ShadewellFoundation shade matching

L'Oreal Paris True Match Super-Blendable Foundation N4

Buff Beige

Undertone
neutral
Depth
medium (5/10)
CIELAB
L 74.4 a 16.3 b 25.0
Swatch
#E3AB8A

L'Oreal Paris True Match Super-Blendable Foundation N4 is a medium, neutral-toned shade that sits in a well-populated part of the colour space. 9 other foundation lines carry something measurably close, and the nearest — Too Faced Born This Way Undetectable Medium-to-Full Coverage Foundation Seashell — is within ΔE 1.0, which is close enough that most people would not see the difference on skin.

Closest match overall

Too Faced Seashell

Born This Way Undetectable Medium-to-Full Coverage Foundation

ΔE 1.0 · excellent

N4 Buff Beige in every other brand

Across the 14 lines that carry something close, the measured distance runs from ΔE 1.0 (Too Faced) out to ΔE 6.9 (NYX Professional Makeup). 5 of them hold the same neutral undertone; the rest shift, which matters more than a small difference in depth. 9 land in the good band or better. Note that the closest shade by distance, Too Faced Seashell, is cool rather than neutral — if undertone matters more to you than depth, Il Makiage 60 at ΔE 1.3 is the better pick.

BrandClosest shadeUndertoneΔEMatchBuy
Too Faced
Born This Way Undetectable Medium-to-Full Coverage Foundation
Seashell
cool1.0excellent
Il Makiage
Woke Up Like This Flawless Base Foundation
neutral1.3excellent
Dior
Forever Skin Wear Blurring Natural Matte Foundation
3W 3 Warm
warm1.4excellent
Laura Mercier
Real Flawless Weightless Perfecting Foundation
warm1.4excellent
Fenty Beauty
Pro Filt'r Soft Matte Longwear Foundation
170
cool1.5excellent
MAC Cosmetics
Studio Fix Fluid SPF 15 Foundation
N6.5
neutral1.6excellent
NARS
Natural Radiant Longwear Foundation
cool2.2good
Rare Beauty
Liquid Touch Weightless Foundation
300C
cool2.5good
Maybelline
Fit Me Matte + Poreless Foundation
cool2.6good
Charlotte Tilbury
Charlotte's Beautiful Skin Foundation
6 Cool
cool4.0approximate
e.l.f. Cosmetics
Camo Hydrating CC Cream SPF 30
210 Light 210 N
neutral4.0approximate
Estée Lauder
Double Wear Stay-in-Place Makeup
neutral4.6approximate
Giorgio Armani
Luminous Silk Natural Glow Blurring Foundation
5.1 Light, Cool Pink
cool5.9approximate
NYX Professional Makeup
Can't Stop Won't Stop Full Coverage Foundation
neutral6.9approximate

Nearby shades in True Match Super-Blendable Foundation

If N4 Buff Beige is slightly off on you, these are the closest alternatives within the same line.

  • C4 Shell BeigeΔE 2.7
  • N5 True BeigeΔE 3.4
  • W5 Sand BeigeΔE 4.3
  • W4 Natural BeigeΔE 4.3
  • W6 Sun BeigeΔE 5.0

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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