Monica Alessio
Mrs. Morrison
Lit Review 2
In
continuing my research about becoming a makeup artist, I came up with the
question “How do you pair colors together”. This question is important to the makeup artist because
they are the ones doing the makeup, they should know what colors to put
together and what looks good. After typing the question in my browser it
brought me to a website called “Tommybeautypro.com”. The title of the article is “Makeup101: Color
theory & Make-up Artistry”. It was filled with information ranging from
color theory, skin colors, how to pair colors skin tones and provided
vocabulary words that I will need to know.
The
article is broken up into sections explaining each topic in perfect detail. The
first topic is color theory. Basically, color is light and the colors of the
visual spectrum are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet (Makeup101). A
makeup artist should understand color theory (Makeup101). Color theory is
practical guidance to color mixing and the visual impacts of color combinations
(Makeup101). To understand color theory, there is a color wheel broken down in
three categories: Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary (Makeup101). Primary colors
are red, yellow, and blue (Makeup101). Secondary colors are orange, green, and
violet (Makeup101). The color wheel can also be divided into two groups: warm
and cool (Makeup101). Warm colors are bright, passionate, energetic, and
eye-popping (Makeup101). They include red, orange, and yellow (Makeup101). Cool
colors are calm and soothing and they include violet, blue, and green
(Makeu101). The next section goes over skin colors. The different skin colors
are fairskin, a light ivory color; medium-dark color, a honey olive color; and
dark skin, a walnut or almond color (Makeup101). The different skin colors lead
into the different types of skin tones. Cool skin tone has a pink tint, burns
easy, and has bluish vains under natural light (Makeup101). Warm skin tone has
a yellow or golden-olive undertone, tans easy, and has greenish vains under
natural light (Makeup101). The last section goes over colors. The first color
they discuss is analogous colors. Analogous colors are created by using three
or more that are next to each other on the color wheel (Makeup101). By grouping analogous colors, it helps create
a better color blending effect and tends to set a stronger mood (Makeup101). The
next group of colors is complimentary colors. They are created by combining
colors from opposite sides of the color wheel (Makeup101). The colors make a
visual contrast making the colors appear stronger against each other (Makeup101).
For example, if a girl has blue eyes, she should wear gold or bright yellow eye
shadow to bring out the blueness in her eyes (Makeup101). Neutral colors are the next group. This group
is neither warm nor cool. They are classy, sophisticated, and extremely
wearable (Makeup101). They include black, white, brown, beige, ivory, and cream
(Makeup101). These colors usually work with all skin tones (Makeup101). The last group is monochromatic colors.
Monochromatic color schemes are made up of different tones, shades, and tints
(Makeup101). For example the blue family, ranging from light blue to dark blue
(Makeup101). These colors are made in a variety of textures such as matte,
shimmer, velvet, and cream to give a well rounded eye shadow palette
(Makeup101).
After reading the article I am
amazed with how much information I learned from it. There is so much more to
color theory and pairing colors than I thought there was. The article covered
every little detail of the topics discussed in it. All this information is so
helpful in every way for creating my ending product.
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