Seasonal Looks:
Hair Colors For You In 2021
Colors and emotions are closely related. Have you noticed how cool and bright colors can create different feelings than warm colors? This is especially true for hair color.
Whenever you feel like changing your look, dying up your hair usually comes as the first choice. While there are many options, not all colors suit everybody.
Before putting you into a season, let’s recognize what’s the most obvious about your coloring.
Your dominant coloring can be:
Light: Naturally blonde or white hair. Fair skin tone. Light to medium eye color.
Soft: Light to medium brown hair. Light to medium skin tone. Medium eye color like hazel, brown, blue or green.
Warm: Red hair, golden blonde or brown hair with reddish highlights. Any skin tone, sometimes with freckles. Blue, green, brown or hazel eyes.
Cool: Hair is grey, silver or ash brown. Skin has light to medium tone (often with a pink undertone). Eyes are green, blue, brown or hazel.
Bright: Dark medium brown to black hair. Very light or medium skin tone. Bright eye colors (blue, green or hazel) or dark brown.
Deep: Hair is medium to dark brown or black. Medium to dark skin tone. Black, brown or hazel eyes.
You can figure out which one is you by simply looking at your hair, skin and eyes.
If two out of three are one of the above, then this is your dominant color.
For instance, if your hair and eyes are deep because they are both dark brown, then you are DEEP.
If your hair is light blond, your eyes are light green and your skin is light and pale, your dominant coloring is LIGHT.
Notice: As you become older and your hair turns to naturally grey, lighter hair colors such as blondes and various grey tones may feel more appropriate.
Have you got a clear idea of your dominant colors now?
Awesome!
Let’s move onto your color season next.
There are four color seasons:
Spring – Bright, fresh, warm & light.
Summer – Soft, delicate, cool & calm.
Autumn – Warm, deep, natural & earthy.
Winter – Bright, bold, vibrant & cool.
And the color palette within each season reflects exactly what you’d expect.
Spring and autumn are the WARMER color seasons.
Summer and winter are the COOLER color seasons.
If you identified your dominant colors, here are two of the four seasons you will fall into:
LIGHT: Spring or Summer
SOFT: Autumn or Summer
WARM: Spring or Autumn
COOL: Winter or Summer
CLEAR: Spring or Winter
DEEP: Winter or Autumn
Spring Type
Skin: The skin is light and clear and has warm yellow or peach undertones. Commonly tans easily, and they tend to have freckles.
Eyes: Warm sunburst ranging from blue to brown. Quite often, golden spots enliven the iris.
Hair: Hair is light blond to medium brown or strawberry blond—golden or red undertones.
Spring Celebrities: Cameron Diaz, Nicole Kidman, Blake Lively (true spring), Ni Ni, Rachel Weisz, Rose McGowan (bright spring), Scarlett Johannsen, Elizabeth Banks, Lauren Ambrose (light spring).
Say YES to:
Icy blond balayage
Ashy blond highlights
Ashy brown highlights
Platinum blond balayage
Say NO to:
Honey blond
Golden brown
Any golden base
Summer Type
Skin: The summer type has a tender rosy skin with a bluish to violet hue (undertone).
Eyes: The eyes are blue, gray-blue, cool green or grey-brown.
Hair: The natural hair color of summer types is light blond to medium brown. Cool, ashy undertones.
Summer Celebrities: Jennifer Garner, Olivia Wilde, Paulina Porizkova (true summer), Adriana Lima, Leona Lewis, Carmen Electra (soft summer), Naomi Watts, Cate Blanchett, Gwyneth Paltrow (light summer).
Say YES to:
Golden blond ombre
Caramel-brown ombre
Champagne blond highlights
Honey blond highlights
Butter platinum
Say NO to:
Ashy brown or blond
Black, blue or green base colors
Autumn Type
Skin: The skin is warm and has golden undertones—rich overall coloring. There is low contrast between skin, hair and eyes.
Eyes: The eyes are rich and warm. The most common colors are golden brown, dark hazel, olive green and warm green. On rare occasions, you also see the light blue eyes.
Hair: The hair is mid-brown to black or medium to deep red. It has golden or red undertones.
Autumn Celebrities: Beyonce, Lindsey Lohan, Eva Mendes, Jeniffer Lopez (true autumn), Adele, Gisele Bundchen, (soft autumn), Kim Kardashian, Julia Roberts (dark autumn).
Say YES to:
Rich auburn
Chocolate brown balayage
Honey blond highlights
Golden brown balayage
Say NO to:
Platinum blond
Ash brown
Blue, green, or violet undertones
Winter Type
Skin: The winter skin is light and has cool and olive undertones. Sometimes, you may see the faint greenish hues of blood vessels. There’s a high contrast between skin, hair and eyes or a deep overall coloring.
Eyes: The dark brown, gray, ice-blue or intensely green eye color contrasts with the eyes’ white.
Hair: The natural hair color is black to bluish-black or dark to medium brown.
Winter Celebrities: Michelle Williams, Zooey Deschanel, Jessica Lowndes (true winter), Megan Fox, Lauren Miller (bright winter), Lucy Liu, Penelope Cruz, Sandra Bullock, Viola Davis (dark winter).
Say YES to:
Dark brown with highlights and lowlights
Jet black with brown highlights
Platinum blond ombre
Say NO to:
Golden blond
Copper red
Caramel brown
Honey blond
I hope you have figured out your dominant color and season, but don’t stress if you haven’t yet.
The first time I tried to do this myself years ago, I analyzed myself completely wrong.
Now that I know my season, when I look at it, it’s so obvious. (I’m a CLEAR WINTER).
10 Best Hair Color Trends for 2021
Celebrities have been setting the tone in hair fashion with a wide variety of bright and bold hues.
Are you interested in making a statement with your hair without the long-term commitment?
Wigs are a fantastic way to keep up with current color trends without damaging your hair.
To help you try the best hair color trends of the year, we chatted with celebrity stylist and Instagram influencers to get their thoughts on the latest and greatest hues.
Here’s what they said:
- Light Golden Brown
- Bright Red Rooted Medium Brown
- Black with Burgundy Highlights
- Light Red Brown Gold Blonde Highlights Rooted Medium Browns
- Very Dark Brown with Highlights
- Medium Red Auburn Blond
- Medium Brown Red Highlights
- Auburn Blond Highlights
- Dark Golden Blond
- Dark Brown Medium Red
Everyone calls 2021 a year of change, so why not start it with changing your hair color?
