Saturday, March 8, 2014

Color Theory for Makeup Artists

Knowing how to use an artist color wheel is essential to makeup artistry. Here's a helpful tutorial to explain color theory and how to find complementary colors:



Here's a color wheel so you can follow:


I keep one in my makeup kit in case I need to reference it. Here's a one you can buy at Amazon.

I like the two-sided color wheels. One side shows color shades and complementary colors, the flip side shows you how to mix colors (as in the picture above).