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Monk Skin Tone scale, used carefully
The Monk Skin Tone scale is a 10-point range used for more inclusive imaging than older charts. Researchers use a calibrated card. A screen is not that card.
This page samples cheek lightness in your browser and places it in a 1-to-10 screen band. Confirm it against a printed scale or a foundation counter.
- 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
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In daylight, your skin depth is closest to:
In the app
Want a record of monk scale guide, not a one-off?
Monk scale guide 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 monk scale guide measures, and how this page does it
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One question, answered from this photo
Monk scale guide uses the face in the frame, not a questionnaire. A screen band from 1 to 10 based on cheek lightness. It is explicitly not an official Monk Skin Tone Scale card, which is a physical reference photographed under controlled light.
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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.
L* from the cheek patches is placed on a ten-step screen band and labeled as uncalibrated. Your monitor and your camera profile are part of the number.
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The result on this page, and the record in the app
A screen band from 1 to 10 based on cheek lightness. It is explicitly not an official Monk Skin Tone Scale card, which is a physical reference photographed under controlled light.
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.
Do not cite this band as a Monk scale result in research, clinical notes, or a product claim. Use it only as a rough on-screen depth check.
How to read a monk scale guide result
L* from the cheek patches is placed on a ten-step screen band and labeled as uncalibrated. Your monitor and your camera profile are part of the number.
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.
Monk scale guide 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 monk scale guide will not claim
Do not cite this band as a Monk scale result in research, clinical notes, or a product claim. Use it only as a rough on-screen depth check.
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
- Compare in daylight to a printed scale if you have one.
- Screen color shifts the result.
- Depth and undertone are both required for foundation.
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.
- Foundation shade finderTurn depth plus undertone into a shade-family to swatch. Always confirm on the jaw in daylight. Brands name the same color differently.
- 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.
This is a cosmetic self-check for education. It is not a diagnosis, a treatment plan, or a measurement from a clinical device.