Let’s look at one of the most striking and emotive colours of all – red. The colour of blood, rubies, fire and strawberries, psychologically red represents passion, love and health on the positive side and anger, danger and destruction on the negative.
Many of my clients would tend to avoid red as a rule, but the key is to find the shade that works for your skin-tone, eyes and hair colour. There are actually a few versions of red to suit most of us so it would be a shame to miss out. Eed is quite a versatile colour and it gives a real injection of vibrancy into any wardrobe.
Those with dark hair, fair skin and bright eyes suit scarlet and ruby. That Celtic look with red or auburn hair flatters orange red and true red. Geranium red works for soft-looking complexions with dark blonde or light brown hair and muted eyes. Mediterranean-looking peole with dark hair, skin and eyes suit true red and scarlet. Blue-red flatters those with ash tones in their hair and a pinkish tinge to their skin and Icelandic-looking blondes with light eyes and fair, delicate-looking skin suit geranium red.
Red: Colour Inspiration
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