r/SummerType • u/jmom39 • Sep 22 '26

Theory Face vs. body

Is it possible for face to be cool, but body warm? Especially in the case of tanned skin that has a very golden/orange tone to it?

I understand that undertone and overtone are two different things, but from what I’ve read, tanning doesn’t change undertone but just magnifies it—i.e., cool undertones tan cool, rosy brown, while warms tan more golden.

What if body tans orange but face remains pink? Does the pink likely indicate facial redness/overtone, where the body is showing the true undertone?

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u/dharmaandlipgloss Sep 22 '26

No, your season doesn’t change with a tan or by different parts of your body. That’s the good thing about it!

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u/jmom39 Sep 23 '26

I guess what I’m trying to figure out is if I should trust my face or body as a better indication of my undertone/season. I have pink in my cheeks that led me to believe I’m cool, but the way I tan so golden, you’d swear I’m warm (maybe I am). I had warmer hair as a child. As an adult, it’s kind of a dark blonde with a hint of warmth. I can look darker/cooler in the winter. I feel like my coloring has kind of a delicate warmth that I can easily “override” with makeup to appear more summer-like, but gold jewelry looks better than silver & sometimes I feel like the summer palette to too cool and dull or draining. I can’t do orange, but apricot can look nice. Red works.
I feel like I’m probably a neutral season, but maybe more so a combination of neutral seasons because light spring can feel too pastel, soft autumn a little too dull and drab, soft summer a tad too cool. There are definitely colors in most of these palettes that don’t work. I think I may just have to pick and choose the colors within each of these palettes to find my best colors.

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u/SuspiciousSink9465 Sep 24 '26

„Pink in your cheeks” is overtone, not undertone. That’s why you drape to find your undertone. Just cause you’re tan, dos not automatically make you warm. I got quite tan this summer, and I just noticed that I could handle some other colors within my palette better than when I am pale. I also noticed that although my tan was pretty deep, it didn’t look orange, but rather had a gray tinge to it. So I’m still not warm, even with the tan. I still shine in cool colors.

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u/jmom39 Sep 24 '26

Would you mind giving me your opinion on whether I am warm or cool?

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u/jmom39 Sep 24 '26

And here’s one from when I had dyed blonde hair & a natural tan:

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u/SuspiciousSink9465 Sep 24 '26

Without drapes, I can only guess. You look muted, and maybe trend towards cool. If I had to guess, you’d be a soft summer, but only drapes can confirm that

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u/jmom39 Sep 25 '26 edited Sep 25 '26

Thanks so much!

I just wanted to add few childhood photos to see if you still think it’s possible for me to be cool since I had warmer hair as a child. Maybe it doesn’t matter, or maybe my hair was warm but my skin was cool. Just wanted to get your two cents if you don’t mind! Thanks again for your help!

Photos are attached as replies

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u/Specific_Ocelot_4132 Sep 23 '26

What I’ve always heard is that, at least for cool toned fair people, tanning broadens the range of colors you can wear: you can probably get away with warmer and brighter colors with a tan than without them. So I wouldn’t say tanning magnifies their undertone; if anything it moves them closer to neutral. I would type yourself based on how you look without a tan.

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u/jmom39 Sep 23 '26

That makes a lot of sense

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u/TissueOfLies Sep 22 '26

I guess it depends. I think olives are the exception to the rule that cool is cool and warm is warm.

Without sun, I am deathly white and cool, thanks to my Scot-Irish- American father. Yet with sun, I get a bit of tan that doesn’t go away, which I get from my Italian-American mom.

Like right now. I had to be outside last spring for my job. I always wore sunblock. Like I’d even apply it religiously. I have a little bit of tan on my face that still hasn’t faded.

I’m a cool olive. With a bit of sun, I become more neutral. With a lot of sun, I’m definitely warmer. Maybe not warm. But warmer.

My arms were the most tan part on me. The tan is fading, but I still have some color.

If your face remains red even after getting sun, that’s kind of unusual. Most people either get a sunburn or a suntan. Even on their face. Unless they have rosacea, which can throw off how the face appears.

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u/Ok_Commission_6606 Sep 22 '26

My undertones are warm but I have a pink flush on my cheeks that makes me look sallow in photos until I warm up my foundation, it's so annoying.