ColourPop Cool-Toned Lip Liners

ColourPop’s lip liner range includes several shades described as neutral or cool-toned. In practice, these shades vary in how they read on the lips.

Many fall into muted pink-browns or desaturated neutrals rather than true berry or purple tones. This guide groups them based on how they behave rather than shade names alone. For a broader look at cool-toned options across brands, see our cool-toned lip liners guide.

What makes these shades “cool”?

In ColourPop’s range, cool-toned liners are typically created by reducing visible warmth rather than strongly shifting toward blue or purple.

• Adding grey or muting the color
• Balancing red tones to avoid orange

As a result, many of these shades read as neutral or muted rather than distinctly cool.

More stable cool-leaning shades

These shades are more desaturated or slightly greyed, which helps them stay balanced and resist pulling warm.

• Cool BFF — muted pink-brown
• Ashton — desaturated brown with a subtle purple lean

These are among the more consistent options if lip liners tend to pull orange.

Neutral-cool shades (variable)

These sit closer to neutral and can read differently depending on undertone and lip pigmentation.

• Beeper — deeper mauve-brown
• Double Tap — muted pink-brown that can read surprisingly neutral

Because they are less desaturated, these shades are more dependent on individual undertone.

Lighter and pink-based shades

These typically stay closer to the natural lip color but are more limited by depth.

• Oh Snap — soft pink nude with a slight mauve lean

These are less likely to pull orange but may not provide enough contrast on deeper skin tones.

How these differ from true berry tones

Many ColourPop liners described as “berry” do not contain enough blue or purple to behave as true berry shades.

Instead, they tend to fall into:

• Muted pink-browns
• Neutral mauves
• Desaturated browns

True berry tones are more clearly purple-red and tend to read cooler and more saturated.

How to choose within ColourPop’s range

When selecting a cooler ColourPop liner, the most important factor is how muted the shade is.

• More muted / greyed → more stable and less likely to pull warm
• More saturated pinks → more likely to shift depending on undertone

If lip products tend to pull orange, more desaturated shades are usually more reliable.

Bottom line

ColourPop’s “cool-toned” liners are best understood as muted or neutral-leaning shades rather than strongly cool colors.

Thinking in terms of desaturation and undertone direction makes it easier to predict which shades will stay balanced on the lips.