What color makes you look fabulous?

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With my coloring I usually look best in jewel tones rather than pastels. The other day, I wore a sweater to work and got SO many compliments! It is a dark emerald green, and actually I got the sweater at GoodWill for $3.00! It's just a baggy sweater but I guess it brought out my eyes. They are bluish-green but apparently the color brought out the green in them.
I guess I know my color now...gotta go shopping.


So, is there a color that you KNOW you look fantastic in?
 

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I don't think I look good in any colors. My skin tone is so pale that every doctor thinks I'm anemic.
The truth is mostly that it's ethnicity (a lot of Northern European in my ancestry) and that I stay out of the sun. Practically any color I wear will reflect onto my skin. Yellow makes me look sickly, red flushed, blues can wash me out more, white even looks bad. I can usually get away with black ok and dark purples don't look too bad.

Anyone have suggestions for a very pale person with dark blond hair?
 

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I look really good in bright blues. Pinks look good on me, too. I can't wear beige near my face at all, though, because it makes me look sick.
 

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lol...I look good in almost any color. Except red. Blues, greens, whites (including creams), black..Yep. I think it's my skin tone and eye color.

The three best colors I look good in are Fushia, olive green, and baby blue.

Right now I am wearing grey..and still look good in it. Go figure!
 

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Jewel tones like ruby, garnet, sapphire and emerald. A lot of people have told me I look good in plum, too.
 
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Originally Posted by strange_wings

I don't think I look good in any colors. My skin tone is so pale that every doctor thinks I'm anemic.
The truth is mostly that it's ethnicity (a lot of Northern European in my ancestry) and that I stay out of the sun. Practically any color I wear will reflect onto my skin. Yellow makes me look sickly, red flushed, blues can wash me out more, white even looks bad. I can usually get away with black ok and dark purples don't look too bad.

Anyone have suggestions for a very pale person with dark blond hair?
What color are your eyes? I look like crap in navy blue and light blue, but a deep sapphire blue works for me. If you can wear dark purple, then you probably would look good in most jewel tones.
 

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Jewel tones and BLACK!!! I am a "winter" -- dark hair,fair (pink) skin and green eyes. My mom always tells me that I look as good in black as I do in the bright colors. Chocolate brown looks good on me too - as long as it is brown with pinky undertones.
 

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ummmm. No idea


I am soooo fashion illiterate....

I know what does NOT look good: beige/tan
 

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Originally Posted by calico2222

What color are your eyes? I look like crap in navy blue and light blue, but a deep sapphire blue works for me. If you can wear dark purple, then you probably would look good in most jewel tones.
As to be expected with my ancestry, blue-green. My main problem is just being so pale.

Seen the lightest color of foundations? I'm generally one shade lighter.
Everything makes me look paler, which is the problem with most jewel tones.
 

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Originally Posted by strange_wings

As to be expected with my ancestry, blue-green. My main problem is just being so pale.

Seen the lightest color of foundations? I'm generally one shade lighter.
Everything makes me look paler, which is the problem with most jewel tones.
That's my trouble, too (my sister tells me she's seen corpses that aren't as dead-white as I am), but I still look best in jewel tones. I just make sure that I wear rose-colored blusher.
 

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If you're very pale, you might try light cocoa-brown -- not chocolate, but a cooler shade of brown. And you could also go for a monochromatic look, all shades of cream, with one bright accent somewhere in a piece of jewelry or a scarf.

I never look good -- but I do have this one long-sleeve, V-neck tunic in ruby red that seems to do something for me. Oddly enough, I'm afraid to wear it out of the house! It makes me feel... like trouble...
 

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Darkness makes me look fantastic. I am just stunning at midnight, from 50 feet away!
 

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I usually get compliments if I wear red or pink or green or blue... ok, most colors work with my coloring
I have dark brown hair, brown eyes and a medium tone skin- my skin color is the kind that even if I don't see the sun for 10 years will never truly be "white"
 
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Originally Posted by CarolPetunia

I never look good -- but I do have this one long-sleeve, V-neck tunic in ruby red that seems to do something for me. Oddly enough, I'm afraid to wear it out of the house! It makes me feel... like trouble...
And what's wrong with being "trouble" for one night!
Sounds like fun to me!
 
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Originally Posted by strange_wings

As to be expected with my ancestry, blue-green. My main problem is just being so pale.

Seen the lightest color of foundations? I'm generally one shade lighter.
Everything makes me look paler, which is the problem with most jewel tones.
I'm the same way! The very lightest Ivory is too dark. I have YET to find a foundation that works for me, so I just use a tinted moisturizer for special occassions.

With blue-green eyes and pale skin, I still think jewel tones are the way to go. Try a sapphire blue shirt and see what happens.
 

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Is there a color that takes 30-40 lbs. off? If so that is my color
 
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