I’m sure you’ve heard people mention green based tans and violet based tans, but what does that all mean?
When it comes to tanning, it is important to know your skins undertone. Knowing your undertone will help you pick the correct colour tan to neutralise your skin and give you the best tan possible. There are three undertones you could be; warm (golden/yellow/peachy tones), Cool (pink/red/blueish tones) or neutral (a mixture of both warm and cool tones).
Tanning solutions use the colour wheel to colour correct the undertones in the skin to achieve the best possible tan. This is done using a type of colour scheme called complimentary colour. Complimentary colours are two colours that are on the opposite side of the colour wheel from one another. When you mix colours on the opposite side of the colour wheel they neutralise one another. This is perfect for colour correcting in the skin.
In the example of tanning solutions, we refer to Green and Violet on the colour wheel.
Green is the opposite to red/pink on the colour wheel, meaning it has a neutralising effect on the pink/red tones within the skin. If your skin is cool undertoned, green based tans are perfect for you.
Violet is the opposite to yellow on the colour wheel, meaning it has a neutralising effect on yellow/olive undertones within the skin. If your skin is warm undertoned, violet based tans are perfect for you.
If you are a neutral undertone, you can rock both violet or green based tans.
Knowing your undertone is also super helpful for picking foundation and concealer shades too.
Here’s how you can work out what your skin undertone is.
If you have warm undertones, these will be the things to look for
- Golden, yellow or peachy tone to your skin
- You tan easily when you go into the sun
- Gold jewellery suits you the most
- When you look at your veins they have a green tone to them
Violet based tans are perfect for you. Shop HERE for your perfect violet based tan
Here are some celebrities who have warm undertones
If you have cool undertones, these will be things to look for
- Pink, red or bluish tone to your skin
- You burn easily when you go into the sun
- Silver jewellery suits you the best
- When you look at your veins, they have a blue or purple tone to them
Green based tans are perfect for you. Shop HERE for your perfect green based tan
Here are some celebrities who have cool undertones
If you have neutral undertones, these will be things to look for
- You have both pink/red or golden/yellow tones to your skin
- You burn and then tan when you go out into the sun
- Both Silver and Gold jewellery suits you
- When you look at your veins, they have a mix of green, blue or purple tone to them
You can rock both violet and green based tans. Shop HERE for your perfect tan
Here are some celebrities who have neutral undertones
Happy tanning xx