hi everyone it's Justine. it is very useful to be able to tell if the color is warm
or cool when you are shopping for clothes, because if your undertone is
warm then warm colors will suit you. if your cool then cool colors will suit you.
you kind of want to match the undertone of the clothes you're wearing with your
own skin undertone. so if you're able to tell just by looking at the color oh
this is warm, this is cool, imagine how much time uncertainties and trials you
can save. the problem is that it's not always easy to judge if a color is warm
or cool just like that. you might have a garment like this in your wardrobe
already for which you wonder: does that fit me, do I look pale, is the color too
dark, what's the matter?... this kind of question
is a matter of undertone. so in this video, I will show you how to know, find
out, if the color is warm or cool, so that you know if it will fit you. if you
don't know what YOU are yet, then you need to watch my previous video first, on
how to determine your undertone: warm, cool or maybe neutral? I will link that
video in the corner and in the description below this video. and then
come back here. now I will start with the basics and then tackle the cases where
it's less obvious. 1: learn what warm and cool look like. on a color wheel you see
three primary colors, blue, red and yellow. and three secondary colors in between,
purple, orange and green. if you split that will in two halves, you get a cool
side and a warm side. green, blue and purple are cool while red, orange and
yellow are the warm colors. My color wheel here has 12 colors instead of six
but it works exactly the same way: one warm side, one cool side. if you want,
here you can pause and screenshot this screen for future reference. now if
you're looking at a color which is one of those 12 basic ones, now you can tell
it's warm, it's cool. one point down! 2: but each color can be warm or
cool! that's the next level. when you start mixing the basic colors, each one
can actually become warmer or cooler and that's where it gets a little bit tricky.
example: basic blue is cold by definition. that's the blue on the color wheel.
if you add just a bit of red, you will get a
warm blue. you can see how it is warmer than our basic blue. then if you keep
adding more red, at some point you will get purple. purple is half blue, half red.
and it's definitely warmer, it tends towards red. so this blue is a warm blue
compared to the basic blue. following this logic now you understand how a cool
color like blue can in fact become a bit warmer if you add a bit of a warm color
to it, in this case: red. usually when you're looking at a color, it's not a
pure color from the color wheel, it's a mix of a dominant color and a bit of
something else: you want to find out if that bit of something else is cool or
warm, what color it is so you can tell if the main color is trending towards cool
what towards warm. what helps me personally is to wonder: does this color
contain a bit of orange, orange like the sun, like very warm between red and
yellow? or does it contain a bit of blue, like the sky? So sun and sky. 3: and when you
can't tell? sometimes you'll see the colour of a garment and you won't be
able to say mmediately: oh yeah this is cool, this is warm. what to do in this
case? example: this yellow, is it rather warm or rather cool? it's not that easy
to say. to find out, you want to compare that one yellow with other yellows. get a
range of yellows and rank them from cool to warm relatively to each other. it's a
lot easier than judging one color alone. here I have these five samples. there is
one that's clearly more orange so I put that on the right side. and there is one
that's more greenish. once I have the two extremes, I organize the other cards in
between. the yellow I was looking at is this one. it's rather a cool yellow, good
for you if your skin is cool. if I add this yellow orange at the end of the
range, you see how we're getting warmer and warmer towards the right side? as I
said, looking at a range is a lot easier than looking at just one color. now if
you're shopping and you're in a store, you can do that same exercise physically.
take the garment off the rack, to avoid being influenced
by all the colors around it. take it to the daylight, to the window and compare
your yellows. or if you're shopping online, compare the garment you're
looking at (possibly on a good screen that's good with color contrasts), compare
that yellow to the garments that you already own or with a color wheel: the
one that I showed you, mine, is on Amazon. it's very cheap, I'll link it down below if
you want to have a look. 4: what if you're comparing different colors? now
so far, I was comparing yellows. what if I'm comparing two completely different
colors like a blue + a green of different intensity? that's the hardest part.
example: is this color warmer or cooler compared to that one? they're actually
both green: the left one contains more blue and the right one contains more
yellow. how do I know? I will show you. on the left side I'm adding cards trending
towards blue. on the other side I make the transition towards yellow. this way
you see that they don't belong to the same family at all. the left one is a
cool green-blue. the right one is a warm green-yellow. and in case you were
wondering whether the left one was a green or a blue in the first place: look,
if I place just these two cards next to each other,
my initial card is clearly greener, isn't it? comparing colors is super helpful and
always a lot easier than guessing a standalone color. now I have two extra
tips for you. one tip on daylight: under artificial light, like typically in a
store, you can't see colors properly. you need to take the garments next to the
window to judge and see the colors as they really are.
same thing in changing rooms: usually in there, the color, the light is warm, to
make you feel cozy and good while you're trying things on. it's a purchase
psychology argument. but you can't rely on the light in there either. even if it
looks white, it is not right. Tip 2: the eye likes balance. once you know that you are...
let's say warm toned, and you found an outfit that is warm tone too, there is one
more detail that I would pay attention to: in
a whole warm outfit, I would add a little bit of the opposite, just for the eye and
that means a little bit of cool. for instance, it can be a color within a
multicolor print. it can be an accessory. it can be the shoes that you're wearing.
it's gonna make your outfit pop out suddenly a lot more... and people are going
to wonder how you did it. it's just a matter of color combination between cool
and warm. but make sure that what you're wearing around the face, the colors there,
do fit your undertone. that's it for today. if you learned something new in this
video, thumbs up! thank you very much!! and now you can go to your closet and
practice: do your clothes, those that you already own, look cool or warm when you
compare them with each other? with practice, you will see, at some point
you'll be able to tell very quickly. I will also link down below in the
description... 2 things: the video on how to determine your undertone, if you've
missed it, and a playlist of my videos about color. for instance, how to make an
outfit pop more or look a bit more classy and discreet just by playing with
the color palette? I hope you'll enjoy those extra videos! look at the links down
below, don't forget to subscribe to this channel and I will see you very soon
again :-) New videos every Wednesday and Sunday
Until next time, take care! Bye!