Color Analyzer

Jens Peter Vester

About this app

Want to know more about the color you are looking at?

ColorAnalyzer lets you pick a color using the camera and gives you back the red, green and blue (RGB) components and name of the color.

The color under the cross hairs is shown in a continuously updated section of the display. When you have just the right color, click the "Analyze" button and get the red, green and blue components of the color as well as the name of the closest color in the Wikipedia List of Colors.

The color being analyzed is the color you see on the display:

* No flash is used because this changes the color.
* No waiting for auto focus etc.

Note that the color being analyzed is the representation of the color as seen by the camera under the present light conditions. The intensity and color of the light on the surface being analyzed and the properties of the camera sensor has great impact on the outcome of the analysis.

Ratings and reviews

This app works great, it's simple to use and is great for people like me who are color blind. The only thing I would like to see different is the option to display color names in basic color names. Since I'm color blind names like Timberwolf, Urobilin, Umber or Carnelian mean nothing to me and what in the world is Fuzzy Wuzzy, Googling these names doesn't always help. The color values help but I may not always get it right. Also doesn't focus close up and would be nice if you could zoom in.

Thank you for this useful app. It is free, has no ads, and is simple.

Completely wrong

What’s new

The size of the cross hairs and the color sample area is now proportional to the screen dimensions.