What Colors to Wear for Olive Skin Tone!

[@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

[@Samododo18]

Same here ✋🏻❤️

[@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 :)

[@rokonsha]

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

[@DM-xj6se]

Thank you! This explains why finding the perfect makeup foundation is like finding the perfect pair of denim jeans!!! It's so frustrating. Now, it all makes sense, and the confusion falls by the wayside 😂

[@Amiramekki]

Olive skin is an undertone. You can literally have any skin color. From the lightest to darkest skin. This makes it confusing when brands only make things for olive skin when it's a tan colour.

[@sam8007]

That is the reason why it took me years to find out that I am olive. I am extremely pale- and olive.

[@onyeenoma]

No it isn't. It's a hue. Any undertone can be olive. I'm warm olive

[@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.

[@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!

[@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.

[@luxdraven6078]

I personally look best at wine colors like you said that is when my skin looks neutral and harmonious

[@susaneliascouture]

You look best in everything sweetheart! These are just guidelines to help!❤️

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@boobee7907]

You can’t trust the number or the code that the brands put on the products, like N01 of A brand might be yellower than W01 of B brand. I mean, you have to train your eyes to be able to pick shades that have blue pigment in them out from the rest. From my experience, there’s always an olive shade in the Warm or Neutral ranges of brands like Nars, Fenty, Laura Mercier, Meybelline and K-beauty brands. But I’ve never seen any from brands like Bobbi Brown, Loreal and Shiseido.

[@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.

[@javelinnia3203]

I have naturally tanned olive skin. I rock black&white combination, wine colours and light blues. Actually having dark hair around my face helps me wear anything, so I grow it

[@SueRosalie]

yes because all olive skinned people are WINTERS

[@ChrisIsTasha]

Finally! I used that app you suggested and I got the same readings as you did. I have only recently realized I'm a pale skinned olive tone and have struggled for years trying to fit into a "season". We thought spring when I was blonde (pulling a lot of red!), and then autumn when my hair darkened. I went to one of those seasonal analysis people years ago and they told me summer! I was still post pregnancy hormonal and I figured the hormones skewed the results. Everyone says I look good in black but that is not a spring, autumn, or summer season color. Understanding olive and realizing why I have struggled makes sense. The woman who did my analysis also customized my foundation. I looked like I wore a grey mask and the eye shadow and the blush disappeared on me. The colors I look best in are pink and purple eye shadows, and bright pink blusher. People are always amazed when they see it in the compact and swear I'll look like a clown. It's a color POC often wear and I have ancestors that were POC and so I assumed that somehow it influenced my ability to wear those colors. All this time I have been olive. Go figure. Life just got so much easier knowing there's another "box" out there for me to fit into. :)

[@SueRosalie]

tip: olive skin is always Winter. Olive is just an overtone but not your undertone.

[@SueRosalie]

Olive is always Winter. If you look good in black, you're winter anyway. Olive skin has cool undertones. Most Asians are winters anyway.

[@Sidera17]

I love how in-depth this video goes. I have no idea what I am to this day because I am so pale. I suspect either olive or neutral, and either of these leans EXTREMELY cool. (In color seasons I am a Summer). I do know that I have to stay almost completely on the cool side of the color wheel, and browns/beiges only work if they are really washed-out or cool toned. Anything with too much gray also turns me gray, however. The rest of my immediately family has golden undertones or medium-depth olive tones, and when I stand next to them I look pastel pink. LOL. I feel like my entire fashion style depends on what my hair color is (natural ashy cool blond-brown). I wonder if this is a neutral or olive thing, bc if my hair is medium ash brown, it's completely different than dark ash blond as to what colors and styles work. I love the color theory stuff (independent of skin analysis), so thank you for sharing the wheel and the app!

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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!

[@backstage6681]

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

[@vivienneandersson6019]

This is so interesting Susan! I remember saying to my mum that I am fair skinned and she said No, you're green like me! I love Olive green so I made a stunning dress in Olive green that fitted perfectly but I could never put my finger on why it didn't really suit me, now I know! Red looks good on me and jewel tones of burgundy and violet, thanks so much! X

[@SueRosalie]

olive is an overtone not an undertone. Olive undertones are COOL not yellow or green . Only autumns look good in warm olive greens.

[@violetviolet888]

Vivienne: : you're a light skin tone with cool olive undertone.

[@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 ❤.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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?

[@smaganas]

Finally somebody with actual Olive skin giving us a video for us 😊😊😊

[@susaneliascouture]

Thank you for watching and discovering what I found;).

[@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

[@komalpreetbrar7740]

Can you please make a video about your favorite makeup products for your olive skin? Thankfully I found your video, because I have the exact same skin tone as you!

[@susaneliascouture]

Good idea!

[@limpnoodle7282]

the part about wearing what you want is so important, i’ve been into learning about undertones out of curiosity and i feel the same way when i see people saying oh if you have these undertones you can never wear these colours and it really rubs me the wrong way, it should be a suggestion not a demand

[@susaneliascouture]

If you feel good in it then wear it:).

[@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.

[@churrho]

im light/medium olive and look good in navy, army green, and wine red (sometimes burnt yellow/orange)

[@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

[@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!

[@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

[@SSolemn]

Light Medium Olive skin here. (My skin tans a lot in summer, but is very ash/gray like the rest of the year) I'm very close to neutral but I lean a bit towards warm, even my hair is ash dark brown. Deep Autumn is the season closer to what I am, but it doesnt work 100% I dress mainly in: Black / Medium-Dark Orange / Mauve & Dark-Warm Pinks / Dark Red

[@mbgatto]

This is the most useful video I’ve ever seen on color theory! Very helpful! In fact we have similar skin tone and you helped me to understand why I was always struggling with my palette! Thanks a lot!

[@susaneliascouture]

Thank you, I am so glad it helped you:)>

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@trudystone2049]

It is so frustrating finding a foundation colour. And I have pigmentation now as well. After I had my son. It has become worse. Being over 40 I do not want to wear a thick foundation. But when I in a hurry, as a budy, now single Mum, I do not have time for pin point concealer. Another frustrating thing, is dark under eye circles. Heavy concealers crease. In your profession what brands and colours of foundation and concealers do you find suit and over 40 busy Mum, who does not want to look like she is wearing a mask, but as most people with olive skin know can appear ill or tired. Thank you so much for your chanhel ❤

[@susaneliascouture]

As you get older less is more I was using Dior Airflash 3W which you can't get any more except Amazon and Yensa light 2 concealer

[@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!

[@andreesandahl300]

Love that red dress! I’m olive with golden brown hair, black, white, wine, hot pink, lilac and blues look best on me. Nice vid , thx

[@susaneliascouture]

Thank you so much!! I’m glad you enjoyed this!!

[@Sky-de7oy]

As warm olive tone i gravitate towards wine colors, be it red or pinkish before i even knew about olive tones. I used both a warmer and another time a cooler wine red over my dark brown hair and it looked really good. Same with lipstick. Good intuition or perhaps because I'm an artist hahah i still don't have the right foundation. It's looks alright but it makes my face look warmer and brighter foundation looks pinkish. This and my asymetrical hooded eyes have been a fun challenge heh

[@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.

[@sandrametcalfe7483]

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

[@mistytells]

Sicily?

[@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

[@sandraratushna128]

It is very interesting. My olive skin looks fresher with something like mustard color, or olive beige. In general with something greenish.

[@benuwuowo]

burgundy/wine looks amazing with olive skin in my opinion

[@smaganas]

I look amazing in white when I have a full tan and I look atrocious when I don’t 😢 Love that this is a safe space for us olive skinned people. It can get tiring of people asking if you’re okay because you look yellow/green. I know now to tell with pride that I’m olive skinned. Now I know why my closet is full of deep blues and deep reds haha

[@GodsGirlDanielle]

I’m a true olive. Green skin tone. Thank you for helping explain this. It is very hard for me to find the proper wig colors to wear!!

[@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.

[@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!!

[@lindahopkins198]

Very helpful. Thank you. I have light/medium rosey olive skin. Now I understand why gold and mustards look terrible on me.

[@susaneliascouture]

😍😍😍😍

[@anisiaene1658]

Hey😊 so i have very tan olive skin with brown hair and amber/Green/hazel eyes and i found that harsh vibrant colours and pastLs dont suit me and only colours like brown and dark green and dark red and cream beige suit me so yeah. What colours should i wear because other colours dont suit me but my whole closet is full of them

[@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

[@irairod5160]

Thank you! I'm light-to-medium in skin depth, but most definitely olive. I look very, very gray in some pictures! Most "berry" colors (mulberry, blueberry, raspberry, blackberry, cranberry) are fabulous on me, except, perhaps, for "strawberry" red. Other colors I find flattering are eggplant, plum, dark magenta, shaded fuchsia...as you explained, the blue-reds. My worst colors are pumpkin orange, mustard yellow, acid green, milk chocolate brown, toasted caramel, tomato red, toasted peach, burnt apricot, deep camel. If I were to compare "real olives" against my skin, Kalamata, Amfissa, Gaeta, Mission, and Alphonso olives would compliment my coloring, while Manzanilla, Gordal, Picholine, and Cerignolia would make me look sick and sallow. I truly enjoyed your video, I'll be searching for more of your posts!

[@susaneliascouture]

Thank you so much well said!

[@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!

[@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

[@karendeterra2498]

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

[@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.

[@nihileyes]

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

[@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:).

[@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.

[@giantpinkmonster9644]

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

[@debrah4241]

I'm an olive girl and now that I'm silver haired, the purples and dark jewel tones really pop.

[@susaneliascouture]

I love the continuous help and support from all you whom participate on this feed. It helps so many people. Thank you

[@judisewnsew6514]

Great video! I'm just a lighter version of you, and this has helped tremendously.

[@susaneliascouture]

I’m so happy! This is such a cool subject isn’t it?? Give it a share on Facebook if you don’t mind!

[@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.

[@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! :)

[@brennatheelvenqueen5576]

Thank you for this informative video! Can’t wait to check out your others! I have been trying to figure out my “season” since the 80’s! I wish I had known way back then what I do now. I never considered that I had olive skin until a relative that took home design in college commented on it. I just can’t see myself objectively enough to evaluate my self. Then I still was like that can’t be right, I am pretty light skinned without a tan. But I do tan pretty easily. Most of my ancestors are from UK and Ireland. But I have come to the conclusion that she was right. So now I am on a whole new learning journey.😊 (Recently found out I do have some Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and Ashkenazi Jewish DNA, so maybe that’s where the olive skin comes from ??)

[@brennatheelvenqueen5576]

Forgot to mention that I am usually typed as either a winter or a deep Autumn but neither seem totally correct.

[@susaneliascouture]

So glad this helped you! There wasn't much to go by back in the 80s lol.

[@seriousstrawberry]

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

[@susaneliascouture]

Glad it helped!

[@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!!

[@andreyyyi]

i think i have warm olive undertone, last time i wear sage green it looks good on me

[@amazain7784]

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

[@mainewonder9436]

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

[@susaneliascouture]

I'm glad this 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

[@lilyluna4155]

over the years i had blue or platinum blonde hair, but since three years my hair is purple and it just fits

[@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.

[@TracyD2]

I love the mustard olive or fall colors but they don’t love me. I love wearing the dark reds. Some one mentioned you can wear those mustard tones if you wear a scarf that is more complimentary to your skin. I’ve yet to try that. Thank you lovely lady.

[@susaneliascouture]

Mustard is a hard color to wear for most people

[@kitty_s23456]

@@susaneliascouture hi. Mustard is a "litmus test" color for an autumn, specifically a true autumn (TA), accdg to other color analysts. And yes, it doesn't look good on other seasons. I'm a TA and it looks good on me.

[@maricamicallef9545]

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

[@abg3325]

Thank you i finally understand i am fair olive ! 😅

[@backstage6681]

I needed this so badly !!!

[@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!!

[@elisarodilla]

I'm not entirely sure but I think I'm olive because I agree with most the information on this video. However, I feel my color palet changes as I my skin gets darker in summer. I think I look good with bright yellow when I'm tanned, but sooo bad in winter Pastels and beiges are also a no-go

[@susaneliascouture]

Yes, a tan can change things a lot. It’s best to check out your veins and there colors. That is the most important sign.

[@michelleclark8099]

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

[@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:).

[@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!

[@grkgdes13]

Burnt orange goes with olive skin too

[@mimi_pesss]

That actually helped me! Thank you

[@susaneliascouture]

I’m so glad

[@leenjomaa1554]

Best olive skin video so far👍👍

[@susaneliascouture]

Thank you so much

[@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:).

[@raginibordoloi5856]

Thank you so much, Susan!

[@PlayGtr]

Darn, I just missed this. I just started looking into olive complexion thing. I used to think I I had olive complexion but then thought oh but I am warm too. And I remember the whole color analysis thing. But I was always says to be a cool winter which never made sense to me because do.e orange, creme and taupe or cappuccino really looked good on me. And doing the wrist thing checking the veins didn't makes because I definitely am a warm but I had green, blue and one or two purple veins which didn't coincide with what they call a warm.🤷

[@susaneliascouture]

Exactly if your veins are all those colors you are definitely olive. You can be a cool or warm olive. So it sounds like you are a warm olive. I hope this helps

[@PlayGtr]

@@susaneliascouture Yes, it helps a lot! In fact, your video us the one that makes the most sense out if all of the other videos that I have watched in the last week's. Nothing against anyone who made those videos but I noticed they a lot of them contradicted what others said but everything you said makes 100 percent sense with all that know and have learned about through the years which makes complete sense because you studied fashion design whereas most of the videos I watched were made by people who didn't study art and color analysis. I really live your videos, I've been watching for a few years now but never comment. Thank you for all they you do in teaching us about your very special and wonderful designing and sewing skills.😊💜

[@sherrillsturm7240]

"It's not easy being green." Light warm/neutral olive with hazel eyes. I'm washed out by khaki, oranges, golds, beige. Jewel tones, white, and black sing. I can also wear icy pastels and dusty, heathers, plus, surprise! pale, creamy-buttery yellow. Add a little blue tint to any greens, purples, browns, or grays and they work fine.

[@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

[@katiemiller1485]

Wow such a useful and informative ideo. Thank you!!

[@susaneliascouture]

I’m glad it helped you