FaceSaysSkin tone chart
Your skin tone has two parts: depth (light to deep) and undertone (warm, cool, neutral or olive). Use the chart for depth, then the undertone checks to finish the picture.
Skin tone depth chart
- Porcelain
#F8E5DA - Fair
#F1D4C0 - Light
#E8BF9F - Medium
#D4A27C - Olive
#B58B5E - Tan
#A8744A - Caramel
#96623A - Brown
#7A4A2E - Deep brown
#573322 - Ebony
#3B2418
Skin tone swatches are approximations. Real skin varies with light, season and photo settings, so use them as a guide and not as an exact match.
How to find your undertone
- Wrist veins: green suggests warm, blue or purple suggests cool, a mix suggests neutral.
- Jewelry: gold flatters warm skin, silver flatters cool skin, both work on neutral.
- White test: pure white flatters cool skin, cream flatters warm skin.
- Sun reaction: burns and turns pink suggests cool, tans golden suggests warm.
Next steps
Take the undertone test from a photo, or read the guides for cool, olive and yellow undertones. Then see which seasonal palette matches your coloring.
Frequently asked questions
Skin tone (or depth) is how light or deep your skin is. Undertone is the hue under the surface: warm (golden or peach), cool (pink or blue), neutral or olive. Two people with the same depth can have different undertones.
There is no official number. Charts commonly use 6 to 12 depths, each with a warm, cool, neutral or olive undertone.