Abstract: A device for analyzing the color of a nonhomogeneous material, utilizable for example for analysing the hair color of an individual includes at least one of an illumination source for illuminating the above sample of a nonhomogeneous material, a display structure for exposing the sample of a nonhomogeneous material to the radiation emitted from the illumination source, detection means for the digital acquisition of the image of the sample illuminated from the illumination source, and processing means for transforming the digital acquisition readings of the image of said detection means in coordinates comparable with the perception of the human eye.