Finding the best colours for your skin tone: Our Style Panel weighs in with 14 ways to dress for your shade

For those who gravitate towards neutrals time and time again, embracing colours can be quite the challenge. Greys, blacks and whites are safe choices but for Spring 2013, clothing is coming up colourful and we’re ready to get risky with bright pieces.

Selecting the best colour for your skin tone can be a challenge and a variety shades must be tried and tested before finding the right palette that not only flatters your skin but is also on trend for the season. For Spring 2013, colours were bright and many designers opted to show primary tones like at Michael Kors and Stella McCartney.

Because we’re all about embracing the trends as they come, we asked our Style Panel contributors to help us out with how they found the best colour for their skin tones and their favourite ways to toss some bright pops into their outfits. Boy, can they do wearing colours justice.

The latest lady to join the panel, Cee Fardoe of the Paris-based blog Coco and Vera, took a page from Dries Van Noten’s Spring 2013 collection and tossed on a red plaid button-up with a very ladylike beige striped skirt. The combination of girly and grunge is an ideal look for spring. And we applaud Zoe Smythe of Zoe’s Fashion Feed for taking the plunge into the colour pool and wearing a bright red coat and bag with a blue and green plaid dress underneath—she takes wearing colours to a whole new level.

While taking risk with colours can seem like a daunting task, our style gals have some top tips for finding the best colour for your skin tone. May their tips inspire you to take the colour wheel for a spin!

Question 43: How do you know what colours work for your skin tone? How do you incorporate them into your wardrobe?

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