Colorimeter - Mobile Color Matching Tool - Instantly identify closest matching paint colors, products, and digital color values

I recently had the opportunity to use the remarkable color meter, and it has completely revolutionized the way I perceive and analyze wall colors. This innovative device offers an unrivaled solution for accurately assessing and capturing the exact color of walls, especially when traditional sampling methods fall short. With its advanced technology and impressive accuracy, this color meter is a game-changer for anyone seeking precise color analysis. First and foremost, the color meter's ability to provide exact color measurements is truly outstanding. Unlike traditional sampling methods, which can be prone to variations and inconsistencies, this device captures the precise color values of walls with remarkable precision. Whether you're matching existing paint, selecting complementary colors, or simply documenting the current wall color, this meter ensures you have the most accurate information at your fingertips. What sets this color meter apart is its advanced technology and superior performance. Equipped with high-quality sensors and sophisticated algorithms, it is capable of capturing subtle variations in color and accurately reproducing them in its readings. The device's display presents the color information in a clear and concise manner, making it easy to interpret and work with. The ease of use of this color meter deserves special mention. Its user-friendly interface and intuitive controls allow for effortless operation, even for those with limited experience in color analysis. Simply place the meter against the wall surface, activate the device, and within seconds, you'll have access to precise color measurements. The simplicity and speed of this process are truly impressive. Furthermore, the versatility of this color meter is exceptional. It can be used on various wall surfaces, including painted walls, wallpapers, and textured finishes, ensuring its applicability in different settings. Whether you're working on home improvement projects, interior design, or professional color matching, this meter proves to be an invaluable tool in achieving the desired results. In addition to its primary function, the color meter may also offer additional features such as color matching with popular paint swatch libraries or compatibility with smartphone applications, further enhancing its usability and convenience. In summary, the color meter is an essential tool for anyone seeking perfect color accuracy when traditional sampling methods fail to deliver. Its advanced technology, superior performance, and ease of use make it an invaluable asset for professionals in the fields of interior design, painting, and color analysis. With this color meter, you can confidently and precisely analyze wall colors, ensuring that your projects are executed with meticulous attention to detail. I highly recommend this color meter to anyone in need of precise color analysis and reliable color matching.

Bona Fides: I am a product designer / industrial designer with a background in cosmetic manufacturing of consumer electronics. There's a good chance you have one of the things I've helped make in your pocket or home. I spend a LOT of time managing color matches and selections as a professional. I am accustomed to using $10,000 spectrophotometers in my line of work and know how to manage my color spaces and CIELAB tolerancing. This is what I do. I also work freelance and with startups, so I need my own color tools to do my job well. For a decade I've been buying low-cost colorimeters (ColorMunki, Swatchmate Cube, etc) with the hope of finding something with acceptable performance, small size, and reasonable out of pocket costs. Color Muse is by *far* the best colorimeter I've found for the single-person user - its Delta-E is on par with any device priced below $5,000 - its a fraction the size of its competitors - it works natively in CIELAB, RGB, and HSB - it is seamlessly integrated into a wide color ecosystem (if you care, I just want a measurement tool) My previous go-to for work that didn't require (or have access to) a Konica Minolta was the X-Rite COlorMunki Design. It worked fine but was clunky, had bad desktop software, and was $400. The Color Muse has the same level of performance, is 20% the size of my Colormunki, has a better UI, is rechargable, and is 1/10th the price. Unbelievable. The software is still a touch buggy, and build quality is good but not excellent. Like all <$5K colorimeters it does poorly on specular surfaces (i.e. anodized aluminum) but that's to be expected. It's also a LOT more forgivable in a product that costs 8x lattes instead of the same price as an iPad. I have suggested this purchase to every product designer and industrial designer I know. For the price and footprint you simply cannot do better.

This is a good tool that was helpful in matching exterior paint. As others have noted, it will measure the color of paint and provide you with various numbers that are mostly helpful. As an initial test, it did a good job of correctly matching standard interior paint colors that we already knew what the color was. So far so good, but that was not what followed... Next up was matching exterior paint. This is truly a challenge as each exterior wall gets a slightly different amount of sun and, thus, fades at a different rate. Unfortunately, there were no removable parts on the exterior of our house that matched the fade level of a small area that needed touch up. Hence the need for the Color Muse. After making a half dozen or so measurements--each area of knock-down textured stucco gave a slightly different reading--I was off to the paint store. I was shocked to find that paint stores are not able to take the raw data from the Color Muse and do an exact match. Rather, they are only able to take one of the app's recommended "near match" colors as starting point. It took two trips to the paint store and about 2 hours of a very patient employee's time tweaking and tuning to get a good match. The process is tedious. We started with the closest match, then ran a quart, painted a small area, then used the Color Muse app's inspect function to compare a sample to the readings from my exterior wall. The app does a decent job of indicating how good the match is, but take this number with a grain of salt. Next, the paint store employee would take his best guess as to which of the four tints in his system would best tweak the color and run another sample, paint an area, let it dry (used a heat gun to speed it up), than back to the Color Muse app to compare. Since I had several readings from my exterior wall, we dinked around with the formulation until the delta E was between 1.0 and 1.3 compared to all of my readings. The match ended up being quite good. Not perfect and not as good as some interior matches I have done with pieces of trim and painted drywall using the paint store's color measuring equipment, but it was much better than I feared once I comprehended the inherent limitations of this tool. If you have interior paint that you want to match, you are better off taking a small piece of drywall or trim to the paint store to get a match. The paint store's spectrophotometer will give you a much better match in only one or two attempts as the paint store's equipment will give an precise formulation even it is not one of the standard colors sold at the store thereby avoiding the Color Muse paint tweaking guessing game.

We purchased a midcentury home last year, and the last owner chose a fantastic paint scheme when he renovated 19 years ago. It works perfectly with the home's character. However, he passed away and left only a few paint cans in the garage. And with some nicks and chips throughout, it's time for some touch up paint. After much (unsuccessful) trial and error of bringing home paint samples from the color deck, or breaking off a chunk of the molding to get a color match at the store, I finally broke down and researched to see if there was an app for color matching. I found Color Muse along with some other options, and this one seemed like the best fit for my needs at the most reasonable price. Color Muse arrived, I plugged it in for a couple hours, downloaded the app, and spent all of 45 seconds setting it up. The app was intuitive, and I was scanning every paint surface in my home within minutes. It was cathartic to confirm that the trim in the dining room was actually a couple shades lighter than the trim in the living room, even though they look identical. That's why i was having such an impossible time bringing home samples from the paint store. As mentioned, the previous owner left behind a couple paint cans in the garage, and the Color Muse was able to confirm where those paints were used -- in each case, the name on the paint can was among the top three best matches provided by Color Muse. That's pretty accurate. Although 19 years of time has faded and altered the paint slightly, so that there are variations from room to room, the Color Muse was pretty consistent in recommending 1 or 2 paint choices among its three best matches for any given room in my house. So, for example, for all the trim in our great room, I checked about 7 different spots and triangulated based on what was showing up in the top three list most consistently. Bought that paint at SW, and it is a PERFECT match. Super happy I spent this little amount of money for something that has been a great tool for me.

Major connection issues make it impossible to use this reliably, and UI needs improvement - like clicking the back button on your phone exits out of the application completely and whichever page you were on resets when you open it back up.

Have not used it enough to judge its effectiveness in real world situations, I will report back with any successes or failures. Customer service is a PITA though. Had a problem fitting the cap on the button end while in use. I reported the problem to CS and was told that they don't always fit but it was "my preference" where I wanted to keep the cap when using the device. Well, I want to keep it on the button end like it was designed for in the first place. Was told again that it would not affect the function of the device and I didn't have to put the cap there if I didn't want to. Explained one last time that I chose to use the device like it was designed for and expected it to be provided to me fully functional. Was told to send pictures to prove it was physically defective. That was enough, I was done. After admitting that the caps do not always fit, in their very first reply, now it was somehow my issue that I did not want the cap laying around and getting knocked off on the floor while I am trying to present myself professionally in a clients house. Under a magnifying glass it was clear that the retaining ring on the button end of the device was just a tad too thick and prevented the cap from fully depressing into the groove like it does on the sensor end. There is no defect in the cap itself, just lax tolerances in inspection of the "nonessential" end. My solution was to take full ownership of this $60 color toy and correct their shoddy workmanship myself. If you have a cap that doesn't fit on one end and you are not afraid of potentially voiding the warranty on a device that costs less than dinner and a movie then I offer the following steps that solved my "issue." I had some wet/dry sandpaper handy and I laid some 220 grit on a flat piece of glass. Being careful to keep the device perpendicular to the paper I gently pushed the button end back and forth on the paper, watching as the plastic left a visible trail and used that to judge how much material I was removing. Do this carefully and in short stages, stopping to gently wipe away the plastic dust off the device with a damp towel. DON'T use canned air or blow on it as there are fine openings into the device around the button and usb port. Try to fit it in place and grind some more as necessary. When it was almost perfect I finished it up by sanding it in small circles on some 400 grit to smooth out the rough marks from the heavier grit. Now my cap fits fine on both ends. As a result of my inspection of this device during modification I think I will go looking for a pouch or box for this as I don't like that dust and dirt can so easily get in the button end. I will keep using it until it becomes indispensable in my work and at that point it will be worth it to invest in a real colorimeter. Until then I will class this as more of an impulse buy than a necessity. If you have $60 you don't really need then go for it and see what value it can bring to your job and when you reach its limits then spend real money and get the real thing.

Works as stated. Efficient and very easy to use! 👍🏼👍🏼

From an admitted tool junkie: I can't believe how handy and easy to use this little tool is! I've been using it for several months for everything from matching existing wall paint to matching color samples for CMYK fiber dye formulas and it's incredibility close every time. I even tested it on wall paint that I applied 2 years ago and it came up with the perfect match! It was also helpful to match the paint in a couple of rooms in a house we purchased. The colors were great but the paint condition wasn't so it was easy to match and repaint without a huge investment of expensive color samples. It has features in the app that I will never use and a couple that I ended up using. For example, my daughter has a favorite green shirt that she loves and it seriously needs replacing. The color isn't trendy anymore but the clothing match app came up with lots of suggestions. You do need to play with the key words (shirt, top, tshirt) to get the most appropriate matches. I dye knitting yarn with acid dyes and a CMYK method. Sometimes a color in a magazine or fabric will catch my eye and I have to have it. This tool will get you very close. There is still some artists discretion in fine tuning but you will be in the ballpark to begin with! Just be aware of texture or shine on fabric. The 'eye' can't shut out all of the light and they will be close matches but not exact. I have the most trouble with with trims for home dec. They are difficult to read. How have I lived this long without it??? I would buy it again if needed.