Free · runs on your device
Foundation shade finder
Shade matching fails when depth is right and undertone is wrong, or the reverse. This finder names a family, such as light-neutral or deep-olive, for you to swatch. It does not know a brand's secret code.
Swipe along the jaw and check outside. A match disappears. A near miss leaves a line.
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- Under a minute
- Signup
- None
- Data
- Stays on device
Your photo
Add a photo to measure
Face the camera straight on, hair off the face, even light, no filter.
- 1Add your photoCamera or a file. Either stays on this device.
- 2Mapped in your browser478 landmarks find the zones. The picture is not uploaded.
- 3Your measured resultNumbers from this photo, drawn on the picture.
Add a photo. It stays in this browser.
- On-device, never uploaded
- 478 landmarks
- Free, no signup
Prefer not to use a photo? Answer a few questions
Depth:
In the app
Want a record of foundation shade finder, not a one-off?
Foundation shade finder on this page is a single reading. The app saves a scan and the routine that followed it, so the next photo has a baseline.
- Six saved scores: hydration, texture, tone, acne, pores, and redness
- A morning and evening routine built from the scan
- The same face, week after week, so a change shows up as a trend
Scan with your phone. iPhone opens the App Store. Android opens Google Play.
The science
What foundation shade finder measures, and how this page does it
- 01
One question, answered from this photo
Foundation shade finder uses the face in the frame, not a questionnaire. A shade family: the depth word plus the undertone lean, so you know which side of a wall of bottles to start from.
- 02
Landmarks first, then the number
The photo is drawn to a canvas in your browser. A face landmark model marks 478 points so the measurement uses the face, not the background. Nothing is uploaded.
It reuses the cheek Lab reading. Depth picks the row. Undertone picks the column. The page does not name a brand shade code, because those codes are not standardized.
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The result on this page, and the record in the app
A shade family: the depth word plus the undertone lean, so you know which side of a wall of bottles to start from.
The AISkincare app keeps a scan: hydration, texture, tone, acne, pores, and redness, then builds a morning and evening routine from those scores. This page answers once and does not store the photo.
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What will throw the number off
This is a cosmetic self-check for education. It is not a diagnosis, a treatment plan, or a measurement from a clinical device.
Oxidization, a brand's own range, and neck-versus-face difference are why you still swatch in daylight. This is a starting aisle, not a matched bottle.
How to read a foundation shade finder result
It reuses the cheek Lab reading. Depth picks the row. Undertone picks the column. The page does not name a brand shade code, because those codes are not standardized.
Use the steps under the tool as the procedure: same light, same distance, same expression, whenever you want a second reading to mean something. The app is where a series of scans can sit next to a routine. This page is the single measurement.
A setup that makes a second photo comparable
Daylight from a window, phone at eye level, an arm's length away, hair off the zones the tool needs, no beauty filter. Tilt in the chin or a camera held low changes several face measurements at once.
If the page warns that the photo looks angled, or that a distance falls outside a usual range, retake before you act on the figure.
One photo is a point. A month is a line.
Foundation shade finder on a Tuesday includes the light in the room. The same check in the same window next month is the comparison that can show a change. Stacking random selfies from different rooms mostly shows the rooms.
Scan the QR code under the tool with the phone you will keep using. An iPhone is sent to the App Store and an Android phone to Google Play, so the history starts in the right store.
What foundation shade finder will not claim
Oxidization, a brand's own range, and neck-versus-face difference are why you still swatch in daylight. This is a starting aisle, not a matched bottle.
This is a cosmetic self-check for education. It is not a diagnosis, a treatment plan, or a measurement from a clinical device.
How to use the result
- Take the undertone quiz first if you are unsure.
- Depth is the lightness, undertone is the hue.
- Oxidation can darken a shade after twenty minutes. Wait before you buy.
Where to go from here
If one part of the result stood out, open the tool that asks only that question. Each one states its limit in the same place, and each one links back to a guide when a longer explanation helps.
- Hair color matchPick hair-color families that usually agree with warm, cool, neutral, or olive skin. A colorist should still see your hair history.
- Lip color matchChoose nude, red, and berry families for warm, cool, neutral, or olive undertones so the color does not turn chalky or orange.
- Eye color detectorPick eyeshadow directions that usually make brown, hazel, green, blue, or gray eyes easier to see. Light changes what color you call the iris.
- Skin tone finderSample cheek color in the browser and read a depth plus undertone. The photo is not uploaded. Confirm the match in daylight.
This is a cosmetic self-check for education. It is not a diagnosis, a treatment plan, or a measurement from a clinical device.