Am I being pedantic?

Yes, that makes sense; of course there are many different shades of nude but my point is that Laura Mercier only recognises one.

You are not being pedantic - just wrong.

eazybee is spot on. It's there in the Oxford dictionary meaning of a pinkish beige colour

She had on nude stockings.

Choose black, brown, navy or nude calfskin.

Cindy tends to wear neutral and nude shades of brown to define her features.

All quotations from the OED.

The colours in that range go from Petal (pink) to Ganache (dark chocolate brown). They are all just descriptive names of the colours.

Yes you are being pedantic. Why do you keep asking the question? Are you trying to pick an argument? They are only sales assistants, they have no control over what the company decides to call the various shades. If it bothers you take it up with the company - but be prepared for a response along the lines of what eazybee says. Nude is nude.

Equally, nude is too dark for my very pale skin.

You’re right - ‘nude’ will not suit me - I am a ‘tan ‘

Yes.
Nude is a recognised shade of pinkish-beige.

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