Skin Tone Chart for color analysis

A skin tone chart is a two-axis map of complexion: depth (how light or deep the skin looks — porcelain through espresso) and undertone (cool, warm, neutral, or olive). Named shades make the chart usable for makeup, dressing, and color analysis. It is not a season by itself — hair and eyes still decide your palette.

Yes for search. “Skin color chart,” “skin tones chart,” and “skin tone chart” all point at the same reference: named depths crossed with undertone. Artists sometimes want hex values; makeup searchers want foundation depth. This page is the shared chart; the foundation guide is a separate walkthrough.

Undertone is the column that does not change when you tan. Cool reads pink, rose, or blue-red. Warm reads peach, gold, or yellow. Neutral sits between. Olive is a muted green or grey-green cast that can sit on fair or deep skin. Check jawline in daylight, veins on the inner wrist, and whether gold or silver looks cleaner next to the face.

Porcelain, ivory, fair, beige, sand, honey, caramel, bronze, cocoa, mahogany, espresso, and ebony are the names on this chart. Olive is an undertone column; dusky is a medium-to-deep depth name used in South Asian and British English. Open those dedicated charts if that is the word you searched.

Match depth on the jawline in daylight, then pick a base that follows undertone (pink for cool, golden for warm, olive-balanced for olive). Swatch three close shades; the right one disappears. A chart gets you to the right family. Lighting still lies — a still photo of your face is the confirmation step.

Cool undertones usually take jewel tones, true white, navy, and silver. Warm undertones take ivory, camel, gold, and rust. Olive prefers muted earth over candy pink. Depth changes how much saturation you can wear. Hair and eye contrast then pick the 12-season palette — the quiz and a daylight photo exist for that last step.