Color Name AR Reviews

by Steven Dempsey

While ColorNameAR is pretty sophisticated as far as identifying color is concerned, I was very disappointed to find that when I purchased it on my iPhone, I was asked to purchase it again on my iPad. There is nowhere to “restore purchases” on my iPad. Also, the iPad version does not rotate so your are stuck using it in vertical mode which seems really odd to me given how mature ColorNameAR is and the fact that so many people use their iPad in landscape mode these days. The other glaring function that’s missing is the ability to zoom in. This is basically a deal breaker for me. In order to identify smaller patches of color accurately, I have to make a copy of the image in another app and crop into the area where I want to check the color. I contacted the developer a few days ago about all this (especially about the limitation of devices with my purchase) but they have not responded. Overall, I’m very disappointed.

EDIT: I’m reducing my review by another star because the developer has been completely unresponsive to my emails.

by Gretta76

I have been unable to cancel this subscription because the “cancel my subscription” button doesn’t appear on my iPhone. While support resources say this means ColorNameAR has already been cancelled and won’t auto renew, I have been charged for the past three months with no option to end the auto-renew through Apple or through ColorNameAR itself. I had to call my bank to dispute the recurring charges and block the specific transaction amount from Apple for ColorNameAR.

by Mary Ann 1977

I was excited when I found ColorNameAR. I scrapbook and I have hundreds of shades of paper. I want to categorize them accordingly to color. When I used ColorNameAR , it shows the color family but it was never right. The color of the paper never stopped on a certain color. It just continuously flipped through color names. It never gave me a specific name. I tried it several different ways. I thought it was the lighting..that didn’t work. I would definitely give it a better rank if it had worked properly.

by Newyork_city_quotes

I am an artist who used to use ColorNameAR religiously while painting, however, lately i realize that some features no longer work. I am able to identify different colors of an image however nothing happens when i click the white tab that should direct me to a screen providing information on what color combinations will help me achieve the pigment i have selected. please fix this !!!!!

by FredMorrison

Just when I started to give ColorNameAR a 5-star review, the very first time I selected a color from the Library to get the R,G,B value, a large icon with the letters DE in the middle covers up the RGB values on the far right of the screen, with no way to dismiss/remove it or drag it out of the way.

This appears to be a one-time/first-time annoyance when using an iPhone 11 Pro running iOS 13.6 because it has not happened again.

I would take a screenshot to help the developer but cannot recreate the issue, thus my speculation that it is a first-use type of glitch/annoyance, perhaps as part of the advertisements in the free version.

by GC@314

Okay, this is a VERY well crafted app and I really like the way it works. HOWEVER, and this is a very big dealbreaker, there are simply far too many color variations that are completely meaningless with my colorblindness. Something simple, like maybe a FEW varieties of brown, or blue, or yellow, or green etc.

Just an couple of early examples: Amaranth...Arsenic...!?! Seriously, this level of characterization is utterly lost to me. Is it green, red, brown...who knows.

It’s well crafted but totally over engineered.

by Calm Weather

My blind daughter tried to use ColorNameAR to help select her clothing choices to get dressed. ColorNameAR picks up the color but identifying a color as “Shadow” or some of the other indecipherable names provides no service. No idea the color that is supposed to be. Enable a feature that allows the user to restrict the color library and has ColorNameAR select the name that is closest to the colors remaining in the library. That would be worth something.

by Alyactor

First off, ColorNameAR is really great. I have never seen another one like it. This was a lot of fun to mess around with up until the new update. Instead of saying a real color, it just says a common one. For example; let’s say I pointed the camera on a brown item. ColorNameAR would just say “brown family,” but the old version would say something like Dark Carmel. It just doesn’t make ColorNameAR fun or useful anymore.

by Fr Kxn

I don’t know why but I download ColorNameAR just give a thing to do. Somehow in some way I am just entertained throughout the whole app. I like colors for some reason, it’s just so…cool to see the colors of nature! It’s…satisfying. It’s a great app to free you’re boredom. Although a lot of people aren’t interested in these types of apps. They’re helpful to the color blind,I hope to see more apps like these! -𝚊 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞’𝚛 𝚊𝚙𝚙-

by Edebuskvol

It's a really cool app that could really help the color blind understand what different colors are. The free version isn't that bad and there's not too many adds so that you can't use it. The only problem is that colors can look totally different due to lighting and it doesn't factor that in but I mean it's not that big a deal and it's great regardless.

by Nikki24731

Works well, does what it says, it takes a picture or you select a picture, you pin drop the area of color you want and it gives you a name among other resources. I wish it could do the reverse though, put in numbers for the hex and show the color. I don’t know if that’s an option on pro though. Overall it’s a good app

by Josh 17254820

I used to hate the tens, hundreds, if not millions of different colors I would get off one clearly blue shirt such as aqua, teal, goalpost, tea kettle, onyx, Ferrell Cat, lavender, salmon, lilac, etc. but now with the update I wish I could give ten stars! It is so simple to use now. I absolutely love the simplified version you have put out now. I was using it before but always had a very difficult time. After the update it is like an entirely new app!! Good work! No offense to people that need to know the above colors but I’m a simple person.

by Canton, Ga

I am very happy that I purchased ColorNameAR! I have red/green color blindness and like to dress up, and now I won’t have to ask about blue/purple and red/green/brown issues when dressing myself or shopping! I highly recommend ColorNameAR to my fellow color blind peeps! Well worth the purchase!

by SamGuitarman

Great app for studying varying colors, coupling colors. Those who need names to any color here is your color dictionary. Just put any picture in and ColorNameAR does rest to give you the exact name of a color. Perhaps it’s a bedroom wall you want to paint and given the name through ColorNameAR take the name or photo swatch of that color to the paint store where they can mix up an exact paint batch. Want to know what was the color on some celebrities dress enter a photo of the celebrity with dress and voile the name of that color appears. A ton of ideas if you put your mind to it.

by Cl0wnz Mythgirl

ColorNameAR is the best I was gonna paint a bunny mask magenta then I learned it was actually not magenta and I’m just crazy XD there’s only one thing I’m sad it doesn’t have I wish it could tell me all the colors on the photo somewhere or maybe it does and I haven’t found it yet. Other than that great app!

by Etart333

Why haven’t I thought to look for ColorNameAR sooner.
I’ve had it for about a min and so far I love it.
Not sure I can swing the pro version but my inclination is to pounce on it. 10 clams is a bit steep for me at the moment while not working for obvious reasons. But thank you for it, all who had a hand.

by Shervette Designs

I’m giving ColorNameAR three stars because it is my first time using it. I will review it again at a later date after I’ve used it more and applied the color selections to my designs. I’m curious as to how accurate the color will be when I see them on my computer and in print.

by Artdemos

UPDATE: Whatever bug was giving me that problem has been resolved. I’m using it daily (I’m a small manufacturer of watercolor) and have used it to name colors when my brain is too overwhelmed thinking of new names.

I took a photo of a pair of tan leather hiking boots and four times it said it was pastel green. Should I believe it or my lying 🤥 eyes??

by Senior Monk 22

I am visually impaired, actually 100% blind. I will have been blind for 22 years in about two weeks from today. And this is one of the easiest and I would say most accurate color identification programs I have ever used. I tested it with a few known pieces of clothing to test its accuracy.

by Fan Forever Of Music

I love ColorNameAR. It’s made me a better painter. It teaches me what the colors actually are in the photos and now my paintings look more professional. I didn’t give it a 5 star because I wish I had the option to be able to blow up the image inside ColorNameAR . Otherwise I love it.

by TMBass

I am color blind. This is a significant disadvantage for me. I am looking for a color identification app that gives the color family. Example chartreuse might be a name an artist that is color abled might use for a certain hue of green. I just need to know it’s green. You can still give the names you have but qualify the basic color family. “This is chartreuse which is in the Green family.

by Big Bopper II

I’m color blind, so I was hoping to find an app that would help me identify colors. Unfortunately this one has too many unfamiliar names for colors. I trie my coffee mug and my mouse pad as tests. Neither is a solid color but the mug is blue (I’m told) and the pad is blue. ColorNameAR called the mug different greens and pad som goofy names. (What color is Cadet?). I’ll keep it for now.

by SWKKWS

ColorNameAR is two stars because if you hover your device over one object for awhile, it never makes a decision on what color the object is. The words that read what color the object is, is changing every millisecond so ColorNameAR is useless because you never find out what color the object is

by Mattbehrens

Neat concept, but I can point ColorNameAR at a wall that looks like a pretty solid color to me and the sample always reads darker for some reason. It might need some better color sampling logic. Additionally, if you hold on the screen while checking colors, it flickers wildly and doesn’t seem to be looking at where you’re touching at all. Not sure what’s going on there.

by Fredswall

This is a very helpful app for me. I am an artist painter and have trouble identifying colors sometimes. I like that the color has a name and below the RGB mixture. I find it easier to work with CMYK and suggest adding that. It would be a help to me.

by Emi121516

I just downloaded ColorNameAR . It wasn’t what I was looking for, but it was a great way to have fun. I figured out what actual color was my eye. This is a fun and helpful app.

by ZombieHunter1970

I am blown away with ColorNameAR. I’m someone who is colorblind and happens to work in the “IT” department of a major company. I have relied on a friendly xo-worker to help me identify colors. Which is lame and feels crappy. This allows me to properly identify colors without relying upon someone to do it for me. Thank you! Honestly—- i appreciate that someone finally did this

by Dear Boi

A very very intuitive system, allows you to pinpoint an exact point on a camera roll photo and get the RGB and color name immediately. If you use RGB values at any point, ColorNameAR is a must have. 10/10

by Cbassss619

The basic uses of the free version is acceptable. It detects colors from images in my camera roll. Unfortunately, the more “nice to have features” are locked behind the pro version.

by No Other Nickname Worked

I tried to test on multiple different colors and it said cyan. Giving them five stars because ColorNameAR gets really good reviews and it may just be a glitch or something.

by Artlvnanita

I’m a digital and surface pattern designer and love to work with lots of colors. One of the most difficult tasks is naming colors for product listings. Not anymore! ColorNameAR is so easy to use and loads of fun to play with!