Are you looking to find the perfect eyeshadow colors for your eye color but don’t know where to start? Makeup artists have made it easy by sharing what they have found to be the best eyeshadow shades for each eye color, using help from the standardized color wheel and hints from nature. Read on to find out what the best eyeshadows are for your eye color.

Best Eyeshadow for Brown or Hazel Eyes

Brown and hazel eyes are comparable to “earth tones” such as desert or beach sands. The shades you’ll find accompanying these colors in nature are nudes, beiges, golds, and blues (think sand and water) and well as green (imagine a fresh, sprouting garden). Therefore, chose the same shades in your eyeshadow palettes.

Recommended color combos for brown or hazel eyes:

• Clinique Color Surge Eyeshadow Duo in Coffee Shop
• L’Oreal HIP Eyeshadow Duo in Showy
• Maybelline Expert Wear Eyeshadow Duo in Irish Mist

Best Eyeshadow for Green Eyes

Green eyes are brought out by a shade that brings similar thoughts of “fortune”: gold eyeshadow. Try shimmery and coppertone gold – gold with a tint of orange – to complement green eyes. For a truly striking look, opt for banana or sunset orange eyeshadows depending on your skintone. You could also try a soft pink eyeshadow with a darker pink in the crease (think the hue of pink roses).

Recommended color combos for green eyes:

• CoverGirl 1-Kit Eyeshadows in Sun City (lid) and Fire It Up (crease)
• Clinique Color Surge Eyeshadow in Posh Squash
• Dior 2 Coleurs Eyeshadow Duo in Diorland

Best Eyeshadow for Blue Eyes

Sun and sky, sand and sea, and sea and sky are all nature that come to mind when you think of blue hues. Therefore, blue looks stunning with eyeshadow shades such as yellow-oranges, beige sand tones, and other, deeper blue shades.

Recommended color combos for blue eyes:

• Estee Lauder Silky Eyeshadow Duo in Sage
• Lancôme Color Design Eyeshadows in Luring (lid) and The New Blue (crease)
• Lancôme Color Design Eyeshadows in Suntouched (lid) and Bikini Golden (crease)