How to choose a nail polish color that suits your complexion and the season? Check out our tips!
The perfect shade of nail polish can work wonders – brighten your hands, add character to your style and highlight your natural beauty. The key is to combine your complexion, type, and the current season. If you're wondering what color suits your skin tone or which shades are best for spring, summer, fall, and winter, you'll find a practical guide full of inspiration here.
Nail polish color and complexion – how to choose the best shade?
For fair skin
People with fair skin usually have cool undertone, that's why they look great on them:
- light, girly pinks and powdery nudes
- cool reds, e.g. raspberry or strawberry
- pastels: mint, blue, lavender
- deep colors like burgundy or plum – perfect especially in the colder months
Better to avoid: intense yellows and oranges, which may create too strong a contrast.
For darker skin tones
Warm, olive or dark skin pairs beautifully with expressive colors:
- neons: pink, orange, lime
- juicy reds, fuchsia
- gold, brown and warm nude shades
- navy blue, bottle green and purple
Avoid: very light nudes, as they may look too chalky.
Color type – the key to the perfect choice
Your color type helps you easily determine which colors work best with your complexion and natural features. Learn your color type and discover palettes created for you!
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Spring – fresh and warm
- coral, delicate peach
- warm pink, light mint
Summer – cool pastels
- powder pink
- pastel purple
- light blue
- strawberry-colored reds
Autumn – the saturated colors of nature
- caramel and warm red
- rotten green
- claret
Winter – striking contrasts
- classic red
- Burgundy
- grenade
- black and silver
How to choose a nail polish for the season?
Spring
Time for subtle pastels, milky pinks and light, delicate styles that reflect the freshness of awakening nature.
Summer
Season intense neons and juicy pinks! Blues and turquoises are associated with holidays, while glitter and bolder accents add energy.
Autumn
Time for brown, gold and brick shades. Olive green, burgundy, purple – colors inspired by leaves, coffee and the warmth of the fireplace.
Winter
They reign navy blue, black, dark green, as well as silver, burgundy, and cool red. Shine and shimmering effects are a must-have for winter manicures.
Discover the Modena Nails collections
In our offer you will find a full palette of shades suited to every season and type of beauty – from delicate pastels to intense, expressive colors.
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When choosing a varnish, also pay attention to: outfit and occasion.
✔ Elegant outings
Red, nude, burgundy or classic black – they always work.
✔ Every day
Pastel shades, milky varnishes, delicate pinks.
✔ Holiday style
Neon colors, turquoises and energetic colors – the more vibrant, the better.
✔ Minimalism
Light beiges, milky whites and semi-transparent sheer polishes.
Remember – the most important thing is what you like
The choice of paint color is not a rigid rule, but tips to help you choose. The most important thing is that you feel good in what you wear. Sometimes a subtle nude will be your ideal, while other times an energetic pink will boost your confidence.
A manicure is a small detail that can completely change your mood. Experiment, combine colors, find your own style and have fun with trends — let the polish on your nails be a small form of daily self-love.
