monochromatic face chart ( Achromatic and complimentary looks)

Monochromatic are all shades of one colour.

I have used gold for this look.

On the eyes I have used golden yellow in the inner part of the eyes and used the metallic gold on the ends to create a smoky look. I have also used the same metallic gold to contour the face (on the hollows of the cheeks and the temples). On the lips I have mixed the golden yellow colour and the metallic gold.

Also here is my attempt to create a different monochromatic look on myself and on a friend using purple; I have done this to compere show how different skin tones can complement the look.

In the top look the purple is more visible, this could be because on the amount of product used as well as the lighting. The purple in the eyes is very visible as well as the purple on the cheeks and lips however the purple used to contour the face is not visible at all.

On the second look the purple used is more visible on area that I have contoured which are the hollows of the cheeks and the nose. It is also visible on the eyes giving it a smoky look and also the lips. however the look, looks better in real life than in this picture, i would say that  lighting has played a big part in the way the look is seen on picture.  

Achromatic look.

Achromatic colours lack saturation, they are near natural. those colours include black, white or grey.

this image i found on line is a good and simple interpretation of a Achromatic look. this more evident with the eye makeup were the artist has used a white eyeshadow on the eye lids and used black liner to draw very prises black lines.

For my look, i used just back and white. the two colours though they are opposite to each other they compliment one another. i used a white eyeshadow on the eye lid and the lower eye lid; and on the lips i used black lipstick.



complimentary look. 

ref: http://www.tigercolor.com/

Colours that are opposite each other on the colour wheel are considered to be complementary colours

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light purple and light green are opposite each other on the colour will, therefore compliments each other. for my look i used the two colours against each other to see what would happen. looking at the results i have noticed that the colours do not overpower each other, making it a perfect complimentary look.