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Shade finder Find your shade in MAC Cosmetics Studio Radiance Serum Powered Foundation.

Start from a shade you wear, or describe your skin. The closest of the 56 shades of Studio Radiance Serum Powered Foundation, with prices.

Your skin, as described Light · Neutral

4 likely shades of Studio Radiance Serum Powered 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.

Which end of light?

Most likely shades of Studio Radiance Serum Powered Foundation for light skin with a neutral 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.

  • MAC Cosmetics Studio Radiance Serum Powered Foundation in NC12
    Most likely

    NC12

    Light beige with neutral undertone for light skin

    • Matches your depth: Light depth
    • Matches your undertone: Neutral undertone

    $46

  • MAC Cosmetics Studio Radiance Serum Powered Foundation in N18

    N18

    Light neutral beige with golden undertone for light skin

    • Matches your depth: Light depth
    • Matches your undertone: Neutral undertone

    $46

  • MAC Cosmetics Studio Radiance Serum Powered Foundation in N32

    N32

    True beige with neutral undertone for light to medium skin

    • Matches your depth: Light depth
    • Matches your undertone: Neutral undertone

    $46

  • MAC Cosmetics Studio Radiance Serum Powered Foundation in NC17.5

    NC17.5

    Light beige with neutral undertone for light skin

    • Matches your depth: Light depth
    • Matches your undertone: Neutral undertone

    $46

How they compare

Retailer descriptionLight beige with neutral undertone for light skin
DepthLight
UndertoneNeutral
Compared with NC12Most likely shade
Price$46
Retailer descriptionLight neutral beige with golden undertone for light skin
DepthLight
UndertoneNeutral
Compared with NC12Cooler and pinker
Price$46
Retailer descriptionTrue beige with neutral undertone for light to medium skin
DepthLight
UndertoneNeutral
Compared with NC12Cooler and pinker
Price$46
Retailer descriptionLight beige with neutral undertone for light skin
DepthLight
UndertoneNeutral
Compared with NC12Slightly deeper and pinker
Price$46