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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 Very deep · 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 very deep 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 8N IN
    Most likely

    8N IN

    Very dark skin with neutral beige undertones

    • Nearest depth in this range: Nearest: Deep
    • Undertone: Neutral undertone

    $64

  • Dior Forever Natural Matte Velvet Compact Foundation in 7N

    7N

    Deep

    • Nearest depth in this range: Nearest: Deep tan
    • Undertone: Neutral undertone (read from the swatch colour)

    $64

  • Dior Forever Natural Matte Velvet Compact Foundation in 6N

    6N

    Medium to deep

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

    $64

How they compare

Retailer descriptionVery dark skin with neutral beige undertones
DepthDeep
UndertoneNeutral
Compared with 8N INMost likely shade
Price$64
Retailer descriptionDeep
DepthDeep tan
UndertoneNeutral
Compared with 8N INLighter, warmer and less pink
Price$64
Retailer descriptionMedium to deep
DepthTan
UndertoneNeutral
Compared with 8N INLighter and more neutral
Price$64