Hi all,
Did you ever go to the store and purchase a garment that you were told was a certain color only to get home to find out they didn't sell you the color you wanted. Well, it happens all the time based on the type of lighting in the store. I bought a chair once being a caramel color only to have it delivered and find out it was more like a chocolate. In the store it was in the window in the sun and, at my place, it happened to be in a room with much less lighting. Bottom line is that you will never get a machine to be accurate if a human brain can't be. I have also found that my stand alone color identifier is much more reliable than any app for the IPhone. I haven't found one yet that I can count on. I haven't erased them yet just in case someone comes up with a miracle update but that hasn't happened yet and I don't expect it to happen anytime soon. My trusty standalone model can be counted on except for shades of beige. It comes up with light grey olive green but, at least, it is consistent so I know that is a shade of beige. If it comes up with very light brown, it can be a dark shade of beige. Like anything else, one day they will improve. Who in this world expected that one day, a blind person would be able to do so much with his or her phone. Just a thought Ron & Danvers Falling down is part of LIFE... Getting back up is LIVING... Read Bria and McKenna's account of their cruise to the Panama Canal at: <http://www.chrisandron.com> http://www.chrisandron.com"; From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cliff Self Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2013 7:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Best color identifier? In this case I was outdoors in full sunlight. Any app that can't discriminate a color in that situation is suspect, if not fully unreliable. Cliff ----- Original Message ----- From: David Chittenden <mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2013 4:00 PM Subject: Re: Best color identifier? On Friday evening, I was at a dance. The lights were on. I started asking a lady what colour various articles of clothing I was wearing were. Several times, she was not sure. She said the lighting in the hall caused a different shading, so she couldn't tell very well. Now, if a sighted person has difficulty and variability based on lighting and other factors, how can we expect a colour ID app to do better? It really depends on many factors. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: [email protected] Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 05/08/2013, at 10:46, "Cliff Self" <[email protected]> wrote: Any suggestions for the best one out there? Currently I have Color ID, but it's less than reliable. Just now it told me my skin was purplish blue. Either there's something terribly wrong with me or with the app, and I feel pretty healthy, so I suspect the latter. Cliff -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing [email protected]. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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