Porcelain
cool · Fitz I
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Skin Tone Chart for Women
Search “skin tone chart female” because most seasonal color advice is written for wardrobe and makeup near a woman’s face — lipstick, neckline, earrings — not because undertone is sexed. This chart uses the same named shades as the universal map (porcelain through ebony) and pairs each with the seasons that usually flatter that depth. Men use the same undertone tests; the clothes just sit farther from the jaw. Gold vs silver, white vs ivory, still decide the family.
The Chart
Skin Tone Chart for Women — every named shade
Ivory
warm · Fitz I–II
Fair
neutral · Fitz II
Light Beige
warm · Fitz II–III
Beige
neutral · Fitz III
Sand
warm · Fitz III–IV
Honey
warm · Fitz IV
Caramel
warm · Fitz IV
Bronze
warm · Fitz IV–V
Cocoa
neutral · Fitz V
Mahogany
warm · Fitz V–VI
Espresso
neutral · Fitz VI
Why “female” is in the search, not in the science
Google’s skin tone chart female query is a wardrobe query. People want lipstick, foundation, and a dress color, so they add “for women.” Undertone does not change with that phrase. What this page adds is the diagnostic zone: anything within a hand’s width of the face. A coat can be “wrong” and still work. A blouse, lipstick, or earring cannot. Use the named shades to locate depth. Use metal and white-vs-ivory to locate temperature. That is the same method as the rest of this site, written for the searches that actually arrive.
From chart to season without a studio
Once you have a row (fair, light, medium, tan, deep), hold two fabrics at the neck: optical white and ivory, then gold and silver. Fair-cool plus silver plus white is usually Summer or Winter. Light-warm plus gold plus ivory is usually Spring or Autumn. Contrast with hair splits the family into twelve. The three-question quiz on this site is that neighborhood. Photo analysis in the Season Palette iOS app is the confirmation step — not a second quiz, and not a free product.
Answers
Skin Tone Chart for Women FAQ
Is a skin tone chart for women different from a men’s chart?
The pigment is not different. What changes is what you put next to the face: lipstick, earrings, a neckline. Those are higher-stakes for color analysis because they sit in the diagnostic zone. A men’s chart would use the same porcelain-to-ebony rows; the quiz still asks eyes, skin, hair.
How should women use this chart for makeup?
Match foundation to the named depth first, then undertone. Lip and blush come from the season: coral and peach for Spring, dusty rose for Summer, terracotta for Autumn, berry or true red for Winter. Nude that matches the chart but fights the season will still look wrong.
Gold or silver for women on this chart?
Warm rows (ivory, honey, caramel, mahogany) usually prefer yellow gold near the face. Cool rows (porcelain, rose beige, ebony) usually prefer silver. Neutral rows can wear both; then hair contrast picks Autumn vs Winter. Test at the collarbone in daylight.
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