The one item of your attire that sits closest to your skin and that the majority of people notice initially is your jewellery. Most people just think about their personal preferences and style while purchasing jewellery. Your skin tone, however, is a crucial thing to take into account while selecting jewellery.

If you’ve ever noticed that your friend’s gold or silver necklace doesn’t glitter quite as brightly on them as it does on you, it’s probably because the undertones don’t match. So how does understanding your skin tone assist you in choosing jewellery? That’s because particular stones and metals go very well with particular skin tones. However, by studying which types of jewellery appear best against your skin tone, you’ll be able to select the ideal accessories.

What Is Skin Tone?

           The first thing you need to bear in mind is that skin colour and skin tone are two different things. Your skin colour (the overtone) is the colour of the skin you were born with. It can change due to environmental factors like getting tanned or burnt in harsh sunlight. Skin tone (the undertone) never changes. It can be traced back to your ethnicity and biological makeup, which consists of pigmentation, melanin, etc.

Types of Skin Tone:

There are three broad categories of skin tones – cool, warm and neutral. While there are a number of ways to figure out your skin tone, the easiest way to do so is by standing under natural light and looking at the veins on your wrists. Here’s what you will find:

Warm skin tones – Take a good look at your wrists. If your veins look green, then you have a warm skin tone. If you stay out in the sun for too long, you get tanned very easily.

Cool skin tones – People with cool skin tones will have blue or purple veins. Alternatively, people who have cool skin tones will burn when exposed to too much sun, rather than get tanned. This is because they have a lower melanin count.

Neutral skin tone – Your veins will be both blue and green, in equal measure or leaning towards one or the other. When exposed to the sun, you will either tan or get sunburnt. Sometimes, this could depend on the part of your body exposed to the sun.

Cool Tone 

Cool skin tones work well with bright colours like blue and purple as they add some brightness and liveliness to cool skin. So if you have a cool skin tone, opt for gems like sapphires and amethysts.

Warm Tone 

Those with warm undertones will have a yellow hue to their skin. Yellow being an earthy colour will match well with other earthy tones like red, yellow, orange, brown and turquoise. Reach out for jewellery set with rubies, garnets, coral, citrine, etc.

Neutral Tone 

Since you are a mix of both, you have free reign to choose any gemstones, as all of them will look flattering on you.