How to Select Clothing Colors That Complement Black Hair and Light Eyes

Enhance your beauty by dressing in clothes that best complement your coloring. Build a wardrobe around colors that celebrate your features and make getting ready in the morning fun and simple.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Men's Casual Pants
• Men's Casual Tops
• Men's Dress Shirts
• Men's Dress Sweater
• Mens' Dress Pants
• Women's Casual Tops
• Women's Dress Coats
• Women's Dress Pants
• Women's Dress Shirts
• dresses and skirts

1. Begin your journey into personal color by divorcing yourself from your favorite colors and whatever shades currently reside in your closet.

2. Remove all traces of makeup. Look at your skin in the mirror. The majority of those with black hair and light eyes have a creamy white complexion, blue eyes and blue undertones to their skin.

3. Consider bold, vibrant primary colors. Choose blue reds, instead of those with orange bases. Choose royal blue over other blue tones, and select greens with a blue base. Black and white also work very well with your coloring. Yellows, oranges, rusts and all but the darkest of browns will make you look drawn.

4. Choose icy pastels over soft or heathered pastels.

5. Go shopping. You're armed with personally empowering information, so get out there and use it!

6. Try on colors that you've determined to be well suited to your coloring. Step out of the dressing room into light that is as close to daylight as possible, and ask a friend or sales associate for a second opinion.

7. Look at yourself against a white or off-white background for an undistorted view of the color.

Tips & Warnings

• Experiment. There are a million colors out there; if you're unsure which one is right for you, try it on and get a few opinions.
• Color blind? Find someone you trust, give her your list of colors and have her help you select the shades most complementary for you.
• If you find a color you like that is outside of your range, consider it for pants or a skirt. Keep it far away from your face.

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