4 good free apps to recognize colors

Recognizing a specific shade of color is a task that may seem easy, but it is not always, especially if we need to beabsolutely specific Submit an assignment of web design, choose a color for paint a wall or to make a upholstery, or find a specific fabric for a dress are some examples where one cannot choose lightly. For this reason, we bring you four free mobile applications that allow you to have this very useful technology at hand, in your pocket.

Color ID

Color ID is available for both Android andiOS The operation is simple: when entering, we are asked for permission to have access to the camera (something that will happen in all other applications as well), and then the camera is activated with a center viewer This central display recognizes the color that is found mostly in the center of the cross, and gives us thetone name and code HTML

The selection will be made without the need to take the photo, but if we do, we can already have that information stored in the library. In addition, we can also choose to use the selfie camera, if we want to recognize any item of clothing we are wearing.

As we said at the beginning, this app is free, but while we use it a band will always appear bottom with .Also when we take the photo there will be a watermark quite large, although it can be easily cropped if it is a problem to share it.

Color Capture

Also for iOS as well as Android, Color Capture is developed by Benjamin Moore, the American brand of paints, and is oriented above all to that use. Although in the menu we can access the ccolor catalog of the brand, in addition to doing store searches, the real utility is in thegrabber Pressing it, we have three options: use a photo from the library , scan a QR code or take a photo on the spot.

If we decide on the third option, the camera will open, and after taking the photo, we can touch the area that we want and the app will tell us the exact name of the color and its reference number in paint color. We can then share it by email, Facebook or Twitter, but we can't download it in the library. On the other hand, the app has no of any kind, beyond the large brand name.

Color Grab

It is a very simple app only for Android oriented to web designWe enter our camera directly, with also a central viewer that will instantly recognize the name of the predominant color and its HTML code We have the option to add filters to the image , as well as turning on the flashlight, although in both cases doesn't seem like a very good idea, since it distorts the original color, which is precisely what we want to recognize.

A distinctive element of other apps of this style is that, when taking the photo, we go to a menu where we select the color, the range, the percentage of color predominant, the HTML code and its RGB reference That information can then be copy, share or edit

Color Detector

This latest app for Android is the easiest of all of them, and we include it in the article because it has a special characteristic. Upon entering we once again reach the mobile camera, but the program requires us to put it in horizontal Every time we mark the circle yellow center with your finger, a voice will announce the exact color represented in that circle, and below, in a small legend we will see the tone, the general color, its HTML code and the percentages of primary colors.As a counterpart to the extreme precision of this app, we cannot share the photo or save it, If we want to keep the information, we have to write it down or take a screenshot. Of course, nothing .

As we can see, we have options for all tastes and colors (it had to be said!). In any case, keep in mind that the quality of your camera and the way it recognizes colors can affect the result of your checks. Therefore, do not blindly trust the program if you do not trust the camera of your mobile.