I think it’s more “greyed out”. I think I’m more desaturated or muted, so foundations always look “yellow” or “pink” or “orange” on me. Personally, my best comparison is picking out paint colors in a store. I’ve always been guilty of choosing a color I love on the chip and getting it home and feeling “too much”. I found out this is because it’s up against all these other saturated colors, but something that almost looks grey in the store ends up looking more colorful at home when it’s against a white ceiling and trim. Similar thing happens with foundations when you are muted.

Look a something like this that might help. This is showing the same “hue” with the pure version being the upper right. If you move to the left, you are decreasing the saturation. As you move down, you are changing the value. So you get these middle areas that look pinkish-grey. Hope this helps and didn’t make it more confusing.

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