MAC Cosmetics · Matte EyeshadowDarkroom
Official description
cool purple
Standardised colour
Purple · Deep / dark · Cool undertone Details
Metallic finish · Opaque pigmentation · Powder · Shimmer
Ulta BeautyWhere to buy Darkroom (1 store)
Ulta Beauty$26View at Ulta BeautySimilar to MAC Cosmetics Matte Eyeshadow Darkroom
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 Darkroom
Open Complete My LookFive ways to coordinate with MAC Cosmetics Matte Eyeshadow Darkroom, 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
Spirited
Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Matte Bouncy Blush, shade Spirited
- Neighbouring colour: plum with purple
- Combination · Plum · Medium · Cool
$27
Splash
Milk Makeup Cooling Water Jelly Tint Lip + Cheek Blush Stain, shade Splash
- Neighbouring colour: plum with purple
- Sold as a lipstick · Plum · Medium · Cool
$26
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15 Galactic Plum
Sephora Collection About That Shine Sheer Shine Lipstick, shade 15 Galactic Plum
- Neighbouring colour: plum with purple
- Combination · Plum · Deep / dark · Cool
$16
Plum Baby
Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick, shade Plum Baby
- Neighbouring colour: plum with purple
- Combination · Plum · Medium · Cool
$11.99
Lip gloss
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
Starr
Buxom Full-On Plumping Lip Polish, shade Starr
- Neighbouring colour: plum with purple
- Combination · Plum · Medium · Cool
$26
Lip liner
Plum Passion
Maybelline Color Sensational Shaping Lip Liner, shade Plum Passion
- Neighbouring colour: plum with purple
- Combination · Plum · Deep / dark · Cool
$8.49
Mauvemoiselle
Pat McGrath Labs Dramatique Mega Lip Pencil, shade Mauvemoiselle
- Neighbouring colour: plum with purple
- Combination · Plum · Medium · Cool
$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
Wild Orchid
Buxom Full-On Plumping Lip Cream, shade Wild Orchid
- Close match
- Colour match · Purple · Medium · Cool
$26
Lunar Violet
MAC Cosmetics Dazzlelips Crayon Lipstick, shade Lunar Violet
- Same colour family: purple
- Combination · Purple · Medium · Cool
$28
Lip gloss
Grape
90 Berry Bisou
Lancôme Lip Idôle JuicyTreat Oil-in-Gloss, shade 90 Berry Bisou
- Same colour family: purple
- Combination · Purple · Medium · Cool
$32
Lip liner
Wild Violets
Maybelline Color Sensational Shaping Lip Liner, shade Wild Violets
- Same colour family: purple
- Combination · Purple · Deep / dark · Cool
$9.59
Grape Expectations
MAC Cosmetics Lip Liner Pencil, shade Grape Expectations
- Same colour family: purple
- Combination · Purple · Deep / dark · Cool
$25
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A clear difference in colour or depth, on purpose.
Blush
Glassy Acai
Haus Labs Color Fuse Longwear Hydrating Glassy Lip + Cheek Blush Balm Stick, shade Glassy Acai
- Contrast: red with purple
- Combination · Red · Medium · Cool
$34
VIP Pink
DIBS Beauty Duet Baked Blush Duo, shade VIP Pink
- Contrast: pink with purple
- Combination · The deeper blush pan · Pink · Medium · Cool
$30
Lipstick
Candy Yum Yummy
MAC Cosmetics Dazzlelips Crayon Lipstick, shade Candy Yum Yummy
- Contrast: pink with purple
- Combination · Pink · Medium · Cool
$28
06 Pink Souffle
Sephora Collection Cream Lip Stain 10HR Liquid Lipstick, shade 06 Pink Souffle
- Contrast: pink with purple
- Combination · Pink · Deep / dark · Cool
$16
Lip gloss
Black Plum Glaze
Laneige Glaze Craze Tinted Polypeptide Lip Serum Treatment, shade Black Plum Glaze
- Contrast: deeper
- Combination · Other · Deep / dark
$22
Lullaby
ILIA Balmy Tint Hydrating Lip Balm, shade Lullaby
- Contrast: pink with purple
- Combination · Pink · Medium · Cool
$29
Lip liner
Blushed Nude
Lawless Forget The Filler Definer Lip Liner, shade Blushed Nude
- Contrast: nude with purple
- Combination · Nude · Medium · Cool
$21
Bite
Saie Lip Liner 101: Creamy & Nourishing Lip Pencil, shade Bite
- Contrast: deeper
- Combination · Plum · Deep / dark · Cool
$20
Soft colours close to a natural flush.
Blush
Swoon
Kosas Blush is Life Baked Talc-Free Dimensional + Brightening Blush, shade Swoon
- Soft colour, close to a natural flush
- Combination · Mauve · Medium · Cool
$29
Bold-Faced Lilac
e.l.f. Cosmetics Camo Liquid Blush, shade Bold-Faced Lilac
- Soft colour, close to a natural flush
- Combination · Mauve · Medium · Cool
$8
Lipstick
Mauve Muse 585
CoverGirl Outlast All-Day Lip Color With Topcoat, shade Mauve Muse 585
- Soft colour, close to a natural flush
- Combination · Mauve · Medium · Cool
$11.99
Revolutionary
Maybelline SuperStay Matte Ink Liquid Lipstick, shade Revolutionary
- Soft colour, close to a natural flush
- Combination · Mauve · Medium · Cool
$12.99
Lip gloss
07 Toffee Pink Shimmer
Clarins Lip Perfector Peptide-Plumping Lip Gloss, shade 07 Toffee Pink Shimmer
- Soft colour, close to a natural flush
- Combination · Mauve · Medium · Cool
$30
Cupid
Lawless Forget the Filler Lip-Plumping Line-Smoothing Tinted Lip Balm, shade Cupid
- Soft colour, close to a natural flush
- Combination · Mauve · Light · Cool
$26
Lip liner
Dolly Light
Buxom Power Line Plumping Lip Liner, shade Dolly Light
- Soft colour, close to a natural flush
- Combination · Mauve · Light · Cool
$24
Glossed Over
Sacheu DoubleDown Lip Definer 2-in-1 Liner and Balm, shade Glossed Over
- Soft colour, close to a natural flush
- Combination · Mauve · Medium · Cool
$16
Saturated or deep colours that stand out.
Blush
Grape Soda
Danessa Myricks Beauty Yummy Skin Blurring Balm Powder Flushed - Matte Color for Cheek & Lip, shade Grape Soda
- Deep colour that stands out
- Combination · Plum · Deep / dark · Cool
$27
Very Violet
Clinique Chubby Stick Cheek Color Balm Cream Blush, shade Very Violet
- Saturated colour that stands out
- Combination · Plum · Deep / dark · Cool
$32
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
Fete des Fleurs
L'Oréal Paris Glow Paradise Lip Balm-in-Gloss, shade Fete des Fleurs
- Saturated colour that stands out
- Combination · Purple · Medium · Cool
$3.49
Grapesicle
Kosas Wet Lip Oil Plumping Peptide Lip Treatment Gloss, shade Grapesicle
- Saturated colour that stands out
- Combination · Purple · Medium · Cool
$25
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Grape Expectations
MAC Cosmetics Lip Liner Pencil, shade Grape Expectations
- Deep colour that stands out
- Combination · Purple · Deep / dark · Cool
$25
Bad Romance
Charlotte Tilbury Lip Cheat Long-Lasting Waterproof Lip Liner, shade Bad Romance
- Deep colour that stands out
- Combination · Purple · Deep / dark · Cool
$28
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Shade details
- Swatch colour
- #975d96
- L* 47.8 a* 33.0 b* -21.5
- Colour family
- Purple
- from the description (“purple”)
- Colour depth
- Deep / dark
- from the swatch colour
- Primary undertone
- Cool
- from the description (“cool”)
- Secondary undertone
- Not listed
- not stated
- Colour description
- Not listed
- not stated
- Finish
- Metallic
- the product's attributes
- Pigmentation
- Opaque
- the product's attributes
- Shimmer
- Yes
- the product's attributes or finish
- Format
- Powder
- the product's attributes
- Wear claims
- Up to 8 hours, claimed
- the product's attributes or description
- Skin suitability claims
- Not listed
- not stated
- Data confidence
- High
- Swatch colour measured and backed by the shade's words
- 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.
All shades in this range (12)
MAC Cosmetics Matte Eyeshadow- Blanc Typecreamy beige
- Carbonintense black
- Charcoal Brownmuted taupe brown
- Darkroomcool purple(this shade)
- Embarkintense reddish brown
- Espressomuted golden brown
- Honey Lustbronze-dipped peach
- Omegasoft muted beige-taupe
- Samoa Silkpeachy nude
- Sandstonewarm taupe
- Soft Brownsoft golden peachy-brown
- Yogurtsoft pale pink