The 3 C's

Contouring Complimentary Colours

This week we looked at the concept of contouring with colours instead of a natural palette. We used complimentary colours to outline the areas to highlight and to add bronzer or blush. Then, added white to the features that we would like to bring out, such as the eyes.To determine what colours compliment each other, we use a colour wheel. This is a useful tool to show what colours would work together. 

As you can see on the wheel the complimentary colours are:

* Purple and Yellow

* Blue and Orange

* Red and Green

 Below are my attempts of recreating a complimentary contouring look using purple and yellow:

I started with the yellow creating the base for the look. I then added purple to show the areas where colour would have been applied in a normal natural palette. These are the areas that you want to bring out when contouring, so the cheek bones, along the chin line, down each side of the nose and just over the temples of the forehead.

The white line show the areas where you would generally highlight. So definitely below the eyebrow line, the centre of the eye lid, in the corners of the eye and just above the cheek bone. You can then also highlight the cupids bow of the lip and just in the dip of the chin. Down the nose also is usually highlighted. 

To get the correct line to accentuate the cheek bones, you need to follow the line from the tragus in the ear to the corner of the lip. This will follow the line of the bone.

Above is the finished result. If I could go back into this I would make the colours stronger and bolder to really bring out the areas of contour. The looks created are interesting and definitely have helped me to understand contouring more.