Comments on: Q&A: The Best Colors for Asian Skin

By: skye

skye — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:54:08 +0000

basically every shade of green (except for the swampy army green) looks reeeally bad on me… and vibrant colours dont really go w me very well. like, the highlighter colours.

By: Maddie

Maddie — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 01:32:01 +0000

I think Asians happen to look lovely in orange!

By: asian

asian — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:33:44 +0000

i find that the best colors on me are dark purple, dark blue, and turqouise. i love musty yellow and i got a sweater in that color recently.. but i don’t think it matches my skin color well unfortunately.

By: Azn

Azn — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:40:13 +0000

I have to agree with the bright yellow. It can look good on some Asians. We’ve just been brainwashed to stay away from it, but it can look good! It takes an open mind and guts!

By: Kate

Kate — Sun, 04 May 2008 12:48:44 +0000

Hm, teal and forest green look great on me. I’ll have to try a bright yellow sometime — most yellows don’t work on me, but I’ll be interested to see if I can find one that does!

By: Trisha

Trisha — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:02:27 +0000

What shade of blue-green are you thinking about with teal? For teal, I’ve had more luck with brighter, more vibrant shades. Everybody’s different though! The best thing to do is try on a bunch of colors and see what works for your skin. If you look glowing in a color, keep it. But if you look washed out, ditch it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:34:14 +0000

Colors like forrest green and teal are also not complimentary to Asian skin color. I like to wear bright colors like yellow, turquoise, pink, purple… they look pretty good.

By: Trisha

Trisha — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:20:04 +0000

For darker skinned Asian women, we still recommend (and love) bright, vibrant, saturated colors. Depending on how dark your skin is, pastels still can make your skin look washed out. Generally speaking though, the darker your skin, the better pastels will look on you.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 02:11:05 +0000

What would you suggest for darker-skinned Asian women? I’m Southeast Asian with brown skin and like to experiment with color, but sometimes I’m uncertain about particular colors (especially pastels).

By: nic

nic — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:36:27 +0000

thanks for posting this!!! i have light asian skin as well and i find that a mustard yellow really looks bad on my complexion. possibly another “yellow” to shy away from.