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According to Carole Jackson, author of the book Color Me Beautiful, we are given the best hair color for our skin tone. Jackson points out that the wrong hair color will make your skin look dirty, muddy or sallow. Look at the color of your eyes. If they are deep brown or black-brown, gray-blue, dark blue or hazel with white, blue or gray flecks, you have "cool" coloring. If your eyes are golden brown, green, green-blue or turquoise or hazel with brown or gold flecks, you have "warm" coloring.
If your skin is very dark brown, true olive, which includes most Asians and Latinos, medium with no cheek color, medium with faint pink cheek color, medium with golden undertones, pale with no cheek color, pale with pink undertones, or brown or bronze when you tan, you have "cool" coloring. If your skin is brown with pink undertones, brown with gold undertones, pale with peach or golden undertones, freckled, ruddy or golden brown when you tan, you have "warm" coloring. If your natural hair color is blue-black, deep coffee brown, medium ash brown, medium golden brown, dishwater blond, golden blond, salt and pepper or white, you have "cool" coloring. If your hair is deep brown with red or gold highlights, strawberry blond or gray with a yellow cast, you have "warm" coloring. -
Women with "cool" coloring should avoid any red, bronze, yellow or gold tones in their hair color. If you use a hair color with these tones, you may look drawn, sick or sallow. Depending on your skin tone, choose cool blond, shiny raven-black or cool ash-brown tones. These shades can range from an icy-white to a platinum to a mink. Your lipsticks can be burgundy, red or orchid in order to give a daring contrast.
Women with "warm" coloring should select rich golden brown, deep chocolate, warm gold, auburn, red highlights and golden blond shades. Stay away from jet-black, blue, violet and white hair, since this will tend to "wash out" the natural color of your hair. Natural-looking reds, corals and oranges will look very good on you, as well. - To completely cover gray, choose a color one shade lighter than your natural color. If you go with your true natural color, it will look harsh, as if it is not a good match for your skin tone. As you age, your skin tone gets lighter, thus there is a need to go with a lighter hair color. Carole Jackson recommends leaving just a little bit of gray showing for softness and a natural look.
