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Review on 🎨 Datacolor ColorReader – Instantly Identify Paint Color: Optimal Tool for DIY, Painters, Designers, and Facility Managers by Jesse Hughes

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Use it all the time - love it!

Really big colored eyes! I'm an interior designer so I use it all the time. The app is easy to use and I love the ability to save and upload colors to the client. The color is damn accurate, I "tested" it thoroughly at my house and it was funny, the colors we bought direct from Ben Moore are 100% accurate. Those where we had Ben Moore's colors matching Sherwin Williams mostly had a closer result of Sherwin Williams with the color we matched as one of the smaller match results or even two options. Sherwin Williams Sherwin Williams color is accurate. To me, this is more of a proof that another vendor's color match isn't the most accurate, not that the reader is wrong. It's also very handy for extracting colors from fabrics, artworks or items that customers already have. I love this little tool and always have it in my pocket. It never loses a charge, soda exploded in my pocket and I went insane trying to dry it out. it was perfectly normal. Personally I don't think I'll be using the Pro version with the display, it's a great extra and the app is so useful and handy for storing things that I don't think it's worth it.

Pros
  • Great price
Cons
  • Doubtful