Red On Red!

Can Redheads Wear Red?

For the most part of my life I was made to believe that as a redhead, some colours would take an allergic reaction to my perplexing flame like locks. Thankfully and in part to my training as a Colour Analyst I learned that this is simply not so.

I was asked about this recently and was a little miffed to hear that some still think it so. Now, there are boundaries to the type of red one can wear but then again there are whether you’re brunette or blonde also.

The key thing to know here is what category you fall under.
Is your colouring warm toned or cool toned?
People look out of harmony when they go against their natural colouring and for this you need to examine beyond hair. Skin & eye colour are a big part of determining your colours.

As a teenager, I was analyzed incorrectly. To take one look at me; I’m fair skinned, brown eyed and have red hair, I should have been an easy one, Autumnal, right? In fact, wrong. Until I went to do my training and came to know otherwise it was like everything fell into place when I was put into my light/bright Spring colours.

Wearing my Spring colours has had such an enormous impact on my life. In terms of us redheads wearing red, there is always going to be a shade of red that we can wear. For me, a warm red or a hot pink work very well with my colouring (eventhough I have red hair!)
A good example of a natural redhead looking radiant in red; Nicole Kidman at the 2007 Oscars.

My advice: If you have not yet had a Personal Colour Analysis done then book in with a Colour Analyst in your area. In the long term this saves you so much money because you are not spending on “1 wear” items anymore and you have the confidence of knowing you look well in the colours you are wearing. The guess work is gone!

So flame it up fellow redheads and choose your shade of red!