What shirt for what skin complexion?

A same shirt will not have the same effect depending on whether it is worn by a red man with white skin and freckles or by a brown man with dull skin. It’s all a matter of color combinations, and sometimes it’s not clear which colors are the best for us or the worst for us. The objective is to focus the interlocutor’s attention on the face.

1. Small anatomy class

The color of the skin is said to be cold if it pulls towards the pink or the bluish. It is said to be hot if it tends towards the yellow, golden, copper, peach. Thus silver is best associated with cold skins and gold with warm skins.

With this information, you can determine the color of your complexion. Now you need to know which shirt is best associated with it. To do this, follow the guide and get all the answers.

The brown man with a warm complexion

Your face is harmonious and not very contrasted in terms of colors, so it takes a neutral shirt for attention to focus on your eyes. So choose soft shades: sky blue or light pink shirts, with or without stripes, will suit you perfectly. No too dark colors or white that would contrast too much with your complexion. We associate them with colors in the same tones: a neutral navy blue, light grey, brown, beige... Blue highlights blue eyes.

The man with black hair, light eyes and cold complexion

The colors of your face are contrasting, so choose contrasting colors for your outfit: no tone on tone! We recommend a light-colored shirt that goes well with your face, and a dark-colored jacket or sweater: for example a white shirt with a dark-grey jacket. Play on the patterns and accessories in strong shades. The idea is to get a light/dark association. 

The red man with a warm complexion

Choose warm shades that will be in harmony with the colors of your face: orange, dark blue, green, purple, burgundy stripes will suit you very well. Match them with similar colors to play on tone on tone or contrast.

The brown man with the matte skin and warm complexion

Matte skin includes skins that tan quickly to ebony skins. In this case the face is homogeneous, the hair and eyes are often dark. Light colors in semitones are not recommended as they will brighten the face and give a lividity impression. We will choose shirts with strong colors, like red or dark blue stripes, shirts in dark jeans. We associate them with an equally dark outfit, with the idea of creating color shades. A very frank white is also recommended because it will bring out the tanned side of your skin.

The man with silver gray hair

You are getting grey: you have to change your wardrobe. The color of your shirts must adapt to your complexion: light tones for a rather pale complexion and brighter colors for a matte complexion. Blue and grey will in any case match very well the color of your hair.

In conclusion, you should always choose shirts that match the color of your skin in order to get a good glow effect and return the light to your face: light complexions for a fair skin, and dark complexions and brighter colors for a matte skin. You can associate reminders of colors in small touches in the outfit with accessories like a bow tie, a pouch, a hat…

Remember that the effect given by a color (that of the face) is influenced by the colors that surround it. So a black suit on a white skin will accentuate the color difference and the face will therefore look more blafard. It is therefore necessary to reduce the contrasts with the skin color.