color muse Reviews

by Tinyshark84

Can't use a photo to select color. Keep asking me to connect scanning device. The point of colormuse was to get vendor colors from a photo. Fail.

by DoctorTBass

Crashes the phone hard if you try to screen shot the scan data.

by Rigsmas

Everything was great until the new update. I do not like it all. Too complicated

by Radar1234

New version of app is terrible. Way too many steps to get going.

1st step: Select create account or login.
2nd step: use your email and password to sign in and click submit.
3rd step: select your region (North America)
4th step: select package (paint and coatings)
5th step: shows you a tutorial that you have to skip
6th step: click on “connect device”
7th step: click on your listed device
8th step: click on “calibrate device”

Only then, can you start scanning. This is absurd. Preposterous. What other app do you use that requires this many steps to get going? What app requires your entire email and password every. single. time??

by Very_clever_nickname_goes_HERE

I bought this for the usual application: find suitable paint at the paint store to match my walls. But every part of the wall i tested came back with a different result?! And where i previously tried to color-match by eye (and failed visibly) colormuse reported that only a super-human would spot a difference. I beg to differ. Will be returning the gadget with disappointment.

by Rdyornot

The ability to save the scanned color instead of just the paint matches would be very useful.

by Rickatolla

I like the compare function a lot. I like how it breaks the two comparison colors down to lab, lch, rgb, & cmyk.

I just wish that they added a graphic arts function.

by Dh868

The Sept 2020 app update prevents access to the history of previously scanned colors or comparing colors until an account is created. The previous app version allowed access to both without an account. Removing access to force account creation is annoying behavior for an app that is supporting a piece of hardware that was purchased from the company. colormuse should be facilitating use of the color muse, not obstructing use and collecting email addresses.

Also, after creating an account, the display of previously scanned colors only shows 4 or 5 on the screen at one time and the hex RGB codes (e.g. #B2A334) are not displayed. The previous app showed 24 colors on the screen with the RGB codes. The new app does allow adding notes to the scanned colors and downloading a spreadsheet with all the color info including the RGB codes, which are nice features. Displaying additional color info with the scans would be a useful improvement.

The 3 star review is for the Sept 2020 app, the Color Muse tool rates 5 stars - it’s small, quick, and reasonably accurate.

by Justicegirl01

I actually had the name of the paint chip that it scanned it only gave it one star for being a match. Maybe there is a way to do this that I don’t know about to have an accurate but it doesn’t seem to be working the way I thought it would.

by Eaykb

So much functionality removed to force us to have an account.

by KRO51

Had damaged a wall that was covered in 30 year old paint from a defunct company. Used the color muse which scanned and gave results that I could take to Home Depot and have a custom mix. When I brought the paint home it appeared way off, but I did some touch test work. Once it dried, the paint was dead on! We are completely sold on colormuse and device!

by Fantails

I work in interior design, and so I need to pull a paint color from something random a lot. A LOT. This lil tool + app is a lifesaver!

One request: it would be incredibly helpful to pull the PMS (Pantone Matching System) colors from a scan. It would make working with graphic designers much easier!!

by Xxxcandy

Use go matching paint at work.

by Fauxvirho

I love colormuse besides the crash I experience after I scan a color, then click coordinating colors, select a color scheme, and then try to click the suggested color.

by Pbraff

So happy that you now have Pantone in your app. Price is very affordable. Especially since the fandecks can be expensive and must rebuy every two years.

by Big Bease

I bought this for my wife about a year ago. We played with it some, but we had already repainted our house, so it was more of a gimmick. We recently bought a new house and this little thing has come in very handy. I have tested it against paint samples and it has matched every one of them. I used it on the walls that have been painted for 2 years and it provided me with the correct paint color we used so we could patch holes. It is also handy to keep the color palette on so we have the colors at hand whenever we are out and about.

by Barbera

I’m so impressed with this whole thing app is amazing!! It’s so easy to use so fast and so extensive! Well done great app highly recommend!

by Attt444

was able to search paints quickly. tested with some paint cards i have and the right colors came up. useful tool

by Flight Fan

Works phenomenally! Just needs an Apple Watch App which would allow me to log colors on the job site even faster.

by SweetSolitude98

Nice app, nice features.