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Before you can become a makeup guru, you need to know how different colors work. Knowing this helps you put together a perfectly suitable color palette for yourself or a client. Remember that the colors need to go well with the facial features and also be in alignment with the look you are aiming to achieve.
The color theory helps you understand colors and the best ways in which to use them to create a look that is simply stunning. It also helps you understand which colors complement and which neutralize each other. This keeps you from making a major faux pas with your makeup while helping you create stunning looks with ease.
The Basics
When a ray of light is passed through a prism, you see the seven basic colors. Each and every color in existence falls somewhere within this spectrum of light. In the 20th century, Johannes Itten created the color wheel that showed the primary, secondary and tertiary colors and also introduced color matching.
Different Kinds of Colors
In the color wheel, the three basic colors, red, blue, and yellow are known as the primary colors. They cannot be created from any other colors. Every other color is derived from one or more of these primary colors.
The primary color blue is the strongest color and is associated with coolness. Red is warm and adds fullness, Yellow has the least strength and it is both warm and cool. The strengths of various primary colors are an important aspect to remember. To equal the strength of blue, you need three times as much yellow and twice as much red, and so on.
