Every person is unique. However, people are usually divided into color types depending on their appearance. It is important to understand that for each of them there are a number of rules regarding the selection of colors.
So, makeup for the Summer color type is absolutely not suitable for Autumn. Meanwhile, a dress that is ideal for Spring will look uninteresting and pale if Winter wears it.
Soft Summer
In this article we will talk about the features, advantages and disadvantages of the Summer color type .
In order to visually imagine the appearance of a girl with the Summer color type, you can conjure up the image of a typical Russian beauty in your head. These are delicate facial features, a clouded, gentle gaze - a charming image.
Skin : normal color, creamy beige, dark olive, very light. The skin of women of this type is thin and delicate, its color always casts cold, and freckles may occur.
Eyes : blue, watery blue, blue-gray, light green, light gray, gray, gray-green, light brown, honey.
Hair : pure blond, cold blond, light brown, ashy, turns gray early and quickly fades in the sun. Eyebrows are always brown or light in color. Women of the Summer color type most often dye their hair in colors other than their natural color, because they almost never like their natural color - it is too faded and uninteresting.
Without makeup, representatives of this color type look dimmer than other female representatives of the Winter, Spring and Autumn color types. There is a great contrast in the appearance of such a woman with and without makeup; foundation alone can transform this “gray mouse.” The advantage of having the appearance of Summer is that it allows for a wide range of transformations and experiments with appearance . A Summer woman can dye her hair, do different makeup and become a Spring woman or an Autumn woman. In turn, representatives of Spring and Autumn will not be able to become Summer due to the bright features of their color type.
There are four subspecies of the Summer color type; they differ slightly in characteristics, but allow those who are unsure which color type to classify their appearance in to decide on Summer more clearly.
Well, hello, Soft Summer!
People belonging to the Summer color type are distinguished by a very wide range of colors, which is why Summer is considered the most common and most difficult to define color type of appearance. Contrary to its warm name, this is a cold type, with faded hair and light neutral eyes. Soft Summer is one of three subtypes of the summer color type; it contains the August natural color with some tonal notes of the neighboring color subtypes: Cold Summer and Soft Autumn. Read more about the Summer color type.
Let's check the characteristics of the color subtype Soft Summer
with yours!
The natural palette of Soft Summer contains cool, muted colors. This is how you can characterize your appearance if you are a Soft Summer. This means that cool shades suit you more than warm ones. When you look in the mirror, the first thing you notice about your appearance is that your skin, eyes and hair blend together. They give you a soft appearance. Instead of standing out clearly, your outline appears a little "gray" or softened. The contrast between your skin, eyes and hair may be low to medium. But the important thing is that your natural colors blend, not contrast. In addition, your skin, eyes and hair have cool undertones.
Eye color
Soft Summer can be grey, blue, green or hazel grey. Regardless of color, they are always a soft gray and look rather muted. They are not bright at all, with a cold undertone.
Leather
Mild Summer is neutral-cool with an ash or pink tint. This means that silver and gold look good on Soft Spring, but silver looks better. Skin color can be natural beige, ivory, or even dark if the shade is cold and contrasts poorly with the hair. Mild Summer may have freckles. Soft Summer skin does not tan in the sun and may become red easily.
Hair
Mild Summers can be quite dark. Their colors range from dark ash blonde to light brown, but always with a cool undertone, meaning there is nothing yellowish or reddish about them. When exposed to sunlight, Soft Summer hair can fade.
Depending on the hair and skin combination, the contrast between Soft Summer's features varies from low to medium. Hair is generally darker in comparison to the skin, but the contrast is quite weak. There are no dark areas in the appearance of Soft Summer.
People belonging to the Soft Summer color subtype are very easily confused with Soft Autumn due to the fact that both of these color types have muted and softened colors in their appearance. The differences between them are very subtle.
While Soft Summer is a cool color type with soft, muted skin, hair and eye tones, high in gray and olive, Soft Autumn features have soft warm tones containing golden-reddish pigments. Read more about the color subtype Soft Autumn.
Color palette
Soft Summer includes soft and subtle colors to match the not-too-low contrast level of the natural appearance of this color subtype. Suitable colors for Soft Summer are colors with low saturation, low contrast and cool tone.
The palette contains a lot of gray and olive shades, which makes the colors more muted. They are not clear, but complex and elusive, as if mixed from many different colors.
In addition to white and black, Soft Summers should avoid pure and bright colors such as rich pinks and blues, which clash with and overwhelm the natural softness of this color subtype's appearance. Rich, warm shades like warm reds and browns also don't suit Cold Summer skin.
The colors of the Soft Summer makeup match the color palette for the clothes.
Soft Summer foundation and concealer are best when matte and in beige tones. Brilliant and warm shades are not suitable for this color subtype, as they will conflict with a naturally cooler complexion.
Neutral eyeshadow colors for Soft Summer are cream, brown and gray. For contrast, it is better to choose muted, cool pink, plum, blue or green. Too dark, bright colors with a strong warm yellow undertone will give a soft summer look a drained appearance.
The best Soft Summer mascara options are cool chocolate brown or taupe shades.
Eyeliner is ideal if it comes in brown, gray and brighter shades of purple or dark blue, especially if it matches your eye color exactly.
Matte blushes in pinkish shades are suitable for Soft Summers. Just don’t make too sharp lines and use overly warm shades that will conflict with a cool complexion.
For Soft Summer lipsticks, it is better to choose matte shades of blue and purple.
Cool neutral skin tone allows Soft Summer to wear jewelry
in both white and yellow metal. Silver and platinum look especially harmonious. Yellow gold will look more harmonious than red, which is too deep and rich for Soft Summer. An excellent stone option is fluorite with a soft, deep and cool tint. Lilac, azure, and greenish shades look beautiful in themselves, and with successful cutting they can decorate the Soft Summer in the most wonderful way.
Read more about the color theory of the Four Seasons.
Take an online test to determine your color type.
Cold or True Summer
How to determine
This is a typical Summer woman, the color of her hair and eyes is dominated by cold shades, so this is a Cold Summer. The skin appears almost transparent, with a slight blush. Hair of light brown shades with a cold platinum tint. Everything is very average - the skin is not tanned or pale, the hair is not light or dark.
Suitable colors in clothes and makeup
This type is suitable for muted smoky colors with shades of blue, namely:
Electric and dark blue;
All shades from light gray to dark gray;
Fuchsia and cool blue.
Warm shades like peach, yellow and bronze are not at all suitable for this type.
Representative
Duchess of Cambridge Catherine Middleton, actress Emily Blunt.
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Bright Summer
How to determine
Externally, this color type is close to Spring. These are always light, warm and delicate shades. The skin of a woman of the Light Summer type is peach-colored, as if glowing from within, she has a soft blush. This woman's eyes are a light shade - light green or light blue with fuzzy irises. The hair is usually very light in color with some muted color - ash, light brown, the so-called mouse.
Suitable colors in clothes and makeup
Warm light shades:
Beige and coffee with milk;
Peach and azure;
Warm gray and warm pink.
This type is not at all suitable for rich colors and contrasting combinations. No red or black, nothing acidic or dark.
Representative
Naomi Watts, Reese Witherspoon and Claudia Schiffer.
How to choose a wardrobe?
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. One of the most successful styles in a Summer girl’s wardrobe is called romantic. “Summer” beauties really suit outfits with feminine frills, ruffles, and lace.
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The most suitable color palette for a “summer” girl is restrained and muted, discreet tones. Blurred shades, which can be called powdery or hazy, look perfect on such beauties.
3. Summer girls are advised to choose blue as the main color for their wardrobe. A woman of this color type looks most attractive in dark blue, denim blue, blue-gray, pale blue clothes and many other shades of blue.
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In addition to blue, the summer color type is recommended to wear things in purple, dark pink, and red.
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5.
True white color is not suitable for “summer” girls. It is better to replace it with a shade of eggshell, bleached oak, platinum, as well as cream, creamy or milky color.
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A Summer girl wears clothes in brown tones, if any shade of this color is distinguished by the presence of a gray undertone.
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For underwear, sundresses, T-shirts and shirts, women of the summer color type are advised to choose light shades, which are called bleached. Such clothes in mint, soft pink, violet or cream colors are especially suitable for them.
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In sports and evening wear, “summer” girls can choose fashionable bright colors, but they should be presented in small quantities. A good choice would be shades of summer greens, emerald, blueberries, watermelon pulp, and summer dawn.
9. Pure black color for a summer type will be a bad choice, as it will highlight the imperfections of fair skin. Also, girls of the “summer” type are not advised to wear clothes in warm colors, for example, tomato, salmon, brick, apricot or mustard shades.
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The most suitable fabrics for the summer color type are materials that flow and are quite plastic. They should be neither too bulky nor very smooth. A good choice would be clothes made from cotton, jersey, matte silk, linen, denim, tweed, knitwear or fine cashmere. Excessively dense and coarse fabrics should be avoided.
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As for patterns on fabric, geometric prints and stripes are not recommended for the summer type. A reasonable amount of checkered pattern is acceptable; rustic, abstract and ethnic prints are considered good choices. At the same time, it is desirable that the colors of the patterns be discreet and belong to a cool range.
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Accessories for the summer color type should be selected with an unusual pattern and interesting shape. It is important that the range of jewelry be cold, so the best choice would be jewelry made of white gold, platinum or silver. At the same time, shine should be avoided, giving preference to matte products. Jewelry made from aged metal looks great on a “summer” girl.
Seasonal shade palette
The leading characteristic of Soft Summer is softness and subduedness. A secondary characteristic is external temperature. Therefore, the best shades for representatives of Soft Summer are soft, muted and cool tones. These shades include ruby, deep pink, blush color, baby pink, chiffon, jade, pine color, hunter green, sky blue, greenish blue, soft sea, dusty grape, pervanche color, iris color, taupe, grey.
- » How to distinguish Soft Summer from Soft Autumn
Extremely bright colors, as well as very warm shades, are not suitable. Inappropriate shades include black and very dark brown, bright yellow and bright red, fuchsia, yellow-green, orange and mustard.
- » What colors suit the Summer color type
Accessories
For jewelry and fittings, prefer silver or platinum plating. You can dilute the look every day with new scarves and stoles for your hair and neck. If there are no prints on your clothes, then choose a scarf with a bright, unusual pattern.
No matter what the weather is outside, it’s easy to create a good mood in the morning thanks to rich, delicate colors. It is impossible to imagine this wardrobe option without a riot of peach, turquoise and mint. And all products are made of very thin, soft fabrics, cozy even on a chilly autumn day. The mystery and tenderness inherent in girls will help create elegant images.
Ksenia Sobchak
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Alena Sviridova
Russian singer Alena Sviridova completely moved to her house in Kerch for the entire summer of 2020, thereby proving that the vacation of stars can differ from usual ideas. The artist shares with fans photo and video materials about life in a private house. In addition to swimming in the Black Sea, the woman prepares gourmet meals, makes repairs in the local area, and is now looking for a gardener to preserve and increase the harvest of grapes and fruit trees.
palette of red glitters and tints for the “summer” color type
- Lip gloss L'Absolu Gloss Cream in shade No. 132 Caprice, Lancôme
© lancome.ruRed lipstick is still obligatory: you need to either adapt the entire look to it, or complement it with an outfit for a special occasion. With lip glosses everything is easier. Even if you choose a brighter shade, the makeup will turn out without pretensions - with an emphasis on the lips, which is quite compatible with a casual style. In the case of No. 132 Caprice from the L'Absolu Gloss Cream collection, you can count on exactly this result. The femininity of the look will attract attention - all thanks to the glossy finish and beautiful shade.
- Hi-Fi Shine Lip Gloss in Bang, Urban Decay
© urbandecay.ru
The translucent texture of Hi-Fi Shine Lip Gloss with a dewy shine effect allows you to take a fresh look at shades of red. Urban Decay managed to ensure that the gloss was not sticky, viscous and “heavy” not only in feel, but also in appearance. The coverage (even with the seemingly intense shade of Bang) looks both light and effective. Gloss gives your lips visual volume and makes them very attractive. By the way, Urban Decay advises using gloss not only as an independent product. You can also use it to refresh your lip makeup and lipstick as needed.
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