. For this you need 2 handkerchiefs or two sheetscolored paper: a cold-pink shade and a pink-salmon shade with yellowish. Alternately, each shawl should be attached to the face in daylight and evaluate the result.

A person of spring or autumn type, i.e. "Warm" face, a handkerchief of cold pink color imparts pallor, and lips seem bluish. A "warm" handkerchief gives this person a freshness and a golden hue.

A winter or summer type of face looks fresh next to a cold pink shawl and seems tired in the case of a second handkerchief. In addition, the "warm" handkerchief makes the circles under the eyes more noticeable in this case.

Further, having determined the color gamut, it is necessary to clarify your color-type. For this you should familiarize yourself with the main features of each of them.

Flower-like "spring"

For the spring type yellow is characteristic. People of this type are blond or light-haired, their hair has a golden ebb, thin, can slightly curl. The skin of the "spring" is light, translucent, usually peach or milky. Eyes - blue, gray, light green.

Most of all "spring" is suitable for delicate, pastelShades, such as light green, turquoise, golden, peach, coral. Too light, as well as too dark shades of "spring" should be avoided.

Color-type "summer"

This color pattern according to the observations of specialistsmost typical for residents of the middle band. Within this type, three subtypes are distinguished according to the degree of contrast: contrast, medium and non-contrast. The higher the contrast between the color of the face and the color of the hair, the more pronounced the color type.

"Summer" is characterized by light brown, ash-blond,light brown hair, gray, green, light brown, gray-blue or gray-green eyes. The skin of the summer type is light, tender pink or olive shade.

Suitable for summer type are soft shades of gray, blue, violet, pink, lemon yellow. Bright bright shades, orange, bright red, pure black and white are not suitable.

Color pattern "autumn"

In contrast to the spring in the autumn colorred predominates. By the autumn type is usually referred to people with hair of different shades of red - from fiery-red to dark-chestnut with copper tint. The skin is usually with freckles, almost does not tan, has a beige hue. The eyes of the "autumn" warm green and brown hues.

The warm "earthy"shades: brick, brown, mustard, marsh green, gold, ivory. Do not fit the colors of the cold scale - gray, black, blue, white.

Color-type "winter"

In this color type, two subtypes are distinguished: contrast and non-contrast. Contrast "winter" has blue-black, often straight, hair, very white skin with bluish veins. Eyes - light-blue or dark-brown. For non-contrast "winter", on the contrary, dark dark hair of a chocolate shade, dark skin, brown or brown-green eyes are characteristic.

"Winter" is suitable for black and white colors, darkshades of red (crimson, ruby, bordeaux), rich purple, turquoise and coffee shades. Cold shades of blue, blue, steel and silver shades are suitable.

Avoid shades of warm colors: orange, red-brown, brick, yellow-green and yellow-red.

The correct definition of its color type helps to achieve color harmony in clothing and makeup, when choosing accessories. Armed with the right palette of colors, you can be sure that the chosen image corresponds to the exterior and advantageously highlights its advantages.