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Change hair colour in a photo

Try blonde, copper, pink or any colour on your own photo, with the light and shade of the hair kept. It happens on your device.

Drop a portrait, or click to choose

JPG, PNG or WebP. It stays on your device.

How to change your hair colour in a photo

  1. Choose a portrait. The photo opens with Hair colour ready, and the hair is found on your device in a second or two.
  2. Pick a colour. Tap one of the eleven shades, from black and brown to platinum, pink and green, or open Custom for any colour.
  3. Set the strength. Lower it for a subtle tint, raise it for a full change. Choose Ombre to blend into a second colour toward the tips.
  4. Download. The saved photo is full size, with the new colour in its pixels.

Why the new colour still looks like hair

A flat wash of colour over the hair looks like a wig. Here each strand keeps how much lighter or darker it is than the rest, so shine on the crown, shadow underneath and the texture of curls all stay, and only the hue and depth of colour change. Shadows get less of the new colour and highlights turn paler, as dyed hair does in real light.

The edge is checked against the photo’s own colours, so the new shade stops where the hair stops instead of tinting the forehead, the neck or the wall behind.

Photos that work best

A portrait with one person and the hair in clear view gives the cleanest result. A hat, a hood or a hand over the hair hides it from the finder, and very thin braids or a few loose strands against a busy background may be missed. Going from very dark hair to platinum is the hardest change to make look natural, since dark hair has little light and shade to keep; a strength around 60 to 80 often looks more believable than 100.

The rest of the photo editor is in the tool list beside it: crop the portrait, adjust the light, or add a filter over the new colour.

Related tools

  • Photo editor: Crop, adjust, filter, add text, emoji, blur and frames, with undo.
  • Add makeup to photo: Lipstick, blush, eyeliner, eyeshadow, brows and eye colour, each on its own slider.
  • Retouch face: Smooth skin, even out redness, whiten teeth and brighten eyes, on one face or all.

Guides

Common questions

Which colours can I try?
Eleven shades are one tap away: black, brown, blonde, auburn, red, copper, platinum, pink, blue, purple and green. Custom opens your device's colour picker, or type a hex code, so any colour works.
What does Ombre do?
It keeps the first colour at the roots and blends into a second colour toward the tips, across the height of the hair in the photo, so it fits short and long hair alike.
Is my photo uploaded?
No. The hair is found by a small model that runs in your browser, downloaded once from this site, and the colour is changed on your device.
Can I go back to my real hair colour?
Yes. Undo steps back through each change, and Remove hair colour takes it off. The original photo is never changed.
Does it work on curly hair and on dark hair?
Yes. Curls keep their texture because each strand keeps its own light and shade. Dark hair takes every colour; very light shades on very dark hair look best at a strength below 100.
Why did it miss some of the hair, or colour something else?
The finder works best on one person with the hair in clear view. Headwear, strong shadow across the face or dark clothes the same colour as the hair can confuse it. Lower the strength to make a small slip less visible.