This hack helps you find the most flattering hair hue for you.

What Is Color Theory?

By matching your season, you could choose colors that enhance your natural features rather than overwhelm them.

Woman at the hair salon analyzing hair color appointment

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The same concept can also extend to your hair color.

Martin says to look at your veinsbluish means cool, greenish means warm, and a mix suggests neutral.

Generally speaking, warm pairs best with warm while cool pairs best with cool.

Neutral skin tones can wear a range of colors, says Alanah Kenyon, stylist and owner ofStudio Linea.

She says she also uses contrast strategically.

I always ask, What do you want your hair maintenance schedule and budget to look like?

Let this guide your decisions while sitting in the salon chair.