Identify the paint color on any surface
Found the perfect shade on a friend’s cabinet or a cafe wall and want it for yourself? An app to identify paint color lets you capture it on the spot. Color Identifier is exactly that: tap a photo of the surface, or point your iPhone at it live, and it identifies the color with a name plus exact codes.
There are two ways to identify a shade:
- Live Camera — point at a wall, door, or piece of furniture and read the color in real time.
- From Photo — open a saved picture and tap the painted spot like an eyedropper.
How it works
- Choose Live Camera or From Photo.
- Aim at the surface or tap the exact point in your image.
- Read the color name and its Hex, RGB, CMYK and Pantone codes.
- Save it to a palette to use later.
Because the same app to identify paint color works live and on saved images, you can capture a shade now and revisit it whenever you like.
Turn a reading into paint
Identifying the color gives you universal codes rather than a brand label, and that is the useful part. Carry those codes to any shop and match them to the closest color in any brand’s range. Save your readings into palettes so the codes are organized and ready when it is time to buy.