Color Analysis

Skin Tone & Undertone Guides

Your undertone, cool, warm or neutral, and your depth decide which colors light you up. These guides help you identify your skin tone and dress, do makeup and pick metals to match.

A close portrait of a woman with olive skin showing the soft green-gray cast across her complexion, in soft daylight, by ToneLala

Olive Skin Tone: The Complete Guide

What olive skin tone actually is, how to tell if you have the green-gray cast, your likely undertone, the seasons it maps to and the colors that flatter it.

A row of faces from fair to deep skin shades beside warm, cool and neutral undertone swatches, skin tone chart, by ToneLala

Skin Tone Chart: Find Your Shade & Undertone

A color analyst's skin tone chart to find your shade (fair to deep) and undertone (warm, cool or neutral) with simple at-home tests, and your color season.

A woman with fair skin wearing a flattering soft raspberry knit with delicate jewelry against a soft neutral background, by ToneLala

Fair Skin Tone: Undertones & Best Colors

A color analyst's guide to fair skin tone, how to spot it, read your cool, warm or neutral undertone, the seasons it suits

A woman wearing a warm peach blush chosen to flatter her undertone, by ToneLala

Best Blush for Your Skin Tone

A color analyst's guide to the best blush for your skin tone, how to pick peach, coral, rose and berry by undertone and depth, with real hex codes.

A close portrait of a woman with warm golden skin in soft daylight, wearing warm coral and gold jewelry, by ToneLala

Warm-Toned Skin: How to Tell & Best Colors

How to tell if you have warm-toned skin, the vein, jewelry and white-paper tests, plus the colors, metals and neutrals that flatter warm skin

A woman with cool-toned skin wearing a flattering soft fuchsia knit with silver jewelry against a soft neutral background, by ToneLala

Cool-Toned Skin: How to Tell & Best Colors

A color analyst's guide to cool-toned skin, how to tell if you're cool-toned with the vein, jewelry and white tests

Ten people of increasing skin depth lined up to illustrate the ten shades of the Monk Skin Tone Scale, by ToneLala

The Monk Skin Tone Scale Explained

A color analyst explains the 10-shade Monk Skin Tone Scale, how it improves on Fitzpatrick, how to find your shade

A woman wearing a warm coral-red lipstick chosen to flatter her undertone, by ToneLala

Best Lipstick for Your Skin Tone

A color analyst's guide to the best lipstick for your skin tone, how to pick reds, nudes, pinks and berries by undertone, with real hex codes and examples.

A woman holding gold and silver jewelry either side of her face to test which metal flatters her skin tone, by ToneLala

Best Jewelry Metal for Your Skin Tone

A color analyst's guide to the best jewelry for your skin tone, when gold, silver or rose gold flatters your undertone, with the metal test and hex codes.

Four women with different skin tones each wearing the hair color that flatters them, golden blonde, ash brown, copper and espresso, in soft daylight, by ToneLala

Hair Color for Your Skin Tone: The Complete Match Chart

A color analyst's chart of the most flattering hair colors for every skin tone and undertone, fair, medium, olive, tan and deep, warm and cool, plus the shades that wash you out.

A woman with a neutral skin tone wearing a flattering teal top with both gold and silver jewelry, neutral skin tone, by ToneLala

Neutral Skin Tone: Undertones & Best Colors

A color analyst explains what a neutral skin tone is, how to tell if you have one, and the versatile colors and seasons that suit it (with hex codes).

A woman with a medium skin tone in natural light, comparing gold and silver against her jaw to read her undertone, by ToneLala

Medium Skin Tone: Undertones & Best Colors

A color analyst's guide to medium skin tone, how to spot it, find your warm, cool or neutral undertone, and the colors and seasons that flatter you most.

A woman with dark skin and warm brown eyes wearing a rich emerald top with gold jewelry, looking radiant, by ToneLala

Best Colors for Dark Skin And Brown Eyes: Your Most Flattering Shades (with Hex Codes)

A color analyst's guide to the best colors for dark skin and brown eyes, jewel tones, bright clears and the neutrals that glow, with hex codes.

A woman with tan skin and green eyes wearing a flattering teal top with gold jewelry, by ToneLala

Best Colors for Tan Skin And Green Eyes: Your Most Flattering Shades (with Hex Codes)

A stylist's edit of the best colors for tan skin and green eyes, olive, teal, rust, gold and more, with hex codes, neutrals and shades to avoid.

A woman with olive skin and warm brown eyes wearing a flattering teal top with gold jewelry, by ToneLala

Best Colors for Olive Skin And Brown Eyes: Your Most Flattering Shades (with Hex Codes)

A color analyst's guide to the best colors for olive skin and brown eyes, teal, terracotta, olive, gold and more, with hex codes and shades to avoid.

A woman with warm golden undertones wearing a flattering coral knit and olive scarf with warm gold jewelry, by ToneLala

Best Colors for Warm Undertones: Your Most Flattering Shades (with Hex Codes)

A color analyst's guide to the best colors for warm undertones, coral, rust, golden yellow, olive and teal with hex codes, plus neutrals and what to avoid.

A woman with medium skin wearing a flattering teal top with warm gold jewelry, by ToneLala

Best Colors for Medium Skin: Your Most Flattering Shades (with Hex Codes)

A color analyst's guide to the best colors for medium skin, teal, coral, marigold, emerald and more, with hex codes, the right neutrals and what to avoid.

Three women with deep skin tones wearing flattering hair colors, glossy espresso, warm honey-caramel balayage and rich burgundy, glowing in soft daylight, by ToneLala

Best Hair Colors for Dark Skin: Shades That Glow (Warm, Cool and Neutral)

A color analyst's guide to the most flattering hair colors for dark and deep skin, espresso, mahogany, auburn, caramel, honey balayage, burgundy and blonde, by warm, cool and neutral undertone.

Three women with olive skin side by side, warm olive, neutral olive and cool olive undertones, in soft daylight, by ToneLala

Olive Skin Undertones: Warm, Cool and Neutral Olive Explained

Olive skin is a green-gray cast that can sit over a warm, neutral or cool undertone. Five daylight tests to tell which olive you are, with the colors, makeup, hair and seasons for each.

A woman with olive skin wearing a teal silk blouse and rust trousers with gold jewelry, the colors that flatter olive skin, by ToneLala

Olive Skin Color Palette: The Best Colors to Wear (with Hex Codes)

The olive skin color palette with hex codes: 10 best colors, 5 neutrals and metals, grouped by light, medium and deep olive and by undertone, plus what to avoid.

A row of faces spanning fair to deep skin beside warm, cool and neutral undertone swatches showing the types of skin tones, by ToneLala

Types of Skin Tones Explained

A color analyst explains the types of skin tones, depth (fair to deep) and undertone (warm, cool, neutral), how they differ, and how to find yours.

A woman with tan skin wearing a flattering teal top with warm gold jewelry, by ToneLala

Tan Skin Tone: Undertones & Best Colors

A color analyst's guide to tan skin tone, read your undertone, find your likely season, and the best colors to wear, with hex codes.

Warm vs Cool Undertones

A color analyst's guide to warm vs cool undertones: simple at-home tests, the neutral middle ground, and example colors with hex codes for each.

Four foundation stripes, warm, cool, neutral and olive, swatched side by side on a woman's jawline in daylight to show undertone differences, by ToneLala

Foundation Undertone Chart: Warm, Cool, Neutral and Olive Shades Explained

A color analyst's foundation undertone chart, what warm, cool, neutral and olive shades look like, how brands label them (W, C, N, G, P), how to test yours and which to buy.

A row of faces showing fair, medium and deep complexions with ruddy, sallow and even surface qualities, skin complexion, by ToneLala

Skin Complexion: Types & Color Guide

A color analyst explains what skin complexion means, the main complexion types, and the colors that flatter each, with hex codes and at-home tests.

A woman with a light brown skin tone in natural daylight, holding gold and silver against her jaw to read her undertone, by ToneLala

Light Brown Skin Tone: Best Colors

A color analyst's guide to light brown skin tone, how to spot it, read your warm, cool or neutral undertone

A woman holding gold and silver jewelry either side of her face in natural daylight to check her undertone, by ToneLala

How to Find Your Undertone

A color analyst's guide to finding your undertone with the vein, jewelry, white-paper and sun tests, read warm, cool and neutral the way the pros do.

A close portrait of a woman with fair olive skin, pale with a soft green-gray cast, wearing a muted teal top, in soft daylight, by ToneLala

Fair Olive Skin: How to Tell, the Best Colors, Foundation and Hair

Fair olive skin looks pale but carries a green-gray cast. A color analyst explains how to recognize it, the colors and foundation that flatter it, and its likely season.

A woman with sleek ash brown hair and cool fair skin wearing a slate-blue top and silver earrings in soft daylight, who suits ash brown hair, by ToneLala

Which Skin Tones Suit Ash Brown Hair? A Color Analyst's Guide

Ash brown flatters cool and neutral skin and washes out warm skin. A color analyst explains exactly who suits it, which ash brown to choose, and the warm-skin workaround.

A woman with glossy copper hair and warm peachy skin wearing a teal top, glowing in soft daylight, who suits copper hair, by ToneLala

Which Skin Tones Suit Copper Hair? A Color Analyst's Guide

Copper hair flatters warm skin, but which depths and undertones exactly? A color analyst explains who suits copper, which copper shade to choose, and how to wear it if you're cool.

A woman with pale skin wearing a flattering soft raspberry top with delicate jewelry against a soft neutral background, by ToneLala

Pale Skin Tone: Undertones & Best Colors

A color analyst on pale skin tone: how to spot it, read your cool, warm or neutral undertone, its color seasons, and shades that flatter vs drain.

Side-by-side portraits showing warm and cool skin undertones, by ToneLala

Warm vs Cool Skin Tone: How to Tell

Learn how to tell if you have a warm, cool or neutral skin tone with simple at-home tests, plus the colors that flatter each undertone.

A woman with pale skin wearing a flattering teal top with soft navy and berry accessories, by ToneLala

Best Colors for Pale Skin: Your Most Flattering Shades (with Hex Codes)

A color analyst's guide to the best colors for pale skin, 10 flattering shades with hex codes, the best neutrals, what to avoid

A portrait of a woman with deep olive skin wearing an emerald green top and gold earrings, glowing in warm daylight, by ToneLala

Deep Olive Skin Tone: The Best Colors, Makeup and Hair

Deep olive skin carries a green cast over a rich brown base. A color analyst's guide to the jewel tones, whites, makeup and hair colors that make it glow, with hex codes.

A woman with rich auburn hair and warm medium skin wearing a forest-green top, glowing in soft daylight, who suits auburn hair, by ToneLala

Which Skin Tones Suit Auburn Hair? A Color Analyst's Guide

Auburn is the most wearable red, but who does it flatter? A color analyst explains which skin tones and undertones suit auburn, which shade to pick, and how cool skin can wear it.

A woman with a golden, warm skin tone wearing a flattering amber top with warm gold jewelry, by ToneLala

Golden (Warm) Skin Tone: Best Colors

A color analyst's guide to a golden, warm skin tone, how to confirm it, the warm seasons that suit it, and 10 flattering colors with hex codes.

A woman with fair skin wearing a soft teal knit and gold jewelry, her complexion looking bright and even, by ToneLala

Best Colors for Fair Skin: Your Most Flattering Shades (with Hex Codes)

A color analyst's guide to the best colors for fair skin, 10 flattering shades plus 5 neutrals, with hex codes, what to avoid, and how undertone changes it.

What Is My Skin Undertone

A color analyst explains what your skin undertone is, how to find it with simple at-home tests, and the colors that flatter cool, warm and neutral undertones.

A woman with olive skin wearing a flattering teal top with gold jewelry, her complexion looking warm and lit, by ToneLala

Best Colors for Olive Skin: Your Most Flattering Shades (with Hex Codes)

A color analyst's guide to the best colors for olive skin, teal, olive, rust, plum and more, with hex codes, the right neutrals and what to avoid.

A woman with dark skin wearing a vivid cobalt-blue top and gold jewelry, glowing against the color, by ToneLala

Best Colors for Dark Skin: Your Most Flattering Shades (with Hex Codes)

A color analyst's guide to the best colors for dark skin, cobalt, emerald, fuchsia, gold and more, with hex codes, the best neutrals and what to avoid.

An elegant woman in her seventies with silver-gray hair and medium olive skin wearing a deep teal top and pearl earrings, glowing in soft daylight, by ToneLala

Best Colors to Wear With Gray Hair and Olive Skin

Silver hair changes what olive skin can wear. A color analyst's guide to the best colors for gray hair and olive skin, teal, plum, berry, soft white, plus what to avoid.

A woman with light skin wearing a soft teal knit and raspberry scarf in flattering colors, with delicate jewelry, by ToneLala

Best Colors for Light Skin: Your Most Flattering Shades (with Hex Codes)

A stylist's guide to the best colors for light skin, soft teal, raspberry, periwinkle, plum and more, with hex codes, neutrals and what to avoid.

A woman with deep skin wearing a rich emerald top with gold jewelry, glowing against a warm background, by ToneLala

Deep Skin Tone: Undertones & Best Colors

A color analyst's guide to deep skin tone, how to read your undertone, the rich, saturated colors that glow against you

A woman with warm tan skin wearing a flattering teal knit and gold jewelry, by ToneLala

Best Colors for Tan Skin: Your Most Flattering Shades (with Hex Codes)

A stylist's guide to the best colors for tan skin, teal, rust, olive, coral and more, with hex codes, the best neutrals, and what to avoid.

A woman with cool undertones wearing a cool fuchsia top and silver jewelry, flattering colors for cool undertones, by ToneLala

Best Colors for Cool Undertones: Your Most Flattering Shades (with Hex Codes)

A color analyst's guide to the best colors for cool undertones, 10 flattering shades and 5 neutrals with hex codes, what to avoid

A woman with fair skin and dark hair wearing a true red top with crisp white, flattering colors for fair skin and dark hair, by ToneLala

Best Colors for Fair Skin And Dark Hair: Your Most Flattering Shades (with Hex Codes)

A color analyst's guide to the best colors for fair skin and dark hair, 10 flattering shades and 5 neutrals with hex codes, what to avoid

A woman with pale skin and blonde hair wearing a soft periwinkle top and flattering cool colors, by ToneLala

Best Colors for Pale Skin And Blonde Hair: Your Most Flattering Shades (with Hex Codes)

A color analyst's guide to the best colors for pale skin and blonde hair, 10 flattering shades and 5 neutrals with hex codes, what to avoid, and your season.

A woman with neutral undertones wearing a flattering teal knit with soft coral and gold jewelry, best colors for neutral undertones, by ToneLala

Best Colors for Neutral Undertones: Your Most Flattering Shades (with Hex Codes)

The best colors for neutral undertones: 10 flattering shades and 5 neutrals with hex codes, which side to lead with if you lean warm or cool, and what to avoid.

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