Which Hair Extension Colours
Suit Medium Skin Tones?
"Which Hair Extension Colours Suit Medium Skin Tones?"
Unless you're a seasoned hair colour chooser, choosing a hair extension colour isn't always easy. Sometimes you want a complete change to your look...but which colour would work best with your skin tone?
Believe it or not, every skin colour can wear every colour of hair, as long as the tone of that hair colour complements the tone of your skin.
Skin Undertones Across All Skin Colours
Whatever the skin colour, everyone has either a warm or a cool skin tone and knowing what your skin tone is can also help with choosing your extension hair colour.
If your skin has yellow or golden undertones (gold jewellery suits your skin) and the veins on the inside of your arms look like they're tinged with green, then you have a warm skin tone.
If your skin has blue or pinkish undertones (silver jewellery suits your skin) and if the veins on the inside of your forearms look like they're tinged with blue, then you have a cool skin tone.
So with that all figured out, check out the skin tone chart to the right and then check out the hair colour charts for motivation and inspiration as to your next choice of extension hair colour.
Skin tone chart from http://www.vapourbeauty.com
Click on the images to enlarge (some can be enlarged twice - look for the expansion box top right hand of the enlarged image window).
General Hair Extension Colours That Complement Medium Skin Tones
Black is super easy to wear.
Browns – chestnut browns through dark chocolate.
Blondes – golden brown mixed with golden blonde; warm honey blondes.
Reds - deep and rich plums (with or without hints of chocolate); auburns and burgundy; copper reds with hints of chocolate.
Below is a breakdown of the colour shades for each main colour theme (black, brown, red, blonde and fancy) that complement medium and cool skin tones as well as medium and warm skin tones.
Medium Skin Colour With Cool Undertones
Black
Jet black.
Brown
Mahogany, flat browns and coffee browns.
Red
Wine, burgundy, auburns, plums
Blonde
Sandy blondes, ash blondes, platinum blondes and other mid-level blondes.
Fancy Colours
Violate, purple, deep blues, deep greens, silver with ash-blonde tones and darker versions of pastels.
Medium Skin Colour With Warm Undertones
Black
Jet black and brownish black.
Brown
Chocolate browns, mahogany, flat browns and coffee browns.
Red
Mahogany, auburns, orange based reds like copper.
Blonde
Golden blondes, caramel blondes, honey blondes, strawberry blondes and dark blondes.
Fancy Colours
Violate, purple, deep blues, deep greens with yellow undertones, silver with gold blonde tones and warmer versions of pastels.
Note About Medium Skin Tone With Neutral (not warm and not cool) Undertones and Extension Hair Colours:
This tone potentially suits any shade of the colours in all of the charts.
If your skin tone is cool you can add highlights of the warm skin tone colours to your hair extensions (such as golden blonde highlights).
If your skin tone is warm you can add lowlights of the cool skin tone colours to your extension hair (such as plum lowlights).
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23/02/16
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