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COVER FX, beyond the shade name.

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

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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.

COVER FX names an undertone for 144 of these shades. Read off the brand’s own swatch under D65, 73 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.

Custom Cover Drops24 shades

COVER FX Custom Cover Drops published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
1	neutral · fair	91.53	4.77	9.91	76.58	very_light	neutral
1	warm · fair	86.2	8.2	22.83	57.76	very_light	warm
1	cool · fair	84.2	14.26	13.15	68.97	very_light	cool
1	neutral · fair	82.3	8.91	17.77	61.18	very_light	neutral
2	warm · light	81.7	10.45	23.36	53.61	light	warm
2	cool · light	81.01	13	13.84	65.95	very_light	cool
1	warm · medium	76.71	12.42	23.83	48.26	light	neutral
1	cool · medium	76.42	20.32	19.84	53.1	light	cool
2	neutral · light	75.42	6.87	25.64	44.75	light	warm
1	warm · medium	73.42	7.48	29.31	38.63	intermediate	warm
2	warm · medium	72.12	14.48	28.26	38.05	intermediate	neutral
1	neutral · medium	70.35	11.14	18.55	47.65	light	neutral
2	warm · medium	67.58	8.18	28.3	31.85	intermediate	warm
2	neutral · medium	67.49	11.71	18.9	42.78	light	neutral
3	neutral · medium	65.9	12.57	23.34	34.26	intermediate	neutral
3	warm · medium	65.85	14.92	29.41	28.32	intermediate	neutral
4	neutral · medium	64.26	12.23	21.57	33.47	intermediate	neutral
4	warm · medium	57.6	15.41	35.25	12.17	tan	warm
1	neutral · medium	56.73	13.03	21.15	17.65	tan	neutral
2	warm · medium	52.53	14.12	36.19	4	brown	warm
2	neutral · deep	50.13	16.27	25.31	0.29	brown	cool
3	neutral · deep	46.64	16.78	25.2	-7.59	brown	cool
4	neutral · rich	41.37	14.14	25.03	-19.02	brown	neutral
5	neutral · rich	31.76	11.04	11.01	-58.88	dark	cool

Natural Finish Foundation40 shades

COVER FX Natural Finish Foundation published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
N0	neutral · fair	89.87	4.14	5.87	81.62	very_light	cool
G20	warm · fair	85.04	8	20.62	59.52	very_light	warm
G10	warm · light	84.18	7.71	17.24	63.23	very_light	warm
P10	cool · light	81.26	12.47	14.18	65.6	very_light	cool
G30	warm · light	81.12	9.24	26.76	49.31	light	warm
P20	cool · fair	80.78	13.35	15.67	63.02	very_light	cool
N10	neutral · light	79.8	7.81	14.65	63.82	very_light	neutral
G40	warm · medium	76.7	12.12	27.04	44.64	light	warm
40	warm · medium	76.53	11.27	28.92	42.53	light	warm
P30	cool · light	75.91	14.54	14.03	61.56	very_light	cool
N20	neutral · fair	73.04	10.09	16.89	53.76	light	neutral
G50	warm · medium	70.12	15.36	29.31	34.47	intermediate	neutral
50	warm · medium	70.02	16.05	35.12	29.69	intermediate	neutral
N25	neutral · light	69.89	12.24	19.58	45.45	light	cool
P40	cool · medium	69.36	16.49	15.04	52.16	light	cool
G60	warm · medium	67.58	17.07	31.31	29.31	intermediate	neutral
N30	neutral · light	66.93	12.66	17.01	44.86	light	cool
60	warm · medium	66.47	18.32	35.24	25.05	tan	neutral
P50	cool · medium	64.79	17.87	14.61	45.35	light	cool
G70	warm · medium	64.15	18.25	34.84	22.1	tan	neutral
N35	neutral · light	58.58	13.05	16.34	27.7	tan	cool
N40	neutral · medium	57.59	13.57	18.37	22.45	tan	cool
P60	cool · medium	55.99	18.17	15.05	21.7	tan	cool
N50	neutral · medium	53.97	14.7	19.04	11.78	tan	cool
G80	warm · medium	53.31	18.76	30.26	6.24	brown	neutral
G90	warm · medium	52.51	18.44	36.36	3.95	brown	neutral
P100	cool · deep	52.48	23.41	20.68	6.84	brown	cool
G100	warm · deep	51.94	17.66	39.29	2.83	brown	neutral
N60	neutral · medium	50.66	15.52	21.38	1.77	brown	cool
P110	cool · deep	50.27	25.1	23.48	0.66	brown	cool
G110	warm · deep	48.61	22.86	37.52	-2.12	brown	neutral
N70	neutral · medium	48.17	12.54	16.6	-6.29	brown	cool
P120	neutral · rich	46.79	26.92	21.64	-8.44	brown	cool
N80	neutral · medium	46.02	13.59	17.16	-13.06	brown	cool
N85	neutral · medium	43.67	14.05	16.25	-21.28	brown	cool
P125	cool · rich	43.04	18.14	11.2	-31.86	dark	cool
N90	neutral · deep	42.75	16.47	19.25	-20.64	brown	cool
N100	neutral · deep	41.03	16.33	18.67	-25.66	brown	cool
N110	neutral · rich	40.54	13.09	17.88	-27.88	brown	cool
N120	neutral · rich	37.25	11.94	15.68	-39.12	dark	cool

Power Play Foundation40 shades

COVER FX Power Play Foundation published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
N0	neutral · fair	92.04	5.47	10.16	76.41	very_light	neutral
P10	cool · light	91.18	8.31	6.31	81.29	very_light	cool
G10	warm · light	86.67	10.63	18.27	63.52	very_light	neutral
G20	warm · fair	85.56	10.13	21.96	58.3	very_light	neutral
N10	neutral · light	84.37	7.29	14.32	67.38	very_light	neutral
G30	warm · light	83.57	12.53	19.68	59.62	very_light	cool
P20	cool · fair	83.09	13.86	16.36	63.69	very_light	cool
P30	cool · light	82.43	15.55	16.5	63.03	very_light	cool
N20	neutral · fair	81.81	9.96	17.08	61.77	very_light	neutral
N25	neutral · light	77.03	11.19	18.3	55.9	very_light	neutral
G40	warm · medium	75.52	12.32	21.05	50.48	light	neutral
40	warm · medium	75.25	11.05	22.8	47.92	light	neutral
N30	neutral · light	74.63	13.17	21.43	48.97	light	neutral
P40	cool · medium	74.43	16.84	20.7	49.72	light	cool
N35	neutral · light	73.54	13.23	21.51	47.58	light	neutral
G50	warm · medium	72.23	19.18	29.1	37.38	intermediate	cool
P50	cool · medium	70.38	19.91	20.48	44.86	light	cool
N40	neutral · medium	69.52	12.26	19.61	44.87	light	cool
50	warm · medium	68.82	18.74	33.59	29.26	intermediate	neutral
N50	warm · medium	68.8	13.79	20.83	42.07	light	cool
G60	warm · medium	66.53	16.22	27.08	31.4	intermediate	neutral
60	warm · medium	66.06	19.56	36.35	23.84	tan	neutral
N60	neutral · medium	65.69	14.95	20.89	36.91	intermediate	cool
N70	neutral · medium	65.32	14.98	20.92	36.22	intermediate	cool
P60	cool · medium	64.08	22.81	24.98	29.41	intermediate	cool
N80	neutral · medium	59.53	14.97	19.46	26.09	tan	cool
N85	neutral · medium	56.69	15.93	20.6	17.99	tan	cool
G80	warm · medium	55.89	15.27	29.13	11.43	tan	neutral
G70	warm · medium	54.76	20.96	32.84	8.25	brown	cool
G90	neutral · deep	51.9	16.54	30.54	3.56	brown	neutral
P100	cool · deep	51.66	25.95	20.18	4.7	brown	cool
N90	neutral · medium	49.17	21.49	23.59	-2.02	brown	cool
G100	warm · deep	48.32	19.54	30.42	-3.16	brown	cool
P110	cool · deep	48.3	24.47	15.95	-6.08	brown	cool
N100	neutral · deep	45.99	21.76	22.13	-10.27	brown	cool
P120	cool · rich	44.7	23.43	14.35	-20.27	brown	cool
G110	warm · deep	42.48	19.52	24.37	-17.15	brown	cool
N110	neutral · rich	41.22	17.09	17.13	-27.14	brown	cool
P125	cool · rich	39.12	20.49	9.26	-49.6	dark	cool
N120	neutral · rich	35.34	14.64	11.16	-52.72	dark	cool

Pressed Mineral Foundation40 shades

COVER FX Pressed Mineral Foundation published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
N0	neutral · fair	91.62	3.82	7.92	79.23	very_light	neutral
P10	cool · light	90.63	7.19	8.63	78.01	very_light	cool
P20	cool · fair	89.54	8.75	7.59	79.13	very_light	cool
G10	warm · light	85.85	6.97	19.65	61.27	very_light	warm
G20	warm · fair	85.6	7.21	21.93	58.37	very_light	warm
N10	neutral · light	84.6	6.63	15.17	66.33	very_light	warm
N20	neutral · fair	84.53	7.89	15.09	66.39	very_light	neutral
N25	neutral · light	83.48	7.87	16.78	63.38	very_light	neutral
N30	neutral · light	80.39	9.87	19.32	57.55	very_light	neutral
N35	neutral · light	80.39	9.87	19.32	57.55	very_light	neutral
P30	cool · light	78.37	16.82	16.03	60.53	very_light	cool
G30	warm · light	77.12	10.89	26.53	45.63	light	warm
P40	cool · medium	74.93	17.44	19.8	51.54	light	cool
N40	neutral · medium	73.24	12.06	21.06	47.82	light	neutral
G40	warm · medium	73.08	14.04	25.79	41.83	light	neutral
N50	neutral · medium	73.08	11.53	19.72	49.49	light	neutral
40	warm · medium	73.06	15.22	28.51	38.97	intermediate	neutral
P50	cool · medium	72.72	20.35	19.43	49.46	light	cool
50	warm · medium	71.55	15.03	30.19	35.52	intermediate	neutral
G50	warm · medium	71.46	13.41	27.31	38.16	intermediate	neutral
N70	neutral · medium	67.62	13.39	23.01	37.44	intermediate	neutral
P60	cool · medium	66.84	21.91	23.27	35.89	intermediate	cool
N60	neutral · medium	66.64	15.4	24.46	34.23	intermediate	cool
G60	warm · medium	66.25	13.75	26.08	31.93	intermediate	neutral
60	warm · medium	66.09	17.12	31.99	26.7	tan	neutral
N80	neutral · medium	63.93	15.22	24.55	29.57	intermediate	neutral
N85	neutral · medium	58.91	16.64	24.88	19.7	tan	cool
G70	warm · medium	58.76	15.73	29.68	16.44	tan	neutral
G80	warm · medium	58.28	16.94	28.52	16.19	tan	neutral
N90	neutral · deep	55.24	18.95	24.97	11.85	tan	cool
G90	warm · medium	55	17.85	28.57	9.93	brown	neutral
G100	warm · deep	54.14	15.91	32.37	7.29	brown	neutral
P100	cool · deep	53.25	21.74	24.02	7.71	brown	cool
N100	neutral · deep	53.21	17.34	24.98	7.32	brown	cool
P110	cool · deep	49.69	20.55	23.11	-0.77	brown	cool
N110	neutral · rich	49.03	15.26	23.76	-2.34	brown	cool
G110	warm · deep	46.63	16.21	35.28	-5.46	brown	neutral
P120	neutral · rich	43.73	20.98	23.15	-15.15	brown	cool
P125	cool · rich	42.72	19.17	20.5	-19.55	brown	cool
N120	neutral · rich	42.35	14.77	23.42	-18.09	brown	cool

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Colours are read from each shade’s own swatch image published by the retailer, not from a drawdown measured by the house — a screen swatch and a colorimeter are not the same instrument, and the house does not pretend otherwise. ITA° is the open dermatological standard, computed from the reading; no licensed colour library is used. A shade listed without a reading is one the house holds but has not yet seen.

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