Ahh red, the “forbidden” color of many women who dream of being natural red, or even reproduced, but always with the doubt of being able to wear it well. It is not an easy color, it exists in a warm and cold version, to match your undertone. When the shade is harmonious the effect is really wow because this hair color has a unique magnetism and charm and can really make the face shine and give the style a sprint!
Never as on this occasion can Armocromia be of help because the red color is as wonderful as it is difficult to wear and penalizing if not in harmony with the complexion. Each hair color can have warmer or colder shades, just know them to choose the best one for you.
How to choose the right red
First step to know yours skin undertone: is it hot or cold? Knowing your skin undertone and your reference color season will therefore direct you to the most suitable shade of red, because like blond it is a color that, at least once in their life, many women want to experiment. Are you a warm, golden or coppery red or a cold mahogany, irisé, fuchsia or purplish red? There is a red for everyone: here is our guide to the perfect red according to your chromatic season!
Warm red for those who look good
THE warm reds they have golden, copper and strawberry shades, they are rich and bright nuances. They harmonize with the warm chromatic seasons and therefore spring women and autumn women, who, however, lucky them, can naturally have red hair! If they are brown or blond, on the other hand, reproducing warm reds can work because they are harmonious with the golden complexion. Let’s see the best shades for each subgroup of the spring and fall seasons.
Red for the spring season
The spring woman can have basic i blond hair (light spring), red (hot spring) or brown (bright spring). For each starting base color there is an ideal shade of red, let’s see them.
If you belong to the chromatic season clear spring you are naturally blonde and have green or blue eyes and a golden complexion that allow you to wear red very well, just like the beautiful Emma Stone, which is naturally blonde but wears a gorgeous light copper red that fits her charm.
If you belong to the chromatic season hot spring you are naturally red, what luck! You just need to revive and make your natural red shiny, just like the model does Barbara Meier.
Barbara Meier, true hot spring because of her natural red hair, revives her intense copper red.
If you belong to the chromatic season bright spring you are brown, like Milla Jovovich. This particular spring version, contrasted and more intense than the other two types, tends to lose impact if it lightens the hair too much, so yes to copper red while maintaining a minimum of contrast with the skin.
Milla Jovovich, with a bright spring base, has naturally brown hair. Copper red blends very well with her golden skin and green eyes
The red color for the autumn season
The autumn woman can have basic blonde or light brown hair (soft autumn), red (warm autumn) or brown (deep autumn). Let’s see the ideal shades of red for each subgroup of this chromatic season.
If you belong to the chromatic season soft autumn you are natural blonde or light brown. This chromatic typology does not give a too bright red, but rather a shade halfway between tobacco and copper, not too dark, like the one it brings Drew Barrymore.
Drew Barrymore, soft autumn, has ash brown hair that often dyes red.
If you belong to the chromatic season warm autumn you are naturally red and we envy you very much! Compared to the hot spring woman, who is also natural red but lighter and more delicate, who wears light and bright reds well, the autumn woman wears darker and richer reds, like the splendid golden copper red of Isla Fisher.
Isla Fisher, warm autumn, fabulous natural red with a golden copper shade
If you belong to the chromatic season deep autumn you have deep brown hair, dark eyes and amber skin. Bright and light reds do not work on this color typology (they are the opposite of what this opaque and dark typology would like), but darker shades, mixed with tobacco or chocolate, like the color of the fabulous Eva Mendes.
Eva Mendes, deep autumn, is enhanced with soft coppery shades, leaving the root intense.
Cold red for those who are fine
THE cold reds they have shades ranging from ruby to purplish. They harmonize with the cold color seasons and therefore summer women and winter women. The former should not exaggerate with intensity and brilliance that could overwhelm them, while the latter can opt for darker shades.
Red for the summer season
If you belong to the chromatic season clear summer matches blondes and your very fair skin, eye and hair dominant prefers more purplish shades than real reds. In fact, pinks and purples are perfect shades for delicate light summer women and the nuance that the singer sports Camryn is a beautiful example.
Basic Camryn is a light summer because natural blonde, a purplish shade fits better than the classic red.
If you belong to the chromatic season soft summer you are natural blonde or light brown. This chromatic typology does not give a full and bright red, but rather a nuance between blond and red: the strawberry is perfect because it gives light to the face while respecting the softness of this chromatic typology. Emma Roberts shows us how to bring strawberry light red beautifully.
Emma Roberts, soft summer with naturally light brown hair, is enhanced with a soft and sensual strawberry, in perfect harmony also with her green eyes
If you belong to the chromatic season cold summer you are medium to intense ash brown. This type of summer is the most intense and contrasted of the three subgroups and has as its dominant the marked coldness of the skin, eyes and hair, so keeping the contrast high by adopting a mahogany red or medium-dark irisé is the best solution for being red.
Maggie Gyllenhaal, basically cold summer, wears a mahogany red that makes her blue eyes and diaphanous skin stand out
Red for the winter season
The winter woman can have basic light to medium ash brown hair (cold winter) or dark ash brown or black (deep and bright winter). Here are her perfect shades of red!
If you belong to the chromatic season cold winter you are light to medium ash brown, with pale and basically pink skin. The real red for this type is not suitable, it is better to turn towards fuchsia or purple shades. The intense pink of Theresa Avila is an example.
Theresa Avila, naturally light brown and belonging to the cold winter season, is enhanced with shades towards purple-pink rather than a real red
If you belong to the chromatic season deep winter you are intense ash brown or black, perhaps with olive skin. A cold and dark red, tending to fuchsia or purplish, works for you, like the one worn by the actress and former Miss World Alicia Machado.
Alicia Machado, deep winter, brings a shade of fuchsia red, intense and cold, which harmonizes well with her skin and the intensity of the eyes
The woman too bright winter she starts from a base of dark ash brown or black hair, but unlike the deep winter woman she has light jewel eyes and very fair skin. In order not to lose this beautiful natural contrast between light skin and dark hair, the bright winter woman is enhanced if she keeps the contrast high and a full and bright red, just like that of the singer. Sophie Ellis-Baxtor.
Sophie Ellis-Baxtor is a bright, brown-based winter that brings a super-bright, cool shade of red well, contrasting high with skin and eyes.