I’m a beginner & trying to learn how certain lip shades go with outfits/occasions. I see swatches of lipsticks & feel absolutely boggled when 1 comment says 5th shade is gorgeous & other says 6th shade is prettiest, meanwhile both shades looks like dark red to me😭 among all other red color swatches. It’d be really easier if hexcodes were assigned to lipsticks instead of names like orgasm, dragon girl, notorious.
It’s unhelpful to know the “exact” color of a lipstick or eyeshadow because it’s going to look totally different on various skins. It just comes down to practice/experience, and knowing how pigments are going to mesh with your skin shade and undertones. And as others have said, specific hex codes do get trademarked so that could cause problems. Though I DO agree the naming system right now is awful from an accessibility standpoint for blind folks, for whom a description like “deep warm red with brick/caramel tones” is MUCH more helpful than just being told the name is “Dragon Splash” with no further info.