ColorVisor Color Identifier - Color recognition on the iPhone
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"The Cadillac of color recognition apps."
in AppleVis Podcast "Color Recognition Apps: Part 1 - ColorVisor".
The ColorVisor detects colors in your environment by using the cameras that are built into your device. Additionally, the app supports scanning colors in photos and images. ColorVisor identifies the color’s name and its components in RGB and HSB. If you like the color, you can store it, add notes, fine-tune the color component values, or even change the color name. The free creating of new colors of your own choice is also possible. Complete VoiceOver is supported.
Features
- Color identification via built in device cameras
- Color identification in photos and images
- Different color palettes for identifying the names of only basic colorsµ or differentiated color shades
- Full VoiceOver support
- Color components are presented in RGB and HSB
- Creation of new colors
- Detected colors can be stored and edited
- Creation of new colors in RGB and HSB
- iCloud support for stored and newly created colors
- Take photos with controllable image quality inside the app
- Loading and saving of photos from and into the device photo library
- Torch support if it is available on the device
New features in version 2.0;
- Visual and acoustical feedback when the camera adopts to the environmental conditions
- Different color palettes for identifying the names of only basic colorsµ or differentiated color shades
- It is now possible to edit the name and color family of stored colors
- Control over the quality of photos taken inside the ColorVisor
- Several settings to control the verbosity of VoiceOver announcements during color detection
- CMYK has been replaced by HSB
- Automatic white balance control has been dropped
Please note: Color recognition strongly relies on the camera capabilities of your device and the surrounding light conditions.
System Requirements
The ColorVisor runs on all iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches that provide at least one camera and that provide iOS version 5.0 or later. Currently this are the following:
- iPhone 5, 4S, 4, and 3GS
- iPod touch 4th and 5th generation
- iPad 2 and the new iPad (in iPhone mode)
On the iPad 2 and the new iPad, the ColorVisor runs in the iPhone mode.
The iPhone 3GS, the iPod touch, and the iPads do not support a torch mode for their cameras. Therefore, scanning colors under bad light conditions is not advisable.
User Manual
The User Manual describes in detail all functions and views of the ColorVisor.
Support
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