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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 Medium tan · Olive

3 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.

Most likely shades of Studio Radiance Serum Powered 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.

  • MAC Cosmetics Studio Radiance Serum Powered Foundation in NC47
    Most likely

    NC47

    Deepest neutral with golden undertone for deep dark skin

    • Matches your depth: Medium tan depth
    • Differs from your undertone: Differs: Neutral

    $46

  • MAC Cosmetics Studio Radiance Serum Powered Foundation in NC42

    NC42

    True medium beige with golden undertone for medium skin

    • Matches your depth: Medium tan depth
    • Differs from your undertone: Differs: Warm · golden

    $46

  • MAC Cosmetics Studio Radiance Serum Powered Foundation in C4

    C4

    Light neutral golden with peachy undertone for light skin -- **(please note that C4 is lighter than C3.5)

    • Matches your depth: Medium tan depth
    • Differs from your undertone: Differs: Neutral · neutral golden

    $46

How they compare

Retailer descriptionDeepest neutral with golden undertone for deep dark skin
DepthMedium tan
UndertoneNeutral
Compared with NC47Most likely shade
Price$46
Retailer descriptionTrue medium beige with golden undertone for medium skin
DepthMedium tan
UndertoneWarm · golden
Compared with NC47Slightly deeper and cooler
Price$46
Retailer descriptionLight neutral golden with peachy undertone for light skin -- **(please note that C4 is lighter than C3.5)
DepthMedium tan
UndertoneNeutral · neutral golden
Compared with NC47Cooler
Price$46