| There are so many different shades of red, it's | | | | group is dark and strong. |
| difficult to know which one makes you look your | | | | Warm: Red-toned hair, green, brown or blue eyes, |
| very best! Reds range from soft pinky reds right | | | | warm toned eyebrows, golden skin. The Duchess of |
| through to deep purple-reds. Every shade can look | | | | York is a lovely example of a warm. The best red |
| better or worse on different people according to | | | | for this group is an orangey-red with that yellowy |
| their hair and eye colour and their skin tone. It sounds | | | | undertone. |
| like a mine field but once you get to grips with the | | | | Cool: Ash blond or grey hair, grey, blue, green or |
| Munsell System of Colour Analysis, its plain sailing. | | | | brown eyes, eyebrows from blond to dark, pink or |
| The Munsell system is used by just about anybody | | | | blue undertones to the skin. Judi Dench is a perfect |
| who is involved with colour: paint manufacturers, | | | | Cool. The best red for this group is a purple/bluey |
| hairdressers, Colour Me Beautiful Image Consultants. | | | | red with a blue undertone. |
| The Munsell system identifies colour according to | | | | Clear: Dark hair, strikingly blue or topaz eyes, dark |
| three characteristics, hue (undertone, either blue or | | | | eyebrows and pale to dark skintone. Courtney Cox is |
| yellow), value (depth of colour from very pale | | | | an excellent example of a clear. The best red for this |
| through to very dark) and chroma (clarity, from very | | | | group is a clear bright pillar box red. |
| clear and bright to very dull and muted). A colour | | | | Soft: Dark blonde or brown hair, soft coloured eyes |
| analysis will put most women and men into one of six | | | | in blue, green or brown, light to dark eyebrows and |
| "dominant" groups. These groups are "light", "deep", | | | | little contrast between hair eye and skin colour. Kylie |
| "warm", "cool", "clear" and "soft". Sometimes it isn't | | | | Minogue is a stunning example of a soft. The best |
| always obvious which group an individual fits into but | | | | red for this group is a soft muted red like a claret |
| broadly speaking the characteristics for each | | | | red or raspberry red. |
| dominant group are as follows: | | | | To summarise you mirror you looks with the shades |
| Light: Blonde or light hair, pale blue, grey or green | | | | of colour you wear. I have just been talking about |
| eyes, pale eyebrows, delicate skin. Claudia Schiffer is | | | | red but of course this applies to all colours too. |
| a perfect example. The best red for this group would | | | | Wearing the right shade of red right can make the |
| be a pale or light red, nothing to dark or bright. | | | | difference to a person's appearance. Getting it right |
| Deep: Dark brown or black hair, dark eyes, dark | | | | can make you look younger, healthier and more |
| eyebrows, porcelain to black skin. Catherine | | | | attractive. If you have a good self image, you will |
| Zita-Jones a good example. The best red for this | | | | feel more confident in everything you do. |