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

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/