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Shade finder Find your shade in Rude Perfect Base Foundation Stick.

Start from a shade you wear, or describe your skin. The closest of the 18 shades of Perfect Base Foundation Stick, with prices.

Your skin, as described Tan · Any undertone

3 likely shades of Perfect Base Foundation Stickranked on depth alone, never on price

Most likely shades of Perfect Base Foundation Stick for tan 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.

How they compare

Retailer descriptionNone
DepthDeep tan
UndertoneWarm
Compared with 18W Deep Tan WarmMost likely shade
Price$8.75
Retailer descriptionNone
DepthDeep tan
UndertoneNeutral
Compared with 18W Deep Tan WarmMore neutral
Price$8.75
Retailer descriptionNone
DepthMedium tan
UndertoneNeutral
Compared with 18W Deep Tan WarmLighter and more neutral
Price$8.75