You should consider three main points when choosing a frame for your face shape:
Also, while most faces are a combination of shapes and angles, there are seven basic face shapes: round, oval, oblong, base-down triangle, base-up triangle, diamond and square. |
Round
A round face has curved lines with the width and length in the same proportions and no angles. To make a round face appear thinner and longer, try angular narrow frames to lengthen the face, a clear bridge that widens the eyes, and frames that are wider than they are deep, such as a rectangular shape.
Colour Analysis
The three keys to colour analysis are:
The main factors to determine the best colour palette are the colours of the skin, eyes and hair.
- All people have either a cool (blue-based) or warm (yellow-based) colouring
- Everyone looks best in his or her own colour base.
- Eyewear colour should complement personal colouring.
The main factors to determine the best colour palette are the colours of the skin, eyes and hair.
HairHair colours are also considered warm or cool. Strawberry blond, platinum, blue-black, white, salt-and-pepper and brown are cool. Warm hair colours include golden blond, flat black, brown-gold, ginger and grey.
EyesEye colours are usually a secondary element in determining colouring because of the wide range of eye colours. For example, blue eyes can range from a cool almost-violet to a pale blue-gray, which is warm. Brown eyes can vary from a light cider shade (warm) through a medium-brown to a cool almost-black.
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SkinSkin tone is the prime element in determining colouring. All complexions fall into one of two color bases blue (cool) or yellow (warm). A cool complexion has blue or pink undertones, and a warm complexion has a "peaches and cream" or yellow cast. Olive skin is considered cool because it is a mixture of blue and yellow. (cool, blue-based complexions are more common than the yellow-based warm complexions.
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Once you have determined if you are "warm" or "cool," then you can find the frame colors that will suit you the best. Some examples of frame colours best for warm colouring are: camel, khaki, gold, copper, peach, orange, coral, off-white, fire-engine red, warm blue and blond tortoise. For cool coloring, the best hues are black, rose-brown, blue-gray, plum, magenta, pink, jade.
If you see a frame you like in the practice, but the colour doesn't suit you, always ask whether other colours are available.