Shades of Green - Warm or Cool?

Your local river may not turn into Shades of Green anytime soon but you can certainly celebrate the fact that GREEN is a BIG color for 2025. 

Don't worry about the neon brights on the runways, there are so many fabulous shades of green out there and there's one that's just right for YOU! 

Green, the colour of nature and life, has a multitude of shades from palest mint through to darkest pine, from softest olive to vibrant emerald; and yet many people never wear it! 

Identifying the best shade can, however, cause confusion but any shade that echoes the undertone of your skin will look good on you.

Most people have a discernible undertone either WARM or COOL. If you're not sure about your skin tone check it out.

What is Green?

TRUE GREEN is made up of an equal mix of YELLOW (considered Warm) and BLUE (considered Cool). When the quantities are varied it means that we can have many different shades of both Warm Green and Cool Green. 

More yellow in the Green means that the shade leans towards WARM and more blue added means the shade leans towards COOL as you see above. 

The two dresses in the main picture above show J-Lo in Warm Green and Mila Kunis in Cool Green. These shades are perfectly suited to each of their skin tones. 

Shades of Green for the 4 Seasons

When white is added to the mix green becomes lighter and when gray or black is added it makes it deeper. Now we have the four quite different sets of Green which relate to the 4 Seasons of Color Analysis - Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. 

Although I've highlighted just a few, there are lots of different shades of green to suit you once you've found your best undertone. 

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How to identify Warm or Cool Green? 

If you know your color direction then all you need is a color swatch to help you identify your best shades. Using a color swatch is easy!     

Perhaps you're good at carrying a color in your head; just remember that a warm green has a yellowish tone and will sit happily with yellows and a cool green is more blue and will sit more comfortably with blues. 

and now Kettlewell for the Tonals too!

If you know whether you're Warm or Cool then Kettlewell have you covered too! 

Click on the image below to find You'll find a whole range of GREENS in the Tonal Color Families too. 

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