Lit Review 2

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.