L'Oreal Paris True Match Super-Blendable Foundation N3
Natural Buff
- Undertone
- neutral
- Depth
- medium (5/10)
- CIELAB
- L 79.8 a 11.4 b 25.5
- Swatch
- #EBBD97
L'Oreal Paris True Match Super-Blendable Foundation N3 is a medium, neutral-toned shade that sits in a well-populated part of the colour space. 13 other foundation lines carry something measurably close, and the nearest — Laura Mercier Real Flawless Weightless Perfecting Foundation 2W1 Macadamia — is within ΔE 0.3, which is close enough that most people would not see the difference on skin.
Closest match overall
Laura Mercier 2W1 Macadamia
Real Flawless Weightless Perfecting Foundation
N3 Natural Buff in every other brand
Across the 13 lines that carry something close, the measured distance runs from ΔE 0.3 (Laura Mercier) out to ΔE 3.3 (Dior). 1 of them hold the same neutral undertone; the rest shift, which matters more than a small difference in depth. 13 land in the good band or better. Note that the closest shade by distance, Laura Mercier 2W1 Macadamia, is warm rather than neutral — if undertone matters more to you than depth, Fenty Beauty 210 at ΔE 2.3 is the better pick. 1 further line has nothing close enough to list.
| Brand | Closest shade | Undertone | ΔE | Match | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laura Mercier Real Flawless Weightless Perfecting Foundation | 2W1 Macadamia | warm | 0.3 | excellent | |
| Maybelline Fit Me Matte + Poreless Foundation | warm | 0.8 | excellent | ||
| NARS Natural Radiant Longwear Foundation | warm | 1.0 | excellent | ||
| Rare Beauty Liquid Touch Weightless Foundation | 180W | warm | 1.0 | excellent | |
| Too Faced Born This Way Undetectable Medium-to-Full Coverage Foundation | Ivory | warm | 1.6 | excellent | |
| e.l.f. Cosmetics Camo Hydrating CC Cream SPF 30 | 150 Fair 150 C | cool | 2.0 | excellent | |
| Il Makiage Woke Up Like This Flawless Base Foundation | 50 | warm | 2.0 | excellent | |
| Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte's Beautiful Skin Foundation | warm | 2.0 | excellent | ||
| MAC Cosmetics Studio Fix Fluid SPF 15 Foundation | NW13 | cool | 2.1 | good | |
| Fenty Beauty Pro Filt'r Soft Matte Longwear Foundation | 210 | neutral | 2.3 | good | |
| Estée Lauder Double Wear Stay-in-Place Makeup | cool | 2.9 | good | ||
| Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Natural Glow Blurring Foundation | cool | 2.9 | good | ||
| Dior Forever Skin Wear Blurring Natural Matte Foundation | olive | 3.3 | good |
Where there is no match
One line carries nothing within ΔE 7 of N3 Natural Buff, so it is left out of the table above rather than padded with a match that would not work: NYX Professional Makeup.
Nearby shades in True Match Super-Blendable Foundation
If N3 Natural Buff is slightly off on you, these are the closest alternatives within the same line.
- W3 Nude BeigeΔE 2.5
- W4 Natural BeigeΔE 3.3
- W5 Sand BeigeΔE 4.3
- W2.5 VanillaΔE 4.6
- N4 Buff BeigeΔE 5.5
ΔE is the measured CIEDE2000 distance between two shades — under 2 is excellent, under 4 is good, and anything at 7 or beyond is left out rather than shown as a match. How shade matching works.
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