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Shade finder Find your shade in Dior Forever Natural Matte Velvet Compact Foundation.

Start from a shade you wear, or describe your skin. The closest of the 16 shades of Forever Natural Matte Velvet Compact Foundation, with prices.

Your skin, as described Light medium · Any undertone

3 likely shades of Forever Natural Matte Velvet Compact Foundationranked on depth alone, never on price

Most likely shades of Forever Natural Matte Velvet Compact Foundation for light medium skin

Ranked on depth alone, never on price. Prices are shown for each. Choose one to see why, where to buy it and the shades either side of it.

Add your undertone to narrow it down

How to tell your undertone

Undertone is the colour beneath the surface of your skin. It is separate from depth: deep skin can be cool, and fair skin can be warm or olive.

Vein test

Veins on the inside of your wrist, in daylight.

What you seeUndertone
Blue or purpleCool
GreenWarm
Blue-green, or hard to tellNeutral
Green with a grey or ashy castOlive

Sun test

How your skin reacts to the sun.

What you seeUndertone
Burns easily, rarely tans, goes pinkCool
Tans easily, rarely burns, goes goldenWarm
Burns a little, then tansNeutral
Tans quickly to a greenish or grey tanOlive
  • Fabric. Hold white, then cream, fabric against your face. White flatters cool, cream flatters warm, both look right on neutral.
  • Jewellery. Silver flatters cool, gold flatters warm, both look right on neutral.

If the signs disagree, choose Neutral, or choose Not sure to match on skin depth alone.

  • Dior Forever Natural Matte Velvet Compact Foundation in 4N
    Most likely

    4N

    Medium

    • Matches your depth: Light medium depth
    • Undertone: Neutral · neutral golden undertone (read from the swatch colour)

    $64

  • Dior Forever Natural Matte Velvet Compact Foundation in 2.5N

    2.5N

    Light

    • Nearest depth in this range: Nearest: Light
    • Undertone: Neutral · neutral golden undertone (read from the swatch colour)

    $64

  • Dior Forever Natural Matte Velvet Compact Foundation in 3N

    3N

    Light to medium

    • Nearest depth in this range: Nearest: Fair
    • Undertone: Warm undertone (read from the swatch colour)

    $64

How they compare

Retailer descriptionMedium
DepthLight medium
UndertoneNeutral · neutral golden
Compared with 4NMost likely shade
Price$64
Retailer descriptionLight
DepthLight
UndertoneNeutral · neutral golden
Compared with 4NLighter and cooler
Price$64
Retailer descriptionLight to medium
DepthFair
UndertoneWarm
Compared with 4NLighter and more neutral
Price$64