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Shade finder Find your shade in Temptu Silksphere Foundation.

Start from a shade you wear, or describe your skin. The closest of the 16 shades of Silksphere Foundation, with prices.

Most likely shades of Silksphere Foundation for medium 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.

  • Temptu Silksphere Foundation in 4W Sand
    Most likely

    4W Sand

    Light shade with a warm undertone

    • Matches your depth: Medium depth
    • Undertone: Warm undertone

    $34

  • Temptu Silksphere Foundation in 4.5W Nude

    4.5W Nude

    Light-to-medium shade with a warm undertone

    • Matches your depth: Medium depth
    • Undertone: Warm undertone

    $34

  • Temptu Silksphere Foundation in 3.5N/W Buff

    3.5N/W Buff

    Fair-to-light shade with neutral-to-warm undertones

    • Nearest depth in this range: Nearest: Medium light
    • Undertone: Neutral undertone

    $34

How they compare

Retailer descriptionLight shade with a warm undertone
DepthMedium
UndertoneWarm
Compared with 4W SandMost likely shade
Price$34
Retailer descriptionLight-to-medium shade with a warm undertone
DepthMedium
UndertoneWarm
Compared with 4W SandSlightly deeper, cooler and pinker
Price$34
Retailer descriptionFair-to-light shade with neutral-to-warm undertones
DepthMedium light
UndertoneNeutral
Compared with 4W SandSlightly lighter and cooler
Price$34