Best colors for you
What colors look best on me?
The colors that flatter you depend on three things: your undertone, how light or deep your coloring is, and how much contrast there is between your skin, hair and eyes. Pick the guide that matches you, or let one selfie answer it.
How it works
Three traits decide your colors
- Step 1
Start with your undertone
Warm, cool, neutral or olive: it decides whether gold or silver, cream or crisp white, looks like part of you.
- Step 2
Add your depth and contrast
Light coloring glows in lighter shades; deep coloring and high contrast carry rich, saturated ones.
- Step 3
Land on your season
Together they point to one of 12 seasons, each with a palette for clothes, makeup, hair and jewelry.
Guides
By skin tone
The best colors for olive skin
A green-gold undertone that looks rich in deep, slightly muted colors and dull in pale yellows and grayish pastels.
The best colors for pale skin
Light skin of any undertone that looks fresh in clear, medium-depth colors and washed out in beige, khaki and mustard.
The best colors for dark skin
Deep skin with blue, red, golden or neutral undertones that looks polished in saturated, clear colors and dull in ashy, muddy ones.
The best colors for brown skin
Medium to deep brown skin with a golden, copper, olive or neutral cast, at its best in spice and jewel tones and flat in skin-matching tans.
The best colors for tan skin
Medium skin with a golden, beige or olive warmth that glows in clean brights and bright white and fades into beige the same shade as you.
Guides
By undertone
The best colors for cool undertones
A pink, rosy or bluish undertone that looks clear and even in blue-based colors and ruddy or gray in orange, gold and earthy browns.
The best colors for warm undertones
A golden, peachy or yellow-based undertone that glows in earthy, sunlit colors and turns sallow or gray in icy, blue-based shades.
The best colors for neutral undertones
A balanced undertone, neither clearly golden nor clearly pink, that looks best in in-between colors and loses its glow at the extremes.
Guides
By hair color
The best colors for red hair
Copper, auburn and strawberry hair is already the focal point, so the right clothes frame it with greens, blues and warm neutrals instead of competing.
The best colors for gray hair
Silver, salt-and-pepper and white hair is a cool, luminous neutral that looks its best next to clear jewel tones and crisp, gentle neutrals.
The best colors for brunettes
Brown hair is one of the easiest to dress, as long as your clothes respect how light or dark, and how warm or ashy, your brown really is.
The best colors for black hair
Black hair brings built-in depth, so it wears saturated, clear colors with ease and makes muted, grayed shades look faded.
The best colors for blonde hair
Light, luminous hair needs clothes that add definition without drowning it: clear warm shades for golden blondes, cool soft ones for ash and platinum.
Guides
By eye color
The best colors for brown eyes
Brown eyes hide amber, gold and copper that light up next to blues and violets and vanish in flat, muddy browns.
The best colors for hazel eyes
Hazel eyes change with what you wear, so every color near your face picks whether the green, gold or brown shows.
The best colors for blue eyes
Blue eyes look bluest beside warm copper and terracotta and grayest beside cold, flat neutrals.
The best colors for green eyes
Green eyes look greenest next to their opposites, the reds and purples, and dullest next to a brighter green.
Guides
Hair color for your skin
Questions
Finding your best colors: FAQ
How do I know which colors look best on me?
Hold two colors under your face in daylight and compare: the right one evens out your skin and brightens your eyes, the wrong one deepens shadows or makes skin look sallow, gray or flushed. Your undertone, depth and contrast explain the pattern, and together they point to your color season and its palette.
Are there colors that look good on everyone?
Some colors suit most people because they sit in the middle on warmth, depth and brightness: soft teal, deep turquoise, eggplant, soft white and true red in a medium shade. They are safe choices, but your own season’s palette will still flatter you more than any one-size color.
What matters more, skin tone or hair color?
Skin undertone usually matters most, because the color next to your face changes how your skin looks. Hair and eyes decide depth and contrast, which is why two people with the same skin tone can suit different palettes. Look at all three together, or let a selfie analysis weigh them for you.
Can I wear colors outside my palette?
Yes. The palette matters most near your face. Wear any color you love in trousers, skirts, shoes and bags, and keep a flattering color in your top, scarf or collar. Makeup and jewelry in your best tones also help a less flattering color work.
Avarobe
Your best colors, read from one selfie
Avarobe reads your undertone, depth and contrast, names your season and shows the colors that flatter you on your own face.
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