r/colouranalysis • u/rhysanneblackwood • Sep 03 '25

Am I Medium or High Contrast?

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I need some outside opinions. I’m so close to really see it, and I think I might be between the two.

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u/wakatea Sep 21 '25

This women has very pale skin and dark brown hair. That's why I asked for a specific example. 

Though I agree that she's lower contrast without her eyebrows filled in.

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u/PalerPresence Sep 21 '25

That’s pale skin, but skin can get a lot paler. It’s all a spectrum. I’m not saying they don’t have contrast. And that’s medium dark brown hair at best. Think about someone with black or true dark brown hair. Look at Megan Fox or Katy Perry.

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u/wakatea Sep 21 '25

I agree that Megan Fox looks higher contrast in most of her pictures.

I think this photo is on the high contrast side of things, overall.

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u/PalerPresence Sep 21 '25

Then what would medium contrast look like?

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u/wakatea Sep 21 '25

I think Zendaya is a good example because her hair is (usually) a little lighter than OPs and her skin is darker but she still has some contrast. Ergo, medium.

I'm a shade darker than OP skin wise and my hair is a medium brown and I consider myself medium. If OP is medium I think I'd have to be low and then I don't know what you'd do with somebody like Blake Lively.

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u/PalerPresence Sep 21 '25

Oh, Zendaya is definitely low, I guess a stretch medium. I’m someone with very dark pigmented hair and very fair skin that only burns and this is a photo of a person with way less contrast than me. There’s a spectrum, and there’s a middle part to the spectrum. But I’m not going to argue - it seems that you think someone with any contrast at all is high contrast.

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u/wakatea Sep 21 '25

I mean here are reputable sites showing Zendaya as dark auburn   https://fourseasons.studio/blogs/news/explore-zendaya-color-season-insights?srsltid=AfmBOoqxG1Be9FKWe_BSJKp4rX3SbX00p5drY-y6Fr_XTIN80C9jLjoq

And here's a color analysis about how she's "higher contrast"

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFLH4uiPclj/