“Would this hair color suit me?”
A dye job is a two-month commitment. The same ash brown flatters one face and washes out another, and a swatch card at the salon can’t tell you which one you are. Color Coded answers it in four steps.
- 01Measure your skin tone and face shape
- 02Match real dye shades and trending hairstyles
- 03Preview them on your selfie
- 04Finish the look with fashion
One selfie becomes your palette
YouCam skin analysis measures your undertone, brightness, and color intensity. Our color engine turns those numbers into one of 12 color seasons and shows the palette of shades that suit you.
The shade chart sorts itself around you
The chart holds 726 real dye shades, sampled from products you can actually buy. Each one is scored 0 to 100 by how close it sits to your palette. The better a shade suits you, the higher it climbs. Every score comes with a plain-language reason, and under 70 there is no badge at all.
- 77
- 92
- 84
92 · cool ash, right inside your palette
Color from your palette, style from your face shape
Two different questions, two different measurements. Your dye shade comes from your skin’s palette; your hairstyle comes from your measured face proportions. Color Coded never mixes the two.
your palette → closest real dye shade
The color engine compares your palette with 726 real dye shades and picks the nearest ones. Every suggestion is a color you can actually buy.
face proportions → rule table → style directions
YouCam measures your face proportions, and a transparent rule table turns them into style directions. Every cut previews in your current hair color — the dye shade you applied a step earlier included — so color shapes the picture, never the ranking.
Samples from the style catalog · previewed on your own photo in the app
See the proof on your own photo
The best shades are rendered on your own selfie with YouCam hair rendering. You try them one at a time on your own face, not on a swatch or a model, so you judge the match yourself. The pair below is a demo.
Cool ash gray · ΔE00 4.2 · a close match
Golden copper · ΔE00 18.6 · far from your season
The look doesn’t stop at hair
After the hair reveal, the same palette keeps working. Fashion is scored against the same palette, so the pieces that match you rise to the top.
- 91
- 87
- 84
The numbers behind every claim
Nothing here is a guess. Your season comes from CIELAB skin measurements, every harmony score from the CIEDE2000 color-difference formula, and every preview from your own photo.
real dye shades · every color in the chart comes from a product you can buy
CIEDE2000 · the formula behind every harmony score
CIELAB · the color space your skin is measured in
ITA° · the standard angle that grades skin tone
color seasons · one of them is yours