Abstract: A method is given with which it is possible to assign to a person, according to their skin color, eye color and hair color, a hair coloration which supports the overall impression of the person in a harmonious way. For this, a color matrix (M) is used which comprises in total eight color fields (M11, . . . ,M42), which are arranged in two columns (S1, S2) and four rows (Z1, . . . ,Z4). The columns (S1, S2) here are warm and cold colors, the rows (Z1, . . . ,Z4) are the color depth or lightness.