The shade file

NARS, beyond the shade name.

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

392 shades11 products392 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.

NARS names an undertone for 183 of these shades. Read off the brand’s own swatch under D65, 122 of them — 67% — 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.

All Day Luminous Weightless Foundation7 shades

NARS All Day Luminous Weightless Foundation published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
NA	—	92.25	3.34	9.37	77.5	very_light	warm
NA	—	76.62	5.53	27.28	44.3	light	warm
NA	—	55.55	13.99	28.62	10.97	tan	neutral
NA	—	54.96	13.58	23.84	11.75	tan	neutral
NA	—	54.83	16.83	34.94	7.87	brown	neutral
NA	—	52.34	19.1	16.84	7.91	brown	cool
NA	—	51.4	16.46	25.9	3.09	brown	cool

Light Reflecting Advanced Skincare Foundation46 shades

NARS Light Reflecting Advanced Skincare Foundation published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
Yulong	—	92.29	6.54	10.55	75.99	very_light	neutral
Siberia	—	92.23	2.38	17.71	67.25	very_light	warm
Oslo	—	91.47	7.48	11.46	74.55	very_light	cool
Bruges	—	88.57	5.7	27.18	54.83	light	warm
Gobi	—	88.44	5.45	23.32	58.76	very_light	warm
Lima	—	88.27	8	21.57	60.59	very_light	warm
Deauville	—	88.12	6.75	28.13	53.58	light	warm
Mont Blanc	—	87.77	7.69	18.2	64.27	very_light	warm
Salzburg	—	85.63	10.15	25.23	54.7	light	warm
Vienna	—	84.27	9.17	22.74	56.43	very_light	warm
Vallauris	—	82.15	10.82	23.48	53.86	light	neutral
Punjab	—	78.77	12.8	31.02	42.84	light	warm
Fiji	—	78.75	11.3	29.89	43.89	light	warm
Santa Fe	—	78.66	10.91	29.74	43.94	light	warm
Lanai	—	78.37	13.03	26.2	47.28	light	neutral
Patagonia	—	77.71	13.43	24.74	48.24	light	neutral
Stromboli	—	76.36	11.55	36.12	36.12	intermediate	warm
Porto	—	75.86	14.87	24.86	46.13	light	neutral
Sahel	—	74.99	15.34	31.2	38.69	intermediate	neutral
Barcelona	—	73.84	12.38	28.98	39.44	intermediate	warm
Cordoba	—	73.04	10.59	29.43	38.06	intermediate	warm
Valencia	—	72.09	15.6	31.5	35.04	intermediate	neutral
Phoenix Light Reflecting Advanced Skincare Foundation not av	— · light	72.05	16.07	44.05	26.59	tan	warm
Vanuatu	—	71.59	13.48	33.42	32.86	intermediate	warm
Syracuse	—	69.41	15.08	35.87	28.42	intermediate	warm
Tahoe	—	68.46	15.6	38.85	25.42	tan	warm
Aruba	—	68.29	13.79	33.78	28.43	intermediate	warm
Moorea	—	64.2	17.99	42.28	18.56	tan	warm
Seville	—	63.05	22.59	34.6	20.66	tan	cool
Cádiz	—	62.57	18.11	34.34	20.1	tan	neutral
Lagos Light Reflecting Advanced Skincare Foundation not avai	— · light	61.32	21.62	39.78	15.88	tan	neutral
Caracas	—	58.36	23.48	40.3	11.72	tan	neutral
Perth	—	56.58	22.69	41.67	8.97	brown	neutral
Macao	—	54.43	20.69	41.98	6.02	brown	neutral
Marquises	—	52.03	24.71	40.26	2.89	brown	neutral
La serena	—	51.97	28.73	31.11	3.62	brown	cool
Alexandria	—	49.71	23.97	34.65	-0.48	brown	cool
New Caledonia	—	46.01	21.03	36.87	-6.18	brown	neutral
Iguaçu	—	40.33	18.88	31.33	-17.15	brown	neutral
Timaru	—	39.52	24.73	22.33	-25.14	brown	cool
Namibia	—	35.86	23.44	29.88	-25.32	brown	cool
Zambie	—	30.01	20.47	22.84	-41.19	dark	cool
Port louis	—	27.49	17.09	17.44	-52.23	dark	cool
Anguilla	—	27.41	12.31	17.79	-51.78	dark	cool
Mali	—	26.65	19.69	22.12	-46.55	dark	cool
Ambato	—	19.94	10.38	13.43	-65.93	dark	cool

Light Reflecting Skin Improving Medium Coverage Foundation with Cacao Peptides40 shades

NARS Light Reflecting Skin Improving Medium Coverage Foundation with Cacao Peptides published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
Yulong	neutral · light	91.78	7.41	10.34	76.1	very_light	cool
Siberia	warm · light	91.7	3.12	17.99	66.66	very_light	warm
Oslo	cool · light	91.17	7.79	10.49	75.71	very_light	cool
Gobi	warm · light	88.09	5.46	23.34	58.5	very_light	warm
Deauville	neutral · light	87.45	7.02	27.2	54.01	light	warm
Bruges	warm · light	87.37	5	28.6	52.57	light	warm
Mont Blanc	neutral · light	87.07	7.72	18.24	63.8	very_light	warm
Lima	neutral · light	86.84	7.92	22.15	58.98	very_light	warm
Salzburg	warm · light	84.66	10.58	25.45	53.71	light	warm
Vienna	cool · light	83.21	9.22	22.81	55.52	very_light	warm
Vallauris	cool · medium	81.17	11.26	23.7	52.75	light	neutral
Santa Fe	neutral · medium	77.46	10.47	30.2	42.28	light	warm
Fiji	warm · light	77.31	11.4	30.02	42.29	light	warm
Punjab	warm · medium	77.03	13.25	29.67	42.33	light	warm
Patagonia	neutral · light	76.51	12.99	25.18	46.47	light	neutral
Lanai	neutral · medium	76.39	13.85	27.2	44.13	light	neutral
Stromboli	warm · medium	74.67	12.2	35.96	34.45	intermediate	warm
Sahel	warm · medium	73.76	16.27	31.66	36.89	intermediate	neutral
Barcelona	warm · medium	72.75	12.46	29.08	38.04	intermediate	warm
Córdoba	olive · medium	71.2	10.61	30.11	35.15	intermediate	warm
Valencia	warm · medium	70.63	15.73	31.65	33.1	intermediate	neutral
Vanuatu	olive · medium	70.13	13.62	33.58	30.94	intermediate	warm
Phoenix	olive · medium	69.97	16.69	44.97	23.94	tan	warm
Syracuse	warm · medium	67.7	15.78	35.73	26.35	tan	warm
Aruba	cool · medium	66.93	14.35	34.11	26.4	tan	warm
Tahoe	neutral · medium	66.89	16.89	37.88	24.03	tan	warm
Cádiz	cool · medium	61.73	19.33	33.26	19.43	tan	neutral
Caracas	warm · medium	57.25	23.66	40.47	10.16	tan	neutral
Macao	olive · medium	54.05	20.76	42.03	5.5	brown	neutral
Perth	olive · medium	53.36	22.54	40.25	4.77	brown	neutral
La Serena	cool · deep	48.36	27.43	31.93	-2.94	brown	cool
Alexandria	neutral · medium	45.86	22.05	32.93	-7.17	brown	cool
New Caledonia	olive · deep	44.85	21.24	37.04	-7.92	brown	neutral
Iguaçu	olive · deep	39.3	19.67	30.63	-19.26	brown	cool
Namibia	warm · deep	36.02	23.94	29.54	-25.33	brown	cool
Zambie	warm · deep	30.01	20.47	22.84	-41.19	dark	cool
Timaru	neutral · deep	28.74	19.33	21.73	-44.37	dark	cool
Anguilla	neutral · deep	27.01	12.57	16.62	-54.14	dark	cool
Port Louis	neutral · rich	24.23	17.99	18.87	-53.79	dark	cool
Ambato	neutral · rich	15.78	12.42	11.9	-70.82	dark	cool

Natural Matte Longwear Foundation46 shades

NARS Natural Matte Longwear Foundation published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
Siberia	—	92.93	2.37	17.68	67.62	very_light	warm
Yulong	—	91.94	6.54	10.56	75.87	very_light	neutral
Oslo	—	91.12	7.49	11.47	74.41	very_light	cool
Mont Blanc	—	89.23	7.75	19.26	63.85	very_light	warm
Gobi	—	89.16	5.56	22.78	59.81	very_light	warm
Lima	—	88.98	7.97	21.53	61.09	very_light	warm
Bruges	—	88.05	6.49	27.5	54.14	light	warm
Deauville	—	87.52	7.07	30.44	50.95	light	warm
Salzburg	—	86.58	9.59	25.51	55.11	very_light	warm
Vienna	—	82.87	10.78	23.43	54.52	light	neutral
Patagonia	—	81.16	12.8	22.65	53.99	light	neutral
Punjab	—	79.48	14.27	29.93	44.57	light	neutral
Fiji	—	79.39	12.35	30.81	43.65	light	warm
Vallauris	—	79.29	13.76	26.45	47.92	light	neutral
Santa Fe	—	78.58	12.01	30.72	42.93	light	warm
Lanai	—	78.43	14.73	26.33	47.2	light	neutral
Stromboli	—	76.69	12.95	35.57	36.88	intermediate	warm
Porto	—	76.27	16.43	25.48	45.87	light	cool
Sahel	—	75.4	16.83	32.33	38.15	intermediate	neutral
Barcelona	—	73.84	12.38	28.98	39.44	intermediate	warm
Vanuatu	—	72.91	14.29	33.11	34.68	intermediate	warm
Cordoba	—	72.65	10.4	30.48	36.62	intermediate	warm
Valencia	—	72.46	15.56	31.46	35.52	intermediate	neutral
Phoenix	—	71.92	17.01	43.92	26.52	tan	warm
Syracuse	—	70.04	16.14	34.61	30.07	intermediate	neutral
Aruba	—	69.27	14.73	32.99	30.29	intermediate	warm
Tahoe	—	67.98	16.68	38.25	25.18	tan	warm
Moorea	—	64.35	18.63	40.95	19.31	tan	neutral
Cadiz	—	63.07	18.56	33.94	21.06	tan	neutral
Seville	—	62.31	22.69	34.71	19.53	tan	cool
Lagos	—	60.82	21.26	39.66	15.26	tan	neutral
Caracas	—	59.02	24.45	39.07	13	tan	cool
Macao	—	56.35	21.97	40.31	8.95	brown	neutral
Perth	—	55.88	23.07	39.77	8.41	brown	neutral
Marquises	—	52.34	25.79	38.61	3.47	brown	cool
La Serena	—	51.09	28.52	30.5	2.05	brown	cool
Alexandria	—	49.09	23.32	33.26	-1.57	brown	cool
New Caledonia	—	46.41	21.02	36.3	-5.65	brown	neutral
Iguacu	—	40.92	18.22	28.08	-17.92	brown	cool
Timaru	—	38.83	23.94	21.96	-26.96	brown	cool
Namibia	—	38.53	22.71	27.49	-22.65	brown	cool
Zambie	—	32.02	18.63	22.34	-38.83	dark	cool
Mali	—	29.06	20.32	21.58	-44.14	dark	cool
Anguilla	—	28.29	13.87	17.13	-51.73	dark	cool
Port Louis	—	26.37	17.74	17.87	-52.9	dark	cool
Ambato	—	19.09	12.37	12.33	-68.25	dark	cool

Natural Matte Longwear Pore Blurring Medium-to-Full Coverage Foundation40 shades

NARS Natural Matte Longwear Pore Blurring Medium-to-Full Coverage Foundation published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
SIBERIA	warm · light	91.76	3.34	18.61	65.98	very_light	warm
YULONG	neutral · light	89.82	8.03	11.16	74.34	very_light	cool
OSLO	cool · light	88.56	10.1	12.52	72.01	very_light	cool
SALZBURG	warm · light	87.99	8.25	22.22	59.68	very_light	warm
GOBI	warm · light	87.32	6.63	25.44	55.72	very_light	warm
MONT BLANC	neutral · light	85.99	9.12	19.36	61.72	very_light	neutral
BRUGES	warm · light	84.75	6.12	28.09	51.05	light	warm
LIMA	neutral · light	84.73	8.13	21.78	57.91	very_light	warm
DEAUVILLE	neutral · light	84.48	7.96	29.34	49.6	light	warm
VIENNA	cool · light	80.74	11.02	23.07	53.11	light	neutral
PATAGONIA	neutral · light	78.97	12.68	23.82	50.57	light	neutral
LANAI	neutral · medium	77.71	13.43	24.74	48.24	light	neutral
VANUATU	olive · medium	77.27	12.72	30	42.27	light	warm
PUNJAB	warm · medium	76.63	14.6	29.69	41.89	light	neutral
VALLAURIS	cool · medium	76.08	14.22	25.7	45.42	light	neutral
SANTA FE	neutral · medium	75.97	11.9	30.3	40.6	intermediate	warm
STROMBOLI	warm · medium	75.51	12.64	35.53	35.68	intermediate	warm
SAHEL	warm · medium	72.61	16.27	30.08	36.93	intermediate	neutral
CÓRDOBA	olive · medium	71.42	10.1	28.23	37.19	intermediate	warm
FIJI	warm · light	71.13	13.41	29.56	35.56	intermediate	neutral
BARCELONA	warm · medium	70.22	12.88	28.29	35.55	intermediate	neutral
VALENCIA	warm · medium	68.76	14.34	30.66	31.46	intermediate	neutral
PHOENIX	olive · medium	67.57	16.48	39.81	23.81	tan	warm
CÁDIZ	cool · medium	66.86	18.45	34.16	26.27	tan	neutral
SYRACUSE	warm · medium	66.7	14.99	33.28	26.65	tan	neutral
TAHOE	neutral · medium	62.14	16.35	36.93	18.2	tan	warm
ARUBA	cool · medium	61.79	15.27	32.65	19.85	tan	neutral
CARACAS	warm · medium	60.6	20.77	33.98	17.33	tan	neutral
PERTH	olive · medium	57.16	20.86	37.06	10.93	tan	neutral
MACAO	olive · medium	57	20.22	38.42	10.33	tan	neutral
LA SERENA	cool · deep	51.39	24.56	28.47	2.8	brown	cool
IGUAÇU	olive · deep	50.65	16.43	29.44	1.26	brown	neutral
ALEXANDRIA	neutral · medium	49.13	23.53	31.65	-1.57	brown	cool
NEW CALEDONIA	olive · deep	48.79	19.68	32.17	-2.15	brown	neutral
TIMARU	neutral · deep	39.66	24	20.67	-26.58	brown	cool
NAMIBIA	warm · deep	39.35	21.52	24.39	-23.59	brown	cool
ZAMBIE	warm · deep	34.38	17.99	20.56	-37.22	dark	cool
ANGUILLA	olive · deep	33.55	12.22	19.23	-40.54	dark	cool
PORT LOUIS	neutral · rich	33.21	17.15	17.68	-43.52	dark	cool
AMBATO	neutral · rich	22.5	11.33	12.31	-65.88	dark	cool

Natural Radiant Longwear Foundation67 shades

NARS Natural Radiant Longwear Foundation published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
Siberia	—	89.06	3.72	20.49	62.32	very_light	warm
NA	— · fair	89.04	3.58	20.98	61.75	very_light	warm
Oslo	—	87.12	12.65	16.85	65.59	very_light	cool
NA	cool · fair	86.75	12.53	17.37	64.7	very_light	cool
Salzburg	—	84.96	11.36	31.15	48.3	light	warm
NA	neutral · light	84.86	10.97	31.01	48.35	light	warm
Gobi	—	84.73	7.88	24.41	54.9	light	warm
NA	— · light	84.73	7.88	24.41	54.9	light	warm
Mont Blanc	—	82.41	10.42	23.31	54.28	light	warm
NA	neutral · fair	82.41	10.42	23.31	54.28	light	warm
NA	cool · light	81.8	11.35	18.18	60.24	very_light	neutral
Yukon	—	81.8	11.35	18.18	60.24	very_light	neutral
NA	warm · light	81.3	13	27.13	49.08	light	neutral
NA	warm · light	81.06	9.32	22.95	53.54	light	warm
Vienna	—	81.06	9.32	22.95	53.54	light	warm
Deauville	—	81.04	13.42	27.31	48.66	light	neutral
NA	neutral · light	80.01	9.06	27.85	47.14	light	warm
Fiji	—	79.72	9.36	28.53	46.17	light	warm
Punjab	—	78.85	10.51	25.73	48.27	light	warm
NA	— · medium	78.59	10.92	25.91	47.82	light	warm
Santa Fe	—	78.38	9.84	28.8	44.58	light	warm
NA	neutral · medium	78.12	10.25	28.97	44.15	light	warm
Sahel	—	77.99	12.67	29.93	43.08	light	warm
NA	warm · medium	77.97	12.56	30.44	42.58	light	warm
NA	warm · medium	77.68	11.85	24.11	48.94	light	neutral
Patagonia	—	77.68	11.85	24.11	48.94	light	neutral
Stromboli	—	76.3	10.01	32.82	38.71	intermediate	warm
NA	olive · medium	76.28	9.91	33.33	38.26	intermediate	warm
Vallauris	—	75.54	13.57	24.91	45.72	light	neutral
Barcelona	—	75.49	10.02	29.05	41.27	light	warm
NA	cool · medium	75.28	13.99	25.09	45.22	light	neutral
NA	warm · medium	75.23	10.44	29.23	40.8	intermediate	warm
Vanuatu	—	75.22	13.17	33.04	37.36	intermediate	warm
NA	neutral · medium	74.96	13.6	33.23	36.91	intermediate	warm
Aruba	—	74.02	11.42	31.34	37.47	intermediate	warm
NA	olive · medium	74.02	11.42	31.34	37.47	intermediate	warm
Valencia	—	73.81	16.12	37.05	32.73	intermediate	warm
NA	warm · medium	73.8	16.03	37.55	32.37	intermediate	warm
NA	warm · medium	71.31	10.81	33.48	32.48	intermediate	warm
Syracuse	—	71.31	10.81	33.48	32.48	intermediate	warm
NA	warm · medium	69.02	14.94	36.93	27.25	tan	warm
Tahoe	—	69.02	14.94	36.93	27.25	tan	warm
NA	warm · medium	67.97	16.87	34.52	27.5	tan	neutral
Cádiz	—	67.95	16.78	35.03	27.13	tan	neutral
NA	neutral · medium	67.44	16.46	32.18	28.46	intermediate	neutral
Huahine	—	67.43	16.37	32.69	28.07	intermediate	neutral
NA	olive · medium	66.24	12.93	37.41	23.47	tan	warm
Moorea	—	66.23	12.84	37.92	23.17	tan	warm
NA	warm · medium	62.14	16.35	36.93	18.2	tan	warm
Caracas	—	61.61	17.21	37.87	17.04	tan	neutral
NA	— · medium	60.68	22.33	35.78	16.62	tan	neutral
Belem	—	60.16	23.12	37.28	15.24	tan	neutral
Macao	—	56.39	19.21	43.3	8.39	brown	warm
NA	olive · medium	56.02	19.27	43.34	7.91	brown	warm
Marquises	—	55.37	19.72	44.57	6.87	brown	warm
NA	warm · medium	54.99	19.79	44.61	6.38	brown	warm
NA	— · deep	50.89	19.49	41.67	1.22	brown	neutral
New Caledonia	—	50.88	19.44	42.16	1.2	brown	neutral
NA	— · deep	48.21	18.94	34.69	-2.95	brown	neutral
Manaus	—	48.2	18.87	35.22	-2.93	brown	neutral
NA	neutral · deep	46.32	16.99	27.1	-7.73	brown	cool
Iguaçu	—	45.78	17.89	28.13	-8.53	brown	cool
Namibia	—	45.78	17.89	28.13	-8.53	brown	cool
NA	neutral · deep	37.33	14.68	25.58	-26.35	brown	neutral
Zambie	—	35.94	15.68	27.33	-27.22	brown	neutral
NA	neutral · deep	34.27	18.74	25.9	-31.27	dark	cool
Mali	—	32.62	20.14	29.65	-30.38	dark	cool

Natural Radiant Longwear Full Coverage Foundation34 shades

NARS Natural Radiant Longwear Full Coverage Foundation published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
Oslo - Light 1	cool · light	91.06	7.53	8.76	77.96	very_light	cool
Gobi - Light 3	neutral · light	87.8	4.21	23.43	58.21	very_light	warm
Mont Blanc - Light 2	neutral · light	85.8	7.05	16.39	65.4	very_light	warm
Deauville - Light 4	neutral · light	84.74	7.77	26.55	52.61	light	warm
Vienna - Light 4.5	cool · light	83.65	9.58	22.93	55.73	very_light	warm
Salzburg - Light 3.5	warm · light	82.43	10.31	25.46	51.87	light	warm
Yukon - Light 2.5	cool · light	81.33	12.26	19.67	57.88	very_light	neutral
Fiji - Light 5	warm · light	80.21	9.96	27.64	47.54	light	warm
Punjab - Medium 1	warm · medium	78.76	9.93	28.26	45.5	light	warm
Santa Fe - Medium 2	neutral · medium	78.09	10.32	26.8	46.35	light	warm
Patagonia - Medium 1.2	neutral · medium	78.04	11.83	24.08	49.34	light	neutral
Sahel - Medium 2.5	warm · medium	75.85	15.88	30.26	40.51	intermediate	neutral
Barcelona - Medium 4	warm · medium	75.51	10.13	28.54	41.79	light	warm
Stromboli - Medium 3	warm · medium	75.25	11.73	33.56	36.96	intermediate	warm
Vallauris - Medium 1.5	cool · medium	74.98	12.81	24.64	45.39	light	neutral
Vanuatu - Medium 3.5	olive · medium	72.08	13.95	33.03	33.76	intermediate	warm
Valencia - Medium 5	warm · medium	71.61	12.03	33.94	32.49	intermediate	warm
Syracuse - Medium Dark 1	warm · medium	69.81	15.23	34.81	29.64	intermediate	warm
Moorea - Medium Dark 2.3	warm · medium	68.05	14.11	37.2	25.88	tan	warm
Tahoe - Medium Dark 2	olive · medium	68.05	14.11	37.2	25.88	tan	warm
Aruba - Medium 6	cool · medium	67.75	16.05	34.2	27.43	tan	neutral
Huahine - Medium Dark 2.6	neutral · medium	66.72	17.86	35.03	25.52	tan	neutral
Cadiz - Medium Dark 3	neutral · medium	65.94	17.69	36.66	23.5	tan	neutral
Caracas - Medium Dark 3.3	neutral · medium	60.61	23.26	38.95	15.24	tan	neutral
Macao - Medium 4	olive · medium	55.68	20.93	42.01	7.7	brown	neutral
Marquises - Medium Dark 5	warm · medium	50.9	24.92	40.44	1.27	brown	neutral
New Caledonia - Dark 2	olive · deep	47.68	22.39	38.97	-3.41	brown	neutral
Manaus - Dark 1	cool · deep	46.92	22.59	38.58	-4.56	brown	neutral
Namibia - Dark 4	warm · deep	44.37	25.04	34.5	-9.27	brown	cool
Iguacu - Dark 3	olive · deep	42.47	20.46	31.32	-13.52	brown	cool
Mali - Dark 6	neutral · deep	33.73	23.5	28.94	-29.34	brown	cool
Zambie - Dark 5	warm · deep	33.17	21.99	25.81	-33.11	dark	cool
Anguilla	olive · deep	29.73	15.44	22.25	-42.33	dark	cool
Majorca	cool · deep	23.09	11.76	12.47	-65.14	dark	cool

Pure Radiant Tinted Moisturizer Broad Spectrum SPF 3026 shades

NARS Pure Radiant Tinted Moisturizer Broad Spectrum SPF 30 published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
Groenland	cool · light	90.71	6.45	19.26	64.68	very_light	warm
Terre Neuve	cool · light	90.42	4.23	13.01	72.16	very_light	warm
Finland	warm · light	90.15	2.77	15.21	69.25	very_light	warm
Alaska	warm · light	88.24	3.61	16.67	66.45	very_light	warm
Gotland	cool · light	87.31	5.71	18.02	64.22	very_light	warm
Norwich	warm · light	86.83	3.26	20.96	60.36	very_light	warm
Mykonos	neutral · medium	84.54	7.11	24.13	55.06	very_light	warm
NA	—	83.92	5.31	14.14	67.37	very_light	warm
NA	—	83.43	4.65	15.02	65.81	very_light	warm
St. Moritz	warm · medium	82.76	7.19	24.25	53.49	light	warm
NA	—	80.68	8.39	15.4	63.35	very_light	neutral
Auckland	neutral · medium	77.63	11.31	28.32	44.29	light	warm
Cuzco	warm · medium	77.35	15.84	31.8	40.7	intermediate	neutral
NA	—	77.01	7.94	19.28	54.48	light	warm
Sydney	warm · medium	74.98	12.38	30.56	39.26	intermediate	warm
NA	—	74.73	10.79	18.79	52.77	light	neutral
NA	—	72.92	10.54	23.84	43.87	light	warm
Santiago	warm · medium	72.11	12.6	33.04	33.79	intermediate	warm
NA	—	67.79	13.96	24.37	36.13	intermediate	neutral
NA	—	65.18	15.64	24.08	32.23	intermediate	cool
Havana	warm · medium	60.49	21.82	33.34	17.47	tan	cool
Marrakesh	warm · medium	59.21	17.32	30.89	16.6	tan	neutral
NA	—	56.7	14.17	24.56	15.26	tan	neutral
NA	—	53.82	19.74	21.86	9.91	brown	cool
Guernsey	neutral · deep	46.91	18.92	29.68	-5.94	brown	cool
Granada	warm · deep	36.18	18.04	24.79	-29.14	brown	cool

Pure Radiant Tinted Moisturizer SPF 3016 shades

NARS Pure Radiant Tinted Moisturizer SPF 30 published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
Finland	—	92.4	3.1	17.96	67.04	very_light	warm
Terre Neuve	—	92.16	4.05	13.44	72.32	very_light	warm
Norwich	—	90.4	4.77	22.44	60.95	very_light	warm
Gotland	—	90.31	6.37	18.16	65.75	very_light	warm
Alaska	—	87.61	6.63	22.17	59.48	very_light	warm
Groenland	—	85.12	8.11	23.39	56.34	very_light	warm
Mykonos	—	83	8.33	23.03	55.09	very_light	warm
St. Moritz	—	82.61	9.31	27.8	49.55	light	warm
Sydney	—	78.72	14.01	31.51	42.35	light	warm
Cuzco	—	77.03	17.39	33	39.32	intermediate	neutral
Auckland	—	76.29	14.51	32.42	39.04	intermediate	warm
Santiago	—	74.27	13.86	32.29	36.93	intermediate	warm
Marrakesh	—	56.41	19.85	32.21	11.26	tan	neutral
Havana	—	54.69	24.72	32.89	8.12	brown	cool
Guernsey	—	46.89	20.43	26.26	-6.75	brown	cool
Granada	—	34.93	18.38	20.71	-36.04	dark	cool

Sheer Glow Foundation33 shades

NARS Sheer Glow Foundation published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
NA	— · medium	99.65	0.01	-0.01	-89.99	dark	unknown
NA	olive · medium	99.63	-0.17	0.47	89.46	very_light	unknown
NA	— · fair	89.04	3.58	20.98	61.75	very_light	warm
NA	— · light	87.77	6.99	25.55	55.92	very_light	warm
NA	neutral · fair	84.8	12.85	23.06	56.47	very_light	neutral
NA	cool · fair	83.46	9.42	15.71	64.85	very_light	neutral
NA	cool · light	81.8	11.35	18.18	60.24	very_light	neutral
NA	neutral · light	81.55	9.49	27.38	49.05	light	warm
NA	warm · light	81.3	13	27.13	49.08	light	neutral
NA	warm · light	81.06	9.32	22.95	53.54	light	warm
NA	neutral · light	79.18	12.85	32.65	41.79	light	warm
NA	warm · medium	78.26	9.72	23.8	49.9	light	warm
NA	neutral · medium	78.22	11.15	23.25	50.52	light	neutral
NA	warm · medium	77.35	11.62	29.01	43.31	light	warm
NA	cool · medium	76.93	15.79	30.16	41.76	light	neutral
NA	warm · medium	76.59	14.64	27.5	44.04	light	neutral
NA	olive · medium	74.17	11.64	36.85	33.26	intermediate	warm
NA	neutral · medium	72.84	9.78	29.13	38.1	intermediate	warm
NA	warm · medium	70.87	12	34.53	31.15	intermediate	warm
NA	olive · medium	70.35	9	25.64	38.44	intermediate	warm
NA	neutral · medium	67.44	16.46	32.18	28.46	intermediate	neutral
NA	warm · medium	67.33	22.15	48.4	19.7	tan	neutral
NA	warm · medium	62.77	20.15	35.76	19.65	tan	neutral
NA	warm · medium	62.07	18.82	39.06	17.17	tan	neutral
NA	— · medium	55.1	20.67	34.37	8.44	brown	neutral
NA	warm · medium	54.05	20.76	42.03	5.5	brown	neutral
NA	olive · medium	50.35	19.53	31.41	0.64	brown	neutral
NA	— · deep	49.76	21.43	35.69	-0.39	brown	neutral
NA	— · deep	46.38	20.84	37.83	-5.47	brown	neutral
NA	— · deep	44.21	20.86	29.63	-11.06	brown	cool
NA	neutral · deep	42.93	20.76	28.52	-13.92	brown	cool
NA	neutral · deep	39.09	16.41	25.61	-23.07	brown	cool
NA	neutral · deep	37.44	20.41	31.69	-21.62	brown	cool

Soft Matte Complete Foundation37 shades

NARS Soft Matte Complete Foundation published swatch readings
Shade	Brand says	L*	a*	b*	ITA°	Depth band	Swatch reads
NA	—	92.36	3.03	16.86	68.3	very_light	warm
NA	—	87.41	9.77	12.42	71.63	very_light	cool
NA	—	87.02	6.56	29.2	51.73	light	warm
NA	—	84.71	9.67	20.72	59.17	very_light	neutral
NA	—	84.27	12.01	24.94	53.95	light	neutral
NA	—	83.64	10.48	29.81	48.45	light	warm
NA	—	81.44	10.85	23.53	53.19	light	neutral
NA	—	80.98	9.48	17.48	60.57	very_light	neutral
NA	—	80.86	9.46	29.59	46.2	light	warm
NA	—	77.47	10.75	27.01	45.48	light	warm
NA	—	76.46	12.96	23.5	48.39	light	neutral
NA	—	74.89	13.63	28.86	40.78	intermediate	neutral
NA	—	73.91	15.66	28.08	40.41	intermediate	neutral
NA	—	72.83	14.31	28.71	38.49	intermediate	neutral
NA	—	70.85	13.45	34.01	31.51	intermediate	warm
NA	—	68.83	16.31	27.55	34.35	intermediate	neutral
NA	—	68.44	15.94	31.89	30.04	intermediate	neutral
NA	—	68.41	16.04	29.14	32.28	intermediate	neutral
NA	—	67.31	17.7	28.23	31.52	intermediate	cool
NA	—	67.13	20.89	32.98	27.45	tan	cool
NA	—	64.6	15.73	33.19	23.74	tan	neutral
NA	—	61.69	17.9	30.96	20.69	tan	neutral
NA	—	59.7	20.56	30.57	17.6	tan	cool
NA	—	55	20.66	28.67	9.89	brown	cool
NA	—	53.89	22.05	32.84	6.76	brown	cool
NA	—	52.04	20.2	25.76	4.53	brown	cool
NA	—	51.35	18.78	32.13	2.41	brown	neutral
NA	—	48.74	20.99	29.9	-2.41	brown	cool
NA	—	44.65	18.62	21.95	-13.7	brown	cool
Iguacu Soft Matte Complete Foundation not available	—	41.18	20.36	30.23	-16.27	brown	cool
Namibia Soft Matte Complete Foundation not available	—	38.73	21.92	29.44	-20.95	brown	cool
NA	—	37.97	14.11	22.24	-28.41	brown	cool
NA	—	36.72	15.92	18.77	-35.28	dark	cool
NA	—	34.79	17.93	20.5	-36.57	dark	cool
NA	—	30.4	16.76	13.75	-54.95	dark	cool
NA	—	28.25	12.1	18.28	-49.95	dark	cool
Mali Soft Matte Complete Foundation not available	—	27.15	15.57	24.97	-42.46	dark	neutral

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