Am I "Cool" or "Warm" skin tone?

1. push up your sleeves and take a look at the inside of your forearms. See the veins there? Are they blue or green? If they look more blue, you're probably rocking the cool undertones (like me!). If you see green veins, you're a warm complected type. Why is this? Remember the old Ziploc commercial? Yellow + blue makes green. Veins are blue, but when viewed through skin with a yellow (warm) undertone... VOILA: green. Cool, huh? So, blue veins = cool skin, green veins = warm skin.
2. If you're still not sure, lets talk jewelry. Do you look best in silver (platinum!) or in gold jewelry? If you're not positive which is best on you, wear some gold jewelry and show your best friend or mom (someone who will be honest). Then show him/her your silver jewelry. Which makes your skin look more radiant? Which really shines on you? Usually people with cool undertones really look their best in silver/white metals, while those with warm undertones show off the best in gold/yellow metals. White metals = cool skin, yellow metals = warm skin.
3. Another way to test is to try on some clothing in certain colors. Beg, borrow or steal shirts or fabric in these colors: rust/orange, baby blue, white, and ivory/cream. Grab your best friend or mom again and, in good lighting, stand in front of a mirror for the test. Put each color up to your face, or drape around your throat and neck. See how it makes you look. Does the rust make you look healthy and sun-kissed, or sort of peaked? Does the baby blue really do something for you, or do you feel you appear a bit tired in it? Which of the light shades brings out your beautiful, healthy-looking you: the ivory or the white? Please make sure you're looking at The Big Picture and not just noticing your eyes or your hair. If blue and white are your colors, you're cool; if rust and cream are best, you're warm.
4. Here are some other generalizations (but not rules!): Cool undertones are most often present in fair skinned people (like myself) who burn but never tan; those who look more "pink" than "peachy"; dark brown skins with "red" tones (Native Americans, some people of African descent); and those whose skin is often described as "bronze" or "brown" when tanned. Warm undertones are present in fair skinned people who can tan; those who tend to look "peachy" rather than pink; people who have visibly "yellow" tones (some Asians, some people of African descent); those whose skin is often described as "golden" when tanned.
5. Do you (really) look like any of these people, skintone-wise? I always think of Snow White when I think of cool complexions, but Elizabeth Taylor, Oprah, Meg Ryan, Courtney Cox, and Demi Moore are also cool, as is the real live Snow White: Dita Von Teese. Warm beauties should have Jennifer Lopez as their postergirl, but can also count Nicole Kidman, Heidi Klum, Beyonce, and Lindsey Lohan in their ranks.

• OK, those tests resulted in mixed results, or I'm just great looking in all of these situations. Now what? You may have neutral skin, meaning you look equally good in cool and warm colors. Lucky you!

COOL HAIR goes a salt and pepper grey blue black deep coffee brown medium ash brown medium golden brown dishwater blonde golden blonde platinum blonde SKIN alabaster white pale with pink undertones olive dark brown blue undertones EYES mid brown to dark have a dark rim around your iris YOUR BEST COLORS black navy grey purple YOUR WORST COLORS brown rust apricot beige

WARM HAIR goes a yellow grey red pigments rich brown to ginger strawberry blonde deep red brown deep golden brown SKIN yellow or freckled skin not dark or mid brown pale with gold undertones lighter brown with gold undertones EYES dull blue not bright blue eyes brown eyes hazel eyes duller green YOUR BEST COLORS rust, olive khaki, mustard warm rich browns olive greens tomato reds YOUR WORST COLORS black navy pink pastel blue grey

NEUTRAL HAIR goes a muddy grey neither warm or cool Next to warm colors it looks cool and next to cool colors it looks warm caramel browns muted blondes SKIN without makeup you can look washed out peaches and cream complexion no obvious overtones of olive, yellow or pink EYES green aqua blue YOUR BEST COLORS purple lavender soft blue burgandy plum powder pink or blue YOUR WORST COLORS beige khaki cold bright colours blue red cardinal purple

WHICH

COLORS THAT SUIT	COLORS THAT SUIT	COLORS THAT SUIT
Turquoise	Mustard	Lemon yellow
Blue red	Tomato red	Hot pink
Purple	Maroon	Aqua
Emerald green	Sea green	Mid green
Fushcia	Olive green	Orchid
Light grey	Cornsilk	Sage
YOU LEAST SUIT	YOU LEAST SUIT	YOU LEAST SUIT
Beige	Sky blue	Green gold
Apricot	Hot pink	Apricot
Khaki	Dark grey	Rust
Saddle Brown	Pale pink	Beige
Coffee	Baby blue	Charcoal