Determining your skin tone is essential to select a color which matches you. Primarily there are two undertones: warm and cool. Warm skin has a yellow or orange tint, while cool skin has a blue or pale pink one. There are two main ways to figure out which category applies to you.

1. Which is my color?
What is your skin tone?
Determining your skin tone is essential to select a color which matches you. Primarily there are two
undertones: warm and cool. Warm skin has a yellow or orange tint, while cool skin has a blue or pale
pink one. There are two main ways to figure out which category applies to you.
Vein test: Look at the veins on your wrist or palm. People with warm undertones have
green-looking veins, while people with cool undertones have veins that are blue or purple.
Jewelry test: Under natural light, wear a silver bracelet on one wrist and a gold one on the
other. Look at each hand and figure out which enhances your complexion better. If it's gold,
your undertones are warm. If silver looks best, your undertones are cool.
How do you know if the color is warm or cool?

2. Warm colors are made with orange, red, yellow and combinations of them all. As the name
indicates, they tend to make you think of sunlight and heat.
Cool colors such as blue, green and light purple have the ability to calm and soothe. Where warm
colors remind us of heat and sunshine, cool colors remind us of water and sky.
What is your skin shade?
In addition to undertone, your skin shade should also be kept in view before deciding on a color.
Colors that create a contrast in brightness with your skin are more flattering. If your skin is dark,
saturated oranges and yellows almost always look great, even if your undertone is cool. Similarly,
bold "jewel tones" like emerald, ruby, and amethyst flatter paler skin regardless of undertone.
Other than the above points, there are tests need to be done before you conclude on a color.
Practical Test: Pick up different objects of different colors and hold each one of them beside
your face under a bright light. If your face looks radiant or if the eyes glow up then that is
the color you should zero upon. But then you can’t have just a single color, so try with all

3. colors and shades possible. There should be at least 5 colors or shades of it which match
your skin tone.
Compliments: In case you do not feel like experimenting with colors like said above or if you
are not satisfied with the experiment, then remember the compliments you got for a
particular dress. Note down these colors and whenever you shop see to it that you are
buying in the family of that particular color.
Jewelry Colors: Using two different colors of metal can clash or look busy, especially if you're
already wearing a few different colors. Silver and platinum are cool-toned metals, while gold
and bronze are warm-toned.
Color-message:
Earth tones and light, unsaturated warm colors look friendly. Bright reds are attention grabbers.
Dark, monochromatic colors look stern or powerful. Muted or pale colors are noticed less. Bright,
bold colors, especially purple, seem more creative.
With these things in mind, you are all set to go on a shopping spree. Pick up the right matching sarees or
Salwar Kurtas or tunics or kurtis or western dresses and rock the upcoming Christmas and New Year parties.