A skin dullness evaluation apparatus includes a frequency analyzing unit that decomposes a skin image into color heterogeneity of a predetermined size a color heterogeneity index obtaining unit that obtains color data of skin from each of the color heterogeneity decomposed by the frequency analyzing unit, and obtains a color heterogeneity index of the color heterogeneity from the obtained color data of skin and a dullness evaluation unit that evaluates skin dullness corresponding to the skin image based on the color heterogeneity index obtained by the color heterogeneity index obtaining unit.
