# AI Hair Color Changer

> See your own hair in copper, platinum, burgundy, pastel pink or any shade, with your haircut kept exactly as it is.

- URL: https://soracai.com/ai-hair-color-changer
- Canonical: https://soracai.com/ai-hair-color-changer
- Model: Google Nano Banana 2 (Gemini image model)
- Type: photo effect
- Category: Transform (https://soracai.com/effects/transform)
- Cost: 10 credits per run (packs from $0.99; pricing: https://soracai.com/pricing.md)
- Inputs: Your photo – Hair clearly visible, daylight if possible, no hat; Hair colour (optional) – Or type any colour, e.g. rose gold balayage
- Time: about 15 seconds
- Watermark: none
- Example result: https://soracai.com/media/templates/ai-hair-color-changer/poster.avif
- Updated: 2026-11-08

## What is the AI Hair Color Changer?

The AI hair color changer recolours your own hair in a photo and leaves everything else alone. Upload a selfie, tap a shade (jet black, dark brown, chestnut, honey blonde, ash blonde, platinum, copper, auburn, burgundy, silver grey, pastel pink, lavender or blue) or type any colour you have in mind, and in about 15 seconds you see yourself with it. Your haircut, length, texture and parting stay exactly the same, and so do your face, clothes and background.

That is the difference from a hairstyle changer: here only the colour moves, so you can judge the shade against your skin tone and eyes without a new cut getting in the way. The result is drawn as a real salon job, with even colour from roots to ends, natural dimension and shine that follows the light in your photo, not a flat tint laid over the top.

Hair dye filters have been popular on TikTok and Instagram for years, from live camera effects to the 2026 AI hair dye trend videos. Live filters tend to bleed onto the background and lose your edges when you move. An image model works on a still photo and redraws the hair strand by strand, so the edges, flyaways and highlights look like yours.

Try the same photo in three or four shades and compare. If you also want a new cut, the AI Hairstyle Changer does both at once.

## Choosing a shade that suits you

Warm shades (copper, auburn, honey blonde, chestnut) usually flatter warm or olive skin, and cool shades (ash blonde, platinum, silver, blue-black) usually flatter cool or pink undertones, but the only real test is seeing it on your face. Run one warm and one cool version first, then narrow down.

The preset shades are written as salon colours, so "honey blonde" comes with slightly darker roots and "chestnut" with soft caramel highlights. Type your own if you want something exact, for example "dark brown with face-framing money-piece highlights".

## What it cannot tell you

The preview shows the colour, not the process. Going from dark hair to platinum can take several salon sessions, and some shades fade fast. Use the image to decide on a direction and bring it to a colourist, who can tell you what is realistic for your hair.

## How to use it

1. Open https://soracai.com/ai-hair-color-changer and upload a photo (Your photo, Hair colour).
2. Press Generate (10 credits, shown on the button before you run it).
3. Wait about 15 seconds; the result is also saved to My Creations.
4. Download the image without a watermark. Failed runs are refunded automatically.

## Examples

- Example result: https://soracai.com/media/templates/ai-hair-color-changer/poster.avif
- Example input 1: https://soracai.com/media/templates/ai-hairstyle/before-w.webp

## Tips

- A daylight selfie gives the most honest colour; warm indoor light makes every shade look warmer.
- Compare three or four shades on the same photo before you decide.
- Typing your own? Be specific: "rose gold balayage with dark roots" beats "pink-ish".
- Going much lighter, like platinum? Show the result to a colourist and ask what your hair can take.
- Keep hair loose and visible; ponytails hide most of the colour.

## Use cases

- Choose a shade before you buy box dye or book a colourist
- See whether warm or cool tones suit your skin
- Test a bold colour like blue or pastel pink without commitment
- Show a colourist the exact shade you mean

## FAQ

### How do I see what a hair colour would look like on me?

Upload a clear selfie, tap a shade or type a colour, and press Generate. The result shows your own haircut in the new colour in about 15 seconds.

### Is it free?

New accounts get free credits for photo templates, so you can try it at no cost. More runs use credits from a pack or plan, and the cost is shown on the Generate button before you run it.

### Will it change my haircut?

No. The template keeps your cut, length, texture and parting exactly and changes only the colour. For a new cut as well, use the AI Hairstyle Changer.

### Can I try highlights or balayage?

Yes. Type it, for example "caramel balayage on dark brown" or "platinum money-piece highlights".

### Does it work on men's hair and beards?

It recolours the hair on the head. To include the beard, type it, for example "jet black hair and beard".

### Is there a watermark?

No. Images download without a watermark.

### Where is my photo stored?

Uploads are stored in Firebase Storage (Google Cloud) under your account so the run can happen and the result appears in Creations. They are not public, and you can email support to request deletion. To run the effect, a copy is sent to our AI model provider (kie.ai); result files are kept for 14 days, so download what you want to keep.

## Related effects

- [AI Hairstyle Changer](https://soracai.com/ai-hairstyle): Upload a selfie, tap a hairstyle and a hair colour, and see the new look on your own face before you book the salon.
- [Hairstyle Try On: 6 Haircuts on Your Photo at Once](https://soracai.com/hairstyle-try-on): One selfie in, one image out with you in six different hairstyles side by side, so you can see which cut suits you.
- [Bob Haircut Try On: See Yourself With a Bob](https://soracai.com/bob-haircut-try-on): Try a sleek bob, a French bob, a lob, an Italian bob or a bixie on your own photo before the big chop.
- [Curtain Bangs Filter: Try Curtain Bangs on Your Photo](https://soracai.com/curtain-bangs-filter): See yourself with curtain bangs, on long layers, a lob, a shag, a bob or curls, before you let anyone near your fringe.
- [Buzz Cut Filter: See Yourself With a Buzz Cut](https://soracai.com/buzz-cut-filter): Try a number 1, 2 or 3 buzz, a buzz with a skin fade or a bleached buzz cut on your own photo before you pick up the clippers.
- [Long Layers Haircut: Try Long Layered Hair on Your Photo](https://soracai.com/long-layers-haircut): See yourself with long, layered hair: blowout layers, a butterfly cut, layers with curtain bangs, beach waves or a sleek V-cut.
- [Bald Filter: What Would I Look Like Bald?](https://soracai.com/ai-bald-filter): See yourself with a clean shaved head, a freshly shaved head with stubble, or bald with a full beard, from one photo.
- [AI Hair Dye Filter](https://soracai.com/ai-hair-dye-filter): You brush red dye into your hair, then it is long, glossy and burgundy, a flat iron glides down it and it ends in big curls.

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