Orange Nail Polish on Pale Skin

Pale hands are where a nude can vanish completely — too close to your own color to register at all. Anything saturated, though, does all the work for you.

Start with Soft coral crème (BP04) — a warm coral, and it stands well clear of your skin. Eight of the 22 will read as a real contrast on your hand. If you’d rather go deeper, Deep coral crème (RC2402) is more of a terracotta.

Change the nail shape and length as you go — the same orange is a different manicure short and round than it is long and stiletto.

The same oranges on another skin tone: Fair skin · Olive skin · Tan skin · Brown skin · Dark skin

Or start wider: all orange shades · every color on pale skin