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Gold or Silver Color Analysis-test: Are You Warm or Cool?

"A Fuss-free Approach to Figuring Out What Colors Look Fabulous on You"

Did you find the Color Analysis with different seasons and colorings complex to understand? Then I recommend another test which is direct and quite simple:

Gold or Silver-test.

When it comes to determining your best colors, you'll have to look for your skin's undertone. The undertone is basically the underlying color of any hue. A person's skin can either have a warm, neutral or cool undertone.

Silver and gold are the two most common metals and can easily reflect what kind of colors look best against your skin. Silver is considered cool and compliments cool complexions, and gold is considered warm as it looks good on warm complexions.

How to Do the Gold or Silver Color Test

You need:

A mirror (not those compact ones)
Two jewelry pieces -- the one in silver and the other one in gold
Natural lighting

Simply hold a necklace or jewelry in those two metals against your face, and take notice of which one looks brighter and stands out more. This is best done under natural lighting.

Observe the changes to your face

Do you look healthier? Or does the metal make you look bland? Does the metal create or accentuate dark eye cirles? Does it make your teeth look yellowish?

Notice the difference each metal make to your face?

So Are You Warm Or Cool?

If the gold metal makes you glow and feel fresh and alive then you're a gold!

If the silver metal lights up your face then you're a silver!

But if you can't decide because both metals seem to look good on your skin, then lucky you, you're might be a neutral!

Are You a Gold?

Are You a Silver?

Both Silver and Gold?

Not quite convinced with the Gold and Silver-test? Then you might want to review the Color Season & Coloring Analysis instead.

Now read further below and find your right colors:

If Gold Looks Much Better on You Than Silver:

Then you have blonde, red, brown or black with reddish or golden tints, with fair to deeper skin color with warm undertone.

You look fabulous in rich, golden and earthy colors.

These are some of your musts in your wardrobe:

Muted and warm colors such as camel, beige, bronze, mochas and charcoal grey
Exotic mango orange, softer tones of peach and gold are your wardrobe musts
Earthy greens like lime, grass, celery, olive, moss and jade

Some of the deep colors may look a bit strong on you if you're a lighter shade of Warm, so I suggest that you check out Color Me Beautiful's warm seasons Spring and Autumn for more details on your accurate colors.

When it comes to basic colors:

Off-white/ivory look more inviting on you than snow white.
You suit warmer shades of red (like tomato red) a lot better then the blue-toned reds such as burgundy or true red.
Just because blue is considered as a cool color you can still find warmer shades of blue that will look stunning on you. Like for example bright navy blue. If you have a very deep coloring (dark brown hair, golden skin tone, dark brown eyes) you can pull off navy blue.
Charcoal and darker nuances of gray suit you better than light gray

Quick Reference About Your Complexion:

You have yellow or peachy undertones
Your eyes are typically brown, green or hazel; also hints of orange, yellow, red or gold
Haircolor is typically brown, black, red, auburn or strawberry blonde with golden or reddish highlights
The veins on the underside of your wrist are more green than blue (you can see it in natural light)

If Silver Looks Much Better on You Than Gold

Then you might have bluish or pinkish black, olive, ivory or fair skin color with cool or ashy-toned hair.

You look stunning in jewel, cooler and true colors that have blue undertones.

You need these in your wardrobe:

Delicate pastels like mint-green, baby-blue and light and rose-pink (only for very light cool complexions, such as medium to light ash brown hair, light eyes and skin).
Range of pink shades like raspberry, plum, light-rose and soft-reds shades.
Vivid green like deep emerald green.

Some of the colors might come off as too strong if you're a lighter shade of Cool (for example, blonde hair, very light skin and eyes). For more accurate color palette suggestions you might want to check out Color Me Beautiful's cool seasons Summer and Winter.

And when it comes to basic colors:

Pure, crispy white looks magnificent on your cool-toned skin.
You look gorgeous with blue-toned reds like true red.
Almost every hue of the ocean goes perfectly with your complexion (except for warmer shades like bright navy blue, anything warm).
Light as well as charcoal grey looks great on your skin.

Quick Reference About Your Complexion:

Your eyes are typically blue, blue-green, turquoise, cool brown or gray
Haircolor ranges from light blonde to jetblack but instead of golden highights, it has hints of silver, ash undertones (bluish)
Skin has definite pink or blue undertone
The veins on the underside of your wrist is undeniably blueish

If Both Gold and Silver Look on You:

If you're unable to determine if you suit gold or silver best, you could be a neutral. That means you suit both gold and silver, and can wear just about any color. Lucky you!

One color restricted from your palette has to be ash tones which can make your skin look bland.