How To Choose The Best Shade Of Auburn Hair For Your Skin Tone

Posted by Tandra Barner on Tuesday, May 21, 2024

If you have a light skin tone, hairstylist Christine Tran told Mane Addicts that strawberry blonde and copper tones will give you a gorgeous pop of color. That being said, if you have pink undertones, "a dark strawberry blonde or adding a rosy touch to a copper" will be even more complementary. A brighter auburn will suit neutral pale skin, and if you're cool-toned, go for a mix of strawberry blonde, copper and ginger. Yellow-based fair tones will look best in a golden-copper to take their warmth to the next level.

If you have a medium skin tone, you should look to a deep copper to medium auburn, going a bit richer. Tran told Mane Addicts that "fire engine red or dark/golden copper" suits medium skin with yellow undertones, while dark copper is great for pink undertones, and cherry red is perfect for cool-toned medium skin. If you're in olive territory, go for a gorgeous rose gold with blue-violet undertones like burgundy and mahogany, but stay away from orange.

For darker skin tones, medium to dark auburn works best, but you have room to play around (via Melvin's Hair Do). As per Mane Addicts, light brown complexions look amazing in merlot-wine shades with blue-violet tones. Medium brown tones should go for mid-range auburn brown, or burgundy for more drama. Dark brown skin looks gorgeous in mahogany with purple undertones. Darker complexions should consider purple-red "Cherry Coke" tones, and should avoid anything too golden.

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