Colour Theory

Primary Colors: Red, yellow and blue Primary colors can not be mixed or formed by any combination of other colors. All other colors are derived from these 3 hues.

Secondary Colors: Green, orange and purple These are the colors formed by mixing the primary colors. Tertiary Colors: Yellow-orange, red-orange, red-purple, blue-purple, blue-green & yellow-green. These are the colors formed by mixing a primary and a secondary color.

As a make up artist it is basic knowledge to know about different colours to correctly colour match skin tones and neutrilise the face.

Warm Colours:

​Warm colors are bright, passionate and energetic, and tend to be eye-popping colors. Warm colors include: red, orange, and yellow, and variations of those three colors. Red can be warm or cool depending on the undertone.

Cool Colours:

Cool colors give an impression of calm and have a darker underone. Cool colors include: violet, blue, and green. Green can be both cool and warm depending on the undertone.

Skin Tones:

Cool Skintone – the skin has a little pink in their skin. They tend to burn easily under the sun. When they wearing a cool undertone red lipstick, they look brightened up. Most of the time, their veins are in blue color.

Warm Skintone – the skin has a yellow undertone or golden-oliveundertone. They tend to tan easily under the sun. When they wearing a warm (orange) undertone red lipstick, they look brightened up. Most of the time, their veins are in green color.

Neutral Skintone–the skin has both pink and golden undertone. Most of the time, their vain is in both blue-green color.