Patent ID: 8693768

Claim:
A method for matching a cosmetic base to a skin tone of a user using a mobile device, the mobile device having a camera for capturing images of the user having skin, the skin having a plurality of areas for covering by the cosmetic base, the images for use in matching a skin tone of the skin to the cosmetic base, the mobile device having an app having a color matching program, comprising: instructing a user in capturing a plurality of images so that the user captures acceptable images with the mobile device camera; capturing the images of the user; defining the skin tone in the captured images by a plurality of mathematically defined color values defined by a color matching program analyzing the images; and matching the mathematically defined color values of the skin tone to at least one shade of commercially available brand of cosmetic base by accessing through the Internet a database on a server, the database storing a plurality of mathematically defined color values associated with a plurality of shades, the shades associated with a plurality of commercially available brands of cosmetic base, the app matching the color values of the skin tone to the color values of the shades.