REDHEADS - Color Analysis

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[@camillauiterwijk9625]

Being a redhead is a blessing and a curse. We’re so rare that people often ignore our existence. People fetishize us and you get made fun of all the time. But at the end of the day, there will always be those old ladies in grocery stores that tell us how “people pay so much money for that color”

[@ShadowRaven66669]

Both of my kids have red hair too. Those old ladies LOVE us during our family grocery trips.

[@jmorris4972]

Haha yep

[@randomaccessmemories8912]

Wow, this is so accurate 😅

[@alvb9125]

I am this old lady lol

[@antilikka]

Why is this so accurate though? I’ve totally had old nice ladies stop me and compliment my hair! 😜

[@amypatterson7395]

It’s SO AMAZING to find a video specifically directed at redheads for this! So much color typing just flat out ignores that redheads exist, or give you jumbled non-answers because we don’t fit very neatly into the boxes that everyone else tends to. I’m a warmer redhead, and look terrible in silver, but fantastic in the royal blue and “cool” colors, and it just ends up confusing people. The recognition that redheads “change” undertones is really insightful! Thank you for making this video!

[@merriamstyle]

Thank you Amy for you comment +support!!

[@geministargazer9830]

I’m the same and I think the cool blues and greens work for me because they go with my hair and eyes, not necessarily my skin. Although I have to be careful with some shades

[@MissAnglewolf]

Very help full. I've tried colour analyzing myself and I came out as a Warm Spring/True Spring. only for my boyfriend to say to me I look better in darker colour and those really don't exist in true/warm spring colour swatch. at my palest I think I fit a Bright Winter, my eyes are dark, my skin super pale and bright and the places I see most pigment are pink the veins on my wrists are blue and purple. Oh also I can't really tan I burn too easy peel and go back to being pale.

[@katitadeb]

I've always wondered why red content in the hair is considered warm but in the skin is seen as cool (because of the stereotype pink tones = cool, and pink tones comes from the presence of red in the skin) I love your system and the fact you take red as neutral, or as I call it an "extra"

[@sciencenotstigma9534]

I agree! I was determined to be light, bright and warm (light red hair & skin with bright green eyes). I though I was a Light Summer forever and felt so washed out in my pale, muted clothes…all because of that redness that doesn’t factor in, if it’s a skin condition, but is otherwise cool? It doesn’t make sense. Pastels and muted colors are gorgeous colors on some, but I need warmth and brightness! I just bought my first lime green dress, since I was 11 and got so many compliments!

[@yma0evelyn]

Hahahaha, my boyfriend over heard you say "four skin undertones" and pulled a face because he heard foreskin under tones. Laughing so hard.

[@kristinastrombo5977]

I just heard the same thing! went straight to comments to see if I was the only one! lol

[@cillacam3]

Hahah I just heard that too

[@deannagosling6069]

I heard the same thing! 🤣

[@amandamagni1606]

Was scrolling the comments for someone else who heard that lol… that should probably change to, “the four undertones of the skin” or something lolll just saying

[@sciencenotstigma9534]

That’s a man’s take, for ya!

[@1245-c4f]

I have red hair and I just wear black all the time

[@Jordan-db2og]

We look great in deep blues, purples, greens and yellow/oranges

[@kmplolz]

124532 relatable

[@Basey]

Saaame.

[@littlehouseinthebigapple5716]

@@Jordan-db2og jewel toned blues and purples (and fuscias) are a yes for me, but only some yellows work while oranges are a hard pass for me (very sad because i love bright orange).

[@niamin793]

Same :D or every now and then- green..cause I love looking like a leprechaun- hey, everybody is thinking it already >.

[@AmeliaUnleashed]

Do more redhead videos please! 24 years of life and just now figuring out my ideal colour pallet! It’s not easy being a redhead.

[@lapetitepoire5]

I identify as a redhead, even though my strawberry blonde tones from childhood have darkened to a more ashy reddish-brown these days (and are now starting to go grey). I'm extremely pale, with freckles and rosy undertones. I never tan; I always burn. I've always failed to get a good answer from those seasonal colour analysis quizzes. This is the closest I've ever seen to an explanation as to why my best colours have always been cool and radiant, even though all the systems keep insisting I should look good in pale pastels (which are TERRIBLE on me) or soft warm camels and tans (which are ALSO TERRIBLE on me). I appreciate this video more than you know.

[@sh.4409]

Redhair goes white and not grey.

[@EllePhoenixVT]

​@@sh.4409As a red head with vitiligo, can confirm.

[@InkaPley]

​@sh.4409 doesn't ALL grey eventually turn white? Or are you referring to no transition? I'm a redhead and I've been finding shirt white hairs coming out of the top of my head occasionally 😢

[@amyjacquelineg.715]

You can add that vibrancy back with a Demi-gloss that adds color and shine back without damage of permanent color.

[@MysticProductions81]

Nobody cares what you identify as. You're a blonde not a red head.

[@loranoodle]

As a redhead... this is super helpful.

[@LexyLoki]

This video is a lifesaver, as a redhead I’ve always been told I have a warm undertones-even by professionals(one even with many videos on KZbin, such an enormous waste of time and money!). The only time warm colours have ever looked remotely passable is when I have artificially warmed up my skin with faux tan, meanwhile cool and radiant colours look absolutely fantastic with or without a natural tan. You’ve definitely solved the mystery of redhead colouring. Thank you!💕

[@mianutt]

omg I'm so excited about a redhead series!! I've always been so confused about my colouring. I'm pale, with strawberry blonde-copper hair, blue eyes, and while I'm very pale people also say I have yellow-y skin compared to them. My guess would be I one of the redheads who goes from cool to warm and delicate when I get a bit of "tan"

[@gigiweakley5198]

Actually your red hair and blue eyes is very rare

[@susanholl5994]

Interesting! I have very pale strawberry blond hair, but no copper warmth to it, just maybe towards pink? My skin is quite pale and doesn't warm up when I "tan" because I don't really tan, just burn. Also blue eyes. I've figured out blues, greens, pinks, purples look okay and orange and yellow look bad. Beige is sometimes ok, khaki and olive green make me look like a partially peeled potato :( I'm totally confused about eye make-up colors except that rust colored eye shadow that's supposed to be great on blue eyes looks super bad on me. Just discovered this series and am looking forward to watching the rest.

[@annastesia895]

I have auburn red hair..blue eyes and a neutral undertone.

[@edennis3202]

I have dark auburn hair with brown eyes and slightly warm undertones. Light oranges are great, most yellows are terrible, aqua blue to turquoise is great, light to medium violets are great; browns are awesome and get me a lot of compliments even from people who hate brown, but not with orange or yellow, which seems to intensify the warm look and turns me sallow. I avoid anything that make me look more yellow than I already do; few people in my region have warm-tone skin and they think it looks bad. My baby was born with very golden skin like my mom has, and the doctor and nurses thought he had jaundice. Nope, that's his actual natural skin tone.

[@gingergoldilocks1761]

I am the same!! Strawberry blonde/copper, blue eyes and yellowy skin. People always assume that I'm super pale, but when it gets warmer and I wear less clothes (so people see more skin), I always get comments: Huh, I thought you would be paler because of your hair colour. And I always reply: I'm yellow-white :p I never knew this was a thing though!

[@anniegrace1784]

You have a very calm, clear and soothing voice and you never put in fillers like "ugh" or pause even for a second to catch your train of thought. You are an excellent speaker and presenter.

[@gr-wg2nn]

Also the hair is a colour in itself and is warm toned which adds another layer of complication. So you can't wear colours on your upper half that clash with orange (hot pink is the worst).

[@sierratree93]

The "changing color" thing makes so much sense to me having so much trouble getting my color profile done. I'm a natural strawberry blonde with blue eyes. My hair can look blonde or red and my skin can look cool at its lightest, but if the sun touches me even slightly, I turn warm. Currently my arms are warm and my legs are cool....

[@cambibambi3746]

You're a SPRING for color season analysis 🤩🎀

[@aidagalvez7883]

Same here

[@SueRosalie]

it's not the fairness or ability to tan that dictates season colour type, it's the undertone not the overtones. Strawberry blondes are Spring. Freckles and tanning effects are dictated by your Fitzpatrick Phototype. Yours is type I.

[@Inspiringsuccess2]

Me too!

[@c_j_01]

This is a great video for extremely light skinned individuals and redheads. Often this skin tone is seen as too pale by society and getting a fake or real tan is the solution. When in fact clear and radiant is such a beautiful season. This should be embraced by wearing these amazing bright cool colours not many people look good in

[@FirstLightRunning]

Agree! We think we should not be wearing those "bright winter" colors because we are perceived as "autumns". So, we become perplexed and try to force ourselves into warm colors and liking them when secretly we 😍 fuchsia and colbolt blue!!

[@gittevandevelde2208]

@@FirstLightRunning YEEEEEEEEEEEEEES I always loved bright pinks, purples, teals, cool greens. When I got into colour analysis a few years ago I was inmediately seen as an 'autumn' because of my golden-reddish hair and greenish grey, muted eyes. I always disliked oranges, yellows and browns though... But started wearing them anyway while still fawning over a brilliant berry red. Because I don't exactly look good in those colours, I always just said I 'prefer this muddy olive' when people asked me why the fuck I would wear those colours and not, I dunno, a gorgeous emerald green? I also started sayign I prefer gold over silver for this reason, and got rid of my silver jewellery (don't worry: it's cheap fantasy jewellery crap) Now it's hard to explain to people that I *actually* prefer brilliant cool shades. And that they actually look perhaps better on me. I am not sure yet wether I am cool & delicate or cool & radiant, in between it seems. I am not a hardcore redhead, but am definitely very pale and have very golden tones in my hair which has the typical 'redhead complexion' look with my pale skin.

[@FirstLightRunning]

Me too! Exactly my story! I think I may be cool & delicate, but nearly, but not quite cool & radiant! No autumn, though despite superficial hair and freckles. It's this translucent pale skin!! Lol!

[@wayramonroy7313]

I'm super pale. And right now have my hair dyed red. And everyone think it's natural because I'm gosthly pale

[@katherinemargeson8082]

Caryl Jones Agreed. Whenever I’ve had my makeup done, the mua wanted to add lots of bronzer. I’d love to see makeup tutorials celebrating paler skin.

[@laurenk5098]

Redheads look incredible in jewel tones, mignight blue, royal purple, emerald green 😍 Also, I certainly turn into a warm when I tan, and look better in a deep olive green t shirt I have

[@geministargazer9830]

Lauren Kallio mm no I don’t. It’s very hit and miss. Emerald green yes, purple and blue not so much

[@Ilka605]

Petrol and dark blue are the best for me

[@clairewillow6475]

Olive green suits me more than any other colour even when I’m tanned, maybe especially when I’m tan

[@loosilu]

Try iris blue. Thank me later.

[@honestaf6165]

Same!🙋‍♀️

[@FirstLightRunning]

I'm grateful for your acute abilities in observation, exploration, and problem solving in the area of color analysis! I have a red head complexion (translucent fair skin, golden brown hair) and am perplexed when consistently complemented in bright blue when professional analysis results are always Soft Autumn! Plus, I seem to change between being perceived as warm or cool. You are the first consultant to address "red" undertones along with blue and yellow.

[@gittevandevelde2208]

Are your eyes accidentally a weird greyish blue green shade? If yes, we're colour twins.

[@aliciaalbertson2302]

I’m a redhead and this is so validating! I morph between cool bright in winter to cool delicate/neutral in summer and find I can wear A LOT of bright colors all the time, and warm tones always make me look blah. I feel like the simplest test too is white vs off white and I look AWFUL in yellowish off white/beige. The old school color typists are so misleading. Also yellow gold looks so bad on most redheads because many of us are cool! Appreciate you!

[@karinab7456]

Me too!

[@EllaBella-76]

@aliciaalbertaon2302 •A tan ??😂😂Seriously ..Not me the sun actually makes me ill ..They have different backgrounds so ..Hard to see this ok I be "Cool and Radiant with Factor 50 rather than Burnt to a crisp ,"My friend is Argentinan she is natural beautifully bronze ..With Red hair ..Orange is not my colour choice I can wear dark Red like Claret ?Pink But with Black undertones..Green looks great ..Purple/Brown my eyes appear to change colour with what I am wearing

[@IsabelCurdes_photos]

Wow, that is so helpful. It explains why I never looked good in those warm tones despite everybody saying I "should be warm". Thank you for a great comparison.

[@comradebarbie1917]

right! omg i always KNEW i didn't look good in warm colors, but everybody always said that i was warm bc all redheads are warm. bullshite

[@iahelcathartesaura3887]

We had almost all redheads in my Dad's family... my grandmother, my aunt & me were all different "seasons" in our skin tone! It's astounding how redheads can all vary so much.

[@samuniverse2]

This is the best video on color theory I've ever seen. I feel confident now that my skin tone is 'warm and delicate'. I only wish you had used a few more examples for that subtype, as after all you said it's the most common. Still, I feel like my understanding of my color tones has increased in leaps and bounds. It's so hard for me to do makeup, because I have a lot of distinctly red, blue, and yellow areas all over my face.

[@SirenaSpades]

Very interesting! I knew I could change from cool to warm but never saw so much information about it. I used to tan (it was a thing in the 80's) and could develop quite a tan and it would change my coloring a lot. Now, of course, I stay pale. And I am very, very pale. Love this stuff! Would love a whole redhead series!

[@MillieMaa]

So...This video is several years old, but I'll just put it out there: in case anyone is like me: I'm a redhead with brown eyes and very fair, yellowish undertone to my skin (although when I was younger, my belly had a blue white cast in comparison to my arms and legs). It's been a lonoong time since I've done any kind of suntanning but I usually burned first and then got golden. My hair is auburn red with lots of golden streaks. I look great in these colors: all shades of warm greens (not spruce green) and warm olives, royal blue and purple, teal blue, chocolate brown, warm camel/taupe, burnt orange/bright red orange, red orange, charcoal grey and black, soft mauve/purple and rose, and rosy peach. I look truly awful in fuschia, salmon, melon, slate blue, pale gray, and most yellows (has to be an orangey yellow and even then its tricky), beige, and most peaches (see the salmon/melon thing). Apparently brown eye redheads are the most common in the world, but for some reason all makeup tips for redheads are for blue or green eyed redheads with cool or super warm skin. It is so frustrating!!! Peach lipstick and blush are not my thing - make it stop!!! :D

[@SueRosalie]

Those vibrant blues and purples are part of the warm SPRING palette.

[@LA-nt4qg]

This is the most wonderful video! I'm a redhead who always thought I was warm toned. I was formally draped by a "Color Me Beautiful" consultant in 1986 who said I was an autumn. The palette of little fabric swatches that she gave me included the usual autumn colors, but also some bright purples, teals, and aquas. For a long time they all looked great on me. As I've gotten older, I've been feeling sorta washed out, and like there isn't enough contrast between my skin and my clothes when I wear the warm tones. I've been looking at photos of ladies like Julianne Moore wearing fuchsia and berry lipstick and blush and wondering, hmmmm..... I now realize that as I age, I'm losing pigment in my skin. My freckles are a warm orange color, but they are so faded that the blue veins show through more. I wear sunscreen year round, and it's February, so I'm at my palest. Maybe I'll adopt a warm palette in the summer when I have a little more pigment, and a cooler jewel toned palette when I'm paler. Thanks again for explaining the process of changing colors - I'm grateful!

[@carolannf]

L A perfect! That sounds just like me!

[@amusingmyslf]

I had a Color me Beautiful done in 1989, and was typed as Contrasting Autumn Panache. 2 years ago I was one of many that had a quick guess done by a lady on KZbin. I cooled off apparently because I was typed as Soft, Cool, Medium, (a Soft Summer) When I look at the old color palette I can see how I avoided some of the orange and yellows because they made my skin look even pinker. Then I realized most of those colors were universal ones and most people warm or cool could wear them! My new color swatches have universal plus cool only and when I wear a cool soft color I stand out, not the color. This stuff fascinates me, lol.

[@katherinemargeson8082]

L A Same here. Bright coral and mustard yellow were supposed to be my colors. Nope. 🙂

[@SueRosalie]

even though you lose some pigment with age your warm undertones remain. You just need to reduce the intensity of the colours your choose. Undertones are for life and all redheads have warm undertones. There is literally no such thing as neutral undertones in any colour, whether it's in nature, human skin, or manufactured fabrics, flooring or house paint. The only colour with zero undertone is pure white.

[@Denise-sj3si]

@Merriam Style I'd love to see your thoughts on what shades on red hair look best on different skin tones including olivey-shades and those who are mixed race/ born with ginger hair and dark skin. It's refreshing to hear you say a redhead could be any of the 4 skintones, most color analysis' say box-dye ginger hues should be reserved only for the palest of cool undertones-but we know that's a lie. Models like Carmen Solomon, who seems warm delicate, and vogue model Tanisha Kwayie comes to mind. There's so little on redhead color analysis to begin with, and much less on those who are of non-European decent, so this was much appreciated! Keep em comin' Merriam!

[@lemmings6516]

WHO would have thought I, as a deep brunette would finally get the answer to why my best colours change so drastically in winter and summer in a video about redheads. I have an olive hue to my skin, I am pretty neutral (warm leaning). In winter, as i loose some of my yellow the blue is more visible and I can pull off cooler muted colours as an result. In fact they look beautifully and replace some of the warmer colours I can pull off in summer as they start to overpower me. I was always confused if I’m warm or not but I guess I’m just slightly warm crossing a border to cool sometimes. It’s so hard to distinguish neutral colours from the rest. Cool is easy to say and warm is easy to say.

[@redhot654]

What makes it difficult is the amount of celebrities who aren't real redheads, like Emma Stone

[@screamtoasigh9984]

YES exactly. I hate they all use them. It's gross.

[@Fairy_Gothmother]

This makes so much sense!!! I have a warm yellow undertone but in the winter I have to wear the lightest neutral foundation I can find because any other color gives me an ugly line.

[@SueRosalie]

foundation has to match overtones like olive skin, not undertones.

[@Fractal-of-Venus]

I'm thirty three now and my hair has become lighter! It was always a deep vibrant red. It changes when you age.

[@rosaliecrawford1841]

Cat I’m 32 and I’ve always had coppery auburn hair and my hair is getting darker! It’s becoming more brown as I age... it bums me out. We are so random, huh? Haha

[@katherinemargeson8082]

ZenMetaLasaurus Mine is getting white hairs coming in. I wouldn’t mind if it was an awesome streak, but it just washes everything out. I’d love to see a video on covering up white while brightening fading natural red hair.

[@clairewillow6475]

Katherine Margeson I rly recommend fanola purple shampoo to fade grey hair and make it blend in with auburn

[@ashleyjane6594]

Thank you for making this video, it is life changing for me. I have done a million colour analysis quizzes and I always come out some kind of "warm spring", for so long I have just pulled the colours from there that work best (I think navy and turquoise and Kelly green are often included) but my "season" never explained why I looked so great in royal blue and emerald green, I knew for a fact that optic white was much nicer on me than cream, and try as I might I never could make any browns work with my colouring, but I persisted because I couldn't find a system that gave me guidance on what to look for in colours that would help me look my best... Then I found your channel and watched this and if course I'm cool and radiant! It should have been obvious to me when one time I was in the bath with my toddler and he was scrubbing my legs, when I asked him what he was doing he said "I'm getting the blue lines off your skin Mum" they were my veins which he could see through my extremely pale skin 😂 Yesterday I went to the op shop (thrift store) and bought a few knits and tops in cool and radiant colours to test it out and it absolutely works! I particularly found a magenta top which makes me look so nice and I'd never tried magenta because I thought it would be so wrong on a red head but I LOVE it. Thank you Merriam ❤️

[@sierratree93]

Your voice gives me ASMR tingles.

[@zoelouisethrasher]

yes yes yes

[@brittanyloo4315]

I am not as red as these ladies or at least not such a vibrant red but everyone describes me as auburn type hair. It’s like a medium brown leaning heavily into red. This video was extremely helpful for me. Several years ago I did some reading on the colour seasons and identified as a soft summer mainly because of wrong ideas about my own appearance. This really helped me to see that I am actually quite a vibrant winter and I feel like I’ve been able to confirm that by holding up some of my soft summer type colours vs very vibrant cool colours and seeing what looks better.

[@lydiajane4134]

Such a great video for us redheads! I find at any makeup store the consultant is always trying to give me the lightest color of foundation they offer, which is usually warm. But in actuality I have a decent amount of pigment (and quite a bit of red) and my undertone is cool delicate... I finally found my absolute perfect shade in the fenty line which was like 6 shades darker than the girl at the store had in mind for me... she was so surprised when she put some on my skin she said “oh wow that is actually a perfect match!” 🙄😂

[@jmorris4972]

Me too...and do you find that often the makeup looks too pinkish? Like it needs more yellow or something?

[@lydiajane4134]

Julie Morris I have quite a lot of pink in my skin, I think for me if anything makeup tends to be too yellow... I don’t think I’ve ever found one that was TOO pink! 😝

[@gingit3239]

Thank you for this video! I get really confused by this because I have extremely pale skin with blue veins but very very coppery/golden red hair, and multiple people have said that I look warm/glowing. It's always been a struggle to figure out whether I'm warm or cool

[@SueRosalie]

vein colour is irrelevant and nothing to do with skin undertones. All redheads have warm undertones.

[@traelonin]

Wrooooong

[@sarahbourouf5909]

As a redhead this is so great bc being a redhead is so confusing in terms of colors. What would u recommend for redheads who want get highlights/ balayage to frame the face, I feel like picking the wrong highlight would clash w/ the warmness of the hair and look brassy, I have auburn hair btw

[@katherinemargeson8082]

Sarah Bourouf Or the opposite, how to cover up white hairs as they come in or as red hair fades with age.

[@clairewillow6475]

Katherine Margeson fanola purple shampoo !

[@LiveWithDes]

I change colors: red lighter/ darker with amount of sun, eyes and tanning skin. I was blessed to look awesome in ANY COLOR… but I prefer cool or lighter colors

[@SueRosalie]

my dear, you are not a red head lol

[@-Foxy-Fox-]

When I was younger I struggled so much to figure out my undertone, is it cool? Is it warm? It was really frustrating, but luckly I figured out I was neutral while talking to a cosmetologist.

[@katherinemargeson8082]

Battleborn Fox My coloring is very similar to yours. What foundation do you use? I’ve been having problems with foundations looking dark or ashy even though they’re technically a good match, I can’t figure out if they’re too warm or cool.

[@amyb.2207]

Damn, lady..thank you! I’m so glad you spoke on the notion of our color changing, depending on additional pigment. I’ve found it to be especially difficult though to be a pale redhead who also struggles with acne. The bold colors work overtime to bring even more attention ur shit skin and so cool and delicate becomes the go-to, unfortunately..

[@meiwood7678]

yap! i totally agree...🙏🏻bless you for insight... one thing that may be of interest to your attention that I recently discovered is we can have an cool overtone with a warm undertone...imogen lamport says this. I have been rabidly studying color since age 15 so that's over 30 years and I agree with you I think you're on to something here I think there is more to a redhead because we have a different pigment in our skin than other skin tones... and I have two pictures that I'm going to go study now - one in summer where I have a tan on my face and I look absolutely warm and vibrant but still excellent in the white and wearing, and one in winter with NO tan and i only look good in a cool toned green... EXCELLENT. 🙏🏻😇

[@Hanna-nw8mn]

Hi Merriam, thank you for another video, I really like it how you explain colors, that's clear, logical and refreshig :) I'm waiting excitedly for another video on how to rock FN style while staying elegant and showing some figure!

[@ontheturquoisetrail]

This explains so much! I have light brown hair but in the sun there is some redness in the summer. The parts of my body that see sun (I live in the desert) are light neutral there is some warmth and the parts of me that do not see the sun are very pale and cool. Hair stylists always suggest strawberry blonde to me. And lately I have been leaning towards peach tones in foundation. Also makeup used on redheads often tends to look best on me. Thank you for this. I have gone a lifetime trying to figure it out.

[@4Distractiononly]

Really helpful and well done video. I'm not a redhead but I do have a lot of pink or red in my skin.

[@katherinelasairfiona2962]

THANK YOU. This is the first thing that has made sense in my searching for my color season as a redhead. Cool colors are what I prefer and think I look best in but the one time I got a serious tan (due to a *brutal* sunburn), I was very, very warm. I've been so lost but I have some direction now!!

[@JenMPhotography]

Thank you so much! I finally found my skin tone. The usual commentaries about it (without the redhead consideration) doesn't ever quite solve it for me. Though I have colored my hair a lot of different colors, I have a red to my hair (and freckles) which has made it confusing for me. Your video was very helpful.

[@merriamstyle]

Yay!!

[@blythetaylor4063]

I kind of want to send in pictures of myself because I am an extreme example of a natural redhead who changes colour, this video is so validating lol. I have mixed British and Middle Eastern ancestry and I look so pale that I’m almost blue when I live in the UK. But I recently moved to the American south and I tan quite intensively, and definitely have warm yellow undertones. Thank you for making something that addresses this and gives fashion advice tailored to more unusual skin!

[@kellyann3832]

Thank you this was so helpful. My skin is so pale and blue tinged during winter and a tad more yellow during summer 💕

[@starminoui]

Could you please do a video on pale olive skin? I watched your video on olive skin tones but most of the women had tan skin. I feel like I'm not warm or cool, just grayish/greenish. I feel like I look best in makeup colors that have some brown in it. Bright colors don't look right but muted colors can look drab too. My skin tone is similar to Camilla Belle when she doesn't spray tan.

[@merriamstyle]

Yes, I will! You sound like you may be cool and delicate. Can you think of some light olive skin toned celebrities I can include in my video?

[@starminoui]

@@merriamstyle Thanks, I'll try more muted cool colors! It's hard finding light olive skinned celebrities because so many celebrities tan. Mila Kunis seems to have a light olive skin tone when you see her without makeup.

[@di3486]

I am Hispanic and I get totally wrong foundation match and color recommendations in general because Olive skin tans easier. My face and arms can look tanned but my skin is actually quite pale and has that green/grey cast. It’s such a struggle! I think I have found I usually fall in the cool and delicate as my best colors.

[@AmandaEngstrom-bw3lm]

I would really like a fair olive skin video too! But i'm pretty sure i'm warm and delicate, my skin looks very yellow against cool colors. I struggle to find the right foundation color since i need the yellow color without any hint of orange. Maybe you can talk about how warm olive skinned people can be tricked to think they're cool since the blueness in the green draw them closer to "neutral". As opposed to warm skinned people whose yellow leans orange, they are often more obviously warm. Of course it goes the other way too, cool olive skinned people can think they are warm because they don't have the typical pink. That's the weakness of the standard phrase "if you are orange you are warm and if you are pink you are cool". Olive skin often has neither orange nor pink in it since it pretty much lacks red pigment. An example of a celebrity could be jessica biel, i think she has a similar skintone to me but not as fair

[@cinderling5472]

Second this! I know you've already made a wonderful video about the olive skin tone, but I was still left wanting more :) I mean, there's just not that much information out there for us. I'm a medium dark skinned olive girl, with very slight hints of yellow in my skin, and subtle muted shades of red in my hair. However, many colours overpower me except soft muted ones. I can wear some shades of dark blue and grey though, but too much black drags me down a little. But orange and yellow are usually too much

[@melissawhite9045]

This was extremely informative and your narration gave me ASMR tingles so that's a bonus.

[@Lora-Lynn]

I have had several people who thought I was yellow trying to sell me foundation, but just doesn't blend well with me. My legs glow in the dark and my face, neck and arms are "tanned" red undertone.

[@susanmitchell3408]

WOW! As a redhead, I have never seen anyone analyze undertones and skin tones so deeply. SOOOO impressed by your assessment! Thank you. I thoroughly enjoyed watching this!

[@wuzabella]

Thank you so much this is amazing!!!!!! I cant wait to see more. I've always wondered this as a makeup artist and just trying to style myself day to day!

[@themollyrich]

I look really good in royal blue! Makes my red hair and blue eyes pop

[@katherinemargeson8082]

Molly Richter Light blue and periwinkle make my red hair stand pout nicely.

[@AFW333]

I agree with most examples and I do follow, however. I think the royal blue is too harsh and awful against pale skin. It makes my skin look metallic and even more white. Just because it stands out, doesn't mean it compliments the skin colour.

[@destinylaunay5729]

I love the interesting information you share through your videos! I am not a full on red head, but hairstylists have pointed out that I have a red tint to my natural hair. Without light (natural or fluorescent) my hair would otherwise appear to be a cool tone of medium brown. I was blonde as a kid, strawberry blonde. I am also a fair skinned cool undertone person. At the end of summer when I am very tan, I no longer look good in royal blue, and can wear things like Seahawks lime green. Needless to say, having a minimalist wardrobe and one hair color to work on my classic style through the year has not been an easy thing to navigate!

[@ErinBrookes]

I’m a brown auburn. I have fair skin with lots of red in it. I always thought it was warm because of the red. But it’s definitely cooler. I wear neutral foundation because I can see both purple and blue in my veins. I also tend to change to warm toned when I’m tan.

[@SueRosalie]

yes you are warm as are all redheads and auburn brunettes. Veins are irrelevant and misleading and nothing to do with undertones. Fairness of skin is also irrelevant to undertones. Fairness is due to Fitzpatrick Phototype and the fairest of those is type I which is redheads (spring or autumn)and the lightest blondes who can't tan at all (can be spring or summer).

[@chelsealaine2550]

I am the same as you, cool but when tan I lean towards warm

[@nesminra8982]

I am thankful for finding you! Your voice is sooo beautiful, love to listen to you! You, aly art and Lisa eldridge are my favs!

[@merriamstyle]

Aw thank you!!

[@rhythmandblues_alibi]

I think I'm a cool undertone but my intense freckling makes me look kinda warm ?! 😅 sooo confusing!

[@memoria.7]

Same 😅

[@xz3024]

Thank you! As a brown eyed very pale bright skinned red, I always get typed on autumn. I hate myself in 80% of those colors, I look old and heavy. Specially when it comes to autumn make up. Those copper lips and moss green eyeshadows 🤮 I find that I look my best in light warm colors and some of the cool ones. I created my own palette. In make up, I stay clear of the moss greens (the very ones they recommended to me), and use cool brownish eyeshadow. But my foundation needs to be yellow toned, and my lipstick needs to go around peaches. I look horrible in cool lipsticks!

[@mariapankowska9750]

Image in the shorts doesn't say anything in my opinion, because legs are in shade ( you can see a spot of sunlight on her ancle) so, naturally, they look cooler

[@joemac991]

I've always struggled with finding my undertone because I felt it would always switch and found it difficult to find what colors look good on me as a redhead. I really appreciate this video because I feel like I have a better understanding of my undertone thank you! Also your voice is very soothing

[@lindseylouise8312]

I hope there are more redhead videos! I am more light copper/strawberry blonde and I’m a warm delicate, I believe. I’m a “day-walker” though (a ginger that doesn’t burn in the sun 🤣). I think that makes a difference. I don’t think I ever pull cool though 🤷🏼‍♀️ I love your videos! Helped me realize why more saturated “autumn” colors don’t necessarily look as good on me as muted colors.

[@auburnandgrey4457]

Thanks so much for doing this super informative redhead skin tone video.

[@elisabethm9655]

Yep, basic red head skin type here. I had deep chestnut hair as a child...and my summer and winter makeup tone changes with the seasons. In the winter, I’m a ‘winter’ and in the summer, I’m more of a warm delicate golden beige and I like to wear more muted colors. Now my hair is mostly white/gray - but my makeup is still seasonal. BB cream, tone adjusting makeup works quite well on me.

[@magdakar4252]

I really appreciate that you put so much work one your videos... I mean, really you go into so much detail!!! Than you so much!!!

[@JordanJSparks]

I ABSOLUTELY agree with this!! Any of my red head friends with cool skin tones look ENTIRELY different with a spray tan or some summer tan, because they appear SO much warmer!

[@marionsmith9579]

Thanks for the video. Could you make a future video on hair colour and skin tone. I've noticed that some people can pretty much rock all hair colours while some only look their best in one basic colour.

[@annade2094]

I am a very light olive, cool and delicate , but when I get tan my skin becomes very yellow gold (rather than brown) Have I become warm and delicate?

[@SueRosalie]

olive skin is always cool undertone and winter

[@annade2094]

Thank you!

[@screamtoasigh9984]

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[@jean-pierreetdaniellegoyet4764]

I have no idea where i fit :( anybody can help me figure it out?

[@botflyguy7814]

Just about an hour ago I was trying to figure out my season and determined that my skin is mostly cool. I can see my blue veins and ive been told that im "so white" im "blue" when I step into the sun for the first time after winter. However, its summer right now and my shoulders and face are undeniably warm and pinkish, since that is where i get the most sun and tan (and the freckles help as well). I thought I must have been doing something wrong so Im happy I stumbled across this and learned that the colour change is real and im not crazy!

[@Robin-no8cu]

It’s hard being a redhead and now that my hair is going white it’s even harder! I look like I’ve been beaten in burgundy or purple but pale lavender is one of my best. Though now pale, my hair still has warmth, eyes are blue and skin is pale. Yellow and red are (were?) good on me but pale blue washes me out. My very best color is non-dusty teal but tangerine is a close second. I’ve been seasonally typed several times as a spring.

[@whitesheep5065]

When I was a teen, I've tried to wear cool colours because of my skintone. And in summer I always become yellow-ish and that confused me a lot. Thank you for this video, it helps to understand the nature of this effect

[@merriamstyle]

Thank you for sharing your story+your support!

[@ente9161]

I think redheads can have very different undertones. When I (readhead) hold my arm next to my friends (also redhead) I always seem more yellowish and she more pink - in summer and in winter.

[@TheClauMiau]

En Te you cannot see the undertone directly. What you mean is the skintone.

[@ente9161]

@@TheClauMiau Ah! Thanks!

[@TheClauMiau]

En Te 😊

[@samortiz5818]

agreed! my skintone is VERY yellow and i’m a redhead but mixed race. my mom is black with a warm skin tone. so even at my lightest, i am NOT extremely pale. i believe my undertone is warm and radiant and doesn’t change. redheads can definitely have very different skin tones... saying they’re all cool at their lightest like in the video is a pretty blanket statement. i disagree with it, but we may be very specific cases lol.

[@TheClauMiau]

Sam Ortiz the undertone cannot change. How could that be even possible 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@kindregardskatie]

I always thought I was crazy but I’m one of those that with a tan I’m warm and radiant, without a tan I’m warm muted. I always thought that but feels so good to be validated!

[@isleypamela3840]

Merriam Styles: "Let's talk redhead undertones." *Isley Moody has entered the chat*

[@Sailor-Dave]

Redheads are absolutely stunning in emerald green! Royal blue and a rich purple are also great. Love those beautiful redheads!

[@ruth540]

I haven't got a clue about this kind of stuff. All I know is I'm pale, live in Ireland & never go in the sun. so I guess that says something?

[@clairewillow6475]

That means you might as well stick to cool toned stuff unless you get a tan somewhere

[@j0yfulblessings]

Totally watching this as a blonde and it's super helpful. Gunna do some color draping!

[@matthewmann8969]

Feeling the Celtic Spirit Yup

[@little7redify]

I wish this was focused more on Madelaine Petsch insteaf of Lily Cole. I hope you can make a video about her and what you think are the best color for her hair color and skin tone.

[@rockygirl5690]

This explains a lot. My coloring is so confusing because I look cool when I'm pale but warm when I have a tan. The colors recommended for redheads often don't look good on me.

[@AlwaysTheDork]

Great video. This really explains a lot because my husband is a redhead and I was scratching my head for the longest wondering why he didn't look so good in muted warm colors. He has super yellow skin but his eyes are a crystal grey. Super vibrant and his hair has this duo chrome effect where it's red but somehow seems to look like golden wheat from a certain angle. Should I try neon colors? Idk he looks pretty alive in that super bright construction orange if you know what mean

[@merriamstyle]

Thank you!

[@AlwaysTheDork]

@@merriamstyle oh my god, lime green! Our daughter looks ethereal in lime green! I should've seen the connection since she has his skin color, except she's blonde so that must've tricked me.

[@merriamstyle]

@@AlwaysTheDork that's awesome!!

[@LauryDepp]

I really thank u a lot your video. You don't have an idea it is so difficult to match anything being a redhead we all ended in brown some times.

[@merriamstyle]

aw thank you!!

[@salzburgat]

Just came across this video and it was so helpful. I am a redhead myself but my hair is much darker now with copper lights in it. I like cool tones in winter and warmer tones in spring and summer and I prefer berry toned lipsticks, bright pinks and in summer caramel and soft browns look also good on me. This was confusing. And it was confusing for many years whenever I was about to buy makeup I was always considered "warm" because of my hair but my skin is cool with rosy undertones but no warmth in it. Now I know why this is. Thank you so much.

[@ChalkEChelcee]

Even thou I am a Redhead and have pretty light Skin, I really don't care if neon Yellow would overclash my Skin. I love Neon-Yellow and I would always wear it because it's fun :D

[@audreykelley3256]

This is actually pretty good for me, I'm very cool and radient and my favorite colors are blue and green so I believe this is my nicest luck

[@psychohist]

This makes sense in that natural redheads have pheomelanin instead of eumelanin - which is what makes their hair red - so what happens to their skin tone with increasing amounts of pheomelanin might be different from what happens in the rest of the population with increasing amounts of eumelanin.

[@amycortez3289]

This is such amazing work!!! And I love the pictures of Kate Mara, they show that not only does our skin tone change with sun exposure, so does our hair. Redheads are true chameleons. 🦎

[@saturnisaplanet666]

I love being a natural redhead. My shade of red is strawberry blonde, which is the lightest shade of red hair, but I love it because I have blonde and copper thrown throughout my hair too. It is honestly really hard for me to find make up that goes well with my fair skin and everything. I also have blue eyes, and to this day I’m still trying to figure out which looks look good on me and which ones don’t .so hello to all of my fellow natural redheads!

[@cinmingrl]

Fascinating video! I just came to the conclusion that I have both cool and warm layers to my skin - cool & pink with warm freckles on top - and definitely trend yellower with more sun, but I think that just takes me from cool radiant to cool delicate like you showed with Zooey and Alexis comparing two Clear Winters. (My red is a deep auburn brown so I have a fair bit of contrast) Which means I now know can do black, bright, and jewel tones in winter and spring and best stick to grays, muted tones, and pastels in summer and fall.

[@LifeChangeAdvicewithTiffany]

This must be why I've had a hard time with this! Thanks!

[@tamara7804]

Emma Stone is actuallly a natural blonde.

[@AnnClaire]

Can you do a video on Shiv from succession?

[@sleepyelfx]

I don’t understand this video at all but I love listening to your voice. Very calm and soothing.

[@fairyrose8070]

Please do a video about pure classic kibbe body type and how to have a unique style because I only find boring clothes in all classic recommendation, and also curly haircuts for classic's because all I see is super straight hair

[@jacquelinejanewashere]

I've been confused about my undertone and season my entire life I have cool pink skin but warm freckles warm hair color and cool blue eyes this was very helpful ❤

[@meiwood7678]

I feel so vindicated! I noticed this in the last few months... I noticed that just this color has an effect on my skin it has an effect on my hair! my hair will appear subtly cool if I'm wearing cool colors and it will be brassy orange if I'm wearing warm colors...

[@sumthin8546]

Wow! Finally a video for us redheads. I've always been in quite a dilemma about my undertone, and this video helps me understand it a bit more. However, if someone has the time I could do with some help. I would say I look quite like the girl on the far right in the last picture, except my eyes are an amber hazel color, as well as darker eyebrows. My skin tends to look quite red and irritated if I wear blue and green eye-shadows, so I stick to warm colours. Purple suits me quite well too. When it comes to clothes I have consistently through my life worn oranges and reds, said to supposedly clash with my hair, but I feel the best in warm colours, as I feel cooler ones don't suit my style and make me look a bit red. My veins on the inside of my wrist are blue and purple, my eyelids are purple and pink, but the back of my hands show green. I think the parts of me where I have freckles (arms, face) tend to be warmer and the others, such as my legs, be a lot more cool. It's quite odd and that's why I feel I walk a thin line when i put on makeup because i might have two different undertones sort of fighting each other. Also, I've always preferred green over blue, since red hair is really quite orange, and green doesn't make me look red. Spot on with the yellow though, never bought a yellow garment in my life. Your colour analysis is very good and I love the comparisons and such.

[@jazzy3037]

i have auburn red hair and blue eyes and a yellow olive tint to my skin!!!! im in between warm delicate and radiant!!!!! omg so helpful ive always been so confused because other redheads I meet are cool!!!

[@Zsazsaa]

Omg You are amazingly beautiful 🌟

[@amandalauren9340]

Me too! But brown eyes !

[@lemontreetree]

In another video you said that tan doesn't change your season, but in this video you say the opposite. Maybe the redheads are an exception? Thank you for the answer, I am a natural redhead that's why I want to know :-)

[@DRT813]

Yes, I think she means that redheads are an exception, because some are so fair, that they have basically no noticeable pigment, so they appear cool-ish by default. Only when they get a little bit of colour/tan you can actually discern their real undertones.

[@lenka156]

I m waiting for next video in this series! Many color analysts have this wrong. Lastly I bought a book and there are swatches for 16 color types, but for example the purples are done wrong - by the warmest types are some very cool of them. I am warm and I definitivly can't wear them. I was disapointed. So, thank You Meriam very much. Or my natural hair is lighter brown with golden highlights, on the sun they appear orange. I started to dye my hair with henna, but I feel, now they are to cool for me- the highlights change to red.