Color ID Free

By Tobin Ernst

App Details

By:  GreenGar Studios

Price:  Free

Devices:  Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation), iPad 2 Wi-Fi, iPad 2 Wi-Fi +3G, iPad (3rd generation), iPad Wi-Fi +4G, iPad (4th generation), iPad Wi-Fi + Cellular (4th generation), iPad mini and iPad mini Wi-Fi + Cellular. Requires iOS 5.1 or later.

Description:  Color Identifier uses the camera on your iPhone or iPod touch to speak the names of colors in real-time. It’s an Augmented Reality app for discovering the names of the colors around you! The color names are fun and specific: Paris Daisy, Lavender Rose, Moon Mist, and many more. The app also supports Simple Colors. Tap the color square at the top to toggle between Simple Colors and Exotic Colors. It can be a useful app for the blind and visually impaired, but also fun for anyone. It will also tell you the hex value of the color, so you can identify exactly what color the camera sees. It’s fast, easy, and fun! Try it today.

Color ID is compatible for blind, low vision, or sighted.

Pros

• Fast to pick out colors
• Free
• Accurate

Cons

• Color wheel is too robust; would like to just have it ID "royal blue, navy blue, power blue"
• Colors only show up if it is at a certain angle or in the right lighting
• Not Android compatible, only available for Apple products