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Undertone Finder · Free AI skin undertone testFind the undertone beneath your skin.

Upload a selfie or use your camera. In seconds, this free undertone finder shows if you are warm, cool, neutral or olive, and exactly which colours, metals and foundations suit you.

  • Photo never leaves your device
  • Upload or camera
  • HEX and RGB codes

Undertone finder online

Read your undertone in under a minute

Upload a selfie or use your camera. Use the full photo or crop to just your skin. The AI face detection runs entirely on your device.

Analyzed on your device. Your photo is never uploaded or stored.

More than a label

Everything you need after "you're warm"

Knowing your undertone is step one. The real question is what to buy and wear, so your result comes with a full, practical colour guide.

  • 01

    Colours that suit you

    Clothing, lipstick, blush, eyeshadow and hair shades picked for your undertone and depth.

  • 02

    Colours to skip

    Shades that tend to wash you out, so you can shop with confidence.

  • 03

    Virtual drape

    See each colour framed around your own face, like a stylist’s fabric test.

  • 04

    Foundation guide

    The label codes to look for and where you sit in a shade range.

  • 05

    Every colour code

    Your skin in HEX, RGB, HSL and Lab, one tap to copy.

  • 06

    Lighting check

    Warnings for colour casts, shine and uneven light, plus a one-tap white-balance fix.

How it works

Colour science, on your device

Guessing from vein colour is unreliable. We measure your skin the way dermatology research does, using the CIELAB colour space and the Individual Typology Angle (ITA°).

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    Add a photo

    Upload, drag in, paste or snap a selfie. Big photos are resized on your device.

  2. 2

    Pick the area

    Use the whole photo, crop to your face, or tap the exact skin spots you want read.

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    We find your skin

    Face detection samples your cheeks, forehead and chin, and skips eyes, lips, shine and shadow.

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    Measure, not guess

    Pixels are converted to CIELAB. Hue angle gives your undertone and ITA° gives your depth.

The four undertones

Warm, cool, neutral or olive?

Each undertone has tell-tale signs. Tap one to learn how to spot it and what to wear.

Warm undertone

Skin with a golden, peachy or yellow base that glows in earthy, sunny colours.

Signs you're warm

  • Wrist veins look green or olive
  • Gold jewellery looks better than silver
  • Cream and ivory flatter more than bright white
  • You tan easily and rarely burn

Wear

Terracotta, mustard, olive, coral, camel and warm teal.

Metals

Yellow gold, copper, brass

Skin tone vs. undertone

Depth is how light or deep. Undertone is the hue beneath.

A foundation can be the perfect lightness and still look wrong if the undertone is off. That is why we report both. Depth uses the ITA° scale, which places every skin tone from fair to deep on one consistent line.

Your surface tone changes with the seasons. Your undertone does not.

The six depth bands

  • FairITA° above 55
  • Light41 to 55
  • Medium28 to 41
  • Tan10 to 28
  • Brown−30 to 10
  • Deepbelow −30

Every depth can have any undertone.

No photo? No problem

The 60-second undertone test

The classic at-home tests (veins, jewellery, white vs. cream and sun reaction) in five quick questions. Use it alone, or as a second opinion next to your photo result.

Question 1

1.In daylight, what colour are the veins on your inner wrist?

Look at the thin veins near the base of your palm.

Question 2

2.Which jewellery makes your skin look healthier?

Hold a gold and a silver piece next to your face.

Question 3

3.Next to your face, which looks better?

Compare a bright white T-shirt with a cream or ivory one.

Question 4

4.What happens in the sun without sunscreen?

Think of the first day of summer.

Question 5

5.Which foundation problem sounds most familiar?

If you do not wear foundation, pick what you have noticed in photos.

About the tool

What is Undertone Finder?

A closer look at how this skin undertone finder works and what it tells you.

Undertone Finder tells you whether your skin is warm, cool, neutral or olive, using nothing more than a photo or your phone camera. It was made for anyone who has stood in a shop holding three foundations that all look wrong, or bought a top that looked lovely on the hanger and dull in the mirror.

Most advice asks you to check your wrist veins or hold up gold and silver jewellery. Those tricks are a useful start, but they rely on guesswork and on how your eyes read colour under your own lighting. Undertone Finder measures the colour of your skin instead and turns it into a clear answer you can act on.

How the AI undertone finder reads your skin

When you add a photo, an on-device AI model detects your face and maps hundreds of landmark points. The tool then samples clean skin from your cheeks, forehead and chin, and leaves out anything that would skew the reading, such as eyes, brows, lips, shiny highlights and deep shadows. This is what separates an AI undertone finder from a simple colour picker: it knows where your skin is and ignores everything else.

The sampled pixels are converted from RGB into CIELAB, a colour space designed around how the human eye perceives colour. The hue angle shows whether your skin leans golden, rosy, balanced or green-gold, which gives your undertone. The Individual Typology Angle, or ITA°, is a measure used in dermatology research to place skin depth on one consistent scale from fair to deep. Many undertone finder AI tools return a single word and stop there. Here you also see the colour codes behind the answer.

Undertone finder by photo or camera

The undertone finder by photo option accepts an image from your gallery, a file dragged onto the page or a screenshot pasted from your clipboard. You can analyse the whole photo, crop it to your face, or tap specific skin spots yourself, which is handy for a picture of your wrist or jawline. If you would rather take a fresh selfie, the undertone finder camera works right on the page. Because it is an undertone finder online, it works the same on phones, tablets and computers.

What your result includes

A label on its own isn't very useful, so every reading from this undertone checker comes with a practical colour guide:

  • Your undertone and how strongly you lean in that direction.
  • Your skin depth on the six-band ITA° scale, from fair to deep.
  • Your skin colour as HEX, RGB, HSL and Lab codes.
  • Clothing, makeup and hair colours that suit you, plus shades to skip.
  • A virtual drape that frames each colour around your face.
  • Foundation label codes and your most flattering metals.

Why your undertone matters

Knowing your undertone saves time and money. It helps you pick makeup that melts into your skin instead of looking pink, orange or grey, jewellery that brightens your face, and clothes that make your skin look clear and even. Undertone Finder is styling guidance rather than medical advice, but for everyday choices it gives you a measured answer in under a minute. Head back to the analyzer and find your undertone now.

FAQ

Undertone finder FAQ

Everything people ask about finding their undertone, accuracy and privacy.

What is a skin undertone?

Your undertone is the subtle colour beneath the surface of your skin: warm (golden or peachy), cool (pink or bluish), neutral (a balance of both) or olive (a muted green-gold). It is the key to matching foundation and choosing colours.

How do I find my undertone?

Upload a bare-faced selfie taken in daylight to this skin undertone finder, or take one with your camera. It measures your skin colour and tells you if you are warm, cool, neutral or olive in seconds.

Is there a quick undertone test for warm or cool skin?

Yes, try the 60-second quiz above. Warm skin looks golden, suits gold and tans easily. Cool skin looks rosy, suits silver and burns first. If both fit, you are probably neutral. If pink foundations look ashy on you, you may be olive.

What is the difference between skin tone and undertone?

Skin tone, or depth, is how light or deep your skin is. Undertone is the hue underneath. Two people can share the same depth but have different undertones, which is why a foundation can be the right lightness and still look pink, orange or grey.

How accurate is an undertone finder by photo?

In soft daylight with no makeup or filters, a photo gives a reliable read, and a confidence score shows how sure the result is. Indoor bulbs push results warmer and shade pushes them cooler, so compare two or three photos if you are unsure.

How do I check my undertone with my phone camera?

Tap "Use camera", allow access when your browser asks, and take a selfie facing a window. If the light looks yellow or blue, hold a sheet of white paper in the shot and tap it to correct the colour.

Is my photo uploaded or stored?

No. Your photo is processed entirely inside your browser. It is never uploaded, stored or seen by anyone. Only the face detection model is downloaded to your device.

What is an olive undertone?

Olive skin has a muted green-gold cast and can occur at any depth. It is often confused with warm, but pink foundations tend to look grey on it and very golden ones can look orange.

How do I use my result to choose foundation?

Use your depth band to find the right part of a shade range, then pick the matching undertone code, such as W, C, N or O. Swatch three shades on your jawline in daylight and choose the one that disappears.

Does my undertone change when I tan?

No. Your surface tone gets deeper, but your undertone stays the same, so you may need a deeper foundation in the same undertone family.

What is my colour season?

Seasonal colour analysis groups people into 12 palettes, such as Soft Autumn, based on undertone, depth and contrast. Your result includes an estimate you can refine with your hair and eye colour.

Is there an Undertone Finder app?

There is nothing to install. It runs in any modern browser, and on a phone you can add the page to your home screen for one-tap access.

Is the Undertone Finder free?

Yes, completely free, with no sign-up, no limit on photos and no watermark on your result card.

Stop guessing. Start wearing colours that love you back.

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