Colour theory is an extremely important knowledge to know in makeup artistry, as this allows you to mix undertones in foundation and make a perfect colour much. This also allows you to work with monochromatic and complimentary colours which will have a positive effect in your overall work and also allows you to mix colours that you have access to achieve desired secondary colour.

Primary colours: Red, yellow, blue.

Secondary colours: When two primary colours are mixed, they create ‘secondary colours. For example, when you mix: red + blue = purple, red + yellow = orange and yellow + blue = green. By having this basic knowledge of 3 primary colours, this opens doors to create secondary and bespoke colours that you can incorporate in everyday makeup and artistic styles, apply knowledge with any medium of makeup!