Learning about colour paring can help you make choices that will bring your best features to light. Dark skin paired with light toned hair stands out. Light skin paired with dark hair contrasts but hides the face. With such an extensive range of wigs available there’s a colour to suit everyone.

From auburn brown to lustrous gold, wigs come in colours that show off our favorite look and style. Not everyone looks good in every wig colour though, and that’s because certain skin tones are best paired to a specific range of colours.

Learning about colour paring can help you make choices that will bring your best features to light. Dark skin paired with light toned hair stands out. Light skin paired with dark hair contrasts but hides the face. With such an extensive range of wigs available there’s a colour to suit everyone. Here is a quick guide to choosing the wig that best suits your body tone.

Wig Colours & Body Tones

Let’s talk about body tones. Body tones include skin colour, eye colour and the natural undertones of your real hair. To find the undertone of your hair, use a small mirror to check your hair under sunlight.

If your hair reflects back hues of orange, yellow and/or red in the roots, you fall into the warm colour grouping. People in this category tend to have darker skin tones and brown, golden-brown or green eyes.

On people with cool tones, hair follicles will reflect blue, green or sometimes purple. People on the cool spectrum tend to have light skin tones and blue eyes or emerald green eyes.

Here’s a look at the warm and cool body tones and the wig colours that best suit each.

Wigs with Warm Tones

Natural hair undertones: dark browns, brown with red or gold highlights, red, golden-blonde wigs, strawberry-blonde or grey with yellow accents.

Skin tone: olive, golden, or darker tones that tan effortlessly

Eye colour: brown, green, green-blue, golden brown and hazel

Best Wig Colour Matches

Browns: auburn wigs, dark browns, chestnuts, golden browns or brown wigs with red highlights

Golds: bronze and caramel

Wig Colours to Avoid

Stay clear of wig colours that are lighter than your natural skin tone as these will not accent your features properly. Black wigs on dark tones will also not stand out as much.

Wigs with Cool tones

Natural hair undertones: ash brown, coffee brown, near black, and light blonde

Skin tone: olive, pale with pink cheeks and very pale tones with little colour

Eye colour: dark blue, blue grey or hazel with some blue flecks

Best Wig Colour Matches

Blacks – brown black, blue black

Browns – ash, wheat, taupe

Blondes – honey

Wig Colours to Avoid

Golden highlights will likely not stand out as much with cool tones. Avoid using auburn and bronze lipsticks.

Bring out Your Best Features with the Right Wig

Whether you choose a synthetic wig or a human hair wig, deciding on the best colour is about bringing out the best of your features. From strawberry-blonde wigs to jet-black wigs, there’s a wig out there to suit every style.

Contact Joseph’s Wigs today if you need further help in finding your perfect wig style and colour.