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Add Color to a Mani-Pedi with Complementary Combos

Suggest clients choose colors based on the opposite side on the color prism wheel to avoid mani-pedis that are too ‘matchy-matchy.’

by Staff
May 17, 2013
Add Color to a Mani-Pedi with Complementary Combos

 

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InStyle’s May 2013 issue features the color prism wheel as a tool to select complementary color combinations for your client’s mani-pedi.

Create dynamic duos for spring by pairing reds (like Essie's Hip-anema) with greens, oranges with blues or yellows with purple.  

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Pantone’s Lee Eiseman says “shades that sit on the opposite sides of the wheel enhance one another’s true tones.”

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