Datacolor ColorReader EZ: Scan Any Colour to Match and Coordinate Paint and Digital Colour Values Instantly, Eliminating Stressful Colour Indecisio
Forget Fan decks! Here`s the EZ way to pick paint colour
Need to figure out what colour paint goes with your new wallpaper, or what trim colour would look best with your freshly painted walls? ColorReader EZ gives you accurate color matches instantly from the top paint brands, along with coordinating colours so you can select colours confidently. Wasting time and energy staring at a wall of colour chips trying to guess the right colour match or thumbing through countless paint fan decks are things of the past!
TIP: Measure each colour in a favorite wallpaper to create and save this as a colour palette you can easily refer to when shopping for room décor.
Take Your Room From “This” to “That”
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Scan Your Colour InspirationGoing from colour inspiration to decor delight is simple with ColorReader EZ. Start by scanning a colour you love. | Get Match & Coordinating ColoursInstantly, ColorReader EZ gives you the closest 3 paint colour matches from the top paint brands. Tap one of those to find colours that coordinate with it, too! | And Than Go From This …With the colour confidence that comes with using ColorReader EZ, paint the room with your colour match, and accessorize with its coordinating colours … | …To That… to create a room that`s pulled together that you (and your little princess) will love! |
So Many Ways to Use Your ColorReader EZ
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DIY ProjectsCreate your dream nursery with a little help from ColorReader EZ. Match a colour you like from a favorite picture and make that your wall colour. Then pick another colour and use that to paint furniture to match. Match rugs, pillows, window treatments and more to your saved colours for a look that’s pulled-together perfect! | Colour InspirationWhy limit colours that flatter you to your wardrobe and accessories? Surround yourself with hues you love in your room colour palettes, too! Pick a favorite sweater, shoe or nail polish then use ColorReader EZ to find the perfect paint colour match to dress up your walls. More accurate than taking a picture with your phone, use this perfect tool to capture colour inspiration wherever you find it – in your closet or on-the-go. | Digital DesignAs a digital artist, you use colour data to identify, match and select colour for use in your workflow. ColorReader EZ provides you with accurate colour data in CIELAB, Hex and RGB for any colour you measure, or use existing colour data to find its accurate paint colour match. You can be confident in colour-matching brand and logo colours, creating visual designs with impact and so much more. | Collaborate ColoursWhether a room re-do is a complete DIY project or you’re enlisting the help of a decorator, painter or architect, ColorReader EZ makes it effortless to match colours, save them and share them with everyone involved in the project, ensuring that everyone is on the same color page when it comes to coordinating room design and decor elements. |
ColorReader EZ Features
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Accurate Colour MatchingSimply place the device on the flat, solid surface of a colour you want to match, tap the app’s “read” button on your smartphone and get your colour match. Because the device blocks out ambient light, you get a much more accurate colour match than you would from your phone or by eye. | Coordinating ColoursGet the answer to “What colour goes with this?” for your colour match instantly. Find coordinating colours as well as colour palette options (complementary, triad, analogous, monochromatic) and take the guesswork out of choosing the right colour for trim, ceilings, adjacent rooms, decor and more. | Precise Colour DataMatch a colour with ColorReader EZ and get its precise colour value data in the form of CIELAB, Hex and RGB for use in your digital workflow as well as for easy conversion to Pantone colours. Ensure color consistency for brands, logos and products where colour integrity is essential. |
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Create Colour PalettesCreate colour palettes from room colours you’ve matched, directly from the app’s “Coordinate Colour” feature or from colours you’ve collected for inspiration, for fast and easy access to your favorite hues. | Save, Label and Share ColoursYou can save your favorite individual colours and colour palettes, label them for easy organization (e.g., Living Room, Garden Palette, etc.) then share them remotely from your phone with your paint store, paint contractors, family, friends and more. | Browse Digital Fan DecksNeed some inspiration for colour ideas? Scroll through the app’s digital fan decks of your favorite paint brands for quick access to thousands of colour options or to fine-tune your final colour selections. |
ColorReader EZ
Whether you’re a DIYer, creative hobbyist, digital artist or colour enthusiast, you’ll find yourself reaching for this handy colour-matching tool again and again.
What You Get:
- The ColorReader EZ device with light-blocking aperture for colour accuracy
- Colour calibration tile integrated in the aperture’s protective cap for precise colour matching and consistency
- Two replaceable lithium coin cell (CR2032) batteries
- A Welcome Card with instructions and access to support resources
System Requirements
- Smartphones running Android 6.0 or higher; iPhone or iPod Touch running iOS version 9.3 or higher
- Compatible with Bluetooth 4.0 or higher
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| Colour Models | CIE Lab, RGB, Hex | Delta E, CIE Lab, RGB, Hex, CMYK, LRV, LCH | Delta E, CIE Lab, RGB, Hex, CMYK, LRV, LCH |
| Colour Standards/Paint Manufacturers | RAL, NCS, Color manufacturers vary according to region | RAL, NCS, Color manufacturers vary according to region | RAL, NCS, Color manufacturers vary according to region |
| Features | Save, Label and Share Colours, Create Colour Palettes, Complementary Color Suggestion, Look Through Digital Fan Decks | Save, Label and Share Colours, Create Colour Palettes, Complementary Color Suggestion, Look Through Digital Fan Decks, Quality Control Feature | Save, Label and Share Colours, Create Colour Palettes, Complementary Color Suggestion, Look Through Digital Fan Decks, Quality Control Feature |
| Power | 2 Coin Cell Batteries (included) | Rechargable Lithium (via included micro USB cable) | Rechargable Lithium (viaincluded micro USB cable) |
| Optisches Sytem | 1 LED/Aperture | 6 LEDs/Aperture/Lens | 6 LEDs/Aperture/Lens |
| Calibration Tile | Integrated in Device | Integrated in Cap | Separate Tile |
| On-Device LED Display | ✓ | ||
| On-Device Color Storage | ✓ | ||
| Control | ColorReader App | ColorReader App | Stand Alone / ColorReader App |
| Weight: | 45.6 g |
| Size: | 1 Count (Pack of 1) |
| Dimensions: | 16.51 x 8.38 x 4.32 cm; 45.6 Grams |
| Model: | CRM100 |
| Part: | CRM100 |
| Pack Quantity: | 1 |
| Batteries Required: | No |
| Batteries Included: | Lithium Manganese Dioxide |
| Manufacture: | Datacolor |
| Quantity: | 1 |
| Size: | 1 Count (Pack of 1) |
Happy to have purchase this I was able to find perfect match paints for my home and work projects
Molto pratico, si installa in pochi secondi, piccolo e la scansione dura 1 secondo.
Purtroppo non sempre, il risultato ottenuto viene proposto nella scala RAL.
La scala PANTONE non proprio presente.
Peccato, sarebbe stato utile anche in studi grafici, per stampatori litografi e serigrafi.
Pagato poco pi di 30 e verificato con mazzetta Pantone: 9 volte su 10 restituisce il codice preciso, quell’unica volta che sbaglia, ci va comunque molto vicino. Veramente un oggetto utilissimo.
Love this! I’m a product photographer and it works fast and great when trying to find matching colors, instead of spending a long time at Home Depot or Lowes, looking at color swatches!
Highly recommend!!!!!!!
This is intended for matching paint colors, but I also use it with textiles. Set up is easy and the color results can be sorted against various manufacturer’s paint chips. I tested it on a wall I was painting against a previously painted wall in the same color – the color result did not match exactly, but did come up in related colors – maybe one shade off. If you’re a perfectionist, that’s not going to be acceptable.
I like to use this with textiles where I’m trying to match colors, or come up with ideas for a palette. The eye on the camera is not large, so even a small section of a print can be scanned. This is small and light enough to carry in a shopping bag, so it’s easy to bring along on a scouting expedition. Fun tool, and I recommend it to other sewers.
I’m quite technical but this item stumped me for hours. The hardest thing to do is switching from a scan to finding a match to your local paint retailer’s collection of paint colors. Here’s how: In the Color Match section there’s a hard to find and very small tab called ‘Change’ this lets you switch to your local paint manufacturer where hopefully you’ll find a close match. It took two emails to their HQ in Switzerland before I finally got the above solution.
I was skeptical. I used the product to color match and touch up paint around the house.
I was shocked how well it worked. The paint store guys were surprised as well. You saved me from a lot of stress and waisted money on wrong paint colors.
I have really enjoyed this product.
I love the Ez color reader. So easy to do app on phone and it was great for identifying color. So happy I bought it.
I love this no guessing paint color, so easy to use
Super easy to set up and use. If the surface has a variegated texture, different positions give different readings. At least I can get little pints for 2 or 3 of the readings and try them out before buying the full quantity of paint.
Ich kann das Gert an sich nicht bewerten da es mir nicht gelang es mit meinem A71 zu verbinden. Nachfrage und Betreuung seitens des Hersteller waren exzellent, sechs Sterne, allerdings vermag es trotz der etlichen Ratschlge nicht zu funktionieren. Schade. Der Apparat wurde mir anstandslos zurckgenommen.
It’s definitely better than trying to eyeball the color. We bought a house that had custom painting in every room, and we’ve struggled to figure out what color the main foyer paint color is. There’s an area where the paint cracked from the cold temperatures we get each winter and we needed to touch it up. This tool has helped us narrow down what paints might match.
Overall this product is simple to use. I tested it on two known paint colors in my house and it was off by a shade in each. It called my walls Benjamin Moore Ice Formation and it was actually Benjamin Moore Revere Pewter. I really like having this as a Realtor so that I can offer that extra level of service to my clients when they’re asking about touch up paint or repainting rooms. I am a little nervous that the color isn’t perfect but it’s certainly been VERY close!
I really like being able to see exactly what alphanumeric value is attached to the color I am interested in and being able to find out it’s complement, etc. Good product so far. I’m happy. I do wish it were a little bit sturdier though.
Der Colorreader ist sehr praktisch, um Farbtne zu bestimmen. Er gibt auch immer passende Komplementrfarben an.
As soon as it was ready I turned to the first pained surface nearby. I happen to have painted my kitchen walls about one year ago so I tested this on 2 walls. The result came
up with the name and also the brand. I knew the brand was right but I wasn’t sure about the color names… so I went down to the garage to find the leftover cans and they were both correct!
I was expecting the color match but i didn’t expected it to get the brand too. After this I am very confident I’ll be able to match the paint in another room. I’ll update this once I find out.
Update : Used this device to match a yellowish brown paint for touch-up over patched dents. My first attempt at “manually” matching using the palette samples was way off: Too dark. Second attempt using this device was mostly a success: The scanned color was called “green xxx” and I frankly would have never guessed it was a green. I came back with the paint in much doubt it was a match. I applied the new pain over the patches and waited for it to dry and was pretty good. Is it perfect? No. The new paint is noticeably darker than the old paint. But I think it’s my fault: I used this device to scan the old paint in multiple places in the room to get an “average”. But instead of following up on a good idea, ended up picking one of the darkest samples for the new paint. In retrospect, I should have made an extra trip to the paint store to pick the palette samples for each of the scans and select the best match before actually buying the paint on a “hunch” that the correct sample was the darkest one. But it’s really close enough not to be worth redoing it. So overall, I’m quite satisfied.
How did i not know about this sooner?? Pro tip: you have two make sure the scanner is flush with the surface and there is no light interfering for the most accurate reading.
This color matcher is really cool! It’s easy to use and setup. The app it comes with is nicely designed and provides a lot of information. Once setup, it’s as easy and uncovering the bottom sensor, placing it on the surface you wish to match, and pressing the button. At that point, the app give you different colors that it could be along with the brands and models that have that color.
In terms of accuracy, I would say it’s pretty close. It’s not perfect and in my opinion, I would only use this as a guide or a way to at least get you started. I found that it works better on smooth surfaces than it does with any type of textured surfaces. From the other tests I’ve done, I would say this does work, it’s just not perfect all the time. Don’t get me wrong, it did match certain colors pretty well, but sometimes, it wasn’t even close (that was mostly on textured surfaces).
All in all, I would use something like this as a guide only. Don’t get me wrong, it does work and for the price, it’s not bad to have around the house!
Als Farbenlaie muss ich gestehen das ich von diesem Gert recht begeistert bin. Die Installation der App und die Verbindung mit dem Gert funktioniert denkbar einfach.
Es macht es um ein vielfaches angenehmer wenn man mal etwas nachlackieren muss. Bisher bin ich immer mit dem kleinsten Bauteil in den Baumarkt gerammelt und habe es dort bestimmen lassen. Das fllt zum Glck jetzt aus.
Die Farberkennung funktioniert problemlos und recht zuverlssig. Wunder hatte ich hier nicht erwartet. Jedoch habe ich bisher bei den bentigten Farben nicht daneben gelegen. Selbst bekannte RAL Farben hat das Gert zuverlssig wiedergegeben.
Also von meiner Seite eine klare Kaufempfehlung.
Gros casse tte que tout le monde a dj connu , retrouver une peinture sans savoir la teinte , c’est quasi mission impossible part si l’on a loeil d’un carrossier expriment.
C’est la que ce super appareil entre en scne.
En premier lieu , il faut appairer l’appareil au tlphone en bluetooth.
Ensuite ,il faut telecharger l’application car l’appareil envoie la couleur scanne vers le tlphone via l’appli.
Il ne reste plus qu’ scanner la couleur souhaite.
L’application est vraiment bien faite , elle donne des infos sur la teinte mesure mais d’avoir galement les rfrences dans des catalogues connus.
Seul point ngatif , parfois les mesures des couleurs ne sont pas trs fiables , on reste dans le thme mais le scanner renvoie des couleurs fausses.
Le concept de cet appareil est vraiment super ingnieux , je ne savais pas que ce genre d’appareil existait , c’est donc une belle dcouverte.
This device works better than I expected, to be honest. It’s very easy to use and works really fast. The color match on my phone is very close and the difference is probably due to the phone screen vs a painted wall. The whole system is pretty cool.
Previous owners had selected the colours in our home and I really liked them but had no idea what they were called or consisted of. This was a perfect tool to repaint in the same colour.
Also, was so helpful in determining a complimentary colour for other rooms that opened into our kitchen.
Easy to use and set up.
This is a really cool gadget to have in my collection, it is smaller than a pack of cards and easily connects to my phone for easy use around the house or elsewhere. Our house has a large number of paint colours that were applied long before we moved in and when it takes time to do touch ups this makes it much easier to scan the wall and get a fairly close match along with the prefered brand code of paint to ask for from your local hardware store. In test on surfaces we recently painted all were either the correct colour or just 1 shade off from the right colour with a fairly reliable estimate overall.
I repainted my shed door to match the shutters. The match looks perfect! Can’t wait to use this tool for other projects.
Purchased color reader to help match colors to my new dining room chairs. The product exceeded my expectations! Absolutely love the ease and many uses for color matching!
I ordered this device as I was having some difficulty accurately identifying the paint colour in a few rooms in my house after moving in. The ColorReader was really easy to set up and works well on my phone. The app works well and has a number of useful features. I particularly liked the feature which suggests colours that coordinate with the main colour you match.
I would recommend this device. I feel it was good value for money and a useful bit of kit. Much easier than relying on guess work or multiple colour card matches to identify possible colour matches!
To show an example of how this works I matched the color of a dark gold mailing folder and included a screenshot of how the match appears on your phone. I also included a couple pictures showing where the reader is located under the phone and the flap that needs to be folded back.
This is a small unit that is easy to hold, and a simple press of a button for it to read a color. It’s also based on the paints that are loaded into the system. I wouldn’t expect a unit like this to be able to perfectly match every color out there. Many years ago I was a color matcher for flexo ink, and we had a very elaborate system. Yes, the system gave great matches, but they were not always 100% and especially with lighter grays and beiges they always needed to be tweaked beyond what the system would give us. That’s how I view this little color reader. Some of the colors will be very accurate, but not all. And there are certainly some surfaces I wouldn’t even attempt to use this device on such as raised surfaces, popcorn ceilings, grasscloth wallcoverings, etc.
I really like that I can create color palettes and that my matches will be saved. I don’t expect this unit to work like an expensive color matching system, but for the cost I have no complaints and will get a lot of use out of it.
Wow!! I’m in the middle of a kitchen re-do and the EZ was a life saver! I was able to find the colors I needed and even coordinate colors. This saved me tons of time and $$.
Se siete dei grafici, degli architetti, degli arredatori o anche degli imbianchini, questo aggeggino fondamentale! Gli basta un secondo per leggere con precisione un colore senza risentire dell’influenza delle luce ambiente. L’app dedicata ci aiuter anche a capire quali sono i migliori abbinamenti cromatici per il colore in questione. L’alimentazione fornita da due batterie CR2032, ma funzionando tramite Bluetooth a basso consumo durer per almeno qualche migliaio di letture.
Mi occupo di grafica digitale dal 1999 in ambito professionale e ho alle spalle anche tre ristrutturazioni gestite in parte da me, che mi hanno dato modo di approfondire tanti aspetti legati al colore. Questo ColorReader di Datacolor mi sembrata un’idea non bella, ma bellissima. Il funzionamento anche molto semplice ma nel senso positivo, perch si accende e si abbina premendo un singolo pulsante e poi lo stesso pulsante fa partire la lettura. Alla fine si spegne da solo. Ha una batteria a bottone dentro che credo durer parecchio. Comunque il punto della questione che non contempla le mazzetta Pantone, nessuna delle tre che ho io restituisce dati corretti in lettura. Avevo problemi anche sulle letture delle vernici ma per quello basta poi disattivare le varie corrispondenze sulle mazzette che non usate lasciando solo quelle che preferite, perch ne ha diverse e d i tre risultati pi simili ma in alcuni casi magari nessuno dei 3 nella mazzetta che usate come riferimento. Utilissimo comunque che nella lettura offra delle informazioni molto importanti, quali la corrispondenza in RGB, in LAB e il valore esadecimale. Quindi partendo da un colore del mondo reale riesco in un attimo a replicarlo al computer nelle mie elaborazioni. In sostanza lo reputo un “aggeggio” davvero molto utile.
Von Amazon wurde schnell und gut verpackt der ColorReader EZ geliefert. Einmal ausgepackt muss aus dem Smartphone noch die passende App installiert werden und schon kann man nach Herstellen der Verbindung und kurzer Kalibrierung das Gert nutzen.
Hierfr klappt man nur den Schutz der Messsonde zurck und drckt den einzigen Knopf des Gertes. In der App wird dann die Farbe angezeigt und auch die passende Farbe aus Paletten verschiedener Hersteller angezeigt. Perfekt fr die Renovierung, da man so immer schnell den passenden Farbton findet. Bei uns haben die Farben sehr gut gepasst, Unterschiede waren nicht festzustellen.
Schn ist auch, dass man sich weitere Informationen ber die Farbe in der App anzeigen lassen kann. So werden unter anderem die RGB Werte angezeigt, so dass man den Farbton recht einfach auf dem Computer finden kann.
Fazit: Gute und einfache Funktion, nichts zu meckern und volle Anzahl an Sternen.
Der Datacolor ColorReader EZ wurde gut verpackt und schnell geliefert wie man es von Amazon nicht anders gewohnt ist. Dieses erstaunliche kleine Teil bildet gemeinsam mit der App eine Kombination mit der das Rtselraten endlich ein Ende hat. Wer kennt das nicht, man sieht irgendwo eine Farbe die einen gefllt zum Beispiel auf Dekownden in bekannten Mbelhusern und keiner kann einen die Daten zu den Farbton sagen. Das Rtselraten hat jetzt ein Ende. Mit diesem digitalen ColorReader fr die Hosentasche hat man nun immer die Mglichkeit przise die Farbe einer Oberflche ermitteln. Ein unglaublich hilfreiches Tool welches noch vor einiger Jahren unbezahlbar gewesen wre. Das Gert vom Zenit ziemlich zuverlssig und hat eine Fehlertoleranz von maximal ein bis zwei Farbnuancen. Die Software Es bersichtlich und anwenderfreundlich, so zumindest fr Ihre Messgerte. Die Softwareversion fr Android Gerte kann ich leider nicht beurteilen. Auf mitgelieferten matten Oberflchen arbeitet das Gert wirklich sehr zuverlssig. Auf hoch glnzenden Flchen kommt es leider hierunter zu Fehlbestimmungen. Das macht es auch schwierig das Gert fr zum Beispiel Autolacke zu nutzen. Wieso bedarf es vielleicht doch dem deutlich teureren Pro Ausfhrung. Mein Fazit: Ein wirklich interessantes Gert zur Farbbestimmung.
Not perfect but the most accurat “paint color reader” I’ve used. This one uses it’s own device to read the paint color which makes it way more accurate than those that use a picture or cell phone cameras. It is still a little picky when it comes to older paints as the fading of the paint makes it seem like a different shade, but I’m honestly not sure how you would compensate for that. The app works well and you can save the colors it finds so it makes this one actually useful.
I think this one is a solid 4 star buy, if it was a litle ceaper it would absolutely be a 5 star buy…
Just my thoughts,
AK
Handy little device for a decent price. Really helped me with decorating my kitchen and choosing the right colours. Will definitely be recommending this to my work colleagues.
The unit pairs easily with your phone, actually easier than some other Bluetooth products. But when I used it to scan a smooth off-white wall, the color sample that showed up on my phone was quite a bit darker than the wall. Holding it up against the wall showed the color sample didn’t look anything like the actual color.
I understand that color representation on an LCD screen (I use an IPhone 11 Pro Max) can be way off, so I don’t necessarily hold that against this product. But it a bit disconcerting to scan a particular color and see something that seems way off.
A better test would be to scan the wall, get the recommended paint brand color value and buy a can of that color and see if it’s a good match. I have some renovation work to do in a couple of months so I’ll be giving it a shot then.
Ever wondered how to match that color with paint? This little device is it. Simply scan the color and it will tell you the exact right color mix you need for near perfect results every time. Best of all, it provides the top 3 paint color matches from the most popular paint brands to your measured color, plus coordinating colors and color scheme options. This is a designers dream tool! Go for it.
I decorated my main room, spare room and bathroom using this tool. It really helped me with the colour scheme as it recommends particular colours that would go well with your main colour. It also recommends brands also.
Very easy to use so highly recommend.
Nachdem das Angebot dieser Seite mehrere Produkte offeriert, sei zunchst erwhnt, dass sich meine Bewertung auf den ColorReader EZ bezieht.
Der ColorReader EZ ist ein handliches und robustes Gert von ca. 4x8cm, dass man berall hin mitnehmen kann. Es funktioniert natrlich nur in Verbindung mit der dazugehrigen App, wo der analysierte Farbton aufgeschlsselt wird.
Nach einigen Versuchen auf einer gngigen RAL-Farbmusterkarte eines bekannten Lackherstellers konnte uns das Produkt noch nicht recht berzeugen, zu weit entfernt waren die tatschlichen Farben von den erkannten. Daher betrieben wir Ursachenforschung mit folgenden Erkenntnissen: Das Gert sollte mehrfach kalibriert werden, wobei die Referenzflche sauber sein muss und kein Streulicht einfallen darf. Am besten kalibriert man im Dunkeln, notfalls in der Hosentasche.
Das mit dem Streulicht gilt dann auch fr den Messvorgang, je nach Lichteinfall fallen hier die Ergebnisse hchst unterschiedlich aus. Wenn dagegen der Messbereich samt Messgert mit einem Tuch abgedunkelt wird, reduziert sich die Fehlerquote massiv. Daneben muss der Messbereich so sauber wie mglich sein, um strende Einflsse zu minimieren.
Was letztlich auf der Farbkarte ganz gut funktionierte, muss man dann nur noch in die Praxis umsetzen, also dort, wo man einen unbekannten Farbton analysieren mchte. Dabei haben wir die Erfahrung gemacht, dass glnzende Oberflchen anders bewertet werden als matte und erstere deutlich nher an der Realitt liegen.
Zusammenfassend lsst sich sagen, dass man ein durchaus brauchbares Farberkennungsgert bekommt, in dessen Bedienung man sich aber erst einarbeiten muss, um mglichst zutreffende Messergebnisse zu erhalten.
First thoughts:
I had this set up and ready to go in minutes. The packaging was just the card the device was laying on but that was all it needed. The reader identifies the colour the lens is in contact with and outputs the colour or closest match using the RAL system for accurate procurement. As RAL is a set standard you can give this to almost any European paint manufacturer and it can be recreated accurately and consistently across the board.
I don’t need to eyeball the colour of something I like and try to find a match by sight. I just pop open the lens flap, fire up the app on my phone and click the button while it’s in contact with the surface of an item I like the colour of.
Detail and things to note (See pictures and video):
Small reader device with a single button on the top side and a folding flap covering the lens on the bottom.
App was easy to find on the app store and paired with the device quickly without any issues. The device serial number detailed on the backing card is used to identify the device in the app.
Find a colour you want to use and lay the device lens on the surface, click the button to scan. The matching colour or closest match is displayed on the app with supplementary information if it’s available (RAL number, paint brand, name of the colour etc.). It will also provide the colour match in Hex and RGB although I personally wouldn’t try to shop for paint using those methods. It would however be useful in design scenarios.
Recent scans are saved in the app history for quick recall later.
Final thoughts:
Although it suggests it should be used on a hard, flat surface, I managed to match the green screen material while it was hung up on the wall. This seems to be a versatile and accurate device. If you’re familiar with locating paint colours by RAL number then this could be a powerful tool in your kit. I’ve been using it constantly on this home project and so I’d happily recommend this.
The “Datacolor ColorReader EZ – Match and Coordinate Paint and Color Values Instantly” is small and very portable, as well as being easy to use.
We got the app set up quickly and scanned a variety of colours under different conditions.
We scanned the SAME wall in both shadows and in light, and the colour match was the same in both instances. The paint sample colours seem accurate and the paint brands are appropriate for my region.
There were a couple of things we didn’t like about it though.
The plastic cover for the reader sampling area is not that high quality and is likely easy to break.
Also, if you are trying to get a colour from a multicoloured surface, such as a painting, it is really difficult to place the reader appropriately because there is no window to allow for positioning.
Finally, we didn’t like that you can’t turn it off – it times out after a couple of minutes of no activity, but battery life will be decreased by how long that takes.
So, in short, it works nicely for some of your decorating needs, and is great if you are trying to match a wall-paint colour. Much better than relying on the eye.
Basically this is a color scanner. it tries to match this with known paint if it can.
I am hoping to use it for 3d printing. IE start color matching my filament so I can match up a filament as close as I can with what I am mounting the part too etc.. I know niche but something fun to try
it has trouble sometimes with lighter colors sadly which is what I tend to like.
While the app is very well made I do not like that I have to register to use it. there is no technical need for that and it should be optional not mandatory (the only reason I dinged it. unnecessary data grabs and digital leashes are a big no no for me. its my property stop forcing me to let your fingers in.
Overall compact. fun. easy to use. did I mention fun to use (IT IS fun 🙂 and decorators are going to likely enjoy this.
We bought a new house just before lockdown and wanted to make sure we get the exact paint colour for any little bits of the house we do up. So when I got the chance to try this out I went for it. The colour reader is tiny and connects to your phone via Bluetooth and the ColorReader app. While it was simple to connect to my phone and use there were some instructions that weren’t very clear. For example it doesn’t show where the lens flap was and it took me a while to figure this out lol. It also doesn’t show me how to turn it off when I’m done. Beside those minor annoyances, once I figured out how to use it, it worked great. The compact size of this reader means it’s great for taking with you so if you spot a colour you like somewhere you can quickly capture it in seconds with ease.
No complaints, much easier to color match rather than ripping off a panel of whatever you need to match to bring into the paint store.
In linea generale uno strumento che all’occorrenza pu risultare utile un po’ a tutti, ovvio che persone che svolgono determinate tipologie di attivit possano apprezzarne ulteriormente le funzionalit rispetto ad un fruitore occasionale o ad una tantum.
Le modalit di utilizzo sono semplici ed intuitive; una volta scaricata l’app ColorReader sia da dispositivi Ios che Android sufficiente collegare via Bluetooth il rilevatore di colori al nostro smartphone e siamo gi pronti per sperimentarne l’efficacia.
Per un uso corretto e soprattutto che porti a risultati il pi possibile affidabili, suggerisco di metterlo all’opera in condizioni di luce il pi possibile naturale, su superfici piane e su materiali che per fattura, non producano riflessi tali da alterare gli esiti.
Io personalmente l’ho testato su diversi generi di cose ed oggetti, dai muri a tessuti, da mobili a piastrelle; la rilevazione immediata e su un campione di 20 rilevazioni effettuate solo un paio non mi hanno convinto, quindi in linea con quanto riportato dal produttore che fa menzione relativamente alla precisione di prima misurazione superiore all’85%.
In conclusione il misuratore di colori fa tutto ci che promette; i risultati cromatici sono stati quasi sempre accurati, ad ogni singola rilevazione fornisce le tre migliori corrispondenze di colore dei marchi pi notori al colore analizzato; fornisce dati cromatici precisi in Cielab, Hexe Rgb per qualsiasi colore misurato; tramite app salvare combinazioni cromatiche e colori coordinati per poi condividerli con chi compartecipa alla scelta, e per un hobbysta fai da te o per persone che devono rinfrescare e/o rinnovare un ambiente domestico o di lavoro, le propriet e funzionalit offerte appaiono nel complesso adeguate
I ordered this off vine as a joke originally. Its basically a running joke in our family where my wife feels that a particular colour is orange and I feel it is red or vice versa. I thought this device would help to settle that debate finally. After using it for a few times, I feel that this is quite a great piece of kit and is really handy for identifying colours.
It came in a simple packaging and looked much smaller than I had imagined. As soon as I took it out, I could see that it is a premium product and felt quite nice in hands although it is mostly plastic but it didnt feel cheap. It needs to be paired with an app to be able to use it which was easy enough. Cool thing was that once connected, you can start a reading directly from the app and the reading is automatically shown on the device.
The app has a database of paint colours from a few brands but it didnt have any of the ones I am aware of. Maybe those colours will be added in future. It also provides an RGB value which can be used to find the colour of your favourite paint.
From an accuracy point of view, I think it has helped to settle the issue between me and my wife regarding colour of a couple of items. Obviously I was right in all the cases (just kidding). I think it is mostly accurate but in some cases I have seen that it gives weird results. I tried to identify the colour of my furniture but as it has wooden texture, the colour was completely off and instead of yellowish or brown colour, I got a more orangish colour.
I think it needs to be used in ideal conditions with right lighting and the correct texture of the surface to identify the colour more accurately. I am sure there are better alternatives available which are more accurate but those would be at a much higher price.
As a basic colour reader, I think it does the job and does not cost a lot. It is great for casual home usage but is not accurate enough for use by professionals.
Pros
Easy to setup and use
All accessories including batteries included
Compact size
Reasonable price for home usage
Cons
Accuracy is not great
Suffers in adverse lighting conditions
The paint database is limited
Overall, I feel this is a great piece of kit for home usage but for professional use, I would avoid due to accuracy issues.
VOTO COMPLESSIVO: 95/100
IL LETTORE:
Attrezzo geniale nella sua semplicit che sfrutta le propriet di un lettore ottico tradotte in un interfaccia, per telefonino e per ogni sistema operativo, che ce ne d i risultati. Entra nel palmo di una mano completamente ed il sensore in alto sulla superficie inferiore, leggero e funziona davvero bene! Il tutto si svolge all’interno del dispositivo elettronicamente e basta poggiarlo sulla superficie di ci che si vuole valutare per avere il riscontro sulla app sul telefono. La valutazione espressa in app anche in codice. Tale codice valido e riconosciuto internazionalmente e le macchine come il tintometro, cos come le mazzette cartacee con le sfumature di colore, usano quegli stessi codici ma sono decisamente pi ingombranti e obsoleti ormai.
LA MIA ESPERIENZA D’USO:
Che sia per casa o per mestiere questo attrezzo senza dubbio di eccellente fattura ed altrettanto eccellente nel funzionamento. Il riconoscimento dei colori quanto di pi veritiero si possa avere ed sicuramente un metodo migliore rispetto alle alternative ormai antiquate ed obsolete che sono ben pi grandi e di molto pi imprecise. Una rivoluzione nel calcolo della colorazione e che la rende ormai pi semplice e pratica. Il meccanismo reso perfettamente. Prodotto eccellente.
Die App ist logisch aufgebaut und leicht verstndlich. Nach jedem Einschalten erwartet der Reader eine kurze und schnell erledigte Kalibrierung. Die Handhabung des Gertes ist ebenfalls sehr einfach und die Farbwerte schnell gemessen. Die Genauigkeit der Messung hngt aber stark vom Untergrund ab. Je nachdem wie matt oder glnzend, uneben, faserig etc. der zu messende Untergrund ist, knnen die Farbwerte in mehreren Messungen doch schon mal deutlich abweichen. Zudem weicht die auf dem Display angezeigte Farbe in der Darstellung naturgem deutlich von der gemessenen Farbe ab. Diese Farbwerte sind mir aber ausreichend genau, um damit in Photoshop arbeiten zu knnen, und mit einem kalibrierten Drucker sehr gute Ergebnisse zu erzielen.
Ich bin mit dem Farbmesser zufrieden, allerding misst er gelegentlich Farbwerte aus, die vollkommen daneben liegen und hier habe ich bislang die Ursache noch nicht finden knnen. Daher ziehe ich auch einen Stern ab.
4 von 5 Sterne
OK, so the example I’ve shown aren’t really what it is designed for but at least you can see that the colours read by this tiny pocket device are pretty damn close if not exact.
Unit is very pocketable and is very light. Simple to operate and only has one button. Download the app, connect via bluetooth to your phone and you can start scanning your favourite colours. The app has an extensive library of paint charts from many manufacturers so you can pick one out or it will give you the RGB code for the colour and you can mix yourself.
I use it at work for colour matching .. as a commercial photographer colour is very important, although I can balance the camera my monitor might be out giving me a false read when editing. Vice versa too. I have a colourimeter for my monitor and colour balance card for shooting but this method of using this device is quicker.
Get a colour sample, record the RGB value and in photoshop I can replicate/touch up my image to match. I know it isn’t designed specifically for this but really, if it works why not?
It isn’t for everyone – if I didn’t have this item as a free sample I would never have used or tried it but I do have to say that if I had to purchase this with my own money I think it would be a worth investment.
Why or why did I not have this item when I was doing my living room? It would have avoided so many tiny mishaps that actually rub me the wrong way every time I glance over them! So, what you get is a device a bit bigger than your credit card and as thick as a slim wallet that is incredibly easy to use and is unbelievably precise in matching colours of anything and everything, providing you with exact combo of paint that you can take to your local hardstore to get the most perfect mix!
You can literally scan the pattern on your feature wall and when in your local homestore, you can use it to find the most perfectly matched scatter cushions or an ornament that will match your wall to the letter!
To get it all started , download an app and…literally follow the steps on the screen…
I did record a video to show you this clever little thingy in action, but Amazon did not let it through, so you will have to trust me when I say, it is a fantastic! Fantastic item!
Cet appareil est trs facile d utilisation, pour cela il faut en premier lieu tlcharger l application Color Reader et connecter l appareil en Bluetooth.
Appliquer le lecteur sur une surface plane, appuyer sur le bouton et la lecture est quasi instantane.
L appareil propose 3 correspondances, jusqu ici tout est parfait l exception que les marques proposes sont plutt difficile trouver, certainement pas au magasin de bricolage du coin moins de faire faire sa couleur suivant le RAL ce qui se fait couramment maintenant mais c est plus cher.
Une fonction qui me parat en revanche trs intressante c est la palette de couleur propose avec la couleur scanne ce qui vitera les fautes de got.
En conclusion cet appareil se rvle plutt efficace et pratique mais il le serait parfait si le catalogue des marques s enrichissait des marques courantes qu on trouve dans les magasins de bricolage.
Ich finde die App und das Gert echt gut gelungen und kann vorher sowas garnicht.
App lies sich einfach installieren mit ein Android Handy und auch das verbinden war ok.
Die Farbpaletten rauszusuchen und zu vergleichen fr mich war ein bisschen undurchsichtig.
Beim aussuchen zeigt er die passenden Farben an 3 an der Anzahl und lsst sich eingrenzen.
So kann ich im Baumarkt meine richtigen Farben finden und auch nachkaufen.
In sostanza altro non che un sensore in grado di leggere le superfici e stabilire, con una eccellente precisione, il colore della vernice ed individuarne il tipo di collezione, nell’ambito di un database di vernici e case produttrici a disposizione.
Il lettore, dotato di LED, inserito in una “tavoletta” in materiale plastico (dimensione cm. 8 x 4,5 spessore cm. 1,5) con un pulsante multifunzione (on/off/lettura) molto evidente situato sulla parte superiore, mentre nella parte posteriore, per intenderci quella che andr a contatto con la superficie da “leggere”, posizionato, opportunamente protetto da uno sportellino, il sensore di lettura. Il prodotto alimentato da due batterie CR 2032 gi inserite nel corpo, solamente da attivare distaccando la linguetta.
Per far funzionare il dispositivo necessario installare la app “Color Reader”, disponibile gratuitamente sia per telefoni Android sia per iOS, tramite la quale il dispositivo, una volta acceso, si collegher via Bluetooth al telefono per poi sviluppare le varie funzioni.
Il pairing con il telefono immediato ma subito dopo la app segnaler la necessit di calibrare il dispositivo (seguire le istruzioni) e, una volta completata tale fase, “datacolor” pronto per la lettura della superficie.
Per effettuare ci necessario aprire lo sportellino che cela il lettore, quindi appoggiare il dispositivo sulla superficie e, premendo il tasto sul medesimo, attivare la lettura ( il comando di lettura pu essere anche impartito dalla app).
La risposta sul telefono immediata con evidenza della tipologia pi probabile e il tipo di collezione di colore tra le seguenti:
RAL, Akzo Nobel, Sherwin Williams, Miltonia, Brillux GmbH,Rust-Oleum, NCS, Farrow & BallEinzA Farben, STO, Savage Universal, Duha, Valspar.
E’ possibile peraltro escludere, tramite app, alcune collezioni di colore circoscrivendone l’ambito (es. solo RAL).
A questo punto possono essere effettuate una serie di funzioni quali:
* salvataggio della lettura con aggiornamento di uno storico sempre a disposizione per eventuali necessit;
* evidenziare le mazzette elettroniche dei colori a cui fa riferimento la collezione individuata;
* evidenziare i colori coordinati con quello letto;
* salvare il campione;
* creare una palette successivamente richiamabile.
Inoltre possibile fare drill-down sulle caratteristiche relativamente ai parametri CIE Lab (standard della International Commission on Illumination del 1976) , RGB (modello di colori di tipo additivo come somma dei tre colori Rosso, Verde e Blu) ed Hex (informazioni sui colori inclusi i modelli di colore – RGB, HSL, HSV e CMYK -, colori triadici, colori monocromatici e colori analoghi generando anche un semplice codice css per il colore selezionato), parametri questi di interesse per i professionisti delle vernici. In caso di prolungato inutilizzo, “datacolor” si spegne da solo.
A mio giudizio un prodotto molto interessante, pratico e semplicissimo da usare. Magari sarebbe da verificare l’affidabilit delle letture con qualche professionista confrontando le care e sempre affidabili mazzette.
Per quanto mi riguarda posso solo dire che le vernici dei muri della mia abitazione, tutte in varianti di RAL, sono state individuare in modo estremamente preciso.
Prezzo 69,00 ottobre 2020.
Une petite sonde de couleur qui se configure en 10s avec son smartphone, et qui tient dans la poche ! Un outils vraiment pratique dans la vie de tous les jours et surtout lorsqu’on on cherche dcorer une pice de la maison. En effet, l’application vous proposera toute une palettes de couleurs en harmonie avec la couleur analyse, vraiment sympa !
Bonjour,
l’ide est trs bonne et le produit est vraiment pas mal du tout, il est petit, discret et il se glisse dans une poche pour un transport facile.
L’utilisation est simple, on a l’appareil, on prend l’application maison datacolor, on met le petit appareil sur un mur de couleur on appuie sur le bouton et a retranscrit la couleur sur son mobile avec quelques informations complmentaires comme un nom, une nuance, le code hexadecimal de la peinture et autres …
L’application est perfectible, elle propose quand mme des couleurs quivalentes, si la surface brille trop, l’appareil vraiment du mal lire la couleur.
Aprs il est possible que j’attendais trop de ce petit appareil, je m’attendais a ce qu’il trouve toujours la couleur exacte et pas une autre chaque usage mais non.
Nanmoins c’est quand mme pratique pour avoir toujours avec soit une ide de la couleur souhait et cela peut tre pratique pour assortir avec des rideaux ou autres voir de la dcoration d’intrieur.
This is a super handy little device for crafters/sewests/quilters looking to colour match. While the main point of it is to match paint colours, the app provides RGB, hex, and CIELAB colour information. This info is super handy when comparing fabrics, paints, papers, etc.
The main use for this, of course, is for matching paint colours. The app comes loaded with the palettes for several brands like Behr, Benjamin Moore, and Sherwin Williams. We recently painted our home with a few different shades of Benjamin Moore paint and the reader was able to correctly identify two of the shades, and picked a near identical shade for the third colour. With this in mind, I feel like this device is best to use if you want a paint colour very similar to what you are scanning, but I wouldn’t use it to pick the right colour to, say, repaint a small section of a wall.
Do be aware that the results given by the device can change reading to reading depending on the ambient light and the pressure you are applying to the device when doing the reading.
Included brands at time of review:
– Ace Hardware (Clark + Kensington, Mix+Match)
– Behr (Interior/Exterior Colour Collection, Marquee)
– Benjamin Moore (Affinity Collection, Classics, Collections, Colour Preview, Colour Stories, Willamsburg)
– Cloverdale (Artisan)
– Dryvit (Colour at Your Fingertips)
– Farrow & Ball (Colours)
– Kelly-Moore (ColorStudio Collection)
– M.L. Campbell (Never Compromise Colours)
– Miller Paint (Colour IS)
– PPG (The Voice of Colour)
– RAL (Design D2, K1 Classic, K5 Classic, K7 Classic)
– RAL (E3 Effects)
– Savage Universal (Savage Seamless Background Paper)
– Sherwin Williams (Colour Journeys, Colour Snap)
– True Value (Beauty by Design)
– Valspar (Colour Gallery, Mood Makers, Valspar 1750)
– Valspar/Sherwin Williams (Valspar at Ace)
Encore une autre dcouverte: identificateur de couleur!
Il est livr un appareil avec piles installes (2 boutons CR2032) et prte utiliser: juste installer une application Color Reader et connecter via Bluetooth et suivre l’instruction (il demande de calibrer d’abord), et en suite juste poser sur la surface et appuyer le bouton, et voil le rsultat s’affiche.
Il faut coller sur la surface pour avoir un rsultat prcis, mais cela dpend de la surface: sur la surface brillante comme le papier peinte en vinyle un peu lisse, il ne donnait pas la bonne couleur.
Et sur les tissus un peu brillant, ou pais, il ne donnait pas la prcision….
Donc ce n’est pas un appareil de rfrence, mais un appareil qui aidera dterminer/trouver la couleur et avoir une ide de harmonisation avec la couleur pour une ralisation.
L’appareil s’teint tout seul au bout un certain temps d’inactivit.
J’aime bien la simplicit d’utilisation et la concept.
Das Gert ist schnell einsatzbereit. Man muss lediglich die APP installieren, das Gert mit dem Smartphone koppeln (per Bluetooth) und schon kann es losgehen. Die bentigte Batterie ist bereits eingelegt.
Die App ist selbsterklrend und leicht zu bedienen.
Die Farbe wird bestimmt, indem man das Gert auf die gewnscht Farbe legt und den Knopf an der Oberseite drckt. Binnen Sekunden zeigt einem die App an, um welche Farbe es sich handelt.
Ob das Ergebniss jetzt bis ins kleinste Detail stimmt, kann ich nicht beurteilen, aber es ist schon immer sehr nah dran und wenn man nur auf das Smartphone guckt, muss man auch sagen, dass das Display ja auch nicht kalibriert ist. Hier sind also kleine Abweichungen auch normal.
Bei der ersten Nutzung, bekommt man von der App den Hinweis, dass man das Gert kalibieren soll. Das erledigt man ganz einfach, indem man die Abdeckklappe geschlossen lsst und die Kalibrierung durchfhrt.
Aus unserer Sicht jedenfalls ein einwandfreies Produkt, welches seinen Zweck erfllt und vondem ich bis vor kurzem nicht einmal wusste, dass es sowas berhaupt gibt. Praktisch ist es jedenfalls allemal.
The camera did struggle a bit with very light colors, however. And it seemed the lighter the color (towards white white) the less accurate it was. The camera would still give you a very close match…sometimes the exact color of the sample and sometime it listed the correct color as its “second choice”. But even if it didn’t have the exact color code I believe the code it gave would be so close you could not detect the difference with the naked eye.
Where the camera really struggled, however, was with extremely rough surfaces. And this comes as no surprise since the product description clearly states the paint surface must be relatively smooth to get an accurate reading. Interestingly, the camera worked perfectly on the textured walls of our living room giving the exact paint code for those recently painted walls. However, when I tried it on our exterior stucco, the results were not at all close. For such rough surface I believe you are better off just getting paint samples and eyeballing it.
But for smoother surfaces this color reader can be a valuable tool.
Non pensavo che esistesse in commercio un prodotto del genere, che ci potesse dar una mano nell’identificare, nella maniera corretta, il colore della pittura che abbiamo nelle pareti di casa e non solo.
Questo piccolo strumento, ci aiuter proprio in questo.
Sar in grado di misurare, qualsiasi colore che presente sulle pareti di casa nostra, in modo da suggerirci quello che pi si avvicina ad esso e non rischiare di sbagliare.
Il prodotto si utilizza in abbinamento all’app ColorReader, da scaricare sia per Android che per Iphone ed installare sul nostro smartphone.
Tramite il suo aiuto, potremo avere a disposizione circa tre scelte possibili e corrispondenti al colore che abbiamo in casa, in base alle marche di vernice pi utilizzate sul mercato.
Avremo vari colori coordinati ed anche varie combinazioni di colori, da utilizzare, per poter giungere al colore specifico delle pareti.
L’individuazione del colore sar immediata, basta avvicinare lo strumento alle pareti e sar anche abbastanza affidabile.
La corrispondenza dei colori definita tramite l’aiuto e l’utilizzo dei valori di colore Cielab, Hex e RGB, in modo da rendere facile il lavoro di progettazione digitale.
Facile da utilizzare e molto utile.
Consiglio l’acquisto, specialmente a chi, desidera rinnovare la pittura di casa, ma non ricorda il colore ed il codice preciso!
Sbagliare o indovinare la giusta pitturazione, non sar pi un problema!
This wee device came in a simple plastic packaging which wasn’t really impressive for the price you pay for device. Easy to download software on ur mobile and very easy to connect the device. Comes with a battery already in the device. No lanyard supplied with the device.
I’m not a professional so I thought it would be nice to have one in the house for some domestic use. Not very easy to understand for a non professional. It gives you reading in no time but they are not 100% accurate. Instructions are limited so you actually struggle to understand what is what.
Another problem with the device that there is no power off switch. It stays on for a while before it goes to standby mode automatically.
Overall a good pocket size colour reader for professional who can actually understand the language.
My walls have been painted varying shades of yellow for longer than the backup paint has lasted. I have a few spots on the walls that need a touchup but I know trying to guess the color is a fool’s errand. This device sometimes got the color right the first time and other times, it wasn’t even in the ballpark. I would try a few more times and eventually, it pulled a close match. I went and bought the samples and they did in fact, match!
Because I like to explore, I used this on the computer to match colors on websites, furniture, clothing, etc. and to my surprise, it did an amazing job of color matching, the first time, almost every time. So, my suggestion is that although this tool is perhaps intended specifically for wall/house paint, there are other ways that it can be used if you think outside the box.
L’appareil fonctionne bien pour une utilisation assez novice. Il est fourni avec sa pile CR3203 qu’il suffit d’insrer, puis tlcharger l’application ddie sur smartphone et c’est parti, on doit ensuite pointer l’objet analyser et appuyer sur le bouton, l’application donnera alors des prcisions sur la couleur et proposera des produits correspondants.
Du coup, si vous voulez accorder la couleur de votre chambre une dcoration ou un rideau, cet outil vous fournira le code HEX (hexadcimal ou HEXA) pour pouvoir commander la bonne nuance sur internet ou auprs de votre magasin de bricolage.
La grande question est de savoir si cet appareil est assez prcis : alors j’ai essay plusieurs nuances et je pense qu’il est moyennement fiable, d’o le fait de le recommander un usage domestique et non professionnel.
Il prodotto funziona molto bene, basta scaricare l’app dedicata, accendere il bluetooth e viene rilevato all’istante.
La rilevazione del colore pressoch istantanea, basta appoggiarlo sulla superficie piana da verificare, premere il pulsante e dopo pochi secondi vedrete il colore a video, con tanto di nomi e codici della vernice.
Molto comodo, come avere una palette di colori ma senza doverne portare dietro vari kg. Veloce, affidabile, si calibra in un istante.
Ovviamente utile per professionisti che devono verificare varie volte al giorno i colori, per un privato ci vedo poca utilit.
Si alimenta con batteria a bottone, di sicuro andr sostituita raramente.
This is really easy to use. Install the ColorReader app, turn the device on, and it will find it automatically and connect. You answer a few short registration questions, update the colour palettes (automatic) and it’s ready to go. At this point you just hold the device up to a wall (or anything else, really) and either press the read button in the app or the button on the device directly and nearly instantly you’ll get a reading of the colour on your phone.
I have about a 50% success rate in it getting the exact paint colour and manufacturer correct in my house, but it was last painted 4 years ago with Benjamin Moore colours. I was impressed it got some of them exactly right at all. The ones it didn’t get right, the colour picked up looks almost identical to me anyway and I think in most cases would probably be “good enough” for homeowners looking for a match. I like that it even gives you the colour in the app in terms of RGB and HEX values in case you’re trying to use these colours digitally – a nice touch.
Other than not getting the colour 100% correct (which I admit could just as well be a mixing error when my paints were made than anything) the most major annoyance with this has been that it sometimes randomly disconnects from the app and at least on my phone, is kind of difficult to get it to connect again without force closing the app all the way down, waiting for the device to go back to sleep (automatic) and then starting over. Even though that’s kind of annoying, I don’t think it’s a deal breaker.
Pros:
Nice and compact
Easy to sync to my phone
Many manufacturers/vendors to select from
Like the complementary color feature
Cons:
Very thin plastic
This is such a fun thing to use. I love the fact that it tells you all the manufacturers/vendors that supply the colors analysed. This works fast and analyses the options just a fast. Easy to use and sync with your phone. I’ve actually checked and verified the colors and its almost bang on. A little concerned about how thin the product is. It really is not made very well and I can see it getting cracked pretty quickly. All in all, a fun and accurate reading of colors!
The app is itself pretty easy to use, and you can trigger a reading by using the button on the reader or via the application.
DataColor does have a database of paint colors from major brands, but it’s pretty small, in my opinion. It also does not have the Pantone database (I’m guessing that’s because of licensing fees which would ultimately raise the price of the device).
Personally, I really like that it provides hexadecimal and RGB values so that you can take real world colors and integrate them into your digital designs.
Its biggest downside has very little to do with the device itself. The problem is color calibration on your mobile device’s screen. Apple devices are very good for color accuracy, but Android devices are all over the map. On my Huawei P20 Pro, the colors don’t look exactly like the captured color (because of how I set it up), and when I enter in the hex code on my computer monitor, which is calibrated more accurately than my phone, the colors are a little different there too. For me, that’s not a big issue, but for someone who cares about accuracy, they’re going to need to spend some time calibrating the accuracy of their phone display and any other display they’re using the colors with.
This is obviously a niche device, and because it’s the entry level product in the ColorReader product line, it’s also a consumer grade device, as its first match accuracy is only around 85%. Pro-level users will definitely want to spend the extra money on a ColorReader or ColorReader Pro (over 92% first match accuracy).
Having said that, for any hobbyist who is working with colors a lot, this is a fantastic device that doesn’t break the bank.
The Good Parts
– Very easy to set up and use
– Batteries included (2 x CR2032)
– Mobile app (tested on Android) is user friendly
– Mobile app provides CIE Lab, RGB and Hex values
– Can help match colors with major paint brands (provided Datacolor has access to their latest database)
– App can recommend colors that coordinate with the colour in a reading
– Reasonably priced for what it does
Hit or Miss
– 85% or better accuracy, which is fair for the price. You can get 92% or better accuracy if you spend more on a higher model ColorReader
– Requires use of a mobile app on iOS or Android
– The paint database is not as comprehensive as I’d like, especially for Canadians
– Your user experience could be limited by the colour calibration of your phone’s display and any other display that you are using the colours on, as colours may look off. This is most likely a problem with your displays or device setup, not the DataColor reader.
– Batteries are not rechargeable (the higher models – at $129 MSRP and $329 MSRP are rechargeable). On the other hand CR2032 cells are pretty inexpensive. Whether it’s worth upgrading to a rechargeable model will depend on how often you use the reader in the real world, and whether you need the higher first match accuracy of a higher model.
I can see how amazing this would be for paint matching. We’re in a rental and need to cover some patches on the wall, and I tried to match, but every inch, this would change and recommend something different, also with a slight green tinge, but the walls are off-white. So, I would rate this lower, but I am actually using this for a totally different purpose! I’m working on a website for crafting, and this is invaluable for finding the hex color of inks and markers! I am a long-time web designer, and often, people want me to match logos and other images for websites, and this is just the tool needed for that! It also has RGB codes, and supposedly Pantone, but I am trying to find out how to access that. I’m super happy with this for my particular use even if it’s iffy about paint colors!
we have used ths to match the colour of the paint in my daughters room as we could not remember the shade of paint that we bought . it took the reading and we managed to find the exact match for what she had on the wall
Super easy to set up with the app and also use. It’s somewhat accurate at matching colours, I did test it around the house which is mainly in farrow and ball colours and it matched most of them correctly. It does depend highly on the lighting on the room as to what colour gets matched with.
I think this is actually best to match colours in wallpaper. If you’re doing an accent wall with wallpaper and want to do a complimentary colour for the other walls this gadget is great and I like that it gives more than one colour match.
I also like that you can create colour “stories” within the app to keep track of colours you want for different rooms or projects.
Quand nous avons achet notre maison, nous tions sous le charme des couleurs choisies par l’ancien propritaire. Mais voil, dans les angles du mur, la peinture a saut un peu avec le temps et hlas l’ancien propritaire ne nous avait pas laiss un pot de peinture nous permettant au moins de trouver la mme rfrence. Avec le temps on s’tait rsign devoir bientt repeindre toute la maison. Sauf que l, nous avons trouv la rfrence qu’il nous fallait grce ce petit gadget qui nous rend un grand service. Une fois la couleur capture, il la restitue en codes (RAL ou RGB) ainsi qu’en rfrence de peinture. Sur l’application installer sur votre tlphone, vous conserverez toutes les infos sur les couleurs captures, c’est comme un nuancier portable. Vous avez instantanment la marque et la rfrence qu’il vous faut. C’est assez bluffant. Par contre, pour avoir une mesure trs prcise je vous recommande de capturer la couleur en plein jour, les rsultats semblent plus justes.
Je vais le garder dans mon sac car nous comptons refaire la peinture de la cuisine et cherchons des ides droite gauche. L si on voit quelque chose qui nous plat dans un magasin ou chez des amis, on pourra capter la couleur et retrouver sa rfrence. Un jeu d’enfant tellement c’est simple utiliser et ludique en plus.
Der Farberkenner arbeitet mit einer schnell heruntergeladenen und eingerichteten App, auch die Verbindung zwischen dieser und dem Scanner luft zgig.
Allerdings kommt es nach Ausschalten des Smartphones regelmig zu Problemen zwischen beiden, das ist rgerlich.
Die App bietet die Mglichkeit, erkannte Farben als RAL anzugeben. Heit ich kann mir die so im Baumarkt mischen lassen, ohne weiteres Aufheben. Das ist eine sehr willkommene Option, weil ich zum Beispiel im Einrichtungshaus nicht die Mglichkeit habe, Farben genau zu eruieren.
Nice to have sind auch die Anzeige von drei passenden Farben und der Komplementrfarben, letzteres hilft beim Einrichten und Ankleiden.
Ich habe verschiedene Materialien getestet und war immer mit dem Ergebnis einverstanden. Nur darf die gesuchte Farbe nicht hinter oder in Glas sein, dann geht nichts mehr.
Der Fehler lsst sich nicht beheben, aber reproduzieren, deshalb muss ich hier einen Stern abziehen.
Gleich vorab, fr ein Produkt in diesem Preisbereich htte ich mir eine bessere Verarbeitung erwnscht. Das Gehuse ist simpel und nicht sehr wertig in der Haptik. Bei einem teuren und kleinen Messinstrument das in den meisten Fllen in der Nhe einer Baustelle oder bei Renovierungs-Arbeiten steht, ist es mir sehr wichtig, das es ber ein ausreichend dimensionierte und sichere Transportbox verfgt und das Gert sehr wertvoll aussieht, denn sonst nimmt es ein Mitarbeiter in die Hand und schmeit es in die nchste Farbkiste. Harsche Worte, aber leider tatschlich selbst so schon erlebt.
Haben Sie aber andere Arbeitsbedingungen und laufen nicht in die Gefahr das Gert versehentlich zu beschdigen ist die sehr einfache Bedienung und die Funktion sehr gut. Die App ist einfach und werbefrei, eine Verbindung mit dem Gert ist ebenfalls schnell erledigt und selbsterklrend.
Sehr gut ist auch, dass bei mehrfachen Messungen auch das exakt gleiche Ergebnis resultiert. Bei Glatten einfarbigen Wandfarben ist das Ergebnis der Originalfarbe sehr sehr nah bzw komplett korrekt. In jedem Fall wird es bei der “Beistreichung” einer Wand keinen sichtbaren Farbunterschied geben. Bei Lacken ist das Ergebnis etwas weniger genau und kann teilweise nicht, oder nur nach einigen Versuchen erhoben werden. Wenn es dann aber vorliegt, ist es durchaus eine gute Hilfe.
After testing this device from a novice decorator point of view, I can see this being useful in some situations but probably not for everyone.
The device itself is small powered by an included CR3203 button battery. There is an app to download, and once switched on it will connect to the app, then all you have to do is to place it on the object you want the colour test and press the button, the app will then give you the colour information and you may choose the best matching colour products that they recommend from a library.
It seems simple enough. However, I am not sure about a couple of things:
– The library of colour products seem to gear towards German market, I only recognise Valspar products that I can get from B&Q and their paints are not cheap
– The device has no ‘off’ button, once it is on you will need to wait for it to turn off by itself
The colour information given seems to be comprehensive,
As to how close this is matching I can only trust their ad which is >85%, whereas the other devices from this company have higher accuracy >90%+ . So if you are a colour professional I don’t think you will go for this model.
I can see that this will be useful if there is a colour that you really like matching from an object or a custom mix, say you want your room matching the colour of your favourite vase, this device will help you with the colour information (hex code, RAL etc) and you may take this code to shops for them to mix.
It seems to fill a very narrow gap in the market, people probably just go for the readily available colours for a close match. But if you are really colour sensitive, or you have colour weakness that you are not able to match any colour correctly with your eyes, then this device can help.
The app is very polished and a pleasure to use. The designers clearly put a lot of thought into it, and it shows. Initial connection to the device is ridiculously easy (if you’ve ever used bluetooth accessories for your phone you know that it can be hit or miss), and using the app itself is very simple despite advanced capabilities.
The workflow is very simple: position the reader right against a surface to read, press the button, and presto! the color reading is added to your history. Color readings can be added to palettes you can name, and they can be matched to paint collections from popular vendors (Behr, Sherwin Williams, Ace, Benjamin Moore, and many others). Once you pick a match, you can hit the “Coordinate Colors” button and find matching colors using a variety of schemes, and save these to a named palette. Then all you have to do is go buy those paints!
There are some expected limitations, such as the impossibility to accurately read metallic colors (colorimeters capable of doing this are considerably more expensive and complex) and requires a flat surface for an accurate reading. I am using it to read paint color on textured walls, and the readings vary (slightly) depending on the reading spot. I contacted the manufacturer via their website and received a prompt and detailed reply, explaining how to best handle the situation (I know it’s not going to be perfect, all I need is close enough)
Such a tiny, inexpensive colorimeter is just unbelievable, and the quality and ease of use of the app are top notch.
If you do any sort of home improvement, interior decoration, that requires paint color matching, it’s an inexpensive and invaluable tool, that also happens to be fun to use. Highly recommended.
This is a great tool for when you are decorating, it matches colour so well and soe aay to connect to your phone once you get the app. It is easy to use once you get the hang of it.
I have been waiting for ages for this to be invented. I remember years ago being in Home Depot where they had a “color analyser” thing by the paints. I do a ton of painting. But you could bring in a piece of fabric or what not and the color scanner thing would scan it and tell you which color paint to buy to match. I remember thinking then this should be something I can do from home someday. Well now I can do it from ANYWHERE. See a color you like out in the world? Scan it in seconds and BOOM you get 3 different options of paints to buy. Absolutely awesome to use when you have to do some touch ups in a room but have no paint. The people who had this house before me painted the bathroom a nice blue, but left no paint. Scan it with this and boom – now I can touch up all those spots from when I upgraded the hardware in there. So awesome. This is a godsend for anyone who does decorating and especially painting!!!
On appuie sur le bouton, cach de la lentille relev et hop le rsultat apparat sur l’application.
J’ai donc essay avec l’enveloppe marron d’Amazon et le rsultat m’a surprise.
Je vous laisse juge des deux photos jointes.
Donc pour le moment, je le considre comme un gadget pas trs prcis.
In casa durante i lavori di ristrutturazione, dopo aver scelto il colore l’imbianchino ci ha fornito le informazioni necessarie riguardanti la tinta ,in modo da far riferimento per eventuali ritocchi .
Bene ahime abbiamo smarrito i colori della tinta ricrearne una identica pressoch complicato, visto che con il tempo la vernice si scurisce .
Con questo strumento ci ha un po’ semplificato la ricerca della giusta tonalit.
Arriva semplicemente corredato dalle istruzioni in inglese.
Ma l’uso abbastanza semplice ed intuitivo.
Bisogna innanzitutto scaricare l’app che troverete su entrambe le piattaforme “Color Reader , successivamente bisogna registrarsi e dopo calibrare il prodotto su una superficie piana.
E dopo pronta all’uso.
La precisione millesimale dal colore dal mio vedere questo prodotto non la garantisce fino in fondo ,ad esempio su colori accesi e vivaci li riconosce abbasta bene ,mentre quelli un po sbiaditi ricrea una tonalit simile ma non del tutto identica.
L’unica accortezza da eseguire durante l’uso di illuminare bene la zona ed evitare ombre ed effettuare pi di un test, in modo da garantire una omogeneit ottimale.
Questo rilevatore di colori prende come riferimento alcune delle pi grandi marche di vernici come Valspar oppure STO ed anche sistemi di riferimento comeRAL che per L’appunto un sistema europeo di corrispondenza di colori che indica i colori per vernici.
Consigliamo non solo a professionisti del settore ma anche a chi cerca una vernice adatta per ritocchi senza dover ricorrere a ridipingere tutta la parete.
Unser Elternhaus wurde vor ber 15 Jahren das letzte Mal angestrichen und es gibt keinen Farbcode mehr.
Im Zuge der kompletten Renovierung und Restauration wrden wir gerne die selben Farben und Farbtne verwenden um die Aussenfassade des Wohnhauses und die des Gartenhauses zu streichen. Erste Farbmischungen anhand von einem Stck Aussenputz im Baumarkt und anschlieendem Probestreichen waren nicht zufriedenstellend. Entweder war die Farbe zu hell, zu dunkel oder zu glnzend.
Passender weise durfte ich das ColorReader EZ testen und war direkt positiv berrascht, wie genau die Farbbestimmung letztendlich ist.
Das Farbmessgert bermittelt die erkannte Farbe an das Handy. Dort wird relativ genau die entsprechende Farbe dargestellt. In unserem Fall, hat im zweiten Versuch die vorgeschlagene Farbe gepasst!
Mit der entsprechenden Farbe oder dem Farbcode, habe ich mir im Baumarkt meine Wunschfarbe mischen lassen. Mit diesem Farbcode, kann ich mir jederzeit den gleichen Farbton mischen lassen.
Die dazugehrige APP funktioniert selbsterklrend und einfach und kann kostenlos heruntergeladen werden.
Ich persnlich finde das Gert genial. Es erleichtert das Anstreichen und lackieren ungemein. Einfach die Wunschfarbe scannen und im Fachhandel mischen lassen.. fertig .
Gutes empfehlenswertes System, genau und leicht anzuwende
Quando si devono fare lavori in casa che richiedano di conoscere con precisione un colore per poterlo acquistare in tutta sicurezza questo strumento pu fare la differenza. Ma pu essere anche utilizzato per altre applicazioni come la computer graphic.
Secondo il produttore, capace di rilevare colori con una precisione superiore all’85%. Nel caso vi serva una precisione ancora superiore, oltre il 94%, bisogna valutare prodotti di fascia professionale come Datacolor ColorReader o Datacolor ColorReader Pro .
Non avendo alcun display, naturalmente necessit di un dispositivo come smartphone o tablet, ove sia installata l’app ColorReader, disponibile per Android >=6 e iOS >=9.3.
Il colore rilevato viene espresso nei formati CIELAB (detto anche CIE 1976, L*, a*, b*), RGB e HEX e viene salvato nell’app, dando modo di creare le proprie palette e condividerle con altre persone.
Per un corretto utilizzo la superficie deve essere pari e, naturalmente, di un colore uniforme.
L’alimentazione consiste in due batterie CR2032 (quelle a bottone) ovviamente sostituibili. Avrei preferito di gran lunga aver la possibilit di utilizzare batterie ricaricabili!
Il prezzo al 23 settembre 2020 di 69, sicuramente non poco per chi lo usa poche volte.
Der kleine und handliche Color-Raeder von Datacolor fr ein vorhandenes Handy macht seine Sache ganz ordentlich. Es ist wie bei allen Handyerweiterungen durch Apps ein
Nachladen der Software ber Playstore erforderlich, ebenso eine Registrierung der Anwendung mit einer vorhandenen E-Mail. Die Installation geht reibungslos vonstatten.
Die Anmeldung folgt sofort nach ffnen der Software, es wird wie blich ein Vorname, Nachnahme und eine gltige E-Mail verlangt. Der Reader muss anschlieend mi Druck auf den Knopf mit dem Handy ber einen bestehenden Bluetooth — Verbindung gekoppelt werden. Die Klappe vor der Reader -Linse sollte danach zur Kalbration des Readers geschlossen werden, wenn das vollbracht ist kann es losgehen.
In der unteren Programm Leiste im Handy auf Messen drcken, wenn sich der Reader an der gewnschten Position zum Bestimmen der Farbe findet. In krzester Zeit ermittelt der Reader die Farben und zeigt und speichert die gelesenen Daten der Farbe an. Auch di Zusammensetzung der Mischfarben je nach eingestellter Farbliste (RAL fr Deutschland). Dieser Color — Reader ist fr Hoppy-Maler und Hoppy-Lackierer eine Hilfe, um Farben zu ermitteln und nachzumischen.
Als ich den ColorReader EZ von Datacolor zum ersten mal gesehen habe, drngte sich mir die Frage auf, wozu genau man dieses Gert bentigt.
Nun nachdem wir die Zimmer unserer Teenagertchter renoviert haben, hat sich mir die dahinterstehende Grundidee durchaus erschlossen. So wurden mir vor der letzten Renovierung von meinen Tchtern und meiner Frau allerlei Farbtne genannt in welchen die Wnde nach der Renovierung erstrahlen sollten, als ich sie aufgrund der von ihnen genannten doch sehr exotisch klingenden Namen der Farben verstndnislos anstarrte, wurden mir entsprechende Kleidungstcke und Gegenstnde gezeigt welche die entsprechenden Farben hatten bzw. deren Farbgebung der gewnschten Wandfarbe zumindest ziemlich nahe kam. Als ich jedoch mit den entsprechend im Baumarkt gemixten Farben zurckkam, erhielt ich Stirnrunzelnd erklrt, dass es sich bei der von mir gekauften Farbe um eine ganz andere als die gewnschte handle. Das ist nun etwa vier Jahre her. Als vor wenigen Tagen nun die nchste Renovierung der Gemcher unserer Teenager-Prinzessinnen anstand, zckte ich den ColorReader EZ und lie von ihm die gewnschte Farbe ermitteln und auf der Smartphone-App, welche im brigen einige Zugriffsrechte verlangt, anzeigen. Angezeigt wird neben dem Name der Farbe auch ein internationaler Code fr Wandfarben, welcher jedoch nur teilweise im Baumarkt erkannt wird, allerdings selbst wenn der Code fr eine der Farben nicht im Baumarkt erkannt wird, knnen die Baumarktangestellten dank der App einen sehr hnlichen Farbton anrhren. Und ja ich war wirklich berrascht, mit welcher Verlsslichkeit und Genauigkeit Farbtne erkannt und ermittelt werden
Soweit so gut also, aber manches mal, wrde auch schon helfen wenn die beteiligte Personen mit in den Baumarkt kmen, zumal es ja auch nicht immer exakt das Grau des Lieblingspulovers oder das Hintergrundgelb der besagten Werbeanzeige sein muss.
Aufgrund der sehr neugierigen App und der Tatsache das gewisse Farben in unterschiedlichen Baumrkten nicht bekannt sind und des relativ hohen Gertepreises werden es dann letztendlich “nur” vier Sterne fr eine recht ntzliche Spielerei.
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Cet outil est vraiment une rvolution dans le domaine de la peinture.
De pouvoir donner un nom bien dfinie sur une peinture et ainsi gagner du temps sur la/les recherche(s), c’est vraiment le top.
Un trs bon produit compatible sur votre smartphone sous l’application ColorReader.
Niveau prix, il reste cependant assez onreux, mais il fait gagner normment de temps.
Produit que je recommande.