Below is a quick guide that takes into consideration factors like your skin undertone and vein color to see what jewelry color complements you best.
Skin Undertones
We will be looking different factors that can help you find your skin undertone. This influences your overall complexion and impacts which jewelry color would complement you best.
Cool Undertone:
- Your skin burns easily in the sun, instead of tanning.
- Your veins are mostly blue, or a combination of blue and purple.
- You look better in white, instead if an off-white or cream white.
- Blonde/red hair or a light eye color is also a common characteristic of a cool skin undertone.
- You prefer wearing jeweled tones in clothing.
Neutral Undertone:
- Your skin burns in the sun but then tans after.
- Your veins are a combination of purple and green, or even green and blue.
- Your skin does not appear to have a rosy tint or a yellow tint.
- You like wearing jeweled and earthy tones.
Warm Undertone:
- Your skin does not burn easily, it tans.
- Your veins are mostly green.
- Your skin appears to have a yellow tint when you wear white, or when you place a white paper near your skin.
- Darker hair and eye colors are common in warm skin undertones.
- You prefer wearing earthy tones.
Which jewelry color looks best on you depending on your skin undertone:
If you have a cool skin undertone, you look better in silver. You can also try jewelry metals like white gold or platinum.
If you have a neutral skin undertone, you look good in silver and gold. This includes all jewelry metals like gold, silver, white gold, platinum, goldfield gold vermeil, and gold-plated jewelry.
If you have a warm skin undertone, you look better in gold. This also includes jewelry metals like goldfield, gold vermeil, and gold-plated.
Final Notes
As always, these are tips to help guide you. Jewelry is meant to complement your look and is personal to you. This means that whether your jewelry is silver-toned or gold-toned, which ever color makes you feel and look confident, is the one you should go for. And, if you want to have fun, you can always mix metals!