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MAKE UP FOR EVER, beyond the shade name.

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

242 shades10 products242 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.

MAKE UP FOR EVER names an undertone for 110 of these shades. Read off the brand’s own swatch under D65, 73 of them — 66% — 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.

Balancing & Perfecting Natural Finish Longwear Foundation40 shades

MAKE UP FOR EVER Balancing & Perfecting Natural Finish Longwear Foundation published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
100N Canvas	neutral · fair	87.51	8.08	18.36	63.92	very_light	warm
101WO Lace	olive · fair	86.35	6.82	28.26	52.14	light	warm
101N Porcelain	neutral · fair	85.34	9.12	22.67	57.32	very_light	warm
102C Ivory	cool · fair	83.88	14.96	23.39	55.38	very_light	cool
104W Silk	warm · fair	83.14	11.15	32.8	45.3	light	warm
106N Linen	neutral · fair	82.72	11.69	23.24	54.62	light	neutral
103N Cotton	neutral · fair	82.55	10.82	25.11	52.35	light	warm
106C Ceramic	cool · fair	82.49	13.44	26.69	50.6	light	neutral
108W Shell	warm · light	81.18	12.22	30.65	45.49	light	warm
110N Travertine	neutral · light	80.43	12.06	31.71	43.82	light	warm
220W Ecru	warm · light	77.27	13.56	38.98	34.98	intermediate	warm
214WO Sand	olive · light	77.18	10.27	37.71	35.78	intermediate	warm
214N Burlap	neutral · light	76.4	13.19	36.76	35.68	intermediate	warm
222W Dune	warm · medium	76.19	13.67	39.1	33.82	intermediate	warm
222N Sunstone	neutral · medium	75.72	15.07	34.32	36.85	intermediate	warm
226N Cedar	neutral · medium	71.01	15.53	34.84	31.09	intermediate	warm
232WO Olivewood	olive · medium	69.68	12.9	40.35	26	tan	warm
230W Papyrus	warm · medium	68.59	16.1	38.51	25.77	tan	warm
234N Suede	neutral · medium	65.65	16.71	34.62	24.33	tan	neutral
240N Clay	neutral · medium	64.19	15.5	34.78	22.2	tan	warm
342N Calico	neutral · medium	61.78	18.84	45.87	14.4	tan	warm
340N Myrrh	neutral · medium	60.77	19.59	41.61	14.51	tan	neutral
354C Amber	cool · tan	58.19	20.13	40.97	11.3	tan	neutral
354WO Sienna	olive · tan	56.65	18.77	42.59	8.87	brown	warm
354N Sepia	neutral · tan	55.5	17.69	37.99	8.24	brown	neutral
356W Maple	warm · tan	52.99	18.37	43.63	3.92	brown	warm
362N Oak	neutral · tan	52.87	23.26	47.53	3.46	brown	neutral
362WO Ochre	olive · tan	47.11	18.86	45.72	-3.62	brown	warm
370N Sandalwood	neutral · tan	45.41	21.5	42.67	-6.14	brown	neutral
380N Leather	neutral · tan	37.29	18.34	37.1	-18.91	brown	neutral
472WO Copper	olive · tan	34.97	18.96	42.24	-19.59	brown	warm
472W Henna	warm · tan	33.34	20.72	37.9	-23.73	brown	neutral
473N Teak	neutral · deep	32.64	21.42	31.93	-28.53	brown	cool
474WO Bronze	olive · deep	28.83	19.15	32.54	-33.05	dark	neutral
476W Graphite	warm	27.39	20.19	30.5	-36.55	dark	cool
476N Umber	neutral	25.96	18.75	27.15	-41.52	dark	cool
477N Mahogany	neutral	23.92	16.75	25.16	-46.03	dark	cool
478C Basalt	cool · deep	20.51	16.33	20.95	-54.61	dark	cool
479N Onyx	neutral · deep	19.57	14.89	20.92	-55.49	dark	cool
480N Obsidian	neutral · rich	11.53	13.89	16.3	-67.04	dark	cool

HD Skin Hydra Glow Hydrating Foundation with Hyaluronic Acid30 shades

MAKE UP FOR EVER HD Skin Hydra Glow Hydrating Foundation with Hyaluronic Acid published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
1Y00 - Warm Shell	olive · very fair	87.76	4.3	22.56	59.14	very_light	warm
1N00 - Alabaster	neutral · very fair	85.79	6.1	9.97	74.43	very_light	neutral
1Y08 - Warm Porcelain	warm · fair to light	85.23	8.66	17.95	63	very_light	neutral
1Y06 - Warm Vanilla	warm · light	84.96	5.54	17.75	63.08	very_light	warm
1N06 - Porcelain	warm · light	84.43	10.05	13.74	68.24	very_light	cool
1R02 - Cool Alabaster	cool · fair	77.32	10.93	17.62	57.18	very_light	neutral
2N22 - Nude	neutral · light to medium	77.04	10.97	21.31	51.76	light	neutral
2Y32 - Warm Caramel	warm · medium	76.91	12.36	27.91	43.95	light	warm
2Y36 - Warm Honey	warm · medium to light tan	74.05	9.72	26.8	41.9	light	warm
2Y20 - Warm Nude	warm · light to medium	72.83	9.74	22.04	46.01	light	warm
2R34 - Cool Caramel	cool · medium to tan	72.77	12.59	23.29	44.35	light	neutral
3Y42 - Warm Praline	warm · medium to tan	71.63	15.56	32.88	33.34	intermediate	neutral
2R28 - Cool Sand	cool · medium	71.25	12	23.41	42.23	light	neutral
3R48 - Cool Maple	cool · tan	71.25	10.3	26.98	38.22	intermediate	warm
1R12 - Cool Ivory	cool · fair to light	70.87	13.95	18.99	47.7	light	cool
1N14 - Beige	neutral · light	69.11	13.62	19.6	44.27	light	cool
3R44 - Cool Amber	cool · medium to tan	68.41	14.13	25.66	35.66	intermediate	neutral
3Y46 - Warm Cinnamon	warm · tan	67.21	14.48	29.07	30.63	intermediate	neutral
2N26 - Sand	neutral · medium	67.07	12.3	28.27	31.12	intermediate	warm
3Y50 - Warm Maple	olive · tan	64.32	16.83	31.99	24.12	tan	neutral
4Y60 - Warm Almond	warm · deep	57.14	20.16	29.8	13.47	tan	cool
4Y70 - Warm Espresso	warm · deeper	55.9	16.09	24.24	13.68	tan	cool
3Y52 - Warm Chestnut	warm · tan to deep	55.21	15.53	26.71	11.04	tan	neutral
4Y66 - Warm Walnut	warm · deep	46.91	17.06	21.35	-8.24	brown	cool
3N40 - Praline	neutral · medium to tan	46.6	19.4	26.98	-7.18	brown	cool
4N68 - Coffee	neutral · deeper	45.7	16.83	19.09	-12.69	brown	cool
4N72 - Cocoa	neutral · deep to very deep	42.92	17.16	26.12	-15.17	brown	cool
4R76 - Cool Ebony	cool · very deep	39.4	18.8	18.26	-30.14	dark	cool
4N62 - Almond	neutral · deep	37.78	22.77	32.24	-20.76	brown	cool
4N78 - Ebony	neutral · very deep	29.7	15.95	12.85	-57.67	dark	cool

HD Skin Matte Velvet Blurring Powder Foundation1 shades

MAKE UP FOR EVER HD Skin Matte Velvet Blurring Powder Foundation published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
1R02 Cool Alabaster	cool · fair	81.36	10.59	22.88	53.89	light	neutral

Matte Velvet Skin Blurring Powder Foundation30 shades

MAKE UP FOR EVER Matte Velvet Skin Blurring Powder Foundation published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
R210	cool	91.96	8.38	8.52	78.52	very_light	cool
Y215	—	90.52	9.46	11.69	73.91	very_light	cool
Y225	—	90.3	8.03	16.61	67.6	very_light	neutral
R220	cool	90.01	10.35	11.49	73.98	very_light	cool
R230	—	88.87	11.27	14.07	70.1	very_light	cool
R250	—	88.08	12.41	14.53	69.11	very_light	cool
Y235	—	88.04	12.13	15.52	67.8	very_light	cool
Y245	—	87.61	11.45	19.65	62.41	very_light	neutral
Y305	—	86.33	13.53	19.97	61.2	very_light	cool
R260	cool	86.2	14.7	17.15	64.65	very_light	cool
Y315	—	84.51	14.9	20.04	59.86	very_light	cool
R330	warm	82.97	16.01	19.45	59.46	very_light	cool
Y355	neutral	82.72	14.88	20.66	57.73	very_light	cool
Y335	—	82.28	15.94	21.66	56.14	very_light	cool
Y365	—	81.94	15.86	23.85	53.25	light	cool
Y345	—	78.2	15.8	20.1	54.52	light	cool
Y375Golden	warm	77.91	14.21	25.04	48.1	light	neutral
R370	— · medium	77.49	18.7	20.79	52.9	light	cool
Y405Golden	warm	77.35	17.61	27.57	44.77	light	cool
R410Golden	warm	74.72	17.89	21.69	48.74	light	cool
Y425	—	73.73	14.84	29.97	38.37	intermediate	neutral
Y415	—	73.56	16.07	24.36	44.04	light	cool
Y445	—	73.14	18.49	27.64	39.94	intermediate	cool
Y535	—	72.52	18.95	27.87	38.94	intermediate	cool
Y455	—	71.64	17.1	26.58	39.15	intermediate	cool
Y505Cognac	—	66.59	18.11	24.47	34.14	intermediate	cool
R510Coffee	—	65.02	19.69	20.06	36.82	intermediate	cool
R530	—	62.73	18.08	22.37	29.64	intermediate	cool
R520Cinnamon	—	61.48	23.1	25.28	24.42	tan	cool
R540Dark	—	57.72	14.1	18	23.21	tan	cool

Matte Velvet Skin Full Coverage Foundation40 shades

MAKE UP FOR EVER Matte Velvet Skin Full Coverage Foundation published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
Y205	—	92.14	2.57	11.82	74.33	very_light	warm
R210	cool	90.45	3.05	10.4	75.58	very_light	warm
Y215	—	90.21	1.62	13.71	71.17	very_light	warm
R230	—	87.81	3.7	12.34	71.92	very_light	warm
Y225	—	85.19	2.63	17.53	63.52	very_light	warm
R260	cool	85.03	5.16	17.36	63.64	very_light	warm
Y235	—	83.75	3.98	20.27	59.01	very_light	warm
Y255	—	83.12	2.56	22.53	55.77	very_light	warm
Y305	—	82.98	5.59	17.6	61.91	very_light	warm
R330	warm	82.58	5.32	18.62	60.25	very_light	warm
Y245	—	82.27	3.47	24	53.36	light	warm
Y315	—	81.69	5.95	21.1	56.34	very_light	warm
Y355	neutral	81.17	3.98	17.63	60.51	very_light	warm
Y335	—	80.92	2.67	19.37	57.93	very_light	warm
Y345	—	80.4	3.42	21.33	54.94	light	warm
Y363	warm	79.99	4.46	25.58	49.54	light	warm
Y325	—	79.9	4.96	15.81	62.13	very_light	warm
Y365	—	75.23	6.08	25.36	44.85	light	warm
R370	— · medium	75.04	7.23	20.78	50.31	light	warm
Y375	warm	74.37	7.17	24.7	44.61	light	warm
Y415	—	73.6	3.88	24.08	44.42	light	warm
Y405	warm	72.43	5.25	24.1	42.94	light	warm
Y425	—	71.97	4.87	23.98	42.5	light	warm
Y433	—	71.89	7.39	28.27	37.75	intermediate	warm
R410	warm	71.75	7.37	21	46.01	light	warm
Y445	—	69.89	5.4	25.98	37.44	intermediate	warm
Y455	—	69.33	7.41	31.22	31.76	intermediate	warm
Y463	—	67.95	5.08	25.99	34.63	intermediate	warm
Y503	—	57.11	7.98	24.94	15.91	tan	warm
Y505	—	55.79	7.44	23.66	13.75	tan	warm
Y513	warm	55.01	8.39	33.77	8.44	brown	warm
Y533	warm	53.68	8.73	20.77	10.05	tan	warm
R510	—	53.04	10.59	25.67	6.75	brown	warm
Y523	warm	51.52	8.93	30.31	2.87	brown	warm
Y535	—	50.43	11.47	22.67	1.09	brown	neutral
R530	—	45.54	12.61	27.63	-9.17	brown	neutral
R540	—	42.48	7.54	19.8	-20.8	brown	warm
R532	—	40.83	12.61	17.65	-27.45	brown	cool
R550	—	37.71	10.52	15.05	-39.24	dark	cool
R560	—	34.76	9.05	13.95	-47.53	dark	cool

Reboot Active Care Revitalizing Foundation24 shades

MAKE UP FOR EVER Reboot Active Care Revitalizing Foundation published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
R208	—	81.47	7.09	15.44	63.87	very_light	neutral
Y218	—	80.44	7.05	18.8	58.3	very_light	warm
R230	—	74.83	8.03	19.41	51.98	light	warm
Y225	—	73.98	7.29	22.54	46.77	light	warm
Y315	—	73.77	8.08	21.16	48.32	light	warm
Y244	neutral	72.3	8.15	21.26	46.37	light	warm
Y255	—	72.21	9.01	24.97	41.65	light	warm
Y305	—	71.69	9.97	24.81	41.16	light	warm
Y355	neutral	71.68	8.7	20.94	45.99	light	warm
Y365	—	70.5	11.14	25.9	38.36	intermediate	warm
Y328	—	69.05	13.25	21.17	41.98	light	cool
R370	— · medium	68.58	10.04	18.19	45.61	light	neutral
Y405	warm	68.19	13.66	29.86	31.35	intermediate	neutral
Y340	—	68	13.19	25.75	34.95	intermediate	neutral
Y412	—	67.79	13.96	24.37	36.13	intermediate	neutral
Y434	warm	63.23	16.31	33.53	21.53	tan	neutral
Y445	—	62.43	16.61	27.52	24.31	tan	neutral
Y503	—	56.2	17.77	30.75	11.4	tan	neutral
Y505	—	55.96	15.66	26.98	12.46	tan	neutral
Y528	—	49.88	16.53	29.54	-0.23	brown	neutral
R530	—	42.92	18.01	27.23	-14.57	brown	cool
R540	—	35.3	15.61	16.16	-42.29	dark	cool
R560	—	32	13.18	15.25	-49.73	dark	cool
R550	—	31.94	19.77	21.66	-39.82	dark	cool

Super Boost Lightweight Moisturizing Skin Tint with Hyaluronic and Polyglutamic Acids1 shades

MAKE UP FOR EVER Super Boost Lightweight Moisturizing Skin Tint with Hyaluronic and Polyglutamic Acids published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
05	neutral · medium	62.02	18.13	24.75	25.9	tan	cool

Ultra HD Invisible Cover Foundation50 shades

MAKE UP FOR EVER Ultra HD Invisible Cover Foundation published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
Y205	—	81.13	7.68	10.65	71.11	very_light	cool
Y218	—	79.39	5.52	19.94	55.84	very_light	warm
Y215	—	79.28	7.02	16.05	61.27	very_light	warm
Y373	—	79.22	5.91	25.06	49.38	light	warm
Y252	—	79.07	4.46	16.22	60.84	very_light	warm
R210	cool	73.83	8.92	14.71	58.31	very_light	neutral
Y235	—	73.76	5.62	12.88	61.54	very_light	warm
Y225	—	72.74	4.13	15.21	56.22	very_light	warm
R220	cool	72.03	10.69	14.89	55.95	very_light	cool
R250	—	70.88	9.23	12.63	58.83	very_light	cool
R230	—	70.48	7.55	12.57	58.46	very_light	neutral
Y383	—	69.12	5.89	18.86	45.39	light	warm
Y422	—	68.75	5.9	18.88	44.8	light	warm
Y305	—	68.43	8.07	15.71	49.56	light	neutral
Y245	—	68.33	7.39	18.32	45.02	light	warm
R260	cool	67.72	9.83	15.84	48.21	light	neutral
Y435	—	67.47	11.58	19.43	41.96	light	neutral
R300	—	67.1	10.39	15.51	47.79	light	cool
Y345	—	67.07	9.99	18.81	42.22	light	neutral
Y412	—	63.74	7.18	18.46	36.66	intermediate	warm
Y355	neutral	62.07	8.21	18.35	33.34	intermediate	warm
Y325	—	61.8	10.4	16.89	34.94	intermediate	neutral
Y255	—	61.25	7.86	20.01	29.35	intermediate	warm
Y335	—	61.04	10.2	19.77	29.18	intermediate	neutral
R330	warm	60.87	11.27	17.28	32.17	intermediate	cool
Y315	—	60.82	9.5	17.16	32.23	intermediate	neutral
Y365	—	60.18	10.08	16.83	31.17	intermediate	neutral
Y385	olive	60.12	9.47	21.27	25.44	tan	warm
Y375	warm	59.81	12.74	23.19	22.93	tan	neutral
R360	neutral	59.01	11.65	16.34	28.87	intermediate	cool
Y405	warm	58.8	12.02	20.62	23.11	tan	neutral
R420	—	57.33	12.72	16.25	24.28	tan	cool
Y463	— · tan	56.67	8.11	20.36	18.14	tan	warm
Y425	—	55.95	11.63	19.43	17.03	tan	neutral
R370	— · medium	55.69	10.76	17.31	18.2	tan	neutral
Y513	warm	53.1	9.51	21.71	8.13	brown	warm
Y415	—	53.02	9.53	17.55	9.76	brown	neutral
Y508	—	52.79	10.02	19.55	8.12	brown	neutral
Y445	—	51.54	11.04	24.2	3.64	brown	neutral
Y455	—	50.93	11.87	22.8	2.34	brown	neutral
R430	—	50.73	13.07	17.31	2.41	brown	cool
Y533	warm	49.96	11.08	24.91	-0.09	brown	warm
Y522	—	49.18	13.04	20.4	-2.3	brown	cool
Y545	—	45.15	10.2	17.63	-15.38	brown	neutral
Y535	—	39.29	13.57	11.81	-42.2	dark	cool
R510	—	37.73	16.31	21.39	-29.84	brown	cool
R560	—	37.05	8.39	9.69	-53.19	dark	cool
Y532	—	35.62	9.12	13.29	-47.26	dark	cool
R530	—	33.18	14.12	17.54	-43.8	dark	cool
R550	—	30.3	14.8	16.11	-50.72	dark	cool

Ultra HD Invisible Cover Stick Foundation20 shades

MAKE UP FOR EVER Ultra HD Invisible Cover Stick Foundation published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
R230	—	88.85	8.66	9.22	76.65	very_light	cool
Y205	—	84.42	8.05	9.06	75.25	very_light	cool
Y225	—	82.53	9.94	17.05	62.34	very_light	neutral
Y215	—	75.14	11.03	17.75	54.78	light	neutral
Y325	—	74.33	13.14	25.36	43.81	light	neutral
Y365	—	73.05	13.24	16.44	54.5	light	cool
Y315	—	71.62	14.65	19.91	47.36	light	cool
Y245	—	71.14	13.95	23.05	42.53	light	neutral
Y405	warm	71.02	14.57	28.37	36.54	intermediate	neutral
R370	— · medium	70.01	15.2	25.88	37.71	intermediate	neutral
Y335	—	69.93	16.22	27.44	35.99	intermediate	neutral
R330	warm	69.73	12.15	13.24	56.14	very_light	cool
Y375	warm	69.04	14.51	23.39	39.15	intermediate	neutral
Y415	—	67.21	14.5	26.33	33.17	intermediate	neutral
R410	warm	66.17	19.06	28.89	29.24	intermediate	cool
Y445	—	58.78	17.32	28.64	17.04	tan	neutral
R530	—	50.66	15.79	17.87	2.12	brown	cool
Y505	—	50.19	19.18	27.78	0.39	brown	cool
R540	—	48.27	8.83	8.91	-10.99	brown	cool
Y535	—	46.93	18.48	16.21	-10.72	brown	cool

Water Blend Face & Body Foundation6 shades

MAKE UP FOR EVER Water Blend Face & Body Foundation published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
Y445	—	63.17	17.23	17.91	36.33	intermediate	cool
R430	—	57.26	18.27	18.04	21.92	tan	cool
Y455	—	56.78	16.23	21.32	17.64	tan	cool
Y505	—	52.79	14.69	19.69	8.06	brown	cool
R520	—	51.22	17.43	23.38	2.99	brown	cool
R540	—	44.7	10.41	12.78	-22.52	brown	cool

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Press-on nails

Dresses & skirts

Coats & jackets

Bras & foundations

Jewelry

Glasses & sunglasses