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colormatch vs Colorwise

Both are free, need no account and keep your photo in the browser. Colorwise gives one of twelve seasons once you pick your skin, hair and eye colors on the selfie. colormatch reads the photo by itself, or asks seven questions, and names and codes every color.

Twelve seasons for free and happy to pick colors: Colorwise. Rather not judge your own skin tone: try colormatch here.

What makes a good photo

Any file works — the reading is what changes. These six things move the result more than anything else you can do.

  • Daylight, not a lampStand near a window in the middle of the day. A bulb adds its own color to your skin, and that is exactly what the reading measures.
  • Not thisWhat a warm bulb doesThe same face under an indoor bulb. Everything shifts golden, so a cool coloring reads as warm. If the photo looks like this, take another by a window.
  • A plain wall behind youA bare wall in white, gray or any single color. A busy room bounces color back onto your skin.
  • Face filling the frameHead and shoulders, close enough that your face takes up most of the picture. A full-length shot gives too few pixels of skin.
  • Eyes and hairline visibleNo sunglasses, no hat, hair off your face. Your eyes and hair carry the contrast half of the reading.
  • No filters, light make-upBeauty filters and heavy foundation replace the very thing being measured. A plain camera photo, bare face if you can.

No photo to hand? Try one of these photos:

Prefer not to use a photo? Answer seven short questions instead.

colormatch and Colorwise side by side

colormatchColorwise.me
PriceFree; optional full report $9.99 once, no subscriptionFree on the web; the My Best Colors phone app sells a one-time premium unlock
What you get freeSeason (one of four), undertone, 10 colors, 4 neutrals and 5 to avoid, each with a name and hex codeSeason (one of twelve), 18 colors and 8 to avoid as a picture, without color codes
Sign-up or emailNoneNone
Your photoRead inside your browser and never uploadedStays in your browser, by their statement
How it decidesMeasures undertone, value and contrast in the photo automatically, or seven questions insteadYou pick skin, hair and eye colors on your selfie, then their model scores them
Where it runsAny browser, phone or computerBrowser, plus iPhone and Android apps

Checked on 21 October 2026 on each tool's own site, running each one once. "By their statement" marks what happens on their servers, which nobody outside can test.

Where Colorwise is better

The free result goes further. You get a season out of twelve rather than four, and a palette card with eighteen colors and eight to avoid, without paying for anything.

It is also more than one tool: a draping studio for trying fabrics against a photo, palettes from a picture of your wardrobe, a forum and a directory of stylists, and phone apps that check a color through the camera while you shop.

Where colormatch is better

You do not have to decide what color your own skin is. Colorwise asks you to click the pixels that represent your skin, hair and eyes, and the result follows from those clicks. colormatch finds the skin in the middle of the photo and measures undertone, value and contrast itself.

It works without a photo: seven questions about your veins, jewellery, hair and eyes give the same kind of result. Every color in your palette comes with a name and a hex code you can paste into a shop filter, and the pages are set in large type with high contrast, so they are easy to read at any age.

How to use both

Take one photo by a window in daylight, with no filter and little make-up. Run it through both. If they agree on warm or cool and on light or deep, you have your answer. If they disagree, hold two colors from each palette under your chin in a mirror: the one that makes your skin look even and your eyes brighter wins.

Comparing more tools? See the Colorwise alternatives and the color-analysis.app alternatives, or take the seven-question quiz.

colormatch and Colorwise: questions

Is Colorwise free?

Yes. The color analysis on colorwise.me is free with no sign-up: you upload a selfie, pick your skin, hair and eye colors on it, and get one of twelve seasons with 18 colors and 8 to avoid. Their My Best Colors phone app sells a one-time premium unlock on top.

Which is more accurate, Colorwise or colormatch?

Neither has published a test against professional draping, so any accuracy figure would be a guess. They fail in different ways: Colorwise depends on which pixels you pick as your skin, hair and eyes, and colormatch on how fair a record of your face the photo is. Running both on the same daylight photo and checking the overlap in a mirror is the honest test.

What is a good Colorwise.me alternative?

colormatch, if you would rather not pick your own skin tone on the photo: it measures the photo by itself, or asks seven questions if you have no photo you trust, and names every color with its hex code. ColorMe, if you want a live mirror to judge palettes against your own face. Both are free and keep the photo on your device.

Is there an AI color analysis tool that does not upload my photo?

Yes. colormatch reads the photo inside your browser and never sends it anywhere — it even works in aeroplane mode once the page has loaded. Colorwise and ColorMe also say the photo stays on your device. Tonebook sends it to OpenAI and color-analysis.app uploads it, by their own statements.

What is the best free seasonal color analysis app?

For a free twelve-season result, Colorwise. For a result you do not have to steer yourself, with every color named and coded and a quiz when there is no good photo, colormatch. Both are free in the browser, with no account and no upload.