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YOUR SKIN UNDERTONE IS

Cool

Pink, rosy or blue-toned skin that glows in clear cool colors

What Does Cool Undertone Mean?

Cool undertone means your skin has pink, rosy or blue-toned hues beneath the surface. This cool base means your skin looks most vibrant in cool-toned colors and can appear washed out or sallow in warm earthy tones. Silver jewelry, cool clothing colors and pink-toned makeup all work naturally with cool undertones.

Cool undertone women typically have veins that appear blue or purple on the inner wrist, burn or go pink in the sun before tanning, and find that silver jewelry looks clean and natural while gold can look brassy or jarring. Cool undertones exist across all skin depths. Very fair cool skin often has a pink or porcelain quality. Medium cool skin tends to have a rosy quality. Deep cool skin often has blue-toned depth. The surface color varies widely but the cool undertone beneath is consistent.

Best Foundation Shades

  • Look for foundations labeled cool, pink or C in the shade code
  • Neutral foundations can also work well
  • Avoid golden or warm-labeled foundations which can look orange on cool skin
  • Pink-toned correctors suit cool undertones for redness or discoloration
  • Translucent or pearl finishing powders suit cool undertones well

Clothing Colors That Work Best

  • Cool tones across all families: cool red, raspberry, magenta
  • Soft pink, dusty rose and mauve
  • Cool navy, royal blue and clear blue
  • Emerald green and cool teal
  • Lavender, soft purple and violet
  • Cool grey and charcoal
  • Pure white over ivory or cream
  • Berry, plum and cool burgundy

Hair Colors That Suit You

  • Cool blonde, ash blonde and platinum
  • Ash brown and cool dark brown
  • Cool black with a blue-black sheen
  • Cool highlights in ash or pearl tones
  • Avoid warm golden or red-toned hair colors which can fight the cool skin

Jewelry and Metals

  • Silver is your natural metal
  • White gold and platinum suit cool undertones beautifully
  • Chrome and cool-toned metals
  • Rose gold can work as a bridge between cool and warm
  • Yellow gold can look warm and slightly jarring against cool skin

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Frequently Asked Questions

Cool undertone means there is a pink, rosy or blue hue beneath the skin surface. It is a constant characteristic of your complexion that determines which makeup, clothing and jewelry colors look most harmonious with your skin.
Foundations labeled cool, pink or C tend to work best. Neutral foundations often work too. Warm or golden foundations typically appear too orange on cool skin.
Yes. Cool undertone exists across all skin depths. Deep skin with cool undertones often has a blue-toned depth and suits cool clothing colors and silver jewelry just as a fair cool skin does.
Very warm earthy colors like mustard, orange, warm camel and rust can make cool skin appear sallow or yellowed. Warm golden tones are the main category to be thoughtful about.
No. Cool undertone is one of the most common categories along with warm and neutral. The distribution varies by ethnicity and heritage but cool undertones are found across all skin types and depths globally.