Facecharts - Colour wheel

Neutral Colour Facechart

            I love designing neutral facecharts because this is the style and colour make-up I would choose to wear myself.  I feel it suite my skin tone and bone structure as it highlights angles of my face.

            I created a gradient across the eyelids by adding tints of lighter browns in the corner and darker tints towards the edge of the eye.  This gives a great effect on the eye and looks prettier than one standard block colour.  It also shows experimentation of different shades and tints of one colour.

            This is probably my favourite design out of the four because I think it’s simple yet elegant.  It’s the sort of make-up you could wear to a wedding and look fabulous without going over the top with colour.

 

Complimentary Colour Facechart

            When designing my complimentary colour facechart, I wanted to show use of block colour rather than shades and tints because I felt if I was to wear bold colours I would want them to be a statement rather than a soft touch on the face.  I chose the colours red and green because I think they are the most striking colours on the colour wheel.

            I do think these colours go well together as they are complimentary and they make a bold statement.  However, I think they would look great for a catwalk show because they will be able to be seen from a distance.

Monochromatic Colour Facechart

            A monochromatic colour is using the tint, tone and shade of one colour.  I chose to use blue as it is my favourite colour and I love all of the shades you can create with it.  A tint is a colour with white added.  A tone is a colour with grey added.  A shade is a colour with black added.

            I chose to do a tint on the eyes as I wanted to create a gradient effect down the features of the face.  Therefore I chose to use a tone on the cheeks and a shade on the lips.  I feel this worked quite well as the facechart did not look like I used the same block colour over the whole face.

            I think this look would look amazing for a photoshoot as it would show off the skills of a make-up artist because each section of the face has a different effect which has to be perfect.

Analogous Colour Facecharts

            Analogous colours are colours that are adjacent to each other on the colour wheel.  However this only applies to more than two colours but less than 5.  I chose to use the colours yellow, yellow-orange and orange because I was going for an autumn theme.  As the colours are so close on the colour wheel, I think they blend nicely and complement each other on the face.

            I wanted this look to stand out so I went for a different coloured eyebrow look and a two toned lip.  This make-up design would obviously not be worn day to day as it is too extreme, but I think it would be great for a new make-up brand promoting their products.  They could show off how versatile they are and how you can create cool, funky looks.