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Shade finder Find your shade in ILIA True Skin Serum Foundation.

Start from a shade you wear, or describe your skin. The closest of the 30 shades of True Skin Serum Foundation, with prices.

Your skin, as described Medium tan · Olive

3 likely shades of True Skin Serum Foundationranked on depth and undertone, never on price

Skin depth

Undertone

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.

Most likely shades of True Skin Serum Foundation for medium tan skin with an olive undertone

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

  • ILIA True Skin Serum Foundation in Cres SF8.75
    Most likely

    Cres SF8.75

    Medium-deep with olive undertones

    • Matches your depth: Medium tan depth
    • Matches your undertone: Olive undertone

    $56

  • ILIA True Skin Serum Foundation in Iona SF10.25

    Iona SF10.25

    Very deep with golden olive undertones

    • Matches your depth: Medium tan depth
    • Close to your undertone: Close: Olive · warm olive

    $56

  • ILIA True Skin Serum Foundation in Senja SF9.25

    Senja SF9.25

    Deep with golden olive undertones

    • Nearest depth in this range: Nearest: Medium
    • Close to your undertone: Close: Olive · warm olive

    $56

How they compare

Retailer descriptionMedium-deep with olive undertones
DepthMedium tan
UndertoneOlive
Compared with Cres SF8.75Most likely shade
Price$56
Retailer descriptionVery deep with golden olive undertones
DepthMedium tan
UndertoneOlive · warm olive
Compared with Cres SF8.75Slightly deeper, warmer and pinker
Price$56
Retailer descriptionDeep with golden olive undertones
DepthMedium
UndertoneOlive · warm olive
Compared with Cres SF8.75Warmer and pinker
Price$56