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i have really weird colouring....i cant work out what i am!

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roundpegsquarehole · 16/08/2014 01:05

i have naturally very dark brown hair/eye brows etc.
i have green eyes.
i have the palest milk bottle white (blue) skin imaginable which refuses to tan under any circumstances....i get freckles but no tan. i get a light tan using self tanning products.
my face is pale, but i do have some redness to my skin. i suit blonde hair as much as dark hair though when im blonde the redness in my skin seems more obvious.

as a child i had quite red hair, but it got darker and darker as i got older until it ended up very dark brown.

wtf colouring am i?
i cannot wear very pale colours - pink is a no no for definite. i suit strong colours - greens, blues, burgundy, black, grey but nothing wishy washy - golds and silvers are out....pink washes me out, cream has to be worn carefully and white is a no no.

how do i work out what colouring i am? it seems most brunettes are dark skinned....im certainly not.
cheers!

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VeryLittleGravitasIndeed · 17/08/2014 08:25

From your description you're either autumn or winter, pink is great on summers and springs can wear pale colours well. Do you prefer gold or silver jewellery? And can you wear brown and look healthy?

florascotia · 17/08/2014 08:56

OP your colouring is certainly striking but please don't think of yourself as 'weird'. Celebrate it! As many posters have said, it's fairly common in Ireland and Scotland. But really, the genetics of appearance are so complex, and humans have moved around the planet for centuries, that appearance can rarely tell us much in detail about our ancestors. And almost all female celebrities appear in public with make-up, so we can't really know their true colouring.

I hestitate to refer to the Daily Mail - not my favourite reading - but here is an article about dark hair, light eyes and freckles. It refers to just one gene, among many:
www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2511321/Pierce-Brosnan-gene-gives-people-freckles-dark-hair-blue-eyes-discovered-scientists.html

QueenCardigan · 17/08/2014 09:03

You are definitely not weird, you just don't fit into a classic colour stereotype. A lot of people don't. If I went by all the online quizzes to see which season I am I'd be a summer as I'm blonde, fair skin, blue eyes. But I'm actually a winter.

roundpegsquarehole · 17/08/2014 19:11

BOF cheers for that link. from that i am definitely a "winter" but i can tell if im a deep winter or a clear winter.

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