8 Gorgeous Skin Tone Color Palettes

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Humans are beautiful and diverse creatures! We come in all shapes and sizes and our physical appearance and skin tones are what make each of us truly beautiful and unique!

Not only are skin tone color palettes used in art and design, but they can also be used in journaling color palettes! The gorgeous natural tones of each palette are a really great choice if want to add a natural and organic vibe to your designs.

In this article, we are going to look at a collection of different skin tone color palettes. Each palette comes with color swatches and the corresponding skin tone hex color codes.

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Skin Tone Hex Color Codes And RGB Values

Let’s get started with a basic skin tone palette. This one consists of six colors with warm undertones ranging from a dark brown/black color to a more pale beige color.

#3A3D36
RGB (58,61,54)


#664D48
RGB (102,77,72)

#96634E
RGB (150,99,78)

#C78D75
RGB (199,141,117)


#D6AA8D
RGB (214,170,141)

#D8BBA9
RGB(216,187,169)

If you would like to download this palette with its corresponding hex codes, you can do so right here!

Skin tones color palette with hex codes

Skin Tone Color Palettes

Let’s get started with a few more skin tone palettes! And don’t forget to check out our color palette library if you are looking for more color palette ideas!

Dark Brown Skin Tones

This gorgeous palette has a warm undertone with colors ranging from a deep black color to a pale brown color which creates a beautiful contrast in the colors.

Dark brown skin tones palette
#141111#3E251E#633C30#A56F57#CC9E86

Medium Brown Skin Tone Color Palette

This palette has a slightly cooler feel to it and the beautiful browns create a calming and harmonious palette.

Medium brown skin tone color palette
#543F2E#7C5B48#98775B#AD8B6B#BFA282

Olive Skin Tones

This darker olive color palette has yellow undertones which blend together seamlessly!

Dark olive skin tones color palette
#794524#8F603E#B08057#D7A56F#F7DBA2

Beautiful And Warm Skin Tones

If you are looking for a warm color combination that has more pinkish undertones then this one might be for you!

Olive Skin tones color palette with pink undertones.
#673E28#C5815E#D59671#EFB698#F5D2C0

Warm Pink And Brown Undertones

Just like our previous palette, this one also has pink undertones but the pink color is more pronounced in this color palette.

Medium skin tones color palette
#6E453A#996C5E#C88D7D#E7B09E#EEC1AE

Contrasting Fair Skin Tone Color Palette

This color palette is very similar to the previous one but there is more of a contrast in the colors that I have chosen.

Fair skin tones color palette
#432B26#88635A#BA8C82#EBBAB6#F7D2C8

Rosy Skin Tones

This beautiful pale skin tone color palette moves all the more toward lighter pink shades. If you would like to create more of a contrast in the palette, then you can add ashy browns to it for more depth.

Rosy pink skin tones color palette
#796362#8F7277#C399A0#E3C7CB#E6D1D2

Beautiful Pale Skin Tones

Our final palette features cooler pink tones ranging all the way from a pale white color to brownish pink tones.

Very pale skin tone color palette
#684C4B#98807B#BDACA8#DACDC9#E5E4E3

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Pinterest pin for skin tone color palette ideas

Final Conclusion

When you are choosing colors for a new journal, you could consider using beautiful skin tone color palettes if you want to create a natural earthy vibe. I hope that these skin-toned color palettes have helped to inspire you and have given you some ideas on what colors you can use!

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