Many people do not know what their skin undertones are, so they make many mistakes regarding hair color, makeup and clothing choices. Knowing and understanding your skin tone can help you find flattering colors that work with your coloring and highlight your natural beauty.
There are three major types of skin undertones: warm tones, cool tones and neutral tones. One common way of determining skin undertones is looking at the veins on the underside of your forearm in natural sunlight. If the veins are a blue color, then you have a cool skin tone. If the veins are green or yellow, then you have a warm skin tone. When the veins are mix of both blue and green, you might have a neutral skin tone.