Skin tone and undertone test

What is a skin undertone?

Your skin tone is the surface color you see, from fair to deep. Your undertone is the subtle hue underneath it. Two people with the same tone can have different undertones, which is why the same foundation can look perfect on one and too pink or too yellow on the other.

• Light, cool
• Light, warm
• Medium, neutral
• Medium, olive
• Deep, warm
• Deep, cool

How to find your undertone at home

• White paper test. Hold bright white paper next to your bare face in daylight. Pink or rosy means cool, yellow or golden means warm, neither means neutral, and a gray or green cast suggests olive.
• Jewelry test. If silver flatters you more, you may be cool. Gold points to warm. Both points to neutral.
• Vein test. Blue or purple veins suggest cool and green suggests warm, but this one is unreliable on its own, especially for deeper skin.
• Sun test. Skin that burns easily is often cool. Skin that tans to a golden brown is often warm or olive.

No single test is definitive, which is why the quiz above combines them. For a full walkthrough, read our guide to warm, cool, and neutral undertones. If you suspect a green cast, read our olive skin tone guide.

What is my skin tone?

Skin tone is how light or deep your skin is. Most guides sort it into five groups: fair, light, medium, tan, and deep. It can shift a little with a tan or a winter indoors, while your undertone stays about the same.

The photo check above estimates your group from a selfie. To match it with common names like ivory, honey, or espresso, see the skin tone chart. For how your skin reacts to sun, which is a different question, take the Fitzpatrick skin type test.

From undertone to color season

Seasonal color analysis takes your undertone further. It adds how light or deep your coloring is and how much contrast there is between your hair, skin, and eyes, then places you in one of 12 seasons, each with its own palette. The seasonal color analysis reads all three from one selfie, and the 12 color seasons guide shows every palette side by side.

How the photo check works

A face model runs inside your browser and finds your cheeks and forehead. We read the color of small patches there and skip the brightest and darkest pixels, which are shine and shadow. Then we check two things: how light or deep the color is (your skin tone), and whether it leans pink (cool) or yellow (warm), which is your undertone.

Your photo is never uploaded. The face model downloads to your browser the first time, and everything else happens on your device. Pores, redness, and texture need a full AI skin analysis.