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Neutral tone can be found is anyone of any skin color or race. Luckily neutral tones have the most variety out of all the other undertones. However, you may have a combination of sallow and rosy, ruddy skin and/or are flushed easily.

How to Tell:[]

  • To identify neutral undertones; mix of blue-green (turquoise or aqua) or just blue veins with green-beige or neutral-beige skin tones.
  • Check to see if the veins in your wrist are either blue or green. If it does not look either green or blue, you are neutral toned.
  • If you look good in colors such as gold, brown, silver, and blue you are neutral toned.
  • Take a piece of fabric and see if you look better in white or off-white (peachy white, vanilla, etc.). If you look good in both, you are neutral toned.
  • If you go out in the sun for an extended period of time and you get tan easily, you are neutral toned or possibly leaning closer to the warmer side.
  • If you look good with hair colors that have warm tones (red, orange, or gold undertones) or cool tones (green, blue, and violet), you are neutral toned.
  • Go have your makeup done professionally and the makeup artist will most likely do an accurate match for your skin tone.

Remember that not everyone is neutral toned and it can get tricky when trying to find out your undertone. Sometimes you look good in both cool and warm tones when it comes to makeup and hair—that means you are neutral. Not everyone can get it right the first time, and it can take various different trial and errors in order for you to find the perfect foundation shade and undertone. It can be a little trickier when dealing with neutral toned people because they can sometimes lean closer to either cool or warm, but they still look good in both.

Hair color tips for people with neutral toned skin[]

One of the perks of course of being neutral toned is that you most likely can pull off any hair colour but as mentioned it can get trickery if you lean closer to cool or warm. Alternatively, you may choose to lean cool or warm, or stick to a neutral shade.

Neutral Hair Tones[]

Neutral hair colors including nude blonde, latte, blonde, medium chocolate brown, and ink black. Neutral reds just means "true reds" (not violet reds nor copper reds). If you are unsure of where to start with hair color, stay within 2-3 levels of your natural lightness level and choose a neutral tone!

Cool Hair Tones[]

People with neutral skin that leans cool will often be best suited by colors including pure white, royal blue, emerald, indigo, wine, ruby, and other jewel tones. For hair color, this includes platinum, beige blondes, ash blondes, mushroom browns, cocoa browns, burgundy, auburn, chestnut, gray, and cool blacks.

Warm Hair Tones[]

People with neutral skin that leans warm will likely be best suited by colors including orange, brick red, golden yellow, olive green, plum purple, camel, and other autumn tones. For hair color, this includes golden blondes, caramel, bronze, ginger, copper, honey browns, amber browns, and brown-black.

Level of Contrast[]

Assessing the level of contrast between your hair, eyes and skin can also be useful for color choices.

  • If your skin, hair, and eyes are all around the same lightness, then you have "low contrast" (for example: medium-deep neutral skin, mocha brown hair and charcoal eyes). Your overall appearance will tend to seem softer and more muted if this is the case.
  • If your skin, hair and eyes have some variation, then you have "medium contrast" (for example: fair neutral skin, dark neutral blonde hair and light green or blue eyes).
  • If your skin, hair and eyes have very different levels of lightness, then you are "high contrast" (for example: light neutral skin, very dark brown-black hair and deep brown eyes). Your overall appearance will tend to seem bolder and more striking if this is the case.

With a low level of contrast, even small changes to hair lightness level will seem very light or dark and may tend to draw attention away from your natural features. With a higher level of contrast, you can more easily carry very bright and bold colors without risking attention being drawn away from your other features. Remember that changes more than 2-3 lightness levels of your natural hair color may require frequent upkeep and/or salon visits to maintain.

Nude makeup for neutral toned skin[]

Nude makeup is a must have for some or too boring for others—it is however, universally flattering. But venturing into nude for the first time might be something that holds first timers back. For example, why spend on makeup that looks like no or low makeup, especially if it looks like it doesn't suit your skin tone.

  • Are you willing to lean cool or warm, or stay neutral? If you favour or lean cool or warm make that selection, or stick to neutral. But if too dark to your skin tone run the risk of a 90s brown grunge look (which may not be what you are looking for).

Neutral[]

Neutral Nude Eyeshadow[]

Determine the nude effect you want first then you have a start point:

  • Are you wanting natural, low or no makeup looks? Then you may want to consider mattes and satins and stay away from shimmers and glitters.
  • Are you wanting a "one stop palette" or hand selecting each shadow? Nude palettes are made very easy these days just be sure you select either a universal neutral, warm or cool nude palette.

Neutral Nude Lipstick[]

Determine the nude effect you want first then you have a start point:

  • Are you trying to exact lip match (or MLBB: My Lips But Better)? This can be harder unless you can test multiple products.

Neutral Nude Nail Polish[]

Determine the nude effect you want first then you have a start point:

  • Are you trying to exact skin match? This can be harder unless you can go to a nail salon and actually do multiple tests.
  • Are you trying to go lighter than skin tone or darker? This can be fairly easy, comparing skin to a bottle, and understanding nail lacquer tends to dry slightly darker compared to bottle/wet.

Cool[]

Cool Nude Lipstick[]

Cool Nude Nail Polish[]

Warm[]

Warm Nude Lipstick[]

Warm Nude Nail Polish[]

Red makeup for neutral toned skin[]

A wonderful thing about red makeup—particularly lipstick and nail polish, especially a "true red"—is that it compliments all skin undertones and what is even better neutral toned skin should be able to use all types of reds! Alternatively, if your neutral tone leans cool or warm you can use those corresponding reds.

Neutral[]

True Red Lipstick[]

True Red Nail Polish[]

Cool[]

Cool Red Lipstick[]

Cool Red Nail Polish[]

Warm[]

Warm Red Lipstick[]

Warm Red Nail Polish[]

Foundation Examples[]

The following examples are brands' versions of neutral skin. For more information on foundations and neutral undertones go here.


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