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Color and Complexion

Koala-T

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Don't know if anyone is monitoring this anymore, but I'm stuck between two that I can't get past. I'm either a
Spring Complexions

Hair colors: 1. Gold blond. 2. Gold brown. 3. Gold gray. 4. Light red.

Skin colors and tones: 1. Beige. 2. Freckles. 3. Ivory. 4. Peach. 5. Pink. 6. Rosy cheeks.

Eye colors: 1. Aqua. 2. Blue. 3. Golden brown. 4. Green. 5. Teal.

Your best colors are: 1. Bright green. 2. Burgundy. 3. Fluorescents. 4. Gold brown.
5. Light blue. 6. Light brown. 7. Light gray. 8. Medium blue. 9. Medium gray. 10. Neons.
11. Orange. 12. Pastels. 13. Peach. 14. Pink. 15. Red. 16. Tan. 17. Violet. 18. White.

Colors for you to avoid are: 1. Black. 2. Dark brown. 3. Purple.

Or an
Autumn Complexions

Hair colors: 1. Auburn. 2. Blond. 3. Brown. 4. Copper. 5. Gray. 6. Red. 7. Strawberry blond.

Skin colors and tones: 1. Beige. 2. Freckles. 3. Gold brown. 4. Ivory. 5. Peach. 6. Rosy cheeks.

Eye colors: 1. Aqua. 2. Blue-green. 3. Brown. 4. Green. 5. Hazel. 6. Turquoise.

Your best colors are: 1. Beige. 2. Dark brown. 3. Dark gray. 4. Earthtones. 5. Gold. 6. Green.
7. Mauve. 8. Medium gray. 9. Mustard. 10. Olive. 11. Orange. 12. Rust. 13. Teal. 14. Turquoise.

Colors for you to avoid are: 1. Black. 2. Fluorescents. 3. Light gray.
4. Neons. 5. Pastels. 6. Purple. 7. Red. 8. Yellow.

Black bronze is black with hints of bronze. Black taupe is black with hints of taupe.

What do you think:

 

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Seems unlikely to me that mankind fits nicely into exactly 4 categories of coloration correlated to the seasons. I don't think that junk works for anyone but seasoned makeup artists. Only thing I can say is that northern europeans tend to look bad in white shirts and any non-neutral/non-earth tones for other shirts; southern europeans and asians can get away with the white shirt/black suit combo. In other words, the tanner you get the more you can get away with without looking washed-out. Any color of suit or coat works for all men, since it's the shirt that actually touches and needs to match the skin.
 

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Seems unlikely to me that mankind fits nicely into exactly 4 categories of coloration correlated to the seasons. I don't think that junk works for anyone but seasoned makeup artists. Only thing I can say is that northern europeans tend to look bad in white shirts and any non-neutral/non-earth tones for other shirts; southern europeans and asians can get away with the white shirt/black suit combo. In other words, the tanner you get the more you can get away with without looking washed-out. Any color of suit or coat works for all men, since it's the shirt that actually touches and needs to match the skin.
Fair enough, and I take your point, but I'm not really interested in the philosophical side of the question, just sort of curious.
 

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Fair enough, and I take your point, but I'm not really interested in the philosophical side of the question, just sort of curious.

Not buying the four seasons thing either, but if I had to choose based on what I've seen from your pics, you're an Autumn type.
 

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Thanks.
 

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