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Official description
matte soft orchid
Standardised colour
Purple · Medium Details
Matte finish · Buildable pigmentation · Cream
Where to buy Dionysus (1 store)
Similar to about-face Matte Fluid Eye Paint Dionysus
The closest shade matches and closest overall alternatives in other eyeshadows. Price is never part of the score.
Blush and lip colours to wear with Dionysus
Open Complete My LookFive ways to coordinate with about-face Matte Fluid Eye Paint Dionysus, chosen on measured swatch colour, colour family, depth and undertone. “Colour match” means a close colour; “Combination” means a deliberate pairing.
Neighbouring colours with a compatible undertone.
Blush
Mood Exposure
Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush, shade Mood Exposure
- Neighbouring colour: plum with purple
- Combination · Plum · Medium · Cool
$48
Southern Sunset
Ulta Beauty Collection Velvet Veil Minerals Powder Blush, shade Southern Sunset
- Neighbouring colour: plum with purple
- Combination · Plum · Deep / dark · Cool
$6
Lipstick
153 Le Rosewood Ambition
L'Oréal Paris Colour Riche Intense Volume Matte Lipstick, shade 153 Le Rosewood Ambition
- Neighbouring colour: plum with purple
- Combination · Plum · Medium · Cool
$13.99
Plum Baby
Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick, shade Plum Baby
- Neighbouring colour: plum with purple
- Combination · Plum · Medium · Cool
$11.99
Lip gloss

Love Child
MAC Cosmetics Lipglass High Shine Lip Gloss, shade Love Child
- Neighbouring colour: plum with purple
- Combination · Plum · Light · Cool
$25
100 Mademoiselle Mauve
L'Oréal Paris Glow Paradise Lip Balm-in-Gloss, shade 100 Mademoiselle Mauve
- Neighbouring colour: plum with purple
- Combination · Plum · Medium · Cool
$12.99
Lip liner
Mauvemoiselle
Pat McGrath Labs Dramatique Mega Lip Pencil, shade Mauvemoiselle
- Neighbouring colour: plum with purple
- Combination · Plum · Medium · Cool
$29

106 SPICY SMOKE
Yves Saint Laurent Kiss Shaper Long-Lasting Sculpting Lip Liner, shade 106 SPICY SMOKE
- Neighbouring colour: plum with purple
- Combination · Plum · Deep / dark · Warm
$29
The same colour family across lips, cheeks and eyes.
Blush
Something Borrowed
MAC Cosmetics Powder Kiss Liquid Lip & Cheek Mousse, shade Something Borrowed
- Same colour family: purple
- Sold as a lipstick · Purple · Deep / dark · Cool
$27
Lipstick
Hard To Love 310
Ulta Beauty Collection Luxe Satin Lipstick, shade Hard To Love 310
- Close match
- Colour match · Purple · Light · Cool
$12

Not Humble, Just Bragging
MAC Cosmetics Lustreglass Sheer-Shine Lipstick, shade Not Humble, Just Bragging
- Close match
- Colour match · Purple · Light · Cool
$25
Lip gloss
LAVENDER SAVAGE
Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb Heat Universal Lip Luminizer + Plumper, shade LAVENDER SAVAGE
- Same colour family: purple
- Combination · Purple · Light · Cool
$26

Cotton Candy
Anastasia Beverly Hills Universal Luminous Tinted Lip Gloss, shade Cotton Candy
- Same colour family: purple
- Combination · Purple · Light · Cool
$23
Lip liner

Dusty Rose
Anastasia Beverly Hills Velvety-Matte Precision Shaping Lip Liner, shade Dusty Rose
- Same colour family: purple
- Combination · Purple · Medium · Cool
$22
Wild Violet
Maybelline Color Sensational Shaping Lip Liner, shade Wild Violet
- Same colour family: purple
- Combination · Purple · Medium · Cool
$10.99
A clear difference in colour or depth, on purpose.
Blush
Double Dare
NARS Insatiable Liquid Blush, shade Double Dare
- Contrast: brown / nude with purple
- Combination · Brown / nude · Medium · Warm
$36

Just Enough
Patrick Ta Major Headlines Double-Take Crème & Powder Blush Duo, shade Just Enough
- Contrast: lighter
- Combination · Pink · Light · Cool
$40
Lipstick
Blur the Lines
CoverGirl Clean Fresh Yummy Blur Lipstick, shade Blur the Lines
- Contrast: nude with purple
- Combination · Nude · Light · Neutral
$11.99

409A - Coral Sunset
Valentino Liquirosso 2 in 1 Soft Matte Liquid Lipstick & Blush, shade 409A - Coral Sunset
- Contrast: coral with purple
- Combination · Coral · Medium · Warm
$40
Lip gloss

Voted Most Popular
Too Faced Lip Injection Extreme Plumping Clicks, shade Voted Most Popular
- Contrast: pink with purple
- Combination · Pink · Medium · Cool
$29

60 Million-Dollar Berry
Lancôme Lip Idôle JuicyTreat Oil-in-Gloss, shade 60 Million-Dollar Berry
- Contrast: deeper
- Combination · Berry · Medium · Cool
$32
Lip liner
Daring Damsel
NYX Professional Makeup Line Loud Longwear Lip Liner, shade Daring Damsel
- Contrast: nude with purple
- Combination · Nude · Light · Warm
$8
Sunset
Maybelline Super Stay Peel Off Lip Liner, shade Sunset
- Contrast: lighter
- Combination · Berry · Light · Cool
$12.99
Soft colours close to a natural flush.
Blush
Bold-Faced Lilac
e.l.f. Cosmetics Camo Liquid Blush, shade Bold-Faced Lilac
- Close match, soft colour
- Colour match · Mauve · Medium · Cool
$8

Euphoria
Kosas Blush is Life Baked Talc-Free Dimensional + Brightening Blush, shade Euphoria
- Close match, soft colour
- Colour match · Mauve · Medium · Cool
$29
Lipstick
Girls Weekend
MAC Cosmetics Powder Kiss Hazy Matte Lipstick, shade Girls Weekend
- Close match, soft colour
- Colour match · Mauve · Light · Cool
$27
Mauve Wive$
Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb Cream Color Drip Lip Cream, shade Mauve Wive$
- Close match, soft colour
- Colour match · Mauve · Light · Cool
$23
Lip gloss

Cupid
Lawless Forget the Filler Lip-Plumping Line-Smoothing Tinted Lip Balm, shade Cupid
- Close match, soft colour
- Colour match · Mauve · Light · Cool
$26

35 Peony Flash
Armani Beauty Prisma Flash Glossy Color Lip Balm, shade 35 Peony Flash
- Close match, soft colour
- Colour match · Mauve · Light · Cool
$38
Lip liner

Rosy Mauve
Huda Beauty Lip Contour Lip Stain for 12-Hour Wear, shade Rosy Mauve
- Close match, soft colour
- Colour match · Mauve · Light · Neutral
$25
MAUVE & MIGHTY
IT Cosmetics Do It All Lip Transformer Hydrating Lip Balm + Lip Liner, shade MAUVE & MIGHTY
- Close match, soft colour
- Colour match · Mauve · Medium · Neutral
$29
Saturated or deep colours that stand out.
Blush
Gentle Currant
Clinique Daily Calm Lip + Cheek Color, shade Gentle Currant
- Saturated colour that stands out
- Combination · Plum · Medium · Warm
$30

006 Berry
Dior Rosy Glow Blush Stick, shade 006 Berry
- Saturated colour that stands out
- Combination · Plum · Deep / dark · Cool
$44
Lipstick
Lunar Violet
MAC Cosmetics Dazzlelips Crayon Lipstick, shade Lunar Violet
- Saturated colour that stands out
- Combination · Purple · Medium · Cool
$28
No Restraints
Urban Decay Vice Lip Bond Glossy Longwear Liquid Lipstick, shade No Restraints
- Saturated colour that stands out
- Combination · Purple · Deep / dark · Cool
$28
Lip gloss
Jelly Icing
NYX Professional Makeup Jelly Job Lip Gloss, shade Jelly Icing
- Saturated colour that stands out
- Combination · Purple · Light · Cool
$12

Grape Soda
Too Faced Kissing Jelly Non-Sticky Lip Oil Gloss, shade Grape Soda
- Saturated colour that stands out
- Combination · Purple · Light · Cool
$23
Lip liner
Plum
NYX Professional Makeup Retractable Long-Lasting Mechanical Lip Liner, shade Plum
- Deep colour that stands out
- Combination · Purple · Deep / dark · Cool
$6
Plum
NYX Professional Makeup Slim Lip Pencil Lip Liner, shade Plum
- Deep colour that stands out
- Combination · Purple · Deep / dark · Cool
$6
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Shade details
- Swatch colour
- #c2798d
- L* 59.0 a* 31.1 b* 1.2
- Colour family
- Purple
- from the description (“orchid”)
- Colour depth
- Medium
- from the swatch colour
- Primary undertone
- Not listed
- not stated
- Secondary undertone
- Not listed
- not stated
- Colour description
- Not listed
- not stated
- Finish
- Matte
- this shade's description
- Pigmentation
- Buildable
- the product's attributes
- Shimmer
- Not listed
- not stated
- Format
- Cream
- the product's attributes
- Wear claims
- Long-wearing, claimed, Transfer-resistant
- the product's attributes or description
- Skin suitability claims
- Not listed
- not stated
- Data confidence
- Medium
- Swatch colour measured; little in the words to back it up
- Source
- Ulta Beauty
- checked 4 Nov 2026
Description from Ulta Beauty, kept word for word; the standardised values are stored separately and never replace it. Swatch colours are read from retailer images, which are not colour-calibrated; images from the retailers named under each one.
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