The shade file

Dermablend, beyond the shade name.

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

84 shades5 products84 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.

Dermablend names an undertone for 84 of these shades. Read off the brand’s own swatch under D65, 67 of them — 80% — 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.

Cover Creme Full Coverage Foundation20 shades

Dermablend Cover Creme Full Coverage Foundation published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
10N	neutral · fair	86.87	5.27	36.72	45.12	light	warm
30N	neutral · light	85.54	7.62	32.37	47.67	light	warm
0C	cool · fair	84.89	8.76	22.56	57.11	very_light	warm
30W	neutral · light	77.35	11.16	35.36	37.72	intermediate	warm
25N	neutral · light	76.92	10.7	37.89	35.39	intermediate	warm
35C	cool · light	75.34	13.67	32.69	37.78	intermediate	warm
15C	cool · fair	74.95	13.13	19.72	51.68	light	cool
20W	warm · fair	74.13	12.35	25.06	43.92	light	neutral
40N	warm · medium	71.87	11.05	41.58	27.74	tan	warm
40W	neutral · medium	70.25	9.54	33.61	31.07	intermediate	warm
50C	cool · tan	69.97	17.22	36.16	28.91	intermediate	neutral
35W	warm · light	66.71	12.88	21.71	37.59	intermediate	neutral
65W	warm · tan	63.22	16.22	34.05	21.22	tan	neutral
45W	warm · medium	60.24	12.78	24.92	22.34	tan	neutral
70W	warm · tan	59.79	20.25	41.44	13.29	tan	neutral
60N	neutral · tan	56.59	12.98	36.53	10.23	tan	warm
70N	neutral · deep	52.46	16.95	33.5	4.2	brown	neutral
75W	warm · deep	44.38	20.17	27.52	-11.54	brown	cool
80W	warm · deep	38.77	22.13	27.77	-22.02	brown	cool
90N	neutral · deep	36.58	12.35	19.07	-35.13	dark	cool

Flawless Creator Liquid Foundation Drops20 shades

Dermablend Flawless Creator Liquid Foundation Drops published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
0N	neutral · fair	79.89	6.67	14.22	64.56	very_light	neutral
15C	cool · fair	76.61	11.1	17.15	57.2	very_light	cool
10N	cool · fair	75.62	8.4	17.83	55.16	very_light	neutral
30N	neutral · light	71.53	9.89	18.01	50.09	light	neutral
37N	neutral · light	70.55	11.93	18.86	47.46	light	cool
35W	warm · light	70.46	13	19.86	45.85	light	cool
37W	warm · light	69.94	10.91	19.62	45.46	light	neutral
20W	warm · fair	68.95	9.77	20.93	42.16	light	neutral
40N	neutral · light	67.99	12.47	15.73	48.83	light	cool
43W	warm · medium	67.74	12.33	23.71	36.8	intermediate	neutral
25N	neutral · fair	67.52	12.1	15.6	48.32	light	cool
43N	neutral · medium	65.65	11.95	18.5	40.23	intermediate	cool
45W	warm · medium	59.85	12.97	22.12	24	tan	neutral
48N	neutral · medium	59.64	10.26	26.24	20.17	tan	warm
50W	warm · tan	56.2	12.71	18.68	18.36	tan	cool
60N	neutral · tan	54.85	12.08	17.89	15.17	tan	cool
72N	neutral · tan	47.9	11.44	17.38	-6.89	brown	cool
85N	neutral · deep	35.53	13	21.93	-33.42	dark	neutral
75W	warm · tan	30.95	15.09	23.23	-39.35	dark	cool
90N	neutral · deep	23.7	9.09	11.92	-65.62	dark	cool

Leg and Body Makeup22 shades

Dermablend Leg and Body Makeup published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
0N	neutral · fair	93.97	2.65	13.97	72.37	very_light	warm
0N Fair Nude	neutral · fair	92.21	3.84	18.24	66.63	very_light	warm
10N	neutral · fair	82.69	10.55	17.83	61.39	very_light	neutral
10N Fair Ivory	neutral · fair	82.69	10.55	17.83	61.39	very_light	neutral
20N Light Natural	neutral · light	78.26	14.62	19.62	55.23	very_light	cool
20N	neutral · light	78	15.03	19.8	54.73	light	cool
25W	warm · light	73.52	18.83	23.83	44.62	light	cool
25W Light Sand	warm · light	73.52	18.83	23.83	44.62	light	cool
40N	neutral · medium	69.55	15.11	22.48	41.01	light	cool
40N Medium Natural	neutral · medium	69.55	15.11	22.48	41.01	light	cool
35C	cool · light	65.09	19.86	21.29	35.33	intermediate	cool
35C Light Beige	cool · light	65.09	19.86	21.29	35.33	intermediate	cool
40W	warm · medium	63.96	18.14	25.79	28.43	intermediate	cool
40W Medium Golden	warm · medium	63.7	18.58	25.99	27.79	tan	cool
45N Medium Bronze	neutral · medium	59.52	17.42	25.18	20.71	tan	cool
45N	neutral · medium	59.14	17.46	25.22	19.92	tan	cool
45W Tan Honey	warm · tan	55.25	21.25	33.49	8.91	brown	cool
45W	warm · tan	54.88	21.3	33.55	8.28	brown	cool
65N	warm · tan	50.71	20.41	38.43	1.06	brown	neutral
65N Tan Golden	warm · tan	50.71	20.41	38.43	1.06	brown	neutral
70W	warm · deep	44.28	19.01	45.58	-7.15	brown	warm
85W	warm · deep	33.35	19.56	33.68	-26.31	brown	neutral

Quick Fix Body Foundation Stick8 shades

Dermablend Quick Fix Body Foundation Stick published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
30N	neutral	84.21	8.08	32.63	46.35	light	warm
10C	cool	83.21	10.23	29.2	48.68	light	warm
20W	warm	76.08	12.86	24.04	47.33	light	neutral
35C	cool	73.75	14.73	32.68	36.01	intermediate	neutral
50C	cool	68.99	17.76	36.46	27.51	tan	neutral
40W	warm · medium	68.59	10.32	35.13	27.89	tan	warm
35W	warm	68.02	13.6	21.93	39.41	intermediate	neutral
65W	warm	64.14	16.71	35.84	21.53	tan	neutral

Smooth Liquid Camo Foundation14 shades

Dermablend Smooth Liquid Camo Foundation published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
0C	cool · fair	87.66	5.23	22.73	58.89	very_light	warm
10N	neutral · fair	86.74	5.76	24.06	56.78	very_light	warm
25N	neutral · fair	81.41	2.73	25.41	51.03	light	warm
30W	warm · light	76.78	12.4	27.7	44.03	light	warm
30N	neutral · light	75.36	10.59	34.74	36.13	intermediate	warm
35W	warm · light	72.21	9.72	36.26	31.49	intermediate	warm
40C	warm · medium	70.27	12.67	33.74	31	intermediate	warm
40N	neutral · medium	66.65	15.69	42.74	21.28	tan	warm
40W	warm · medium	65.37	11.6	28.1	28.68	intermediate	warm
45W	warm · medium	61.57	18.37	39.44	16.35	tan	neutral
55W	warm · tan	60.27	20.84	36.81	15.59	tan	neutral
65N	neutral · tan	49.95	16.4	36.77	-0.08	brown	warm
50C	cool · tan	49.86	22.96	38.55	-0.21	brown	neutral
80N	neutral · deep	35.96	20.12	24.6	-29.71	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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