Celeb orange-meter

Charlize Theron
Colour:
Plucky peach
Not quite orange enough for the citrus fruit league, Charlize is one spray tan away from tango territory.

Jamie-Lynn Spears
Colour:
Cheetos crisis
Like big sis Brit, the junior Miss Spears likes to match her skin tone with her fave TV snack.

Victoria Beckham
Colour:
Baked bean surprise
We suspect the tan ain't the only thing self-confessed high-maintenance gal Posh is faking.

Heidi Montag
Colour:
Pageant paprika
The pearly whites and cheesy orange glow... Heidi auditions for Miss Tanning Shop 2008.

Brooke Hogan
Colour:
Tango-tastic
Has Brooke been sneaking into daddy's bathroom cabinet and pilfering his creosote?

Shauna Sands
Colour:
Sunset boulevard
The ex-Playboy playmate's fave hue is named after her favourite LA hangout - but she's not such a pretty woman.

Jessica Simpson
Colour:
Southern satsuma
We know you want to break into country music Jess, but there's no need to break into Dolly Parton's make-up bag too!

Cheryl Cole
Colour:
Fire cracker
The Newcastle-born gal's skintone is more backstreet sunbed shop than St Tropez chic.

Tara Reid
Colour:
Trailer-park tiramisu
With that comedy tan, how can Tara complain she's not taken seriously as an actress?

Zac Efron
Colour:
Bronze jock
Zac's uber-bronzed glow even outshines the girls on the High School Musical 3 set.

Ben Kingsley
Colour:
Terracotta delight
Keeping up with the kids, the veteran actor really should know better.

Christina Aguilera
Colour:
Dirrty mandarin
Xtina should take a tip from Dita Von Teese, scarlet red lips work much better on paler ladies.

Lauren Conrad
Colour:
Orange County
They don't call it Orange County for nothing, and the OC's fave daughter is taking her patriotic duties to her home state rather too literally.

Nicole Richie
Colour:
Troublesome tangerine
Nic and bestie Paris share everything: including bottles of industrial-strength tan in a can.

Peter Andre
Colour:
Flaming fromage
He may be a couple of shades behind wife Katie in the colour chart, but his cheese-factor outshines them all.

Paris Hilton
Colour:
Orange prison jumpsuit
Does Paris miss prison? She's loving that jumpsuit orange hue.

Sarah Harding
Colour:
Clementine calamity
A girl's allowed to fake it Sarah, but doing a full-on clementine impersonation is taking it a bit far.

Katie Price
Colour:
Burnt burRito
Never one to shy away from the St Tropez, Jordan steals the crown for faking it.