Being a redhead is a blessing and a curse. We’re so rare that people often ignore our existence. People fetishize us and you get made fun of all the time. But at the end of the day, there will always be those old ladies in grocery stores that tell us how “people pay so much money for that color”
It’s SO AMAZING to find a video specifically directed at redheads for this! So much color typing just flat out ignores that redheads exist, or give you jumbled non-answers because we don’t fit very neatly into the boxes that everyone else tends to. I’m a warmer redhead, and look terrible in silver, but fantastic in the royal blue and “cool” colors, and it just ends up confusing people. The recognition that redheads “change” undertones is really insightful! Thank you for making this video!
I’m the same and I think the cool blues and greens work for me because they go with my hair and eyes, not necessarily my skin. Although I have to be careful with some shades
Very help full. I've tried colour analyzing myself and I came out as a Warm Spring/True Spring. only for my boyfriend to say to me I look better in darker colour and those really don't exist in true/warm spring colour swatch. at my palest I think I fit a Bright Winter, my eyes are dark, my skin super pale and bright and the places I see most pigment are pink the veins on my wrists are blue and purple. Oh also I can't really tan I burn too easy peel and go back to being pale.
I've always wondered why red content in the hair is considered warm but in the skin is seen as cool (because of the stereotype pink tones = cool, and pink tones comes from the presence of red in the skin) I love your system and the fact you take red as neutral, or as I call it an "extra"
I agree! I was determined to be light, bright and warm (light red hair & skin with bright green eyes). I though I was a Light Summer forever and felt so washed out in my pale, muted clothes…all because of that redness that doesn’t factor in, if it’s a skin condition, but is otherwise cool? It doesn’t make sense. Pastels and muted colors are gorgeous colors on some, but I need warmth and brightness! I just bought my first lime green dress, since I was 11 and got so many compliments!
@@Jordan-db2og jewel toned blues and purples (and fuscias) are a yes for me, but only some yellows work while oranges are a hard pass for me (very sad because i love bright orange).
Was scrolling the comments for someone else who heard that lol… that should probably change to, “the four undertones of the skin” or something lolll just saying
Redheads look incredible in jewel tones, mignight blue, royal purple, emerald green 😍 Also, I certainly turn into a warm when I tan, and look better in a deep olive green t shirt I have
This is a great video for extremely light skinned individuals and redheads. Often this skin tone is seen as too pale by society and getting a fake or real tan is the solution. When in fact clear and radiant is such a beautiful season. This should be embraced by wearing these amazing bright cool colours not many people look good in
Agree! We think we should not be wearing those "bright winter" colors because we are perceived as "autumns". So, we become perplexed and try to force ourselves into warm colors and liking them when secretly we 😍 fuchsia and colbolt blue!!
@@giselerose8391 YEEEEEEEEEEEEEES I always loved bright pinks, purples, teals, cool greens. When I got into colour analysis a few years ago I was inmediately seen as an 'autumn' because of my golden-reddish hair and greenish grey, muted eyes. I always disliked oranges, yellows and browns though... But started wearing them anyway while still fawning over a brilliant berry red. Because I don't exactly look good in those colours, I always just said I 'prefer this muddy olive' when people asked me why the fuck I would wear those colours and not, I dunno, a gorgeous emerald green? I also started sayign I prefer gold over silver for this reason, and got rid of my silver jewellery (don't worry: it's cheap fantasy jewellery crap) Now it's hard to explain to people that I *actually* prefer brilliant cool shades. And that they actually look perhaps better on me. I am not sure yet wether I am cool & delicate or cool & radiant, in between it seems. I am not a hardcore redhead, but am definitely very pale and have very golden tones in my hair which has the typical 'redhead complexion' look with my pale skin.
Me too! Exactly my story! I think I may be cool & delicate, but nearly, but not quite cool & radiant! No autumn, though despite superficial hair and freckles. It's this translucent pale skin!! Lol!
You have a very calm, clear and soothing voice and you never put in fillers like "ugh" or pause even for a second to catch your train of thought. You are an excellent speaker and presenter.
I’m a redhead and this is so validating! I morph between cool bright in winter to cool delicate/neutral in summer and find I can wear A LOT of bright colors all the time, and warm tones always make me look blah. I feel like the simplest test too is white vs off white and I look AWFUL in yellowish off white/beige. The old school color typists are so misleading. Also yellow gold looks so bad on most redheads because many of us are cool! Appreciate you!
@aliciaalbertaon2302 •A tan ??😂😂Seriously ..Not me the sun actually makes me ill ..They have different backgrounds so ..Hard to see this ok I be "Cool and Radiant with Factor 50 rather than Burnt to a crisp ,"My friend is Argentinan she is natural beautifully bronze ..With Red hair ..Orange is not my colour choice I can wear dark Red like Claret ?Pink But with Black undertones..Green looks great ..Purple/Brown my eyes appear to change colour with what I am wearing
The "changing color" thing makes so much sense to me having so much trouble getting my color profile done. I'm a natural strawberry blonde with blue eyes. My hair can look blonde or red and my skin can look cool at its lightest, but if the sun touches me even slightly, I turn warm. Currently my arms are warm and my legs are cool....
it's not the fairness or ability to tan that dictates season colour type, it's the undertone not the overtones. Strawberry blondes are Spring. Freckles and tanning effects are dictated by your Fitzpatrick Phototype. Yours is type I.
We had almost all redheads in my Dad's family... my grandmother, my aunt & me were all different "seasons" in our skin tone! It's astounding how redheads can all vary so much.
Also the hair is a colour in itself and is warm toned which adds another layer of complication. So you can't wear colours on your upper half that clash with orange (hot pink is the worst).
I'm grateful for your acute abilities in observation, exploration, and problem solving in the area of color analysis! I have a red head complexion (translucent fair skin, golden brown hair) and am perplexed when consistently complemented in bright blue when professional analysis results are always Soft Autumn! Plus, I seem to change between being perceived as warm or cool. You are the first consultant to address "red" undertones along with blue and yellow.
This is the most wonderful video! I'm a redhead who always thought I was warm toned. I was formally draped by a "Color Me Beautiful" consultant in 1986 who said I was an autumn. The palette of little fabric swatches that she gave me included the usual autumn colors, but also some bright purples, teals, and aquas. For a long time they all looked great on me. As I've gotten older, I've been feeling sorta washed out, and like there isn't enough contrast between my skin and my clothes when I wear the warm tones. I've been looking at photos of ladies like Julianne Moore wearing fuchsia and berry lipstick and blush and wondering, hmmmm..... I now realize that as I age, I'm losing pigment in my skin. My freckles are a warm orange color, but they are so faded that the blue veins show through more. I wear sunscreen year round, and it's February, so I'm at my palest. Maybe I'll adopt a warm palette in the summer when I have a little more pigment, and a cooler jewel toned palette when I'm paler. Thanks again for explaining the process of changing colors - I'm grateful!
I had a Color me Beautiful done in 1989, and was typed as Contrasting Autumn Panache. 2 years ago I was one of many that had a quick guess done by a lady on UA-cam. I cooled off apparently because I was typed as Soft, Cool, Medium, (a Soft Summer) When I look at the old color palette I can see how I avoided some of the orange and yellows because they made my skin look even pinker. Then I realized most of those colors were universal ones and most people warm or cool could wear them! My new color swatches have universal plus cool only and when I wear a cool soft color I stand out, not the color. This stuff fascinates me, lol.
even though you lose some pigment with age your warm undertones remain. You just need to reduce the intensity of the colours your choose. Undertones are for life and all redheads have warm undertones. There is literally no such thing as neutral undertones in any colour, whether it's in nature, human skin, or manufactured fabrics, flooring or house paint. The only colour with zero undertone is pure white.
I identify as a redhead, even though my strawberry blonde tones from childhood have darkened to a more ashy reddish-brown these days (and are now starting to go grey). I'm extremely pale, with freckles and rosy undertones. I never tan; I always burn. I've always failed to get a good answer from those seasonal colour analysis quizzes. This is the closest I've ever seen to an explanation as to why my best colours have always been cool and radiant, even though all the systems keep insisting I should look good in pale pastels (which are TERRIBLE on me) or soft warm camels and tans (which are ALSO TERRIBLE on me). I appreciate this video more than you know.
@sh.4409 doesn't ALL grey eventually turn white? Or are you referring to no transition? I'm a redhead and I've been finding shirt white hairs coming out of the top of my head occasionally 😢
This is the best video on color theory I've ever seen. I feel confident now that my skin tone is 'warm and delicate'. I only wish you had used a few more examples for that subtype, as after all you said it's the most common. Still, I feel like my understanding of my color tones has increased in leaps and bounds. It's so hard for me to do makeup, because I have a lot of distinctly red, blue, and yellow areas all over my face.
@Merriam Style I'd love to see your thoughts on what shades on red hair look best on different skin tones including olivey-shades and those who are mixed race/ born with ginger hair and dark skin. It's refreshing to hear you say a redhead could be any of the 4 skintones, most color analysis' say box-dye ginger hues should be reserved only for the palest of cool undertones-but we know that's a lie. Models like Carmen Solomon, who seems warm delicate, and vogue model Tanisha Kwayie comes to mind. There's so little on redhead color analysis to begin with, and much less on those who are of non-European decent, so this was much appreciated! Keep em comin' Merriam!
Thank you for making this video, it is life changing for me. I have done a million colour analysis quizzes and I always come out some kind of "warm spring", for so long I have just pulled the colours from there that work best (I think navy and turquoise and Kelly green are often included) but my "season" never explained why I looked so great in royal blue and emerald green, I knew for a fact that optic white was much nicer on me than cream, and try as I might I never could make any browns work with my colouring, but I persisted because I couldn't find a system that gave me guidance on what to look for in colours that would help me look my best... Then I found your channel and watched this and if course I'm cool and radiant! It should have been obvious to me when one time I was in the bath with my toddler and he was scrubbing my legs, when I asked him what he was doing he said "I'm getting the blue lines off your skin Mum" they were my veins which he could see through my extremely pale skin 😂 Yesterday I went to the op shop (thrift store) and bought a few knits and tops in cool and radiant colours to test it out and it absolutely works! I particularly found a magenta top which makes me look so nice and I'd never tried magenta because I thought it would be so wrong on a red head but I LOVE it. Thank you Merriam ❤️
This makes so much sense!!! I have a warm yellow undertone but in the winter I have to wear the lightest neutral foundation I can find because any other color gives me an ugly line.
Image in the shorts doesn't say anything in my opinion, because legs are in shade ( you can see a spot of sunlight on her ancle) so, naturally, they look cooler
yap! i totally agree...🙏🏻bless you for insight... one thing that may be of interest to your attention that I recently discovered is we can have an cool overtone with a warm undertone...imogen lamport says this. I have been rabidly studying color since age 15 so that's over 30 years and I agree with you I think you're on to something here I think there is more to a redhead because we have a different pigment in our skin than other skin tones... and I have two pictures that I'm going to go study now - one in summer where I have a tan on my face and I look absolutely warm and vibrant but still excellent in the white and wearing, and one in winter with NO tan and i only look good in a cool toned green... EXCELLENT. 🙏🏻😇
I have had several people who thought I was yellow trying to sell me foundation, but just doesn't blend well with me. My legs glow in the dark and my face, neck and arms are "tanned" red undertone.
Thank you! As a brown eyed very pale bright skinned red, I always get typed on autumn. I hate myself in 80% of those colors, I look old and heavy. Specially when it comes to autumn make up. Those copper lips and moss green eyeshadows 🤮 I find that I look my best in light warm colors and some of the cool ones. I created my own palette. In make up, I stay clear of the moss greens (the very ones they recommended to me), and use cool brownish eyeshadow. But my foundation needs to be yellow toned, and my lipstick needs to go around peaches. I look horrible in cool lipsticks!
I’m a brown auburn. I have fair skin with lots of red in it. I always thought it was warm because of the red. But it’s definitely cooler. I wear neutral foundation because I can see both purple and blue in my veins. I also tend to change to warm toned when I’m tan.
yes you are warm as are all redheads and auburn brunettes. Veins are irrelevant and misleading and nothing to do with undertones. Fairness of skin is also irrelevant to undertones. Fairness is due to Fitzpatrick Phototype and the fairest of those is type I which is redheads (spring or autumn)and the lightest blondes who can't tan at all (can be spring or summer).
In another video you said that tan doesn't change your season, but in this video you say the opposite. Maybe the redheads are an exception? Thank you for the answer, I am a natural redhead that's why I want to know :-)
Yes, I think she means that redheads are an exception, because some are so fair, that they have basically no noticeable pigment, so they appear cool-ish by default. Only when they get a little bit of colour/tan you can actually discern their real undertones.
I hope there are more redhead videos! I am more light copper/strawberry blonde and I’m a warm delicate, I believe. I’m a “day-walker” though (a ginger that doesn’t burn in the sun 🤣). I think that makes a difference. I don’t think I ever pull cool though 🤷🏼♀️ I love your videos! Helped me realize why more saturated “autumn” colors don’t necessarily look as good on me as muted colors.
It’s hard being a redhead and now that my hair is going white it’s even harder! I look like I’ve been beaten in burgundy or purple but pale lavender is one of my best. Though now pale, my hair still has warmth, eyes are blue and skin is pale. Yellow and red are (were?) good on me but pale blue washes me out. My very best color is non-dusty teal but tangerine is a close second. I’ve been seasonally typed several times as a spring.
I feel so vindicated! I noticed this in the last few months... I noticed that just this color has an effect on my skin it has an effect on my hair! my hair will appear subtly cool if I'm wearing cool colors and it will be brassy orange if I'm wearing warm colors...
This is such amazing work!!! And I love the pictures of Kate Mara, they show that not only does our skin tone change with sun exposure, so does our hair. Redheads are true chameleons. 🦎
Just about an hour ago I was trying to figure out my season and determined that my skin is mostly cool. I can see my blue veins and ive been told that im "so white" im "blue" when I step into the sun for the first time after winter. However, its summer right now and my shoulders and face are undeniably warm and pinkish, since that is where i get the most sun and tan (and the freckles help as well). I thought I must have been doing something wrong so Im happy I stumbled across this and learned that the colour change is real and im not crazy!
I always thought I was crazy but I’m one of those that with a tan I’m warm and radiant, without a tan I’m warm muted. I always thought that but feels so good to be validated!
I love being a natural redhead. My shade of red is strawberry blonde, which is the lightest shade of red hair, but I love it because I have blonde and copper thrown throughout my hair too. It is honestly really hard for me to find make up that goes well with my fair skin and everything. I also have blue eyes, and to this day I’m still trying to figure out which looks look good on me and which ones don’t .so hello to all of my fellow natural redheads!
Thanks for the video. Could you make a future video on hair colour and skin tone. I've noticed that some people can pretty much rock all hair colours while some only look their best in one basic colour.
Great video. This really explains a lot because my husband is a redhead and I was scratching my head for the longest wondering why he didn't look so good in muted warm colors. He has super yellow skin but his eyes are a crystal grey. Super vibrant and his hair has this duo chrome effect where it's red but somehow seems to look like golden wheat from a certain angle. Should I try neon colors? Idk he looks pretty alive in that super bright construction orange if you know what mean
@@merriamstyle oh my god, lime green! Our daughter looks ethereal in lime green! I should've seen the connection since she has his skin color, except she's blonde so that must've tricked me.
I ABSOLUTELY agree with this!! Any of my red head friends with cool skin tones look ENTIRELY different with a spray tan or some summer tan, because they appear SO much warmer!
I'm just wondering... Who looks better with dyed red hair? Including all shades... - Honey brown-red or whisky red, burgundy red etc... - I feel like it's some cross between color analysis, Kibble and person's appearance, personal preferences.... And also the length plays some part somehow in how the color looks... Eva Longoria - warm and radiant.. She has colored her hair some warm colors... Like honey with an amber glow... Eva Mendes - looks good with her hair honey color, despite having strong face features. While Yasmeen Ghauri, I feel like, - not so much. - She looks better having black hair. And I feel like she is cool and muted. I'm thinking of one blogger.... - Deep burgundy, almost rose, like a flower, flaming red looks good on her, with her bright yellow-a little bit pinkish skin, while she looks soft classic... For myself, - a TR close to a SD, warm and radiant - dark brown, or with a slight shade of burgundy/purple. Or better black. Only strong dark colors
You know, yeah, of course, I always mention people that I like and who I'm pretty familiar with, throughout their career, so maybe I mentioned someone really many times... to give famous examples... - Selena Quintanilla - was red-haired once. And with defined waves too - with honey red curly bob. J Lo, who played her, looks good with all colors and textures. As a brunette in her youth. In chocolate, in maybe black color. With all shades of natural blonde, in honey. She was red-haired as well. I heard that they call her "exotic" winter in some systems. Saying that both warm and cool colors match her. Basically, everything. It said that this colortype is highly uncommon among white people. But hmmm.. how many tan brunettes are there amongst white people in all countries, or middle easterns? It is hard and pretty unreasonable to judge such things by ethnicity
I’m a redhead and wearing the colour red confused me. For a red I look great in a brick red or rich blood red and not a more pinkish bright red. Burnt orange also looks lovely but so does pale blue, turquoise, aubergine and emerald green. I’m pretty sure I’m cool toned but the red question confuses me. I also prefer gold or copper jewellery as it picks out the flecks of gold in my hair.
I wish this was focused more on Madelaine Petsch insteaf of Lily Cole. I hope you can make a video about her and what you think are the best color for her hair color and skin tone.
In my country there is a lot of miscigenation, so most redheads I've known are not as pale as the ones you've analysed - then that "lack of pigment" which you think makes people cool & radiant is not as common here. I know redheads who look definitely warm, and others who are cooler. So... I think you're right - they can be warm, cool, muted or radiant!
Wow! Finally a video for us redheads. I've always been in quite a dilemma about my undertone, and this video helps me understand it a bit more. However, if someone has the time I could do with some help. I would say I look quite like the girl on the far right in the last picture, except my eyes are an amber hazel color, as well as darker eyebrows. My skin tends to look quite red and irritated if I wear blue and green eye-shadows, so I stick to warm colours. Purple suits me quite well too. When it comes to clothes I have consistently through my life worn oranges and reds, said to supposedly clash with my hair, but I feel the best in warm colours, as I feel cooler ones don't suit my style and make me look a bit red. My veins on the inside of my wrist are blue and purple, my eyelids are purple and pink, but the back of my hands show green. I think the parts of me where I have freckles (arms, face) tend to be warmer and the others, such as my legs, be a lot more cool. It's quite odd and that's why I feel I walk a thin line when i put on makeup because i might have two different undertones sort of fighting each other. Also, I've always preferred green over blue, since red hair is really quite orange, and green doesn't make me look red. Spot on with the yellow though, never bought a yellow garment in my life. Your colour analysis is very good and I love the comparisons and such.
I’m a warm redhead. Even me as a kid with no tan my skin is not white white but an off-white creamy colour. I used to like baby pink lipstick and it looked awful on me because it’s cool pink.
I agree with most examples and I do follow, however. I think the royal blue is too harsh and awful against pale skin. It makes my skin look metallic and even more white. Just because it stands out, doesn't mean it compliments the skin colour.
I'm a redhead with very pale, cool pigmented skin and blue eyes. My favourite colour is red, but I don't look good wearing that colour because it clashes with my hair :/ I do look better wearing black, royal blues and greens though.
i have auburn red hair and blue eyes and a yellow olive tint to my skin!!!! im in between warm delicate and radiant!!!!! omg so helpful ive always been so confused because other redheads I meet are cool!!!
My whole life, I struggled with having natural dark red hair (warm) and YET very fair, cool pink skin. Was I cool or warm? Finally, in my 50s, my hair turned a beautiful blonde/ white! Now, I am definitely a cool toned woman. I wear cool neutrals, bright jewel toned, navy, and black.
@@littlehouseinthebigapple5716 Haha I can definitely empathise with that! If it helps, I believe I may be cool and radiant when i have none of my natural pigment, but if I gain a bit of pigment (which is usually on my hands/chest/face from working on our farm), the pigment seems to be yellow. I did just get my Body Geometry done with Merriam, and she is amazing! So if you decide to get your colours done with her, I highly recommend her lovely service. xx
I morph between deep winter and deep autumn. My natural hair color is dark mahogany red. When I'm pale I'm a deep winter, if I've been in the sun my hair goes more copper undertoned and my skin tans and freckles and I go warm toned. My eyes are dark amber with a black ring around them
Me and my sister are both redheads but she is cool and has no freckles and her eyes are a grayish green color and I’m very freckled and have brown eyes and I’m more warm colored in the summer
YES. Makeup consultants always think I must have a cool tone skin, because of the paleness and redness in my face. But I just match foundation to my neck or wrist and I need a neutral to warm tone because I definitely warm up and have that radiant yellow thing going on!
As a golden strawberry haired woman, I am more confused than ever! My favorite colors to wear are lime green, orange, peach, coral, yellow, golden tan and aqua, so I sure hope I’m warm!
Merriam, I somehow can't watch any of your videos on your website... Homepage is like empty, I tried a few times. And I don't see any video section on the website From my phone, I was able to weirdly play something once.... But there was only sound... Don't know what the problem is... Your page shouldn't be too heavy - for modern gudgets, for a good provider, right?
I think I would be a weird case for you XDDDDDD People love to see me in white, my beige top looks fade on me, I don't look good in black either. Most of my shoes are brown (cocoa, camel or cognac brown) not black. Cool Greys, light blues, and cool reds look pretty good good on me. And while the tomato red would be too much for me, bright yellow (with some red in it) apparently looks great! Also all my fondations are neutral, slightly yellow and when I tan, my skin color becomes redder (and it's not sunburns) not yellower
This is fun to think about when applying cool yellow vs warm yellow to the picture. Natural red hair, muted lemony yellow leaning olive undertones despite also being very pale - probably from my mixed HK Chinese & White British heritage. Because the cool yellowness is most obvious and easily mistaken for a warm yellow (it isn’t, finding a matching foundation was a headache) I generally look best in warm toned colours (warm green, warm dark teal, earth tones in general)
It is super confusing. Im a very fair redhead with blue eyes and yellow undertones. I look awful in black and white and basically any cool color. but if I have a slight bit of self tan on I can wear black and it doesn't look so bad. so I guess I do almost change undertone a bit.
My beard is red, my eyes are blue, and my undertones are gold/yellow/peach. What colors do I go for? I have found that bright peach, pink, and other warm colors work for me really well, but I’d like to branch out!
You know, your series caused me to, and I've been contemplating, somehow, about the type, vibe, and stereotypes about types, after your series:) Of course - that is very narrow! You type can't judge about person's personality, self-presentation(image) by the type, in any way! Though still, typing does say something about physiognomics and energy.... But really, even photo shoots that people do, pictures that they post say something about type manner, in a crazy way! Pretty connected with the type! Some bright soft naturals pose sunshines and happy:) Like Regina Tododenko, Masha Ivakova, for example. (I'm not Russian though, but still) Some Theatrical Romantics pose thoughtful and sensual. Like Kim, for example. Some Soft Dramatics, Flamboyant Naturals - pose a bit dramatic and royal, relaxed in a royal way. If some type with a Dramatic part to them take a lively "happy " picture - they often make it a sultry vibe, like under Cuban sun, for example:)) Flamboyant Gamines happen to take pics overly confident or indifferently-looking in them, in a good way, or sultry and sensual in this confident way:)) Some poetry with Clasics... Coquette Gamines(or just if people have a tendency to look close some type, vibe)... About the Dramatic Classics - the say it is like the Fifth Avenue vibe (style). I know that all sounds pretty weird, but.... But I guess, you'll agree with me, that it's still present. At least, in pop culture
I would say that since red is neutral, that's not what we'd look at to determine cool/warm. If your rosy undertone is more of a cool pink, then you may be cool, but if it's more of a peach, then you may be warm (because a cool pink = red +a bit of blue, which is cool, and a peach = red+a bit of yellow, which is warm)!! The way that you describe your skin in general makes me think that it's probably cool, either cool and delicate or cool and radiant, because 'rosy' is usually a bit of a cooler pink, and not so much a peach. Hope that helps!
I am a redhead and I have a warm undertone, because I have green veins. And am never that pail that this women are? Even when they have a “tan”. So should I just go for warm clothes?
Yes, try warm and delicate first. And also you should watch my video 'Golden Overtones with COOL Undertones' to be sure you're not warm and radiant (they are quite rare), then if you're not warm and delicate, in that case you're most likely warm and radiant! But very unlikely that you're cool with green veins (I have a video on the vein test if you're interested in that).
Both cool and delicate and cool and radiant can do a cool red (pretty bright)....and both warm and delicate and warm and radiant can do a warm red (also can be bright), or a tomato red. Red is special because it's so close to neutral, so it doesn't have to be muted for it to look alright on the delicate undertones (since they are also close to neutral). But if you're cool and delicate, you can also do cool burgundy (instead of red) or cool mauve, instead of red. And if you're warm and delicate, you can do terracotta or a warm brick red. Cool and radiant, cool red, and warm and radiant, warm tomato red!! :)!!!
Merriam Style Merriam Style thank u so much! I’ve been analyzing what red to do and ur video was the most helpful so far in figuring out my skin tone. I want the light red hair of the girl you put on the grey background who had delicate cool skin I think that’s me. Thanks again love💋💋
@@BauerBeauty Oh wait, I watched some of your videos and I'm not sure if that lighting is warm there (you always look gorgeous by the way), but you look maybe warm and delicate in your videos (difficult to say if it's not natural lighting though). Similar to Cate Blanchette. You could watch my video 'GOLDEN Overtones with COOL Untertones' for more info on warm and delicate and why it's often confused with cool, and see if that resonates with you! Here it is: ua-cam.com/video/iD8Py15PgKo/v-deo.html
While i agree mostly with this for clothing for jewelry and nail polish i find myself disagreeing... I am a bright redhead (aka the most red you can naturally possibly be) and very pale (:/) and while i do like blue nail polish i find myself gravitating towards muted warm tones, and the same for rings and necklaces. I think i look far better with rose gold/gold jewelry rather than cool jewelry, is there a reason for that?? Same with eyeshadow and lipstick, I find that blues and cool tones make me look paler and dead while warm tones bring life back to my skin. Maybe it has something to do with my freckles being a warm brown??
Merriam Style thanks for replying!! My main reason I would think I’m cool and radiant is the because in the video you said if you are the absolute palest you can be (which I am) your most likely cool and radiant and I also have very cool toned blue eyes. That and every online quiz says I am absolutely cool toned, but I always go for warm toned jewelry and whenever I go for clothes I like myself in warm as well as cool toned. But now that you agree I think can officially say I’m warm toned! Thank you!
My bf is very pale, he has a very pink skin and is a redhead but a very light read, almost golden hair, his mom and siblings have a darker red though. I used to think he was warm, an autumn, but now I'm very sure he's very cold and he pulls off light muted cold pinks so well.
I am not a red head but I find this video very similar to my case. as I came across your sysetem I tried to see if im a blue or yellow or olive or red skin tone, before knowing your sysetem i used to think i might be olive because i have some yellow to my skin BUT cool colors doesn't look that bad on me. after konwing your sysetm at fisrt i was sure im an olive (because that's what i originally thought was my skin tone) but analysing myself closely I can see I have alot of red and pink in my skin more then anything and i was looking for more videos about red/pink skin tone from your chennel but i couldnt find any. however, i came aross this video and i think I might have the same problem as lily especially since i have a very pale skin, it is very hard for me to deterimne if im a warm undertone or cool undertone and the reason for that is that i have somewhat of yellowness to my skin but cool tones look good on me espacailly cool and radiant. i dont know if i might be wrong and not seeing things in the right way but i would like to ask if its possible for someone with balck hair to have a red skin tone and have the same case as this red headed case?
as a redhead with brown eyes, I struggled a bit to know which colors were suiting me best. I also changed undertones with age, I was a cool delicate and became a warm delicate, because my skin got a lot more yellow and that wasn't the case until my thirties.Bravo à toi !
redheads with brown eyes are almost always Autumn. Never a cool season. Do not confuse tans and sallowness with undertones. Losing pigment with age doesn't change your season, you just have to reduce the intensity of your colours and you can look at some of the colours in the season adjacent to yours on the 16 type colour wheel.
Hi, I have a question please about hair colour. I am a bright winter and I am looking to find out what hair colours would suit me as I am looking to dye my hair. I have quite pale skin that looked like Snow White and very cool toned all through my youth, and then in my late twenties I started to build more pigment over the years that stayed and my skin started to look more yellow. So I am now a neutral skin tone and definitely a bright winter. Any muted colours make me look very ill and washed out. Very strong and contrasting colours look best on me because of my dark olive green eyes next to my bright skin. My hair is brown under most light but in bright light it shows some auburn tones. I don't think my natural hair colour compliments my skin and eyes the best. It can look a little too dull sometimes. I "pop" a lot more with very dark brown / blackish hair. I have also had very light ash blonde hair and that very bright colour also looked good on me. I have also had red hair and it was okay too. I am interested in perhaps going for a light cool red / strawberry blonde next. But not sure if this will compliment me or if it will wash me out. Please could you make a video about all the hair colours that suit a light skin bright winter?
My family is all warm, more or less, so is my husband and his family, so are my sons. No cool tones at all. I have a theory that warm tone skin people marry other warm toned skin people. At least, that seems to be the way it works out among the people I know. Then they would usually have kids with warm skin tones, too.
I think I am cool (haven't figured out the specifics yet). I think my dad is cool & delicate, quite a bit darker than me but he tans easily and turns warm & delicate (his face is cool& delicate and his arms are at least nearly neutral), my mom is warm & delicate and pale. Straight up peach. My sister, who is a lot darker than me (she could pass as a local in italy or spain) is I think warm & delicate, maybe more neutral in winter and more towards radiant in summer. My brother, who has very pale skin with dark hair, is C&R I think.
Im a redhead and i think im more warm than cool. Im often yellow looking with lighter strawberry blonde and blue eyes. My veins are green and a few on wrist are purple not blue. Thats suppose to be a neutral tone. I can wear both gold and silver. I am probably what you called the warm delicate however when i do grey it really doesnt work it makes me grey so i dont agree with that part of video but it was excellent video!
What about dying your hair red according to your undertone and skin tone? Would love a video on that! My hair is dark ash brown but I feel so washed out with my natural color and prefer my hair in summer when the sun makes it a bit more golden. Have always been curious about dying my hair red but wonder if it's possible given that I'm pretty sure I'm a muted (delicate) winter.
I'm a redhead with blue eyes and gold flecks in them with warm freckles, warm when I tan, but cool when I don't. My mom is Sicilian and my dad a mix of things. (If that matters). So, I'm struggling to find my season.
Being a redhead is a blessing and a curse. We’re so rare that people often ignore our existence. People fetishize us and you get made fun of all the time. But at the end of the day, there will always be those old ladies in grocery stores that tell us how “people pay so much money for that color”
Both of my kids have red hair too. Those old ladies LOVE us during our family grocery trips.
Haha yep
Wow, this is so accurate 😅
I am this old lady lol
Why is this so accurate though? I’ve totally had old nice ladies stop me and compliment my hair! 😜
It’s SO AMAZING to find a video specifically directed at redheads for this! So much color typing just flat out ignores that redheads exist, or give you jumbled non-answers because we don’t fit very neatly into the boxes that everyone else tends to. I’m a warmer redhead, and look terrible in silver, but fantastic in the royal blue and “cool” colors, and it just ends up confusing people. The recognition that redheads “change” undertones is really insightful! Thank you for making this video!
Thank you Amy for you comment +support!!
I’m the same and I think the cool blues and greens work for me because they go with my hair and eyes, not necessarily my skin. Although I have to be careful with some shades
Very help full. I've tried colour analyzing myself and I came out as a Warm Spring/True Spring. only for my boyfriend to say to me I look better in darker colour and those really don't exist in true/warm spring colour swatch. at my palest I think I fit a Bright Winter, my eyes are dark, my skin super pale and bright and the places I see most pigment are pink the veins on my wrists are blue and purple. Oh also I can't really tan I burn too easy peel and go back to being pale.
I've always wondered why red content in the hair is considered warm but in the skin is seen as cool (because of the stereotype pink tones = cool, and pink tones comes from the presence of red in the skin)
I love your system and the fact you take red as neutral, or as I call it an "extra"
I agree! I was determined to be light, bright and warm (light red hair & skin with bright green eyes). I though I was a Light Summer forever and felt so washed out in my pale, muted clothes…all because of that redness that doesn’t factor in, if it’s a skin condition, but is otherwise cool? It doesn’t make sense. Pastels and muted colors are gorgeous colors on some, but I need warmth and brightness! I just bought my first lime green dress, since I was 11 and got so many compliments!
I have red hair and I just wear black all the time
We look great in deep blues, purples, greens and yellow/oranges
124532 relatable
Saaame.
@@Jordan-db2og jewel toned blues and purples (and fuscias) are a yes for me, but only some yellows work while oranges are a hard pass for me (very sad because i love bright orange).
Same :D or every now and then- green..cause I love looking like a leprechaun- hey, everybody is thinking it already >.
Hahahaha, my boyfriend over heard you say "four skin undertones" and pulled a face because he heard foreskin under tones. Laughing so hard.
I just heard the same thing! went straight to comments to see if I was the only one! lol
Hahah I just heard that too
I heard the same thing! 🤣
Was scrolling the comments for someone else who heard that lol… that should probably change to, “the four undertones of the skin” or something lolll just saying
That’s a man’s take, for ya!
Redheads look incredible in jewel tones, mignight blue, royal purple, emerald green 😍
Also, I certainly turn into a warm when I tan, and look better in a deep olive green t shirt I have
Lauren Kallio mm no I don’t. It’s very hit and miss. Emerald green yes, purple and blue not so much
Petrol and dark blue are the best for me
Olive green suits me more than any other colour even when I’m tanned, maybe especially when I’m tan
Try iris blue. Thank me later.
Same!🙋♀️
This is a great video for extremely light skinned individuals and redheads. Often this skin tone is seen as too pale by society and getting a fake or real tan is the solution. When in fact clear and radiant is such a beautiful season. This should be embraced by wearing these amazing bright cool colours not many people look good in
Agree! We think we should not be wearing those "bright winter" colors because we are perceived as "autumns". So, we become perplexed and try to force ourselves into warm colors and liking them when secretly we 😍 fuchsia and colbolt blue!!
@@giselerose8391 YEEEEEEEEEEEEEES I always loved bright pinks, purples, teals, cool greens. When I got into colour analysis a few years ago I was inmediately seen as an 'autumn' because of my golden-reddish hair and greenish grey, muted eyes. I always disliked oranges, yellows and browns though... But started wearing them anyway while still fawning over a brilliant berry red. Because I don't exactly look good in those colours, I always just said I 'prefer this muddy olive' when people asked me why the fuck I would wear those colours and not, I dunno, a gorgeous emerald green? I also started sayign I prefer gold over silver for this reason, and got rid of my silver jewellery (don't worry: it's cheap fantasy jewellery crap) Now it's hard to explain to people that I *actually* prefer brilliant cool shades. And that they actually look perhaps better on me. I am not sure yet wether I am cool & delicate or cool & radiant, in between it seems. I am not a hardcore redhead, but am definitely very pale and have very golden tones in my hair which has the typical 'redhead complexion' look with my pale skin.
Me too! Exactly my story! I think I may be cool & delicate, but nearly, but not quite cool & radiant! No autumn, though despite superficial hair and freckles. It's this translucent pale skin!! Lol!
I'm super pale. And right now have my hair dyed red. And everyone think it's natural because I'm gosthly pale
Caryl Jones Agreed. Whenever I’ve had my makeup done, the mua wanted to add lots of bronzer. I’d love to see makeup tutorials celebrating paler skin.
As a redhead... this is super helpful.
You have a very calm, clear and soothing voice and you never put in fillers like "ugh" or pause even for a second to catch your train of thought. You are an excellent speaker and presenter.
I’m a redhead and this is so validating! I morph between cool bright in winter to cool delicate/neutral in summer and find I can wear A LOT of bright colors all the time, and warm tones always make me look blah. I feel like the simplest test too is white vs off white and I look AWFUL in yellowish off white/beige. The old school color typists are so misleading. Also yellow gold looks so bad on most redheads because many of us are cool! Appreciate you!
Me too!
@aliciaalbertaon2302 •A tan ??😂😂Seriously ..Not me the sun actually makes me ill ..They have different backgrounds so ..Hard to see this ok I be "Cool and Radiant with Factor 50 rather than Burnt to a crisp ,"My friend is Argentinan she is natural beautifully bronze ..With Red hair ..Orange is not my colour choice I can wear dark Red like Claret ?Pink But with Black undertones..Green looks great ..Purple/Brown my eyes appear to change colour with what I am wearing
The "changing color" thing makes so much sense to me having so much trouble getting my color profile done. I'm a natural strawberry blonde with blue eyes. My hair can look blonde or red and my skin can look cool at its lightest, but if the sun touches me even slightly, I turn warm. Currently my arms are warm and my legs are cool....
You're a SPRING for color season analysis 🤩🎀
Same here
it's not the fairness or ability to tan that dictates season colour type, it's the undertone not the overtones. Strawberry blondes are Spring. Freckles and tanning effects are dictated by your Fitzpatrick Phototype. Yours is type I.
We had almost all redheads in my Dad's family... my grandmother, my aunt & me were all different "seasons" in our skin tone! It's astounding how redheads can all vary so much.
Also the hair is a colour in itself and is warm toned which adds another layer of complication. So you can't wear colours on your upper half that clash with orange (hot pink is the worst).
Emma Stone is actuallly a natural blonde.
I'm grateful for your acute abilities in observation, exploration, and problem solving in the area of color analysis! I have a red head complexion (translucent fair skin, golden brown hair) and am perplexed when consistently complemented in bright blue when professional analysis results are always Soft Autumn! Plus, I seem to change between being perceived as warm or cool. You are the first consultant to address "red" undertones along with blue and yellow.
Are your eyes accidentally a weird greyish blue green shade? If yes, we're colour twins.
This is the most wonderful video! I'm a redhead who always thought I was warm toned. I was formally draped by a "Color Me Beautiful" consultant in 1986 who said I was an autumn. The palette of little fabric swatches that she gave me included the usual autumn colors, but also some bright purples, teals, and aquas. For a long time they all looked great on me. As I've gotten older, I've been feeling sorta washed out, and like there isn't enough contrast between my skin and my clothes when I wear the warm tones. I've been looking at photos of ladies like Julianne Moore wearing fuchsia and berry lipstick and blush and wondering, hmmmm..... I now realize that as I age, I'm losing pigment in my skin. My freckles are a warm orange color, but they are so faded that the blue veins show through more. I wear sunscreen year round, and it's February, so I'm at my palest. Maybe I'll adopt a warm palette in the summer when I have a little more pigment, and a cooler jewel toned palette when I'm paler. Thanks again for explaining the process of changing colors - I'm grateful!
L A perfect! That sounds just like me!
I had a Color me Beautiful done in 1989, and was typed as Contrasting Autumn Panache. 2 years ago I was one of many that had a quick guess done by a lady on UA-cam. I cooled off apparently because I was typed as Soft, Cool, Medium, (a Soft Summer) When I look at the old color palette I can see how I avoided some of the orange and yellows because they made my skin look even pinker. Then I realized most of those colors were universal ones and most people warm or cool could wear them! My new color swatches have universal plus cool only and when I wear a cool soft color I stand out, not the color. This stuff fascinates me, lol.
L A Same here. Bright coral and mustard yellow were supposed to be my colors. Nope. 🙂
even though you lose some pigment with age your warm undertones remain. You just need to reduce the intensity of the colours your choose. Undertones are for life and all redheads have warm undertones. There is literally no such thing as neutral undertones in any colour, whether it's in nature, human skin, or manufactured fabrics, flooring or house paint. The only colour with zero undertone is pure white.
I identify as a redhead, even though my strawberry blonde tones from childhood have darkened to a more ashy reddish-brown these days (and are now starting to go grey). I'm extremely pale, with freckles and rosy undertones. I never tan; I always burn. I've always failed to get a good answer from those seasonal colour analysis quizzes. This is the closest I've ever seen to an explanation as to why my best colours have always been cool and radiant, even though all the systems keep insisting I should look good in pale pastels (which are TERRIBLE on me) or soft warm camels and tans (which are ALSO TERRIBLE on me). I appreciate this video more than you know.
Redhair goes white and not grey.
@@sh.4409As a red head with vitiligo, can confirm.
@sh.4409 doesn't ALL grey eventually turn white? Or are you referring to no transition?
I'm a redhead and I've been finding shirt white hairs coming out of the top of my head occasionally 😢
You can add that vibrancy back with a Demi-gloss that adds color and shine back without damage of permanent color.
This is the best video on color theory I've ever seen. I feel confident now that my skin tone is 'warm and delicate'. I only wish you had used a few more examples for that subtype, as after all you said it's the most common. Still, I feel like my understanding of my color tones has increased in leaps and bounds. It's so hard for me to do makeup, because I have a lot of distinctly red, blue, and yellow areas all over my face.
@Merriam Style I'd love to see your thoughts on what shades on red hair look best on different skin tones including olivey-shades and those who are mixed race/ born with ginger hair and dark skin. It's refreshing to hear you say a redhead could be any of the 4 skintones, most color analysis' say box-dye ginger hues should be reserved only for the palest of cool undertones-but we know that's a lie. Models like Carmen Solomon, who seems warm delicate, and vogue model Tanisha Kwayie comes to mind. There's so little on redhead color analysis to begin with, and much less on those who are of non-European decent, so this was much appreciated! Keep em comin' Merriam!
Thank you for making this video, it is life changing for me. I have done a million colour analysis quizzes and I always come out some kind of "warm spring", for so long I have just pulled the colours from there that work best (I think navy and turquoise and Kelly green are often included) but my "season" never explained why I looked so great in royal blue and emerald green, I knew for a fact that optic white was much nicer on me than cream, and try as I might I never could make any browns work with my colouring, but I persisted because I couldn't find a system that gave me guidance on what to look for in colours that would help me look my best... Then I found your channel and watched this and if course I'm cool and radiant!
It should have been obvious to me when one time I was in the bath with my toddler and he was scrubbing my legs, when I asked him what he was doing he said "I'm getting the blue lines off your skin Mum" they were my veins which he could see through my extremely pale skin 😂
Yesterday I went to the op shop (thrift store) and bought a few knits and tops in cool and radiant colours to test it out and it absolutely works! I particularly found a magenta top which makes me look so nice and I'd never tried magenta because I thought it would be so wrong on a red head but I LOVE it. Thank you Merriam ❤️
This makes so much sense!!! I have a warm yellow undertone but in the winter I have to wear the lightest neutral foundation I can find because any other color gives me an ugly line.
foundation has to match overtones like olive skin, not undertones.
Image in the shorts doesn't say anything in my opinion, because legs are in shade ( you can see a spot of sunlight on her ancle) so, naturally, they look cooler
yap! i totally agree...🙏🏻bless you for insight... one thing that may be of interest to your attention that I recently discovered is we can have an cool overtone with a warm undertone...imogen lamport says this. I have been rabidly studying color since age 15 so that's over 30 years and I agree with you I think you're on to something here I think there is more to a redhead because we have a different pigment in our skin than other skin tones... and I have two pictures that I'm going to go study now - one in summer where I have a tan on my face and I look absolutely warm and vibrant but still excellent in the white and wearing, and one in winter with NO tan and i only look good in a cool toned green... EXCELLENT. 🙏🏻😇
I have had several people who thought I was yellow trying to sell me foundation, but just doesn't blend well with me. My legs glow in the dark and my face, neck and arms are "tanned" red undertone.
This was extremely informative and your narration gave me ASMR tingles so that's a bonus.
Thank you! As a brown eyed very pale bright skinned red, I always get typed on autumn. I hate myself in 80% of those colors, I look old and heavy. Specially when it comes to autumn make up. Those copper lips and moss green eyeshadows 🤮
I find that I look my best in light warm colors and some of the cool ones. I created my own palette. In make up, I stay clear of the moss greens (the very ones they recommended to me), and use cool brownish eyeshadow. But my foundation needs to be yellow toned, and my lipstick needs to go around peaches. I look horrible in cool lipsticks!
I’m a brown auburn. I have fair skin with lots of red in it. I always thought it was warm because of the red. But it’s definitely cooler. I wear neutral foundation because I can see both purple and blue in my veins. I also tend to change to warm toned when I’m tan.
yes you are warm as are all redheads and auburn brunettes. Veins are irrelevant and misleading and nothing to do with undertones. Fairness of skin is also irrelevant to undertones. Fairness is due to Fitzpatrick Phototype and the fairest of those is type I which is redheads (spring or autumn)and the lightest blondes who can't tan at all (can be spring or summer).
I am the same as you, cool but when tan I lean towards warm
Thank you this was so helpful. My skin is so pale and blue tinged during winter and a tad more yellow during summer 💕
This is actually pretty good for me, I'm very cool and radient and my favorite colors are blue and green so I believe this is my nicest luck
I was always told I was warm, but turns out, I’m super cool.
Feeling the Celtic Spirit Yup
I was "diagnosed"as a True Summer, but this is making me so confuzed
I look good in all of these colors, I'm extremely light and I tan extremely gold in the summer. Idk what color i am 😭😭😭😭😭😭
In another video you said that tan doesn't change your season, but in this video you say the opposite. Maybe the redheads are an exception? Thank you for the answer, I am a natural redhead that's why I want to know :-)
Yes, I think she means that redheads are an exception, because some are so fair, that they have basically no noticeable pigment, so they appear cool-ish by default. Only when they get a little bit of colour/tan you can actually discern their real undertones.
I hope there are more redhead videos! I am more light copper/strawberry blonde and I’m a warm delicate, I believe. I’m a “day-walker” though (a ginger that doesn’t burn in the sun 🤣). I think that makes a difference. I don’t think I ever pull cool though 🤷🏼♀️ I love your videos! Helped me realize why more saturated “autumn” colors don’t necessarily look as good on me as muted colors.
It’s hard being a redhead and now that my hair is going white it’s even harder! I look like I’ve been beaten in burgundy or purple but pale lavender is one of my best. Though now pale, my hair still has warmth, eyes are blue and skin is pale. Yellow and red are (were?) good on me but pale blue washes me out. My very best color is non-dusty teal but tangerine is a close second. I’ve been seasonally typed several times as a spring.
I feel so vindicated! I noticed this in the last few months... I noticed that just this color has an effect on my skin it has an effect on my hair! my hair will appear subtly cool if I'm wearing cool colors and it will be brassy orange if I'm wearing warm colors...
This is such amazing work!!! And I love the pictures of Kate Mara, they show that not only does our skin tone change with sun exposure, so does our hair. Redheads are true chameleons. 🦎
Just about an hour ago I was trying to figure out my season and determined that my skin is mostly cool. I can see my blue veins and ive been told that im "so white" im "blue" when I step into the sun for the first time after winter. However, its summer right now and my shoulders and face are undeniably warm and pinkish, since that is where i get the most sun and tan (and the freckles help as well). I thought I must have been doing something wrong so Im happy I stumbled across this and learned that the colour change is real and im not crazy!
I always thought I was crazy but I’m one of those that with a tan I’m warm and radiant, without a tan I’m warm muted. I always thought that but feels so good to be validated!
Redheads are absolutely stunning in emerald green! Royal blue and a rich purple are also great. Love those beautiful redheads!
I'm cool and radiant thank you 🥰
I love being a natural redhead. My shade of red is strawberry blonde, which is the lightest shade of red hair, but I love it because I have blonde and copper thrown throughout my hair too. It is honestly really hard for me to find make up that goes well with my fair skin and everything. I also have blue eyes, and to this day I’m still trying to figure out which looks look good on me and which ones don’t .so hello to all of my fellow natural redheads!
Thanks for the video. Could you make a future video on hair colour and skin tone. I've noticed that some people can pretty much rock all hair colours while some only look their best in one basic colour.
Great video. This really explains a lot because my husband is a redhead and I was scratching my head for the longest wondering why he didn't look so good in muted warm colors. He has super yellow skin but his eyes are a crystal grey. Super vibrant and his hair has this duo chrome effect where it's red but somehow seems to look like golden wheat from a certain angle. Should I try neon colors? Idk he looks pretty alive in that super bright construction orange if you know what mean
Thank you!
@@merriamstyle oh my god, lime green! Our daughter looks ethereal in lime green! I should've seen the connection since she has his skin color, except she's blonde so that must've tricked me.
@@AlwaysTheDork that's awesome!!
I ABSOLUTELY agree with this!! Any of my red head friends with cool skin tones look ENTIRELY different with a spray tan or some summer tan, because they appear SO much warmer!
I really appreciate that you put so much work one your videos... I mean, really you go into so much detail!!! Than you so much!!!
I'm just wondering... Who looks better with dyed red hair? Including all shades... - Honey brown-red or whisky red, burgundy red etc... - I feel like it's some cross between color analysis, Kibble and person's appearance, personal preferences.... And also the length plays some part somehow in how the color looks...
Eva Longoria - warm and radiant.. She has colored her hair some warm colors... Like honey with an amber glow...
Eva Mendes - looks good with her hair honey color, despite having strong face features. While Yasmeen Ghauri, I feel like, - not so much. - She looks better having black hair. And I feel like she is cool and muted. I'm thinking of one blogger.... - Deep burgundy, almost rose, like a flower, flaming red looks good on her, with her bright yellow-a little bit pinkish skin, while she looks soft classic...
For myself, - a TR close to a SD, warm and radiant - dark brown, or with a slight shade of burgundy/purple. Or better black. Only strong dark colors
You know, yeah, of course, I always mention people that I like and who I'm pretty familiar with, throughout their career, so maybe I mentioned someone really many times... to give famous examples... - Selena Quintanilla - was red-haired once. And with defined waves too - with honey red curly bob. J Lo, who played her, looks good with all colors and textures. As a brunette in her youth. In chocolate, in maybe black color. With all shades of natural blonde, in honey. She was red-haired as well. I heard that they call her "exotic" winter in some systems. Saying that both warm and cool colors match her. Basically, everything. It said that this colortype is highly uncommon among white people. But hmmm.. how many tan brunettes are there amongst white people in all countries, or middle easterns? It is hard and pretty unreasonable to judge such things by ethnicity
I’m a redhead and wearing the colour red confused me. For a red I look great in a brick red or rich blood red and not a more pinkish bright red. Burnt orange also looks lovely but so does pale blue, turquoise, aubergine and emerald green. I’m pretty sure I’m cool toned but the red question confuses me. I also prefer gold or copper jewellery as it picks out the flecks of gold in my hair.
I wish this was focused more on Madelaine Petsch insteaf of Lily Cole. I hope you can make a video about her and what you think are the best color for her hair color and skin tone.
I really thank u a lot your video. You don't have an idea it is so difficult to match anything being a redhead we all ended in brown some times.
aw thank you!!
In my country there is a lot of miscigenation, so most redheads I've known are not as pale as the ones you've analysed - then that "lack of pigment" which you think makes people cool & radiant is not as common here. I know redheads who look definitely warm, and others who are cooler. So... I think you're right - they can be warm, cool, muted or radiant!
Wow! Finally a video for us redheads. I've always been in quite a dilemma about my undertone, and this video helps me understand it a bit more. However, if someone has the time I could do with some help. I would say I look quite like the girl on the far right in the last picture, except my eyes are an amber hazel color, as well as darker eyebrows. My skin tends to look quite red and irritated if I wear blue and green eye-shadows, so I stick to warm colours. Purple suits me quite well too. When it comes to clothes I have consistently through my life worn oranges and reds, said to supposedly clash with my hair, but I feel the best in warm colours, as I feel cooler ones don't suit my style and make me look a bit red. My veins on the inside of my wrist are blue and purple, my eyelids are purple and pink, but the back of my hands show green. I think the parts of me where I have freckles (arms, face) tend to be warmer and the others, such as my legs, be a lot more cool. It's quite odd and that's why I feel I walk a thin line when i put on makeup because i might have two different undertones sort of fighting each other. Also, I've always preferred green over blue, since red hair is really quite orange, and green doesn't make me look red. Spot on with the yellow though, never bought a yellow garment in my life. Your colour analysis is very good and I love the comparisons and such.
I’m a warm redhead. Even me as a kid with no tan my skin is not white white but an off-white creamy colour. I used to like baby pink lipstick and it looked awful on me because it’s cool pink.
I don’t understand this video at all but I love listening to your voice. Very calm and soothing.
I agree with most examples and I do follow, however. I think the royal blue is too harsh and awful against pale skin. It makes my skin look metallic and even more white. Just because it stands out, doesn't mean it compliments the skin colour.
I'm a redhead with very pale, cool pigmented skin and blue eyes. My favourite colour is red, but I don't look good wearing that colour because it clashes with my hair :/ I do look better wearing black, royal blues and greens though.
i have auburn red hair and blue eyes and a yellow olive tint to my skin!!!! im in between warm delicate and radiant!!!!! omg so helpful ive always been so confused because other redheads I meet are cool!!!
Omg You are amazingly beautiful 🌟
Me too! But brown eyes !
I have no idea where i fit :( anybody can help me figure it out?
so basically i came here to see if i would look good with red hair because brad mondo said cool-toned peeps don't look good with red hair
My whole life, I struggled with having natural dark red hair (warm) and YET very fair, cool pink skin. Was I cool or warm? Finally, in my 50s, my hair turned a beautiful blonde/ white! Now, I am definitely a cool toned woman. I wear cool neutrals, bright jewel toned, navy, and black.
so confusing.... my foundation has to be yellow based (warm) but my clothing has to be what you are calling cool
Little House in the Big Apple Very interesting! I have the Same situation 😊
Capsule of Beauty I’m really tempted to have a professional assess my colors, but realistically I could walk away just as confused 🤷🏽♀️🤣
@@littlehouseinthebigapple5716 Haha I can definitely empathise with that! If it helps, I believe I may be cool and radiant when i have none of my natural pigment, but if I gain a bit of pigment (which is usually on my hands/chest/face from working on our farm), the pigment seems to be yellow.
I did just get my Body Geometry done with Merriam, and she is amazing! So if you decide to get your colours done with her, I highly recommend her lovely service. xx
Capsule of Beauty yay! That’s cool! I was thinking about doing both as a birthday gift to myself 😅
@@littlehouseinthebigapple5716 Sounds like a very fun plan! :) Happy Birthday!
I morph between deep winter and deep autumn. My natural hair color is dark mahogany red. When I'm pale I'm a deep winter, if I've been in the sun my hair goes more copper undertoned and my skin tans and freckles and I go warm toned. My eyes are dark amber with a black ring around them
Me and my sister are both redheads but she is cool and has no freckles and her eyes are a grayish green color and I’m very freckled and have brown eyes and I’m more warm colored in the summer
YES. Makeup consultants always think I must have a cool tone skin, because of the paleness and redness in my face. But I just match foundation to my neck or wrist and I need a neutral to warm tone because I definitely warm up and have that radiant yellow thing going on!
As a golden strawberry haired woman, I am more confused than ever! My favorite colors to wear are lime green, orange, peach, coral, yellow, golden tan and aqua, so I sure hope I’m warm!
Merriam, I somehow can't watch any of your videos on your website... Homepage is like empty, I tried a few times. And I don't see any video section on the website
From my phone, I was able to weirdly play something once.... But there was only sound...
Don't know what the problem is... Your page shouldn't be too heavy - for modern gudgets, for a good provider, right?
I think I would be a weird case for you XDDDDDD
People love to see me in white, my beige top looks fade on me, I don't look good in black either.
Most of my shoes are brown (cocoa, camel or cognac brown) not black.
Cool Greys, light blues, and cool reds look pretty good good on me. And while the tomato red would be too much for me, bright yellow (with some red in it) apparently looks great!
Also all my fondations are neutral, slightly yellow and when I tan, my skin color becomes redder (and it's not sunburns) not yellower
Sound warm and muted.
@@alisesaburova3729 yeah I though that too but warm and muted color drag me, my beige top makes me look tired
This is fun to think about when applying cool yellow vs warm yellow to the picture. Natural red hair, muted lemony yellow leaning olive undertones despite also being very pale - probably from my mixed HK Chinese & White British heritage. Because the cool yellowness is most obvious and easily mistaken for a warm yellow (it isn’t, finding a matching foundation was a headache) I generally look best in warm toned colours (warm green, warm dark teal, earth tones in general)
It is super confusing. Im a very fair redhead with blue eyes and yellow undertones. I look awful in black and white and basically any cool color. but if I have a slight bit of self tan on I can wear black and it doesn't look so bad. so I guess I do almost change undertone a bit.
When your hair is not red enough to be an official ginger but if you dare say it’s not red people tell you otherwise
I am a very light olive, cool and delicate
, but when I get tan my skin becomes very yellow gold (rather than brown) Have I become warm and delicate?
olive skin is always cool undertone and winter
Thank you!
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Loved this!
Thank you!!!! Best analysis ever! I'm a redhead and this made the most sense. What is better for a cool and radiant? Silver or gold?
My beard is red, my eyes are blue, and my undertones are gold/yellow/peach. What colors do I go for? I have found that bright peach, pink, and other warm colors work for me really well, but I’d like to branch out!
Totally watching this as a blonde and it's super helpful. Gunna do some color draping!
I look practically gold next to my super pale friends. I am a redhead but I am not the fairest skin! Im fair but not fairest.
You know, your series caused me to, and I've been contemplating, somehow, about the type, vibe, and stereotypes about types, after your series:) Of course - that is very narrow! You type can't judge about person's personality, self-presentation(image) by the type, in any way! Though still, typing does say something about physiognomics and energy.... But really, even photo shoots that people do, pictures that they post say something about type manner, in a crazy way! Pretty connected with the type! Some bright soft naturals pose sunshines and happy:) Like Regina Tododenko, Masha Ivakova, for example. (I'm not Russian though, but still) Some Theatrical Romantics pose thoughtful and sensual. Like Kim, for example. Some Soft Dramatics, Flamboyant Naturals - pose a bit dramatic and royal, relaxed in a royal way. If some type with a Dramatic part to them take a lively "happy " picture - they often make it a sultry vibe, like under Cuban sun, for example:)) Flamboyant Gamines happen to take pics overly confident or indifferently-looking in them, in a good way, or sultry and sensual in this confident way:)) Some poetry with Clasics... Coquette Gamines(or just if people have a tendency to look close some type, vibe)... About the Dramatic Classics - the say it is like the Fifth Avenue vibe (style). I know that all sounds pretty weird, but.... But I guess, you'll agree with me, that it's still present. At least, in pop culture
But is if I have a rosy very pale skin tone? I am neutral because I have more red?
I would say that since red is neutral, that's not what we'd look at to determine cool/warm. If your rosy undertone is more of a cool pink, then you may be cool, but if it's more of a peach, then you may be warm (because a cool pink = red +a bit of blue, which is cool, and a peach = red+a bit of yellow, which is warm)!!
The way that you describe your skin in general makes me think that it's probably cool, either cool and delicate or cool and radiant, because 'rosy' is usually a bit of a cooler pink, and not so much a peach. Hope that helps!
@@merriamstyle I am nw20 in mac. That's the second lightest skin tone. Does the cool and radiant effect take place at that level of depth?
I am a redhead and I have a warm undertone, because I have green veins. And am never that pail that this women are? Even when they have a “tan”. So should I just go for warm clothes?
Yes, try warm and delicate first. And also you should watch my video 'Golden Overtones with COOL Undertones' to be sure you're not warm and radiant (they are quite rare), then if you're not warm and delicate, in that case you're most likely warm and radiant! But very unlikely that you're cool with green veins (I have a video on the vein test if you're interested in that).
So if we know now the color skin we have how do we know what red color to use ?
Both cool and delicate and cool and radiant can do a cool red (pretty bright)....and both warm and delicate and warm and radiant can do a warm red (also can be bright), or a tomato red. Red is special because it's so close to neutral, so it doesn't have to be muted for it to look alright on the delicate undertones (since they are also close to neutral).
But if you're cool and delicate, you can also do cool burgundy (instead of red) or cool mauve, instead of red. And if you're warm and delicate, you can do terracotta or a warm brick red.
Cool and radiant, cool red, and warm and radiant, warm tomato red!! :)!!!
Merriam Style Merriam Style thank u so much! I’ve been analyzing what red to do and ur video was the most helpful so far in figuring out my skin tone. I want the light red hair of the girl you put on the grey background who had delicate cool skin I think that’s me. Thanks again love💋💋
@@BauerBeauty aww thank you!!
@@BauerBeauty Oh wait, I watched some of your videos and I'm not sure if that lighting is warm there (you always look gorgeous by the way), but you look maybe warm and delicate in your videos (difficult to say if it's not natural lighting though). Similar to Cate Blanchette. You could watch my video 'GOLDEN Overtones with COOL Untertones' for more info on warm and delicate and why it's often confused with cool, and see if that resonates with you! Here it is:
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Nice video. But, it was very hard for me to understand what you tried to point out with the pictures..
Great video! I put you on 2x speed though 😅
To summarize, I am apparently color blind lol
no, this woman is wrong. All redheads have warm undertones
I love this video. I noticed that some red heads look cool aswell.
Is anyone else having trouble with the link she provided?
While i agree mostly with this for clothing for jewelry and nail polish i find myself disagreeing... I am a bright redhead (aka the most red you can naturally possibly be) and very pale (:/) and while i do like blue nail polish i find myself gravitating towards muted warm tones, and the same for rings and necklaces. I think i look far better with rose gold/gold jewelry rather than cool jewelry, is there a reason for that?? Same with eyeshadow and lipstick, I find that blues and cool tones make me look paler and dead while warm tones bring life back to my skin. Maybe it has something to do with my freckles being a warm brown??
I think you're simply warm and delicate! Is there a reason why you'd say you aren't?
Merriam Style thanks for replying!! My main reason I would think I’m cool and radiant is the because in the video you said if you are the absolute palest you can be (which I am) your most likely cool and radiant and I also have very cool toned blue eyes. That and every online quiz says I am absolutely cool toned, but I always go for warm toned jewelry and whenever I go for clothes I like myself in warm as well as cool toned. But now that you agree I think can officially say I’m warm toned! Thank you!
magenta lipstick on a redhead looks disgusting no matter what the skin tone. I am a redhead and I know!
My bf is very pale, he has a very pink skin and is a redhead but a very light read, almost golden hair, his mom and siblings have a darker red though. I used to think he was warm, an autumn, but now I'm very sure he's very cold and he pulls off light muted cold pinks so well.
This was interesting, but you shouldn't have included Emma Stone: her red hair is dyed (she's naturally blonde).
Great video! Thank you so much!
I am not a red head but I find this video very similar to my case. as I came across your sysetem I tried to see if im a blue or yellow or olive or red skin tone, before knowing your sysetem i used to think i might be olive because i have some yellow to my skin BUT cool colors doesn't look that bad on me. after konwing your sysetm at fisrt i was sure im an olive (because that's what i originally thought was my skin tone) but analysing myself closely I can see I have alot of red and pink in my skin more then anything and i was looking for more videos about red/pink skin tone from your chennel but i couldnt find any. however, i came aross this video and i think I might have the same problem as lily especially since i have a very pale skin, it is very hard for me to deterimne if im a warm undertone or cool undertone and the reason for that is that i have somewhat of yellowness to my skin but cool tones look good on me espacailly cool and radiant. i dont know if i might be wrong and not seeing things in the right way but i would like to ask if its possible for someone with balck hair to have a red skin tone and have the same case as this red headed case?
as a redhead with brown eyes, I struggled a bit to know which colors were suiting me best. I also changed undertones with age, I was a cool delicate and became a warm delicate, because my skin got a lot more yellow and that wasn't the case until my thirties.Bravo à toi !
redheads with brown eyes are almost always Autumn. Never a cool season. Do not confuse tans and sallowness with undertones. Losing pigment with age doesn't change your season, you just have to reduce the intensity of your colours and you can look at some of the colours in the season adjacent to yours on the 16 type colour wheel.
I have dark copper hair and I’m in between cool and warm.. no freckles and brown eyes! Many people don’t even think it’s natural 🤦♀️
Hi, I have a question please about hair colour. I am a bright winter and I am looking to find out what hair colours would suit me as I am looking to dye my hair. I have quite pale skin that looked like Snow White and very cool toned all through my youth, and then in my late twenties I started to build more pigment over the years that stayed and my skin started to look more yellow. So I am now a neutral skin tone and definitely a bright winter. Any muted colours make me look very ill and washed out. Very strong and contrasting colours look best on me because of my dark olive green eyes next to my bright skin. My hair is brown under most light but in bright light it shows some auburn tones. I don't think my natural hair colour compliments my skin and eyes the best. It can look a little too dull sometimes. I "pop" a lot more with very dark brown / blackish hair. I have also had very light ash blonde hair and that very bright colour also looked good on me. I have also had red hair and it was okay too. I am interested in perhaps going for a light cool red / strawberry blonde next. But not sure if this will compliment me or if it will wash me out. Please could you make a video about all the hair colours that suit a light skin bright winter?
Thank you! ❤️
Do kids usually have the same undertone as their parents, what do you think? If both of my parents are cool+muted, am I that as well?
I absolutely do not have the same undertones as my parents, who are not redheads :D so there's one example
My parents are not redheads either, as I am, but we all have cool undertones. I think my mom and sis are cool+muted, me and dad cool+radiant.
My family is all warm, more or less, so is my husband and his family, so are my sons. No cool tones at all. I have a theory that warm tone skin people marry other warm toned skin people. At least, that seems to be the way it works out among the people I know. Then they would usually have kids with warm skin tones, too.
E Dennis Yes, that’s my experience too! 😃
I think I am cool (haven't figured out the specifics yet). I think my dad is cool & delicate, quite a bit darker than me but he tans easily and turns warm & delicate (his face is cool& delicate and his arms are at least nearly neutral), my mom is warm & delicate and pale. Straight up peach. My sister, who is a lot darker than me (she could pass as a local in italy or spain) is I think warm & delicate, maybe more neutral in winter and more towards radiant in summer. My brother, who has very pale skin with dark hair, is C&R I think.
Im a redhead and i think im more warm than cool. Im often yellow looking with lighter strawberry blonde and blue eyes. My veins are green and a few on wrist are purple not blue. Thats suppose to be a neutral tone. I can wear both gold and silver. I am probably what you called the warm delicate however when i do grey it really doesnt work it makes me grey so i dont agree with that part of video but it was excellent video!
What about dying your hair red according to your undertone and skin tone? Would love a video on that! My hair is dark ash brown but I feel so washed out with my natural color and prefer my hair in summer when the sun makes it a bit more golden. Have always been curious about dying my hair red but wonder if it's possible given that I'm pretty sure I'm a muted (delicate) winter.
Is auburn hair color considered as a readheds ???
I'm a redhead with blue eyes and gold flecks in them with warm freckles, warm when I tan, but cool when I don't. My mom is Sicilian and my dad a mix of things. (If that matters). So, I'm struggling to find my season.
You are cool neutral no?
@@screamtoasigh9984 I think I'm a warm neutral.