Swatch Saturday: Make Up For Ever Artist Shadows - Satin Finish (Part 3)

I’m not sure there’s anything you can do to make it easier; I’d argue that I just wasn’t paying attention until I tried to find a match for the Pink Ash, spanned several color ranges to get there, then had my a-ha! moment on the red/orange lipsticks.

The two things that tripped me up initially are the color categorizations (one person’s berry is another person’s burgundy), and the fact that I work with color scales on a daily basis, most of which have pigment names, and are not in any way fashion related, so I go sideways when reading fashion-inspired descriptions (Pink Ash looks like pink ash to me, and it’s a dead ringer for an historical pigment called Potter’s Pink, or pinkcolor, which is classified as Pigment Red 233 — see? confusing!).

Anyway, these are my own limitations, and there’s nothing you can do to help someone like me, other than maybe put a disclaimer on the top of the swatches page reminding them that they may have to select a lot more color categories than they initially thought to get at the color they’re looking for. I expected my perfect red lipstick to be similar to cadmium red, which is a RED, not orange, pigment. But I’ll say it again: These are my limitations, and they come from my experiences; I expect most of the people who visit this site are much better at thinking outside the box than I am.

I saw that Prune Taffetas in my initial search, but it seemed too plummy, and missing the essential grayed undertone of Pink Ash (someone nailed that name). Thank you so much for humoring me, and I promise to never write another essay in your comments section. 🙂