High Contrast Nails Are The Most Eye-Catching Manicure Trend

With all the manicure trends circulating around, it can be hard for your set to stand out. If you’re trying to top all the other trends and get all eyes on your mani, high contrast nails are the answer. High contrast colors make a mani hard to miss, especially when paired with a cool design. We’ve rounded up a handful of our favorite looks to give you inspiration for your next salon visit.

High Contrast Manicure Looks to Try

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French Manicure Contrast Nails

Variations on French nails are trending, and this is a unique one to try. The colors are all so different but somehow look amazing together.

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Contrasting Checkerboard

We love how cute and unique this look is. This manicure uses the same shade in contrasting saturations to create a cute checkerboard design on otherwise sheer nails.

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Pink and Blue Splodges

Each hand has a different contrasting color moment going on, and they look even better when next to each other. This manicure, which the artist calls “contrast splodges” is definitely in our queue of looks to try.

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Black and White Squiggles

Black and white are likely the first contrasting colors that come to mind, so, of course, we had to include them. The squiggly lines make this manicure whimsical, and we love that they altered the colors on each hand for extra contrast.

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Blue and Coral Pop

This reverse mani uses contrasting colors that look amazing together. The bold, pop shades of blue and coral make for the perfect contrasting nail look, but you could try this design with any color combo.

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Purple and Orange Petals

The orange splodges on the purple polish create a fun and funky look using two bold contrasting colors. The abstract art reminds us of falling flower petals.

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Red and Pink Half-and-Half

Take the idea of the beloved black and white cookie, translate it to a manicure, and you have this half-and-half look. The use of the dark red and bright pink makes the contrast super interesting.