Take a selfie
Good light matters more than the camera.
Face a window
Soft daylight on your face, not behind you.
Turn off overhead lights
Warm bulbs and mixed light shift your colors.
No filters or beauty mode
Remove sunglasses and tinted glasses too.
Bare face if you can
Pull hair back so your skin, eyes and hair are all visible.
White paper helpsOptional
Hold a plain white sheet of paper beside your face. It helps us read the light accurately.
No daylight right now?
- Face your brightest lamp, so the light falls on your face, not from behind or straight above.
- Turn off colored or mixed lights, so only one kind of light is on your face.
- Hold a sheet of plain white paper beside your face. We use it to correct the light.
- Pick your skin shade in the questions after your photo.
- Check again by a window in daylight later. A new result replaces the old one.
Your photo and its color measurements stay on this device; nothing is uploaded. We save your result (not your photo) so you can give feedback and so we can improve the beta. You can delete it any time. Privacy details
Uploading an older photo? Make sure it has no filters and was taken in daylight.