Facial features localization is very important in face recognition by machine. In this paper a novel method which performs main facial features localization in color information is put forward. It utilizes only red component of the color image to simplify processing cost and improve SNR

segments high gray-level region and low gray-level region in order to localize facial features in segmented regions

first localizes the vertical position of chin

mouth

nose

and eyes with gray-level projection

then localizes the horizontal position of them in associated vertical positions. In this method

nose is first localized to aid other features' localization. The output of this method is positions of eyes

position of nose tip and width of nose

position of mouth and width of mouth

and position of chin. Computer simulation shows that this algorithm has high accuracy and good robustness.