Also I'll say that because of makeup's face-brightening potential, and the fact I wear makeup most days, I am more lackadaisical about making sure my clothing makes my skin look nice...because I can "fix" it with makeup. For high contrast flattering, which is separate: black (works for both), royal blue, bright red, emerald green, chartreuse, canary yellow. I personally think I look better in crisp blue-whites than I do in cream, especially when I am tanner, but I don't really wear white much if I can help it. I'm in the sweet spot of the mellow trifecta TM. I am a light, cool green olive with high contrast. I don't know what it is is about the grey that looks so good against my skin tone -- maybe because it makes olive skin look relatively less grey by comparison? Muted red is my risky color. For me: purples, blues, and reds are key. That has as much to do with my warm tones as my olive ones IMO. Jewel tones are great, but the best cool darks for me are slightly lighter and brighter than traditional jewel tones. 48. 71. What a great idea. Warm, dark colors work as long as they are bright. My skin looks best juxtaposed with burnt orange, deep purple, and vibrant red. Pink is almost always a good bet too. It just makes it so easy to pair with makeup, especially since I like a lot of bright colours that can be hard to match to clothing. Jewel tones in general work nicely. Thank you. I look nice in vibrant green but olive is my favorite and /u/shoresofcalifornia has strong feelings about muted olive shades on light/medium olive gals like me :) I think she has a point- it has a tendency to harmonize too closely with my skin, bringing out gray and green in not the best way. Any experience? Anyone bought from Olive clothing? ): What clothing colors do you find compliment your olive skin? (my primary characteristic is Deep, and my secondary characteristic is Clear, which I don't think is always true but may explain why I don't love navy), New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, Looks like you're using new Reddit on an old browser. By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. GIVE ME LIPSTICK SHADE IDEAS PLS, lipstick is scary to me bc idk what shade to pick lol. Posted by 2 days ago. Personality is 50% and I consider that passing. Stripes are so much easier for me than most colors. 15.8k. I find that highlighter yellow, bright red, and orange really clashes with my skin and makes me look sick. My most flattering colors are the ones I've never liked, personality wise. 6 comments. My wardrobe is 99.9% black, but I fully accept that black "does" nothing for me. Pastels are a no go, as are a lot of lighter blues and greens. My "white" is any light beige but that is NOT the same as cream. I like black a lot, as I mention somewhere above, because I love playing with colour in my makeup and wearing black makes that so easy. Very muted violets can work almost as well. Wine red, deep reddish orange and deep warm brown are the ones that really make me look good. I think it's because they already clash with two of three characteristics (warmth and contrast). I still can't decide about purple! Best neutrals: Charcoal, cool, dark greys, light, bright beige. White is like black. i think ive seen someone on insta with it selling it. On the mutedness scale I'm definitely not super muted but also obviously not very clear (as an olive). But do you know if it was a FF release? (plus I like having black hair - it goes with everything!) For olive flattering: burgundy, navy, black, deep red, deep green, muted blue grey, charcoal, violet, soft muted rose and soft muted beige. save. In contrast to many similar enterprises, whose founding values sometimes find themselves compromised by structural changes in executive control — often due to funding considerations — Olive has remained wholly owned, funded, and managed, by its original founders: myself and my wife. I can't handle the boldness/richness if we're strictly talking about flattering. Softer, warmer grays and taupes are also flattering. I'm NC15-20 but high-contrast, so I can't say I've experienced issues with jewel tones. I searched the sub-reddit and couldn't find any. | MAC Matchmaster 4.0 (summer) | 1.5 (winter). Black, navy, soft gray. I'll be watching this with interest. Reddit is a network of communities based on people's interests. Basically guaranteed to look good: red (all kinds, from true red to orangey red to even more blue-based reds). I'm an Olive, but a winter with high contrast. Usually thats brassy light brown. But I wear a lot of 'unflattering' things. But purple just takes the cake. As for reds, I find true fire-engine reds too stark. Cookies help us deliver our Services. If anyone does the seasons system, I think I am a Deep Winter, and my color choices sometimes bleed a bit into Deep Autumn. It drags my face down. Members. My season match is deep winter. I don't know if it's necessarily the most flattering for my skintone, although it's not bad either. What clothing colors do you find compliment your olive skin? The mutedness/warmth combination is the most relevant for me in picking out clothing colors. Good colors on me are most blues, I have blue eyes so that helps there I think, 1970s types of muted colors - like pumpkin looks amazing, olive green looks good, jewel tones in general, cream is okay, deep warm toned browns look wonderful, they make it look like my skin is glowing, and deep wine colors are also very good. Purple can be a tricky one-- I adore purple and rich purples are lovely, but lighter/greyer purples are bleh. I have lighter (but not fair) olive skin, and generally, jewel tones tend to make my skin look best (I love a deep blue teal), a rich dark brown is very nice, navy is just okay, brights are hit or miss, and pastels tend to make me look very sickly (I have removed all light yellows and blues from my wardrobe after years of trying to force them in). I can try something on and most of the time it's very clear, if the color is wrong for me I'll look washed out or ill, like I'm dead. About Community. Have a look on Pinterest for ideas. So please tell me: What are your best and worst colors for your olive skin? Pantone chart with colours that suit my undertone. I feel because of hair's ability to frame and meld with your face, it REALLY makes a difference to have a flattering or not-so-flattering shade. If it can be described as sandy, then its my neutral. Heard from a reliable source and someone who has one that this was FF. If the color is good, I look fresh and alive, and like I said with certain shades I look very vibrant and almost glowy. I'm looking into SC-3 for spot concealing and I'm around MAC NC15-25. It ruddies me a bit but it downplays beige so yay. Don't know the story behind it, so any help/knowledge is appreciated. The only deviation from your list is that I pull off dark chocolate brown because it brings out the (warmer?) Anything yellow, orange, "peach", beige, etc - also no. Another tricky thing: my hair is kind of an ashy mouse brown, and so most color analysis sites tend to label my coloring as "soft," with hair and skin having very low contrast, similar to Jennifer Aniston's coloring. Nothing emphasizes my bland beigey/sallow coloring like this. I also do very well richer, more saturated shades-- navy; deeper cobalt; emerald or forest green; magentas and red-based to true purples. That's partly why I don't give a lot of advice on flattering clothing colors, for me it's bottom rung on the ladder of olive-flattery- makeup comes right above it, and at the very top, where I'm VERY conservative and can be a bit bitchy/bossy- hair color. Weirdly, I've also been having a hard time with some reds recently- I noticed that a bright fire engine red sweater of mine isn't as flattering to my skin tone as I used to think...perhaps I should be tending towards more of a ruby red or a wine red? Of course, the jewel tones that make my skin sing make my HAIR look drab and dull. Like /u/lgbtqbbq says, I hate greens and browns sorry. Also, I've always thought of black as a badass powerhouse sort of colour, so I think it has a psychological effect for me as well. 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