WhitneyMixing And Matching Colours
December 14th 2007 11:16
There are a few styles that require plenty of makeup, such as the 'Emo' or 'Goth' looks. This can look fantastic, but if you forget to match your colours properly, it can also be a disaster. )
While most makeup sites will give you colours which work well with your skin colour or eyes, I think it's more important to know which colours look good with each other. It's no use knowing that your blue eyes will be highlighted by brown eyeshadow if you don't know what lipstick or eyeliner colour would look good with that.
Some fairly 'normal' colour combinations that look good are:
Brown and pink (either light brown and light pink or dark brown and dark pink)
Red and blue (one should be a bright colour and the other subdued
Grey and white (as an eyeshadow combination), brown (as an eyeliner) and bright red (for lips)
Some more unusual combinations that look good are:
Orange, green and purple (it sounds terrible, but as long as they are blended well they look great as an eyeshadow, or orange and green eyeshadow can look good with a purple lipstick)
Pink and black (a bright, shocking shade of pink and very dark black)
Purple and blue
Other than this, just remember your colour wheel. Contrasting colours look terrific (colours opposite each other on the colour wheel) as do complimentary colours (colours beside each other on the colour wheel). And, of course, pastels look good with pastels, bright colours look good with bright colours, and dark colours look good with dark colours. These rules can go right out the window when you're going for an unnatural look, so the best way to find out what looks good together is really to experiment!
Some fairly 'normal' colour combinations that look good are:
Brown and pink (either light brown and light pink or dark brown and dark pink)
Red and blue (one should be a bright colour and the other subdued
Grey and white (as an eyeshadow combination), brown (as an eyeliner) and bright red (for lips)
Some more unusual combinations that look good are:
Orange, green and purple (it sounds terrible, but as long as they are blended well they look great as an eyeshadow, or orange and green eyeshadow can look good with a purple lipstick)
Pink and black (a bright, shocking shade of pink and very dark black)
Purple and blue
Other than this, just remember your colour wheel. Contrasting colours look terrific (colours opposite each other on the colour wheel) as do complimentary colours (colours beside each other on the colour wheel). And, of course, pastels look good with pastels, bright colours look good with bright colours, and dark colours look good with dark colours. These rules can go right out the window when you're going for an unnatural look, so the best way to find out what looks good together is really to experiment!
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