I've downloaded and used a few of these color identifying apps, and I don't think they work well enough to use at all. They title basic colors with strange names and just don't seem that reliable for me. So I recently purchased a small device known as The Rainbow II; color identifier and light detector. I bought it from Amazon for $70.00 plus about $4.00 shipping. I think this is by far, the absolute best color id and light detector on the market today. This little thing even blows the Colorino away. It's only about two inches tall, one and a quarter inch wide and one half inch thick. Plus on the top it has a one and a half inch strap with a key ring. Very handy and it works lightning fast. Just hold the bottom of the unit right down on the object in question, and press the large tactile button. Bingo! Less than one second and it verbally tells you the color! I think one of the reasons that smart phone color ID apps don't work too well; is you hold the camera up and off of the object in question. Allowing light and shadows to affect the reading. With the Rainbow, you press the unit right on said object in question. So no light or shadows to play with.
If you point it at a suspected light source and press the button; it'll say for instance, if I point it up at my kitchen's fluorescent ceiling lights; "Green Light". Now point it at my kitchen table's table lamp, with a regular old light bulb in it, and it'll say "Yellow Light". I use my Rainbow every day with zero problems and find its accuracy 100%! I can't tell you how many free color ID apps, and some pay color ID apps I've tried in the past, with crap results. The Rainbow II is great and you can put it on your key ring. one and three quarters inch tall, -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Whitehead Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2017 7:02 AM To: Viphone List Subject: IOS Apps; Good morning all; A friend asked me to find out, which apps are the best for reporting color, and to find whether there's lights on or not. Have a good day Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
