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Is Olive a neutral or in the warm toned family?

Squirrel Lover — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 17:59:33 GMT

Gary Goben and many of the hosts say that the color family olive is neutral. I have a neutral cool soft summer toned complextion and I was wondering if olive works with any cooler skinned gals?

Re: Is Olive a neutral or in the warm toned family?

DiAnne — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 18:02:00 GMT

I do consider olive a neutral but there are several shades that are called olive. Some have a lot of yellow in them and others are brownish.

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Snicks1 — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 18:04:34 GMT

I consider olive a neutral myself, but I don't know anything about the summer/winter coloring.

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Sooner — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 18:23:38 GMT

It depends on the color of the olive. Is it more yellow? Brown? Is it a cooler colored olive?

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peachesncream — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 18:44:57 GMT

I'm a light "summer" in skin tone, and I look awful in olive.

This leaves me out of the camo trend lol. Also olive utility jackets (navy or charcoal grey are better choices for me).

I love green - icy mint, light to medium cool green, and blue-greens are all good for my skin tone.

Re: Is Olive a neutral or in the warm toned family?

ECBG — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 18:46:44 GMT

@Squirrel LoverThere are many levels of olive. Some olive is very close to blue. Some has a lot of gray taking it close to taupe.

The yellow olives are part of the autumn palette. The farther it is taken from yellow, the more it becomes a neutral.

Re: Is Olive a neutral or in the warm toned family?

Shanus — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 18:53:42 GMT

@Squirrel Lover wrote:
Gary Goben and many of the hosts say that the color family olive is neutral. I have a neutral cool soft summer toned complextion and I was wondering if olive works with any cooler skinned gals?

@Squirrel Lover Hi. I have a fair, cool to neutral complexion. I’ve always loved and worn olive green. I look for shades that have little or no yellow in it. My eyes are olive green and I suppose they match my skin, so it’s OK to wear olive, too.

Re: Is Olive a neutral or in the warm toned family?

momoftwo2007 — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 19:23:46 GMT

@Squirrel Lover In my opinion, olive is a neutral for the the bottom. But it is trickier for the whole outfit or for the top, depending on the shades of olive.

Here are some examples of olive bottoms as neutrals, and an entire outift of olive color.

Re: Is Olive a neutral or in the warm toned family?

Squirrel Lover — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 19:23:46 GMT

Thanks @ECBG. It appears that only Autumn or yellow toned skin looks best in most olive tones. I think that I am too cool toned to pull off olive very well. Camo would look terrible on me.

Thanks to all who responded.

Re: Is Olive a neutral or in the warm toned family?

Carmie — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 19:32:19 GMT

Olive is a warm color. It is called a neutral because it goes well with other colors..warm and cool...as do the colors cream, tan and brown...all neutrals.

Cool neutral colors would be gray and optic white.

If you do not look great in warm colors...a winter or summer ..Olive is not for you.

Re: Is Olive a neutral or in the warm toned family?

SilleeMee — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 19:44:00 GMT

The D&C olive color is neutral because it does not appear to have any warm or cool color tones in it. In other words that olive can be worn with most any color, just as you would with black or white.

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GCR18 — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 20:10:19 GMT

I consider it a neutral.

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151949 — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 20:43:34 GMT

There are a zillion shades of olive and each one would be a different answer to the OPs guestion.

Re: Is Olive a neutral or in the warm toned family?

jonbon — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 20:58:25 GMT

@Carmie wrote:
Olive is a warm color. It is called a neutral because it goes well with other colors..warm and cool...as do the colors cream, tan and brown...all neutrals.

Cool neutral colors would be gray and optic white.

If you do not look great in warm colors...a winter or summer ..Olive is not for you.

I think this is what is meant by a "neutral" color in this case -- it has more to do with going with all sorts of other colors than the coloring of the person wearing it. Whether it flatters someone's complexion when worn close to the face is an entirely different question.

Re: Is Olive a neutral or in the warm toned family?

ECBG — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 21:33:23 GMT

@Squirrel Lover wrote:
Thanks @ECBG. It appears that only Autumn or yellow toned skin looks best in most olive tones. I think that I am too cool toned to pull off olive very well. Camo would look terrible on me.

Thanks to all who responded.

@Squirrel LoverAre you blue or yellow based when you look at the underside of your wrist?

Re: Is Olive a neutral or in the warm toned family?

Squirrel Lover — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 21:39:12 GMT

@ECBG I am green a true neutral skintone.

Re: Is Olive a neutral or in the warm toned family?

ECBG — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 21:41:19 GMT

@Squirrel Lover wrote:
@ECBG I am green a true neutral skintone.

@Squirrel LoverHazel eyes? Any red in your hair when it's in the natural state?

Re: Is Olive a neutral or in the warm toned family?

Oznell — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 21:53:03 GMT

@Squirrel Lover, I very much agree with "seasonal" color analysis in general. There do seem to be some wild card variables, that can make a cool complexion work with olive though.

Example-- I'm a Summer, with the coolest, most "blue" pale complexion you can imagine, almost ghostly. No visible warmth, unless you count a slight pinkness in cheeks, etc.

Mint green is my best green EVER, quite flattering. But strangely, if an olive is light enough, near to sage, it is also flattering. Get consistent compliments when wearing. At first glance my eyes are a cool, but muddy gray. But with olive, they turn slightly olive too.

If ANY green is too dark, it looks hideous on me. Even dark teal, which theoretically should possibly be ok b/c of the blue in there-- yet I look like death warmed over in it, it even brings out lines and shadows in my face just like black does, ha.

Experimenting a wee bit might give you the answer about olive and you!

Re: Is Olive a neutral or in the warm toned family?

Squirrel Lover — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 22:09:04 GMT

@ECBG No, I have dark ash blonde hair with medium brown eyes.

Re: Is Olive a neutral or in the warm toned family?

Squirrel Lover — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 22:10:56 GMT

@Oznell Interesting. Peacock teal blue is a super power color for me. It is so pretty I wish you could wear it.