Vella

CONTRAST GUIDE

🌓 High Contrast

A dramatic lightness gap between your features

Signs you're high contrast

  • A big lightness jump between skin and hair (or strikingly light eyes against deep hair)
  • Think dark hair + fair skin, the classic 'Snow White' pattern
  • Black-and-white pairings echo your natural pattern
  • Features pop without any makeup at all

Your makeup & wardrobe strategy

Makeup: You carry drama that overwhelms others: black liner, a true red lip, crisp graphic shapes. Soft-focus everything can make you look washed out — keep at least one defined element.

Wardrobe: High-contrast pairings (black + white, navy + ivory) mirror your coloring; all-pastel or all-muted outfits fight it.

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The other contrast levels