PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for evaluating a skin color, the method allowing a precise evaluation of the skin color of a face, thereby enabling a more accurate evaluation of the skin age.SOLUTION: The method for evaluating a skin color includes the steps of: measuring the brightness of the skin color in each of plural parts of the face of a subject specifying the distribution of the brightness based on the measurement comparing the distribution of the brightness with a reference distribution of the brightness for a specific age or age range acquired in advance and evaluating the skin color of the subject.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6COPYRIGHT: (C)2018,JPO&INPIT【課題】顔の肌色を的確に評価し、それにより、肌年齢をより的確に評価することを可能にする肌色評価方法を提供する。【解決手段】肌色評価方法が、被験者の顔の複数の箇所について肌色の明度を測定し、前記測定に基づき、前記明度の分布を特定し、前記明度の分布を、予め取得された所定の年代又は年齢に対応する明度の基準分布と比較し、前記被験者の肌色を評価することを含む。【選択図】図6