The warm tone/cool tone, blue vein/green vein thing wears me out. I've heard makeup sales associates tell me my skin tone is warm, and others swear my skin is cool. I always default to neutral.

I have a conspiracy theory that most people are neutral but for some reason most shades are cool or warm. Neutral toned foundations look the best match on me.

Check out Kackie Reviews on YouTube her video on undertone was amazing. She has quite a few videos on color theory. It blows my mind

Ignore the vein test. It doesn't take olive skintones of any temperature into account, nor does it seem to take medium and deeper skintones into consideration, not to mention the fact everyone's veins are colours generally perceived as cool (even though green, blue, and purple all have "warm" variants). It's just not it.

The best advice I've seen is by a makeup artist in the Makeup Addiction sub: ignore what brands say about a foundation or concealer shade's undertone (IMO, their classification sucks anyway, and "undertone" in this case is a misnomer), and simply concentrate on matching your skintone.

Look at yourself in a group photo? Do you look more pink/peach than others? Cool toned. Look more yellow/golden? Warm toned? Look greenish/almost sick lol? Olive . Also ymmv based on the depth of your skin (Ie how fair vs how deep you are), e.g. cool toned melanated skin has more of a red appearance

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I’d say I need more sun ivory. Mine is the same lol

I’d say cool

https://www.popsugar.com/beauty/What-My-Skin-Undertone-Quiz-34403268

i think the 1 and 3 match the best with your skin

I'd go with 1. Maybe 4.

5 or 6

1 looks good.

I would mix one with a little bit of two.

I mix my foundation daily on the back of my hand. I also have two different primary colors on my face. I’m lighter underneath my eyes and then darker towards the bottom of my face and I see that you have a similar color palette.

You look neutral to me.

Apologies, I don’t have a confident guess from these pictures, but I will say that it can be a lot easier to narrow down undertone with swatches of foundation and concealer in different tones on your neck (arm isn’t as helpful as people think and faces can often have a bit of redness). Lighting in photos can make people look different undertones, so the frame of reference to specific shades of products can help. I know you can get samples from counters at places like John Lewis, so might be worth trying.

It's not that big a deal. Anyway the most important part to see is your veins.

If your veins are green, you have warm undertones.

If they’re blue or purple, you have cool.

If you have both, you are neutral. 

I think you might have a neutral / pink undertone? Usually fair skin has a pinkier undertone:)

Your undertone is neutral leaning towards cool but not obviously cool & so in my opinion, you’re neutral cool

It's hard to tell if you just have surface redness, or if you are indeed cool / pink. For instance, I am olive but have surface redness so unfortunately I'm often color matched as cool. Being able to see more of your face, or even your neck and chest, will help with this community's ability to determine your skin tone.

For your reference, cool = pink, warm/golden = yellow.

Check base of neck, temples, above eyebrows, etc. = yup, second fair olive today! You’re a cool olive in my view but could be neutral too (almost impossible to tell without more visuals) 🫒

How can we help you if we can't even see your face?

You definitely look cool toned. A little pinky

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I can't really figure out from the veins, but I see warmth on your face....

To me your face seems neutral/yellow but in the last picture you definitely have warmth to your tone

i found my undertone in the worst way. when i get sick i turn a sickly green color (my undertone) but when i’m healthy i have tan (non green skin). BUT the easiest way to find your undertone is to hold your face or arm against a white sheet of paper. your skin will essentially “show” the undertone next to pure white.

I’m pinks and reds… I found out by going to the mall and having a professional assess and explain

Would also love to know!

+1

Undertone is the way we organize foundation colors. The range of colors are basically red, pink, peach, neutral, gold, olive, and blue. (None of these categories measure skin lightness or darkness). The differences in all these undertones can be very subtle to the untrained eye. I recommend visiting your local makeup counter and surveying the artists/sales associates. After enough input, you should eventually see a running theme in their answers. After that, you can start experimenting with foundation shades in that category and other makeup products known to compliment that specific undertone. … or you can post a pic to r/BrownBeauty. The gurls in this sub are usually right on the money. Ps- Try to avoid “warm” and “cool,” because whole entire brands be defining those words in opposite ways. It’ll just mix you up, so ignore them lol

Cool to natural

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Try color analysis sub

Neutral light, like me. Both silver and gold can look good. I often opt for rose gold :)

Hard to tell. I would definitely try a color analysis thread.

I feel like neutral, but leaning coolish.

I’m thinking you look great in silver, but can also wear gold if you want to.

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