The shade file

Bobbi Brown, beyond the shade name.

Compare the brand’s descriptions with readings from published swatch images.

225 shades9 products225 swatch readings

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What do the numbers mean?

L* describes lightness; a* and b* describe color axes. ITA° is calculated from lightness and the yellow–blue axis to group the swatch into a depth band. None of these readings measures coverage, wear or how a formula will look on your skin.

Bobbi Brown names an undertone for 150 of these shades. Read off the brand’s own swatch under D65, 77 of them — 51% — land in a different undertone than the name claims. That is not an accusation of bad faith: undertone is a word, and a word is not a measurement. It is why the house publishes the number beside it.

Sheer Finish Pressed Setting Powder4 shades

Bobbi Brown Sheer Finish Pressed Setting Powder published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
NA	—	89.84	2.28	22.63	60.4	very_light	warm
NA	—	87.38	10.18	22.98	58.42	very_light	warm
NA	—	86.88	8.18	21.15	60.17	very_light	warm
NA	warm	82.65	12.85	23.71	54.01	light	neutral

Skin Foundation SPF 1525 shades

Bobbi Brown Skin Foundation SPF 15 published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
00	—	92	3.98	7.43	79.97	very_light	neutral
0	—	91.15	3.04	10.38	75.84	very_light	warm
1	warm	88.95	3.81	14.54	69.53	very_light	warm
2	—	87.49	7.06	11.94	72.33	very_light	neutral
3	—	86.94	5.97	14.3	68.84	very_light	warm
2.5	warm	86.53	7.6	11.62	72.35	very_light	cool
0.75	—	84.06	11.23	8.06	76.69	very_light	cool
4	—	83.56	9.62	18	61.79	very_light	neutral
1.25	cool	83.2	7.96	19.58	59.47	very_light	warm
3.5	warm	82.35	7.5	18.34	60.45	very_light	warm
4.5	warm	82.23	9.65	23.02	54.46	light	warm
4.25	— · tan	81.8	8	21.31	56.17	very_light	warm
5	—	76.82	14.48	22.42	50.11	light	cool
2.25	cool	76.28	14.36	16.21	58.33	very_light	cool
6	warm	70.78	12.41	24.14	40.72	intermediate	neutral
6.5	warm	67.4	15.46	23.87	36.09	intermediate	cool
7.5	warm	63.38	16.44	19.31	34.72	intermediate	cool
6.75	warm	62.68	22.36	39.46	17.81	tan	neutral
7	—	62.38	16.51	25.76	25.67	tan	cool
7.25	cool	60.96	27.1	37.42	16.32	tan	cool
8	—	55.61	19.12	21.48	14.64	tan	cool
9	—	52.33	16.06	17.91	7.41	brown	cool
8.25	cool	50.78	26.08	35.02	1.28	brown	cool
10	—	43.74	11.49	12.64	-26.35	brown	cool
10.25	cool	38.78	20.98	25.39	-23.84	brown	cool

Skin Foundation Stick30 shades

Bobbi Brown Skin Foundation Stick published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
NA	—	87.31	6.11	13.79	69.72	very_light	warm
NA	warm	82.68	8.6	22.05	55.99	very_light	warm
NA	—	82.39	7.77	17.33	61.85	very_light	warm
NA	—	80.77	6.62	21.94	54.51	light	warm
NA	warm	80.7	6.37	21.3	55.25	very_light	warm
NA	cool	80.68	6.24	21.8	54.6	light	warm
NA	—	77.27	10.17	24.03	48.61	light	warm
NA	warm	75.49	11.68	27.49	42.84	light	warm
NA	— · tan	75.18	11.53	32.4	37.85	intermediate	warm
NA	warm	74.86	10.22	32.46	37.45	intermediate	warm
NA	—	74.82	10.4	27.58	41.98	light	warm
NA	—	74.12	14.11	21.28	48.58	light	cool
NA	warm	70.93	11.29	27.06	37.72	intermediate	warm
NA	warm	70.77	8.56	33.75	31.61	intermediate	warm
NA	—	68.73	12.58	32.72	29.79	intermediate	warm
NA	warm	65.87	12.97	37.46	22.96	tan	warm
NA	cool	65.23	7.26	16.1	43.41	light	neutral
NA	warm	64.51	13.34	41.96	19.08	tan	warm
NA	neutral	56.65	16.97	24.59	15.13	tan	cool
NA	warm	55.41	17.41	36.8	8.36	brown	neutral
NA	warm	55.03	17.46	36.85	7.77	brown	neutral
NA	—	53.45	21.73	35.53	5.55	brown	neutral
NA	—	53.04	24.46	33.47	5.19	brown	cool
NA	—	52	25.44	25.31	4.52	brown	cool
NA	warm	50.11	14.64	26.38	0.24	brown	neutral
NA	cool	48.77	12.41	29.04	-2.43	brown	warm
NA	neutral	47.46	12.33	25.01	-5.8	brown	neutral
NA	—	43.44	17.51	18.44	-19.58	brown	cool
NA	cool	37.15	13.24	14.33	-41.88	dark	cool
NA	cool	30.01	7.91	7.75	-68.81	dark	cool

Skin Long-Wear Fluid Powder Foundation SPF 2028 shades

Bobbi Brown Skin Long-Wear Fluid Powder Foundation SPF 20 published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
NA	—	95.17	4.1	6.89	81.33	very_light	neutral
NA	—	94.16	4.02	9.59	77.75	very_light	warm
NA	—	93.76	3.46	12.64	73.89	very_light	warm
NA	warm	92.56	3.83	18.22	66.82	very_light	warm
NA	warm	92.16	5.64	13.48	72.27	very_light	warm
NA	cool	91.85	5.72	14.61	70.76	very_light	warm
NA	—	91.77	4.95	18.66	65.93	very_light	warm
NA	warm	91.25	4.64	14.23	70.97	very_light	warm
NA	cool	91.18	5.29	20.43	63.61	very_light	warm
NA	—	89.26	4.92	17.66	65.78	very_light	warm
NA	warm	88.01	6.88	21.16	60.9	very_light	warm
NA	— · tan	87.63	6.76	21.67	60.06	very_light	warm
NA	—	84.65	9.28	22.22	57.33	very_light	warm
NA	—	83.5	8.83	24.29	54.06	light	warm
NA	cool	81.89	7.9	26.76	50	light	warm
NA	neutral	77.91	14.21	25.04	48.1	light	neutral
NA	cool	77.7	12.88	31.12	41.67	light	warm
NA	neutral	77.26	12.88	27.31	44.95	light	neutral
NA	cool	74.49	16.53	27.85	41.33	light	neutral
NA	warm	68.8	11.9	25.18	36.75	intermediate	neutral
NA	neutral	68.66	10.3	18.87	44.68	light	neutral
NA	warm	68.21	15.33	28.3	32.76	intermediate	neutral
NA	neutral	65.48	12.77	18.84	39.41	intermediate	cool
NA	—	55.65	20.5	23.88	13.31	tan	cool
NA	—	50.67	16.11	14.35	2.67	brown	cool
NA	—	50.15	12.76	12.93	0.66	brown	cool
NA	cool	48.67	14.48	16.18	-4.7	brown	cool
NA	—	47.96	16.02	20.56	-5.67	brown	cool

Skin Long-Wear Weightless Foundation SPF 1542 shades

Bobbi Brown Skin Long-Wear Weightless Foundation SPF 15 published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
NA	neutral	89.51	7.69	16.5	67.33	very_light	neutral
NA	neutral	83.55	12.4	20.19	58.96	very_light	neutral
NA	cool	81.75	9.56	18.59	59.65	very_light	neutral
NA	—	81.58	10.81	14.08	65.97	very_light	cool
NA	cool	76.43	18.42	26.3	45.14	light	cool
NA	—	76.25	12.28	21	51.34	light	neutral
NA	—	75.66	12.96	20.18	51.82	light	cool
NA	—	74.73	16.67	19.48	51.77	light	cool
NA	warm	74.63	13.17	21.43	48.97	light	neutral
NA	cool	73.69	14	20.12	49.66	light	cool
NA	warm	73.63	13.14	27.63	40.54	intermediate	neutral
NA	—	73.54	8.5	23.02	45.64	light	warm
NA	cool	73.5	11.65	20.88	48.38	light	neutral
NA	warm	73.34	7.19	28.66	39.16	intermediate	warm
NA	—	72.81	11.71	22.63	45.23	light	neutral
NA	warm	72.63	14.83	30.59	36.49	intermediate	neutral
NA	warm	71.63	12.87	23.72	42.36	light	neutral
NA	neutral	71.36	13.73	18.41	49.24	light	cool
NA	cool	70.58	16.13	23.41	41.32	light	cool
NA	warm	70.54	13.88	32.01	32.69	intermediate	warm
NA	—	70.12	18.36	27.77	35.92	intermediate	cool
NA	cool	69.83	21.47	28.01	35.3	intermediate	cool
NA	warm	69.54	17.38	30.75	32.43	intermediate	neutral
NA	warm	69.53	9.7	33.18	30.48	intermediate	warm
NA	warm	67.9	18.7	25.22	35.37	intermediate	cool
NA	— · tan	67.28	14.94	24.24	35.48	intermediate	neutral
NA	warm	66.75	15.27	31.73	27.83	tan	neutral
NA	neutral	65.5	19.78	23.54	33.36	intermediate	cool
NA	neutral	65.49	13.96	23.36	33.55	intermediate	neutral
NA	warm	63.45	17.37	30.04	24.12	tan	neutral
NA	neutral	60.67	23.09	23.58	24.35	tan	cool
NA	neutral	54.08	22.29	18.24	12.61	tan	cool
NA	cool	53.21	18.19	33.98	5.4	brown	neutral
NA	—	52.63	22.65	19.7	7.6	brown	cool
NA	cool	52	19.38	15.77	7.23	brown	cool
NA	warm	51.56	22.1	35.3	2.53	brown	cool
NA	warm	47.97	22.68	26.06	-4.45	brown	cool
NA	cool	42.99	23.85	24.03	-16.26	brown	cool
NA	—	42.61	25.44	20.57	-19.76	brown	cool
NA	—	42.46	14.16	16.36	-24.74	brown	cool
NA	cool	39.71	21.84	16.37	-32.15	dark	cool
NA	—	39.56	26.77	32.43	-17.84	brown	cool

Skin Weightless Powder Foundation12 shades

Bobbi Brown Skin Weightless Powder Foundation published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
1	warm	85.18	8.94	17.13	64.04	very_light	neutral
2.5	warm	84.43	12.54	26.23	52.7	light	neutral
0	—	83.95	11.26	18.06	61.99	very_light	neutral
3	—	82.06	10.21	25.99	50.97	light	warm
2	—	81.07	7.9	21.86	54.87	light	warm
3.5	warm	77.12	10.61	29.72	42.38	light	warm
4	—	76.58	11.34	30.59	40.99	intermediate	warm
5	—	74.83	16.07	32.05	37.77	intermediate	neutral
4.5	warm	72.61	14.73	31.1	36.02	intermediate	neutral
6	warm	72.22	14.38	35.38	32.13	intermediate	warm
8	—	61.85	26.34	35.32	18.55	tan	cool
10	—	39.79	19.39	16.41	-31.89	dark	cool

Vitamin Enriched Hydrating Skin Tint SPF 15 with Hyaluronic Acid13 shades

Bobbi Brown Vitamin Enriched Hydrating Skin Tint SPF 15 with Hyaluronic Acid published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
Fair 3	neutral · fair	86.34	6.97	9.73	75.01	very_light	cool
Light 1	warm · light	84.42	5.21	21.79	57.66	very_light	warm
Light 2	cool · light	84.27	7.92	19.52	60.33	very_light	warm
Fair 2	cool · fair	82.03	4.27	21.01	56.74	very_light	warm
Light 3	neutral · light	81.24	6.86	24.21	52.23	light	warm
Medium 1	warm · medium	79.74	14.66	38.7	37.54	intermediate	warm
Golden 2	warm · medium	71.18	14.77	33.97	31.94	intermediate	warm
Golden 1	warm	67.67	12.72	35.05	26.75	tan	warm
Golden 3	olive	64.07	13.52	35.63	21.55	tan	warm
Deep 1	warm · deep	52.81	16.74	34.5	4.66	brown	neutral
Rich 2	neutral · rich	41.54	14.52	28.74	-16.4	brown	neutral
Deep 2	neutral · deep	40.99	18.3	31.02	-16.2	brown	neutral
Rich 3	neutral · rich	37.9	19.4	27.11	-24.05	brown	cool

Vitamin Enriched Skin Tinted Moisturizer SPF 1518 shades

Bobbi Brown Vitamin Enriched Skin Tinted Moisturizer SPF 15 published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
Fair 3	— · fair	90.7	7.05	12.96	72.34	very_light	neutral
Fair 1	— · fair	89.78	5.84	15.8	68.34	very_light	warm
Light 1	— · light	88.74	4	19.52	63.26	very_light	warm
Fair 2	— · fair	87.93	3.51	19.92	62.29	very_light	warm
Light 2	— · light	87.14	6.46	18.31	63.76	very_light	warm
Light 3	— · light	84.92	5.7	23.04	56.58	very_light	warm
Medium 1	— · medium	80.16	14.55	43.88	34.5	intermediate	warm
Medium 2	— · medium	77.22	7.21	39.73	34.42	intermediate	warm
Golden 2	warm	71.3	15.03	37.33	29.71	intermediate	warm
Golden 1	warm	69.39	11.82	38.89	26.5	tan	warm
Golden 3	warm	63.58	14.37	39.26	19.08	tan	warm
Golden 4	warm	60.51	15.95	37.98	15.47	tan	warm
Deep 1	— · deep	55.95	20.56	40.78	8.3	brown	neutral
Deep 2	— · deep	40.62	22.06	43.16	-12.26	brown	neutral
Rich 2	— · rich	38.95	16.7	39.75	-15.54	brown	warm
Rich 1	— · rich	33.74	15.12	35.78	-24.44	brown	warm
Rich 3	— · rich	27.96	17.88	31.49	-34.99	dark	neutral
Rich 4	— · rich	26.48	17.64	26.58	-41.5	dark	cool

Weightless Skin Oil-Controlling Foundation SPF 15 with Hyaluronic Acid53 shades

Bobbi Brown Weightless Skin Oil-Controlling Foundation SPF 15 with Hyaluronic Acid published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
Neutral Alabaster (N-000)	neutral · fair	90.45	4.63	10.43	75.54	very_light	warm
Alabaster (C-004)	cool · fair	87.21	7.78	8.36	77.34	very_light	cool
Porcelain (N-012)	neutral · fair	86.49	7.09	14.73	68.02	very_light	neutral
Neutral Porcelain (N-010)	neutral · fair	86.15	8.53	16.94	64.89	very_light	neutral
Warm Ivory (W-026)	warm · light	85.83	6.84	20.15	60.65	very_light	warm
Warm Porcelain (W-016)	warm · fair	85.7	7.87	19.44	61.43	very_light	warm
Ivory (C-024)	neutral · light	85.44	8.95	12.71	70.27	very_light	cool
Cool Ivory (C-026)	cool · light	85.08	5.25	18.49	62.21	very_light	warm
Warm Sand (W-036)	warm · light	84.87	5.58	21.91	57.86	very_light	warm
Sand (N-032)	neutral · light	84.49	7.61	16.09	64.99	very_light	neutral
Neutral Warm Ivory (NW-022)	neutral · light	84.08	6.88	21.88	57.3	very_light	warm
Cool Sand (C-036)	cool · light	83.64	9.71	20.78	58.3	very_light	neutral
Cool Beige (C-046)	cool · light	83.54	9.49	18.5	61.12	very_light	neutral
Neutral Ivory (N-020)	neutral · light	82.51	6.6	18.54	60.3	very_light	warm
Golden Beige (W-048)	warm · light	82.17	10.72	25.63	51.46	light	warm
Warm Beige (W-046)	warm · light	81.75	9.56	18.59	59.65	very_light	neutral
Beige (N-042)	neutral · light	81.74	9.28	21.25	56.2	very_light	warm
Neutral Warm Sand (NW-032)	neutral · light	81.71	7.36	23.82	53.09	light	warm
Neutral Sand (N-030) Weightless Skin Oil-Controlling Foundat	neutral	81.42	10.73	24.03	52.59	light	warm
Neutral Warm Sand (NW-032) Weightless Skin Oil-Controlling F	neutral	81.26	6.76	26.36	49.86	light	warm
Natural (N-052)	neutral · medium	81	8.95	24.46	51.73	light	warm
Natural Tan (W-054)	neutral · medium	80.27	9.09	22.35	53.56	light	warm
Cool Natural (C-056)	cool · medium	79.68	12.32	26.95	47.76	light	neutral
Warm Natural (W-056)	warm · medium	78.03	10.16	25.64	47.55	light	warm
Neutral Warm Natural (NW-052)	neutral · medium	77.26	8.19	28.78	43.45	light	warm
Neutral Natural (N-050)	neutral · medium	76.44	6.79	22.22	49.96	light	warm
Warm Honey (W-066)	warm · medium	75.74	10.89	31.02	39.69	intermediate	warm
Honey (W-064)	neutral · medium	75.67	13.44	33.66	37.33	intermediate	warm
Golden Natural (W-058)	warm	74.87	11.66	34.1	36.1	intermediate	warm
Neutral Honey (N-060)	neutral · medium	73.69	8.58	30.26	38.06	intermediate	warm
Warm Golden (W-076)	warm	71.1	17.54	31.27	34.01	intermediate	neutral
Golden (W-074)	neutral	66.96	14.54	33.08	27.14	tan	warm
Neutral Golden (N-070)	neutral	65.28	17.95	38.45	21.67	tan	neutral
Cool Honey (C-066)	cool	65.25	18.04	35.21	23.42	tan	neutral
Neutral Cool Honey (NC-062)	neutral · medium	63.93	12.04	26.67	27.58	tan	neutral
Warm Almond (W-086)	warm	60.52	16.03	37.47	15.68	tan	warm
Neutral Cool Honey (NC-062) Weightless Skin Oil-Controlling	neutral	58.72	14.21	27.9	17.36	tan	neutral
Neutral Almond (N-080)	neutral	58.06	15.63	36.4	12.49	tan	warm
Cool Golden (C-076)	warm	57.08	19.26	35.26	11.35	tan	neutral
Cool Almond (C-086)	cool	54.8	19.8	31.18	8.75	brown	cool
Neutral Walnut (N-090)	neutral · deep	54.16	18.92	31.4	7.55	brown	neutral
Neutral Almond (N-080) Weightless Skin Oil-Controlling Found	neutral	49.26	19.5	40.22	-1.05	brown	neutral
Chestnut (W-108)	warm · rich	46.73	19.54	32.27	-5.79	brown	neutral
Cool Walnut (C-096)	cool · deep	45.38	19.57	24.17	-10.82	brown	cool
Neutral Warm Walnut (NW-092)	neutral · deep	45.12	18.13	34.01	-8.17	brown	neutral
Walnut (W-098)	—	40.67	25.19	31.5	-16.5	brown	cool
Neutral Chestnut (N-100)	neutral · rich	40.41	15.41	21.4	-24.14	brown	cool
Almond (C-084)	—	40.29	26.4	34.41	-15.76	brown	cool
Cool Espresso (C-116)	cool · rich	37.68	16.61	14.56	-40.24	dark	cool
Neutral Warm Walnut (NW-092) Weightless Skin Oil-Controlling	neutral	33.75	20.69	37.06	-23.68	brown	neutral
Neutral Cool Espresso (NC-112)	neutral · rich	26.56	12.83	12.76	-61.44	dark	cool
Warm Espresso (W-114)	warm · rich	22.58	16.09	12.57	-65.37	dark	cool
Espresso (N-112)	—	20.23	19.36	23.1	-52.19	dark	cool

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