How to Select Clothing Colors That Complement Brown Hair and Dark Eyes
Enhance your
beauty
by dressing in clothes that best complement your coloring. Build a wardrobe that celebrates the hues and highlights of your unique brown hair.
Things You'll Need:
Men's Casual Pants
Men's Casual Tops
Men's Dress Shirts
Men's Dress Sweater
Mens' Dress Pants
Women's Casual Tops
Women's Dress Coats
Women's Dress Pants
Women's Dress Shirts
dresses and skirts
Step
1
Begin your journey into personal color by divorcing yourself from your favorite colors and whatever colors currently reside in your closet.
Step
2
Look at your hair in the mirror. Determine if it's dark brown, medium brown or light brown. Do you have any red or blond highlights?
Step
3
Remove all traces of makeup.
Step
4
Look at your eyes in the mirror. Are they deep brown, or do they have a golden cast?
Step
5
Check your skin's undertones. Do you see golden, peachy, beige or bluish hues?
Step
6
Choose soft earth tones if have brown hair with auburn highlights, dark or golden brown eyes, and golden undertones to your skin. Look for browns, yellow-based greens, oranges, peaches and light camels. Grays, navys, taupes and pinks will make you look lifeless. Wear black for pants or skirts only.
Step
7
Choose ivory, apricot, tans, beige, medium browns, violet blues and golden yellows if you have golden brown hair, golden brown eyes, and peach or golden undertones to your skin. Marine blue and warm grays will work well for you, but black and wine will render you sallow.
Step
8
Choose bright colors if you are a dark brunette with dark brown eyes, have brown or olive skin, or have bluish undertones to your complexion. Look for vivid primary colors including blue reds, royal blues, emerald greens and lemon yellows. You'll look dynamite in black and white.
Step
9
Go shopping. You're armed with personally empowering information, so get out there and use it!
Step
10
Try on colors that you've determined to be well suited to your coloring. Step out of the dressing room into light that is as close to daylight as possible, and ask a friend or sales associate for a second opinion.
Step
11
Look at yourself against a white or off-white background for an undistorted view of the color.
Tips & Warnings
Experiment. There are a million colors out there; if you're unsure which one is right for you, try it on and get a few opinions.
Color blind? Find someone you trust, give her your list of colors and have her help you select the shades most complementary for you.
If you find a color you like that is outside of your range, consider it for pants or a skirt. Keep it far away from your face.
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Enhance your
beauty
by dressing in clothes that best complement your coloring. Build a wardrobe that celebrates the hues and highlights of your unique brown hair.
Things You'll Need:
Men's Casual Pants
Men's Casual Tops
Men's Dress Shirts
Men's Dress Sweater
Mens' Dress Pants
Women's Casual Tops
Women's Dress Coats
Women's Dress Pants
Women's Dress Shirts
dresses and skirts
Step
1
Begin your journey into personal color by divorcing yourself from your favorite colors and whatever colors currently reside in your closet.
Step
2
Look at your hair in the mirror. Determine if it's dark brown, medium brown or light brown. Do you have any red or blond highlights?
Step
3
Remove all traces of makeup.
Step
4
Look at your eyes in the mirror. Are they deep brown, or do they have a golden cast?
Step
5
Check your skin's undertones. Do you see golden, peachy, beige or bluish hues?
Step
6
Choose soft earth tones if have brown hair with auburn highlights, dark or golden brown eyes, and golden undertones to your skin. Look for browns, yellow-based greens, oranges, peaches and light camels. Grays, navys, taupes and pinks will make you look lifeless. Wear black for pants or skirts only.
Step
7
Choose ivory, apricot, tans, beige, medium browns, violet blues and golden yellows if you have golden brown hair, golden brown eyes, and peach or golden undertones to your skin. Marine blue and warm grays will work well for you, but black and wine will render you sallow.
Step
8
Choose bright colors if you are a dark brunette with dark brown eyes, have brown or olive skin, or have bluish undertones to your complexion. Look for vivid primary colors including blue reds, royal blues, emerald greens and lemon yellows. You'll look dynamite in black and white.
Step
9
Go shopping. You're armed with personally empowering information, so get out there and use it!
Step
10
Try on colors that you've determined to be well suited to your coloring. Step out of the dressing room into light that is as close to daylight as possible, and ask a friend or sales associate for a second opinion.
Step
11
Look at yourself against a white or off-white background for an undistorted view of the color.
Tips & Warnings
Experiment. There are a million colors out there; if you're unsure which one is right for you, try it on and get a few opinions.
Color blind? Find someone you trust, give her your list of colors and have her help you select the shades most complementary for you.
If you find a color you like that is outside of your range, consider it for pants or a skirt. Keep it far away from your face.
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