试色 (shìsè): to swatch (makeup)

Meanings

1 to swatch (makeup)
2 to try on a color (lipstick, foundation, nail polish)

Characters

试

Examples

这支口红我试色过，橘调偏黄，黄皮很友好。

Zhè zhī kǒuhóng wǒ shìsè guo, jú diào piān huáng, huáng pí hěn yǒuhǎo.

I've swatched this lipstick — it's an orange-yellow tone, flattering for yellow undertones.

她在小红书发了整套口红试色。

Tā zài Xiǎohóngshū fā le zhěng tào kǒuhóng shìsè.

She posted a full lipstick swatch set on Xiaohongshu.

Tips

culture

Core 小红书 (RedNote) beauty vocabulary. Full-package posts often include 手臂试色 (arm swatch) and 上嘴试色 (on-lip swatch). Influencer tier: 专柜试色 (counter swatching) is a genre unto itself.

Stroke Order

试 shì

色 sè

Related Words

试试 shìshi #777

to give it a try / to have a go

试图 shìtú HSK 5 #1,125

structural color (color produced by microscopic structure rather than pigment)

荧光色 yíngguāngsè

fluorescent color / neon color

撞色 zhuàngsè

color blocking / contrasting colors / (of two items) to clash in color

试试看 shìshìkàn #9,026

to give it a try; to have a go / let's see (by trying)

色 sè HSK 4 #2,745

color; hue / look; expression; appearance / type; kind

着色 zhuósè #27,232

to apply color / to color / to paint (with color) / to tint

棕色 zōngsè #4,593

brown (color)