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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.

Your skin, as described Medium · Cool

3 likely shades of Silksphere 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 Silksphere Foundation for medium skin with a cool 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.

  • Temptu Silksphere Foundation in 5.5C Rose Beige
    Most likely

    5.5C Rose Beige

    Light-to-medium shade with a cool undertone

    • Nearest depth in this range: Nearest: Tan
    • Matches your undertone: Cool 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
    • Differs from your undertone: Differs: Neutral

    $34

  • Temptu Silksphere Foundation in 5N/W Beige

    5N/W Beige

    Light-to-medium shade with neutral-to-warm undertones

    • Nearest depth in this range: Nearest: Medium tan
    • Differs from your undertone: Differs: Neutral

    $34

How they compare

Retailer descriptionLight-to-medium shade with a cool undertone
DepthTan
UndertoneCool
Compared with 5.5C Rose BeigeMost likely shade
Price$34
Retailer descriptionFair-to-light shade with neutral-to-warm undertones
DepthMedium light
UndertoneNeutral
Compared with 5.5C Rose BeigeLighter, warmer and less pink
Price$34
Retailer descriptionLight-to-medium shade with neutral-to-warm undertones
DepthMedium tan
UndertoneNeutral
Compared with 5.5C Rose BeigeSlightly lighter, warmer and less pink
Price$34