What Colors to Wear for Olive Skin Tone!

In this video, I explain what colors to wear for olive skin tones for those of you who (like me) have them! I show you the basics of the color wheel first so you can understand how to find the best colors to wear in clothing and then we dive into the techniques to find the best color clothes for you! Style!
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[@TheInspirefly]

Thank you for this video! I'm definitely olive, and can see the greenish/greyish/yellowishness in my skin. Yellows, pastels, and icy colors makes me look like DEATH, but I get so many compliments when I wear slightly cool muted (earthy) greens, and even a cool jewel-like eucalyptus green makes me glow, but absolutely NO yellow greens. Bright orange and bright both fushia look ridiculous on me, but wine colors, burnt sienna/rust, mauve/deep rosy pink, and deep teal also look lovely. I also find that charcoal and deep brown look fantastic on me, as do bronze and copper. Black eyeliner looks weirdly separate from me, but dark brown eyeliner just brings this beautiful warmth and natural look to my face. Rose gold looks lovely (being South Asian, all the traditional gold pieces are yellow gold, which looks fine in moderation). I haven't really explored purples very much, so I would want to try that (magenta isn't great on me and hot purple is horrific on me, but maybe some muted purples might look good).

[@susaneliascouture]

Thank you so much for watching, I’m glad this video got your color pallet evolving!

[@silversauceran]

wow you just described my exact color profile. i also look good in neutral cream shades. gold + silver mixup of jewelry depending on the outfit and also brassy shades look good. i'm muted olive (neutral green + gray undertone and warmer medium deep hue). i find pretty much all purples look good in moderation

[@muhammadhafiz8226]

Omg you are just like me, it's scary to read tbh ah-ha!

[@weevvkeeyytt9410]

✍️✍️✍️✍️ you're like helping me navigating what looks best on me without me even realizing

[@sofitocyn100]

thank you for the tips. It seems that we rock and fail the exact same colors :)

[@mma48578]

I have an olive skin tone, but I don't tan at all because my skin shade is light. There are also people like us.

[@iremaydemir2103]

Yup, people most of the time say that we look sick 😄

[@SummerCurl]

I found my people !!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 People don’t believe me when I say that

[@samanthaquintana7622]

That includes me. I fry like chicken. Every. Damn. Time.

[@mistytells]

Me

[@vtcs1963]

I do tan, but I had no idea I had olive skin until I started watching all these videos. I just knew I was neither warm nor cool!! And it drove me crazy!

[@eshchory]

I have olive skin. If I wear green I resemble the undead and if I wear brown people ask why I have been crying! I feel great in purples, blues and wine colours, with red if I want to stand out.

[@susaneliascouture]

Then you are a cool olive:)>

[@sophesearching]

Same, a lot of browns look kinda sad, love me some dark teal green with a lot of blue, burned Orange going into dark red looks Good too. Bright Red is alright but not great. Love my purples, Royal blue, wine color.

[@lux3370]

Warm beige is also a no go! Once i wore a sweater in that color and i turned so yellow i looked like i have liver problems 😂

[@reneecrotty6910]

omg me too!! purples make me feel prettiest

[@saratawfik6472]

Same here ✋🏻❤️

[@inzombnia616]

omg this is the best breakdown. Everyone else acts like there's only blonde, brown, black with shades of all that. I still wish someone would do a video specifying the eccentric colors like Pink, Fuscia, Blue, Teal, purple, dark red, etc and which ones best match warm or cool skin tones.

[@susaneliascouture]

Thank you. I’ll have to explore that and see what I can do.

[@rokonsha]

Forest green is one of my fav colors for my Greek skin tone!

[@anastasial4537]

I agree so much with the wine color and also magenta. These are the best for olive skin. Red, black and vibrant blue also works good. Also I agree that we can pull off beige but with more makeup. But I think muted green, khaki works good for me, if I’m not mistaken.

[@susaneliascouture]

It can also work. It depends on the shade. Thanks for your comment.

[@CrunchyCrustacean]

It’s interesting how the “rules” are a little different depending on whether you’re a darker olive or a light olive. I’m very pale skinned - I’ve probably got the lightest skin of anyone I personally know - but I’m olive skinned. It took me until I was almost 30 to discover that. No wonder so few foundations match me. Anyway, I don’t wear any jewel tones or vibrant colours at all. I find I look best in muted warm and neutral colours such as rust, navy, burgundy, dusty rose, and even mustard and olive green. (Interestingly I never EVER wear purple be it dark, vibrant, or pastel.) But I think as long as the colour isn’t close to your face you can pull off trickier colours. Such as with skirts/trousers, or even sweaters with a cream/white collar poking through to separate the colour from the skin on your neck.

[@violetviolet888]

CrunchyCrustacean: you're a light skin tone warm olive undertone. And you can add green color corrector to any foundation.

[@sanyarizvi7673]

Recently found out I’m olive and it makes so much sense I’ve always naturally gravitated towards jewel tones. I agreed with a lot of the points in this video but I think mustard/deeper yellows can look quite nice as long as you wear some extra makeup like with the browns.

[@susaneliascouture]

Yes, wearing makeup can be a game changer in certain cases:)> Thank you so much for watching!

[@SueRosalie]

if you're needing to ramp up the makeup it means they are the wrong colours for you, mustard is for autumns.. Olive skin has a blue undertone. You can wear a clearer cooler yellow. Olives are winter.

[@Buttercupslyf]

@@SueRosalie Olives can be warm or cool

[@JC-yc8wg]

@@SueRosalie The only yellows I would even touch are golden or mustard . Clear cool yellow (soft or bright) is horrendous on me. I have a golden skin tone and I'm very obviously olive. I have come to the realization that my skin tone doesn't fit into any one seasonal box. As long as I am consistent with wearing rich, slightly muted deeper tones, I can wear any color. Also, the way colors are combined makes a big difference. As an example, I don't like light/med colors on me. But, some of them can work for me if I pair them with deeper colors.

[@susaneliascouture]

Thank you for sharing I'm surprised about you saying mustard works for you. That is the hardest color to wear.

[@marie.theartist]

I am light neutral/olive, and I burn before I even tan. My skin color is very tricky because people think I am warm, yellow tone, but they confuse my undertone because my skin is light (not fair). If I put a yellow foundation on, it looks too yellow. If I put peach or neutral, it looks too orange, and so on...

[@susaneliascouture]

You have to look for foundation that has blue in it to Counteract the yellow or orange that happens to our skin types

[@AysenBayr]

​@@susaneliascouturewell cool concealers have pink hue in it when i put them it looks purple on me 🙎🏻 Is there any choice left

[@cornishpixie9096]

I'm olive toned, I wear lots of red and black. I really struggled with colours so this has been very helpful thank you x

[@susaneliascouture]

I'm so glad it helped:).

[@maheenshahab8859]

I also wear lots of red and blackkk, blues and purples look good too

[@elisa3rth77]

Me too, I wear bright red or bright black or bright blue cloth.. 😔 I struggle to find what to wear because feel that I look sick wearing other colors.

[@SueRosalie]

olives are winters, they have cool undertones which is why true red and black look good on you

[@vrgirl-ke9rq]

Thank you so much for this helpful video!! I’m olive toned and recently had my colors analyzed by a professional. She typed me as a warm autumn. So lots of rusts, mustards, lime greens, yellows, vibrant oranges etc. I feel so orange/sallow when I try to wear those. I get most compliments when I’m in wine, blues like navy, and dark pine greens, royal purples etc. Your info made a lot of sense for me!

[@danellequick3622]

I also had my colors analyzed by a pro. She told me I was a cool autumn. Suggested corals, nudes, oranges. Needless to say not all pros know enough about olives to give accurate analysis. 😂

[@virgofairy88]

You might be a deep winter instead. I never got typed but I recently found my correct shade of foundation and it has olive undertones. I used to use a neutral shade with bronzer but once I took that away, yellow doesn’t really flatter me anymore but blue does. Next time I shop I’m going to try some of these cooler colors-I have some in my closet already and dark deal, pine, wine and plum are flattering. Even my being pink juicy tracksuit is flattering.

[@JC-yc8wg]

Hello fellow olive beauties 💚 The one very important aspect of knowing what colors look good on you is knowing your chroma level. Try researching videos that help you figure out whether your soft or bright. I have a medium very golden olive complexion and I also have green eyes...👽LOL!! It is far more important for me to get my chroma levels correct (in my case, about med/soft)than whether a color is warm or cool. But, also knowing what depth of color is huge ! ( med/deep for me). I'm over 60 years old. So, I've had many years of experience with being green. 😉 Bottom line, not all olive skin tones are the same. Personally, I lean slightly warm. The warm colors of the soft/deepish spectrum actually help to warm up my complexion. I can also look nice in softer/deepish plum tones. But, if I go too bright/light warm/cool its terrible! If you have a very golden olive skin like mine, many of the cool colors will grey out your skin. My Best advice is to compare colors in good lighting and use your eyes to determine what looks best.

[@CarenLinn]

I am very fair olive and think I sometimes look pink and green. This is so helpful because I never felt cool or warm specifically. I just knew I looked best in very deep color and anything yellow looked terrible. I am also red/green primary when tested on the app. One thing is that a dark olive green also seems to look good. I just don't have a best color.

[@susaneliascouture]

Thank you for your comment. Yes, it can feel like you don’t have a color specifically but the good news is.... you have many colors that work:).

[@rebeckahstrickland2758]

Try deep teal! Teal is amazing on both warm, cool, and neutral olives. I swear it'll make you glow. It won't clash with your skin or blend in. It enhances the best part of our tones. Its my go to. Try it :)

[@bellydancefae]

@@rebeckahstrickland2758 yes! I'm very fair neutral-olive and deep teal is one of my best colors! I also like jewel tones and burgundy

[@brandih4882]

I feel like we may be similar... I seem to look good in what I call the earth tones... Wine, brown, deep olive, slate, some purplish colors, and teal

[@milenakupiec1839]

@@rebeckahstrickland2758 I second that

[@cayennepepah]

The olive skin is tricky. I felt like green or yellow in most times, and in another video on youtube i also find that there could be warm, neutral, or cool olive. I understand over the years I never can wear any shades of light red/soft pink/fuchsia/shocking pink on my lips, as a blusher or clothes, but I can nail darker shades of them (in your words, the wine colors) and my skin will looks bright and lively. I thought looking fresh is always about wearing colors that are related to youthful colors but it's about finding the colors that suits us best! My best colors are blue in any shade, but I can't do a teal. My skin will be so sallow. Purple and some green works fine with me, but I can't do a moss/olive/sage, I'd look pale... Through your video I know now I can't wear colors that has too much yellow in it.

[@susaneliascouture]

Even I’m learning things too as we go along!

[@susaneliascouture]

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[@SueRosalie]

all olive skinned people are WINTERS but this thread and many others have so much confusing misinformation.

[@backstage6681]

When you said jewel tones i was like Oh YES that’s what works !

[@estiiim]

Thanks for this video! I always have extreme difficulty with my foundation, its either way too orange or looks rose pink!! I usually combine a few different ones. Also difficult to find good eyeshadows and clothes. Medium brown colors look orange. Most "nude" colors make me look washed out. I've found the best colors for me are army green, deep maroons, dark red (not bright, looks too orange), dark turquoise, the classic black and white. Brownish-purple lipstick looks most natural on me. I'm glad others can relate!!

[@estiiim]

Note: I am very pale with super dark hair and dark eyes. Colors to avoid: Mustard colors, bright red, neon green, yellow,or orange. Most pastel colors (even though I like them a lot). Most all green unless it's dark, muted, or with some blue. Nude shades. Let me know some more colors y'all struggle with!

[@betanya2994]

For the longest time i cannot figure out if im warm or cool tone but now i finally realise im olive toned. Im light skinned and I always gravitate with olive green, mustard yellow, rusty/burnt sienna, old rose, dark grey, navy and black. I need to try red/wine colour in the future. Thanks for this most informative video.

[@danlightened]

I watched like 10-15 videos of which clothes to get for which undertone, tone and this is one of the better ones which is analytical, procedural. And a very calm voice!

[@susaneliascouture]

Thank you

[@aileengurbuz6456]

I watched Audrey Coyne's video on olive skin and then used Color Grab app to get the red, green, and blue values in my skin coloring. I was able to figure out using the numbers from the app, I am 40% red, 31% green, and 29% blue. When red and green mix, it makes yellow. Blue is stronger than yellow, so using Ms. Coyne's demonstration in her video and my app, I figured out I was olive skintone. So, pastels look awful on me. Orange looks terrible if it is tangerine or light color. Light lavender looks horrible on me. But, any deep dark color, I can pretty much pull off. Deep burgundy, charcoal, deep teal, navy, deep red, deep dark pinks, deep purple, deep dark greens, etc. All my coloring has to have enough black to give contrast. Medium and light colors look 'meh' or I look grey/ashy. Dark hair, dark eyes, olive skin, and dark colors make me look my best.

[@susaneliascouture]

Thank you for your feedback. This could help others. I’m so glad you found your colors. Now you just have to rock them:).

[@SueRosalie]

Audrey and all people with olive skin, have blue undertones. Audrey is a winter.

[@violetviolet888]

@@SueRosalie Seasons don't hold up. There are warm olive undertones. Just because blue is included in green does not mean there are blue undertones. OLIVE is the undertone which can be warm, neutral, or cool. And light, medium, or dark.

[@under_N_over_it]

do you remember what video that was? i haven’t been able to find it. i know i’m olive, but curious if that same tool can be used to find your undertone?

[@AlexisTwoLastNames]

i really like being olive even if it means i don't look great in my favorite color haha. something abt being slightly green makes me feel really special haha haha i cannot do red either for hair, but i can do hot pink. i think that suits me more than warmer red. green of any tone/shade in the "neutral" green to cooler green hue suits me well too. i find darkest brown works the best for my hair, which is my natural color. and as i tan and my hair naturally lightens in summer, that works too. truly i just wear whatever but i enjoy knowing what makes me look best for special occasions and eventually, my wedding.

[@ReiKennex]

As a light olive, I must say this is the most helpful video on olive skin colors! Thank you so much. It makes so much sense and the visual examples make it very clear. I knew not to lean too much to the warm or cool shades, but you explained so well why yellow/green/peach/beige shades don't work either.

[@susaneliascouture]

So glad this helped

[@MrsMac3099]

Thank you for the color picker app !!!!! Mine is the same as yours. Red with green and smaller amount of blue. Most of my body as greenish veins, but I do have some blue and purple veins. I am neutral/warm. My one Grandpa was a Mediterranean mix of ethnicities. Southern Italian, Sicilian, north African, Spanish, Jewish, middle East etc .... p.s. I have always known I am olive green. My grandpa's family always told me I was ❤.

[@polinaroke]

i have olive skin and blue eyes so blue looks perfect on me. lately i discovered that cool greens also look great on me as well as cool muted brown and beige

[@americafirst9144]

You have a lot of the color challenges I have. I wear some maroon and plum, but it tends to accent my dark eye circles. I have to brighten it by wearing white with it or larger gold jewelry. No gray except charcoal with jewelry. Some of my favorites are cinnamon, coral and coppery tones. Most shades of teal work. Rich blues. Deep roses. Ecru. Deep caramel.

[@sandrametcalfe7483]

My mother’s parents are Sicilian. I definitely have an olive skin . Thank you very much for making this video.

[@mistytells]

Sicily?

[@sandyyep8402]

Thankyou so much for this video and information I definitely have olive skin and red suits me a lot, my face looks a lot pinker and youthful it’s so strange! but I’ve always been scared to wear colour. Light purples, blues and silvery tone eyeshadow also really suits me

[@erikanovakova97]

Middle or east europeans for example often have green/olive skin tone too, however it's often lighter. I don't think the olive skintone is connected to how light or dark one's skin is.

[@Trees_Bees_Onesies]

Thank you so much for this video! For years and years I have had issues with my skin undertone, I felt I always looked sick and no fake tan could cover the natural undertone as it works with your natural undertone. I have struggles with foundations being to yellow or pink, even orange. When researching into my skin tone I found I am neither warm or cool, my veins are both green and blue, my skin has a green/yellow tinge to it. I am so glad for this video because now I understand what my undertone is, what colours to wear etc. I am also predominantly red and green so I came to a lot of similar issues. I looked sick when certain blonde tones that had too much yellow, certain brown tones, it was truly frustrating 😂😂 now I know. Thank you so much!! 💖🤗

[@susaneliascouture]

I am so glad this video helped. Pass it on:).

[@SueRosalie]

the vein theory is rubbish, ignore that. Olive skin has cool undertones. Pretty much all olives are Winters.

[@violetviolet888]

: Maria Baybe English: you're a medium skin tone with neutral olive undertone.

[@susaneliascouture]

You sound like more of an expert. Thank you.

[@lic2910]

This is the only analysis that made sense to me. I am a warm/light/muted olive and i really dont like wearing yellow or greens. I find orange and browns more harmonious for me, but It makes sense that the cooler colors provide a bit more balance (as i love wearing warm shades of blue and pink)...i notice the only time a color makes me look "off" if its too pigmanted...this is contrary to other color analysis that forget that most colors have cool or warm versions of them.

[@SueRosalie]

all olive skinned people are WINTERS. Olive skin has COOL undertones.

[@lianaleynescvitak3317]

I really found this helpful. Thank you so much! Just a suggestion - for your background in your videos, you might think about using colours that are better for your skin tone (maybe a jewel tone?). You are blending into the browns behind you.

[@azariahbryant3247]

I have an olive undertone but I am dark skinned and this was very helpful and I now understand what colors to look for in the futures, THX!

[@trulyaghast9712]

Thank you so much for this!!! Even as a pedigreed painter, I’ve never been able to figure what ‘Season’ I was or any of that sort of thing. Trial and error over the years helped me to navigate to the cooler tones with bluer reds, after spending some years swimming in the peachy corals and red or bluish browns, but never yellow or olive browns. Forever doubting my conclusions, disappointed with all the mistakes. I wore gold jewelry as a youngster, but now wear only silver. Quite likely, much of this is based on age and age based changes, as my ‘devil’s food cake’ brown hair is now less vibrant, though still dark and streaked with silvery gray. I could tell the moment I saw you, -this is the first of your videos which I have watched and I will be watching more 👍🏼 -that your skin color was very similar to mine, so I listened in rapped attention and will likely watch again.The one thing that was different was at the end, when you mentioned wearing white. I feel a true white is very harsh on me and needs an ever so slight modification. Probably leaning toward a tan, not cream - too yellow. Any chance you could help with that? I think of a muslin dress I wore as a teen and the color seemed so perfect. But when I think of muslin now, I imagine something a bit more yellow than ideal. Perhaps I need to take a trip to Sherwin Williams.

[@susaneliascouture]

Thank you for your comment. It was so well written. As far as the muslin color, it's all trial and error; I sometimes just put the color next to my hand and see if it turns yellow or stays more natural. This way, I don't get confused. Sometimes when you put a color near your face it can get confusing. Lastly, white was something I loved wearing in my youth. It can be challenging as we get older.

[@guldenmadi7021]

This was the most helpful video on this topic I have ever seen! Thank you so much! I have been confused with the classic categories that are putting me in! I feel like I am neither of them. I am a medium olive skin, I get tanned very easily, do not burn. I always felt/feel death when I wear classic muted beige! I look awful in coral lipstick or bright red. I definitely feel more drawn to jewel tones of earth colours. I feel more alive in bright versions of the colours rather than muted (except peach/rosy pink). I absolutely love wine red! Even though I think I am neutral, somehow I do not look good if the red is very cool! I feel that our skin is very tricky and thank you so much for giving the most helpful information!

[@susaneliascouture]

I’m so glad this video helped you. Come on board and subscribe and be apart of my community. Would love have you

[@violetviolet888]

Gülden Madi: You're a medium skin tone with cool olive undertone

[@Kitty.Nocturne]

I’m an olive skin tone with a warm undertone. I don’t usually wear blue because I don’t really like it. I do like purple! I will try out some more blues in my wardrobe.

[@wowueewow]

I have a golden tan with an olive undertone. Brown and army green looks lovely on me. I have a bright red crop shirt that looks good, but the same colored tank top makes me look ill White also makes me look tired, whereas cream/off-white is more flattering. My go to color at the moment is navy blue!

[@AG-hj4yq]

Thank you so much for this video. I am light/medium olive, so I keep buying browns and greens and I hate so many of my clothes! I have a blue sweater that looks so good on me, but I never understood why! I love jewel tones, can't wait to add some to my wardrobe. This is a game changer, thanks again!!!

[@susaneliascouture]

Thank you for watching

[@TheBluekulele]

Fabulous video! I think I must be a warm olive because I can pull off lovely mustard yellows but look absolutely horrendous in anything pastel. Pinks, butter yellows, light greens ugh! Talk about a walking corpse. I always joke I have a ketchup and mustard palette with my clothes because everything is either a goldenrod yellow or a wine red! I also love deep blues on my skin and I tend to wear a lot of blacks and greys. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@susaneliascouture]

So happy everyone is enjoying this!!

[@carinawulff1673]

You can absolutely have an olive skin tone on lighter, fairer skin (Fitzpatrick Types 1 and 2s). We definitely do exist!

[@PierogiRavioli1]

Olive is a skin tone not necessarily a undertone as per my research. I think this gets very confusing because all over the internet people are saying it’s a undertone. People with olive skin like myself, have a greenish/grey hue to our actual skin color. You can have warm undertone/yellow, cool undertones/ red,pink, blue, or neutral undertone/mix of both. If your neutral you will always lean more cool or warm. I have a neutral undertone that leans cool delicate, not warm but not too cool, and my skin is light olive not pale. You can actually see green in peoples skin on their neck and chest area if they in fact, have an olive complexion. I could be wrong but I’m open to any feedback anyone has.

[@susaneliascouture]

Yes, this is true, but you can also be olive color and undertone. That is not all olive skin people though if that makes sense. Great comment!

[@SueRosalie]

yes all olives have COOL undertones. Also there are no neutral undertones. In skin or in nature or in man made surfaces. You just have to determine which ones they are.

[@Dani-lc9hq]

I've been trying to figure this out as well because people are saying different things. But so far it makes the most sense to me that I have a cool undertone but warmer and lighter overtones. No grey hue in my case, which is also a distinct factor. (Maybe my skin looks warmer despite being very light because of this?) So from what I can see not all olives are the same by a long shot. My mum is olive too and we have some overlap in needing cooler colors but she needs lighter (pastels) colors while I do the worst with those and well with dark ones but I can do pure white. Both of us don't fit purely into one category of the seasonal theory.

[@jen7662]

I have olive tone skin but not sure what I’m undertone is. I think I look good in royal blues and plum colors….i know I definitely do not look good in pastels or army green. Good video!

[@mainewonder9436]

I’m a guy . Needed this for clothes selection. Ty

[@susaneliascouture]

I'm glad this helped.

[@veemcgough2603]

I think I have medium to dark olive skin and looking in my closet, I have a lot of soft pinks and soft blues in my wardrobe.

[@nihileyes]

This was extremely helpful! I always thought I should avoid magenta’s and wine colors! had no clue. Thank you!

[@michelleclark8099]

I was lost. I am dark skin and gray-green undertones. This video helped.

[@Tarikkb]

My family has neutral tones but I’m olive cuz I have Gilbert’s disease which makes my skin to yellow sometimes , so thank you so much for this video

[@susaneliascouture]

I'm so glad it helped. Be well.

[@Tarikkb]

@@susaneliascouture thank you , it’s not a risky disease it just makes me tired sometimes

[@carnivorewitch]

I have a golden medium-tan skintone with olive undertone and soft black-brown hair, and dark mahogany brown eyes. I can only do muted to deep colors including mustard but not clear colors like solid black or royal blue / purple or gem tones. When I wear black my features get overpowered. Greys, muted blacks, dark neutrals are what I like on myself. I almost never wear white or black.

[@susaneliascouture]

Very interesting? I’m glad you found what works for you though:).

[@xStarlightXbreakdown]

I really liked this video , I don’t agree with all of it but made a lot of great points . It’s one of the better olive skin videos I’ve seen .

[@susaneliascouture]

Awesome! Give it a share so more people can see it❤️❤️

[@xStarlightXbreakdown]

Yeah I’ve been recommending this to a few people , especially there’s been misinformation about you “can’t be red and olive “ so this is a great video to debunk that .

[@nicholayytsang9490]

I have olive skin and I wear all sorts of colours but I love the colour blue so wear a lot of navy, and pale blue. I haven't found which colour suits my skin tone yet but there are certain colours that look better on me than others. Eg I avoid pastel colours, mid tone colours, bright colours. I'm just not drawn to them.

[@DiscoveryWonders]

I think blue colors / bluish turquoise and purples and peaches and black and white are the best colors for all with greenish skin undertone/ regardless of wether you are warm or cold olive whoch is predominantly green skin (yellow+blue). And regardless of the lightness of the skin- it works for pale and tan olive skin.

[@susaneliascouture]

I agree!!

[@ivettek3190]

i'm olive skin too. I believe jewel tone colors look best on me. royal blue, royal purple, deep wine colors, reds, pure white, definitely black, maybe deeper gray colors, I definitely stay away from yellows and greens I probably would not wear. pastel colors would be to light for me, but if it were a deeper pink, maybe like a magenta I may be able to wear that. Any color that was muted like the browns especially tan would not look good at all on me. I also like navy too. I was 25 when I first got my makeup done at macys by the makeuo brand Lancome. they evaluated my skin and told me that I was a neutral. i did not fit entirely in the warm category or the cool category. Apparently I was a combination of both, which I could not understand because I thought one had to be either warm toned or cool toned, but not both. Since then the categories that are available where a person can fit in has increased since I was 25.

[@VenusMacabre]

Regarding the part where you said if we're pale olive we might get away with pastels: Speaking only for myself; I'm a very pale olive (leaning warm, very yellow-green looking) and I can't do ANY pastels at ALL, especially not cool ones. I miiiiight get away with a peach pastel if it's not the dominant color, but otherwise? I look like my liver went out at birth against those. I also look terrible in grayscale or cool white. Jewel tones are it for me.

[@karendeterra2498]

Wow, I do artwork and didn't know half of this! Thank you

[@z-6517]

I really relate to the top comment that's on this video. Sometimes though I suffer from an identity crisis bc my face can get quite pink (but still manages to end up seeming more grey)? I've noticed it's when my nutrition is off, skin barrier is irritated, tretinoin, inflammation, etc. I have quite sensitive skin on my face even though it's decently clear. In those periods, my face looks separate from my body. Again, not in terms of skin color but undertone. It's a pain to get color matched ,etc. People really need to observe other parts of the body too, which has a less likely chance of showcasing other variables the way the face does. I really do feel like I'm the only one who experiences this, I have it in my head that olive skin can't get pink! There's so much to discover about the olive spectrum. When everything is balanced out on my face though... it's a very obvious olive. However, finding out your olive and figuring out where you fit in the spectrum of warm olive, cool olive, etc. is interesting. Throughout my life (I'm quite young), I've always been color matched wrong. I've always been thrown warm-toned foundation- I look orange or like an ompa lumpa. Managed to accidentally buy a Nars foundation that is the right color but wrong undertone, it's way too off and pink (if anyone is curious, it's the shade santa fe in their new foundation). I tested it out on my arm and washed it off inaccurately, so it left this interesting stain the way lipstick does. Guess what my undertone did? It turned it peachy pink! Probably because the yellow in my skin was mixing with the pink (which is red). Neutral works but I look a tad grey. Olive undertones, of course, is a dream match. My concelar from Kosas, shade 3.2O MELTS in my skin. I'm certain I'm a warm olive.

[@backstage6681]

I needed this so badly !!!

[@abg3325]

Thank you i finally understand i am fair olive ! 😅

[@giantpinkmonster9644]

In seasonal personal color types(bright, true , deep summer/fall/winter/spring), where does the olive skin tone stand?

[@akavienne]

I'm a light-medium olive with naturally blond hair and hazel blue eyes. I look and feel good in mid to dark range colors, especially navy, cobalt, teal (both light and dark), wine, brick red and violet. I look like something's wrong with me if I wear brown that isn't chocolate or taupe, almost all yellows and most oranges. Mauve (the pink, purple & gray tone) looks horrendous on me. Now if I have a tan (which doesn't really happen now that I'm older), I can pull off more yellows, oranges and pastels and not looked washed out. Green either has to be a forest green or darker or I can wear olive that has some grey in it, but forget about anything with too much yellow. I figured out my makeup a long time ago, but every once in a while I forget and try a nude pink lipstick that will almost always look lighter and orange on my lips. Yet, if I wear a color that doesn't have some brown in it, it's too stark compared to the more natural look I go for. My best 'neutral' eyeshadows are olive/khaki green and navy blue (basically has some grey to it). My blush that looks almost beige with a bit of red in it turns very brick on my face. I pretty much gave up on lipstick because I'm so picky about how it feels on my lips and getting the right tone to match my skin. Mostly just wear lip balm.

[@susaneliascouture]

Thank you for this in depth explanation... You are right on and hopefully this comment can help others:).

[@grazsts3005]

I am a fan of red lipstick and I have to say that blue reds are the best.

[@susaneliascouture]

Bingo. You got it

[@meowmeow-le7mp]

I love a dark blue/red lipstick...I do not like warm reds...make my teeth look more yellow

[@kaylink5277]

I’m a light medium olive. I look awful in red clothes. But can get away with dark brown-plummy reddish hair/cherry coke hair. Yellow toned hair daoesnt do me favors lol! I have light Olive eyes as well. Deeper green tops tend to look good and light lilacs and maroons. I feel like beige is really hard and I can get away with both black and white tops. Very interesting go through everyone’s comments and read all the tiny differences between us.

[@aprilcharter9926]

This explains so much, thank you. Now I know why some yellows, and yellow greens , and browns make me look sick. I thought green being yellow and blue the predominant undertone would be blue but I look great in blue (so I was confused) Navy is my best color next to black, I'll have to try a wine color I bet that will be a best color also. The green, yellow, and brown makes much more sense as that what olive is, not just green.

[@susaneliascouture]

Glad you got so much from this!!

[@laurasnow4699]

This video was so helpful! Thank you for explaining which colors I should try to bring out in my skin (rosy, not yellow or olive) when I hold up a color instead of just saying good or bad! :)

[@esmeraldapooner751]

I was told I have olive skin. Colors can affect how others see you. There are certain colors people wear for different people. Like: a job interview, the doctor's office, or at the park

[@seriousstrawberry]

Thank you! I ran very easily. This video has helped me so very much.

[@susaneliascouture]

Glad it helped!

[@ranns2805]

Thanks for this video. I always struggle with my colors. I am olive skinned, and have naturally dark brown/black hair, with brown eyes. I was actually struck by how you and I look quite a bit alike. I find that pastels are my best colors, but I can wear stark black and dark blue. Overall, white looks best with my skin tone. I have always gravitated towards pink lipsticks, but I think I have been wrong all these years! I think I need to go more towards an orangey colored lipstick - coral/peach etc? Also, as you were holding up all those clothes next to your face, IMO the white and black round tank top looked the best with your skin tone.

[@SueRosalie]

yes because all olive skinned people are WINTERS

[@mszkamio]

What a wonderful video! I'm a light olive and can get away with wearing pastel greens and yellows especially pistachio and sage. I haven't tried pastel orange but I'm curious because I look horrible in true orange and I'm a bit traumatised to experiment with it from past experiences, lol. Maybe a pastel peachy orange could work for me. I've noticed the milkier the colour is, the better for me. EDIT: Oh, I also got professionally colour matched 2 years ago as a Soft Summer but I easily wear a decent range of Soft Autumn's light colours, too, I've noticed. :)

[@susaneliascouture]

Give the pastel a try! I’m so happy you liked the video!

[@federicaa4475]

Tint = color + white Tone = color + grey Shade = color + black

[@onthehill3381]

I’m olive. I just wear what I like and don’t over think it.

[@chrissy.5732]

I am a soft autumn with light olive skin. My eyes are olive green too. My hair is dark blond with light copper sheen in the sunlight. It is challenging to find matching make up and clothes.

[@elektras6325]

I’m medium olive skin and I do tan well. I have black hair. I really don’t like browns at all. Khaki looks very flat on me. Pink, dusty rose or terracotta lipstick colors fits me best although red looks ok on me too. Clothing: jewel colors, teal, navy blue, royal blue, black and I actually do like olive green too. I feel like olive green against my black hair looks great and it’s kinda like a neutral color on me, hard to explain I guess. I just REALLY stay away from browns, yellows, creams and even white. Bronze and Brown eyeliner looks amazing on me. Black eyeliner can work but it seems to be fighting with my complexion rather than complimenting it.

[@susaneliascouture]

Sounds like you have a good understanding of what works for you....great

[@nataliey07]

Thank you for this video! This helped me pick out the correct shade of blush for my maternity photoshoot.

[@susaneliascouture]

So glad to hear that congratulations

[@maricamicallef9545]

I am olive but pale and everyone thinks I am sick 😅. White looks good on me though.

[@NaaiArchi]

Thanks for the video

[@susaneliascouture]

You’re very welcome!!!❤️❤️❤️

[@plantitasp]

I'm a medium dark olive skin tone that looks reat on ñight shades and silver jewelry, when I wear gold it just makes my skin looks sweaty and dirty. It is so confusing I cannot use vry bright colors like neons but cool pastels look good on me. I don't get Tan I just get darker, I don't look gold I look grey. Some wine, red shades don't look good on me it makes me look very yellow but fucsia colors make mw look great specially on my lips

[@remij9592]

I’m confused because you look good in that olive and cream shirt 😫

[@susaneliascouture]

Sometimes makeup can help in wearing tricky colors.

[@redsquare4835]

I'm honestly so lost with colour lol, all i know is that I am very olive! Whenever I wear an olive green colour top my skin looks hella green as well, which i kinda like really, but as far as other colours go I have no clue what to wear! I'm definitely yellowish in the skin too, but then i also feel I look really good in navy and blue tones, so it all just feels random to me! The only colour i know that always looks terrible on me is any form of yellow, especially mustard, even though I have a warm undertone...

[@raginibordoloi5856]

Thank you so much, Susan!

[@evelynsaungikar9449]

I feel like I’m definitely olive. Most makeup looks grayish on me! I have almost no pink at all, even when I exercise. I joke that I look like I’ve been dead a week.

[@susaneliascouture]

Thats why I use a pink blush right on the cheekbones. Try that:).

[@ThisIsAbstract]

'Tertiary' kind of rhymes with Hershey chocolates. HER SHE AIRY except it starts with a T of course so TerShe-Airy or TUR SHUR EE is also ok 👌

[@M.Moadeli123]

Explains why I'm told my violet red hair looks good on me. I have olive skin but alot of red to it. Thanks this was very insightful.

[@susaneliascouture]

Wow, your intuition was spot on with your hair color:).

[@amazain7784]

such an informative video, thank you!! and u look beautiful

[@nikitatavernitilitvynova]

I finally figured out why I look good in most colour expecially reds. Because I'm olive. But doing the colour analysis it came out my tones are almost competing with one another. As in I'm quite on the olive neutral scale. I took a picture of my wrist which is pale and it turns out I have a lot of red green and blue all at the same time. With blue being the least. And I know this because extremely cool toned things look awful against me. But rich jewel tones or muted reds like brick shades look the best on me. I'm finally able to dress decently and live at peace.

[@susaneliascouture]

Thank you for this comment. Yes, when I did the color test I was red and green. I loved red when I was younger but brick red is better now

[@sylvieprada9438]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@diannlimo4502]

Love this video

[@rolita12]

I have so much trouble finding a good foundation for my medium olive tone skin. I usually match the depth and mix some green concealer into the bottle and it has been the best way. I gave up on finding a perfect match for my skin. Always have to customize.

[@susaneliascouture]

Look for foundations that have aquamarine blue in it that counteracts the yellowing of the skin

[@Malin0908]

I think I might have olive skin. Cool foundation looks PINK and icy on me. Neutral foundation looks either orangy or pink on me, depends of how dark or light it is. Warm 01 from Dior skin glow, is The foundation I feel most matches my neck and chest. My eyes are blue, and my natural hair color is a ashy, medium blonde, with some warmth when sun shines on it, but it’s very ashy, with a little green hue to it actually. I’m very pale! But can tan in The summer. My skin is very oily😅 So maybe I have olive skin?

[@susaneliascouture]

Thank you for sharing this information it not only helps Me but the community:).

[@Caroline_00]

thank you from switzerland 💕

[@susaneliascouture]

Thank you for watching

[@SigMaQuint]

Interesting. I know someone with hazel eyes and olive skin. Loves red.

[@susaneliascouture]

I love red and use to look good on me but now it’s harder to wear. Colors can change on you over time.

[@junehouge1276]

Jewelry and other accessories are important in making you pop as well. Silver metal only for me!

[@susaneliascouture]

You probably look gorgeous in silver too!!

[@junehouge1276]

@@susaneliascouture I do!

[@delyupandu2627]

I feel very dull in white. Silver suits me best. Gold color darken my skin. Tan easily. Still unable to find the veins color test. So perhaps I am olive? What say guys. Most of the time i feel like I look grey 🙃

[@jamie.daugherty]

Very informative! Thank you!

[@630sunshine]

Do you have a video on how to use the color picker app? Thank you.

[@susaneliascouture]

No, sorry

[@annwoolley7686]

Sorry didn't really understand a lot of this at the start but thanks for trying. I have yellow skintone so know which colour clothing to avoid. But struggle so much trying to find foundation that doesn't emphasise the yellow as look ill. (especially as most try to match your existing tone.

[@maggie7131]

i think i have olive skin and i always loved how blue and gray looks on me, also peaches, but I never liked purple on my clothes :( kinda sad bc it's my favorite color lol

[@susaneliascouture]

Play with the shades of purple. Or the more blue purples and see if those colors work better for you.

[@user-ur4tm6yx7m]

Um medium olive skin tone and i was thought that im dark autamn because my dark brown eyes and olive skin but mustard yellow and muted green and even the tomato red brown dont look good on and i was wondering why so now i know that i have to avoid green yellow orange and go for more bluer based colors like cool red deep purples navy are better than warm colora for me ❤

[@cutepofi9044]

Can you also make a video what hair color would be best for olive skin?

[@susaneliascouture]

Let's see maybe

[@angelasb2754]

Fantastic, than you! ❤

[@djamilamonteiro8951]

This was so informative! Great video!

[@susaneliascouture]

Thank you!! Watch my other videos too!

[@gabednconfused]

This was a very informative video I had no idea about! Very cool! Code breaker!

[@moonflower6607]

thank you for this video, really helped me on what i should wear! i've always felt insecure about my olive skin the reason being that it doesn't have a definitive undertone, mainly neutral so it's hard to figure out which is which.

[@susaneliascouture]

You're so welcome!

[@roger12393]

I just found your video. Thank you soo much for this video this really helped me. What color blush would look best on olive skin tone. Now I know why yellow lookes terrible on me.

[@susaneliascouture]

I use a light pink that just blends in as a blush shade...Its one of Dior's basics called Rosy Glow! I hope this helps