Color Blind Pal

Color Blind Pal helps people who are color blind see the colors around them.

Color Blind Pal

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Version: 1.1.1 (Last updated: 2024-08-13)
Creation date: 2016-03-28
Permissions
Camera: take pictures and videos

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App summary

Color Blind Pal helps people who are color blind see the colors around them. It also lets people with normal vision see what it's like to be color blind.

Want to know what color something is? Now you don't need to ask a friend - just open the Color Inspector to get a descriptive name, like "bold brown".

Want to see all colors more clearly? Use the Color Filter to shift colors that are hard to distinguish toward colors that you can easily distinguish. It'll be as easy for you to spot an orange pumpkin in a green field as it is for everyone else. Or, do you have normal color vision and want to know what someone who's color blind sees? The Color Filter can also simulate any type of color blindness. Open the preferences (with the ⓘ button) to select your color blindness type.

Press "Inspecting Color" or "Filtering Colors" to switch between the two modes.

Simply open the app and point your device's camera at what you want to see! If someone gives you a green form and a yellow form and asks you to fill out the green one, open the Color Inspector to tell which is which. If you're struggling to read a color-coded map, use the Color Filter to make the colors easy to distinguish.

With Color Blind Pal, you can do the following and much more:
* Find out exactly what any color is
* Read any color-coded map, chart, or graph
* Pass a color vision test (it turns out there really are numbers in those dots!)

Color Blind Pal is packed with powerful features to make sure you never need anyone else's help seeing colors.

Additional features in the Color Inspector include:
* Choose between different types of names for a color, including Common names, Scientific names, and Colloquial names (like "beige")
* See the color's hue, saturation, and value, as well as its exact RGB color code
* Freeze the camera and inspect different colors across the image

Additional features in the Color Filter include:
* Highlight a selected color
* Select a color by pressing it on the screen or by dragging the color spectrum slider
* Draw a stripe pattern over all reddish colors so you can tell what color everything is without changing the colors
* Freeze the camera and experiment with different filters to get an exact sense of what the image really looks like
* Hide all the buttons on the screen so your device becomes a portal through which you see the world in richer color

Don't be held back by color blindness ever again - get Color Blind Pal today!

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Google Play Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Helpful for color identification
  • Useful for accessibility in various fields like medicine and art
  • Effective in helping users differentiate colors in practical situations
  • Useful for educational purposes and homework assistance
Cons
  • Inaccurate color detection and naming
  • Lack of ability to analyze colors from saved images or screenshots
  • User interface and usability issues, such as crosshair visibility and zoom functionality
Most mentioned
  • Inaccuracy in color identification
  • Need for more functionality (like analyzing images from the gallery)
  • Usability concerns regarding controls and features
User reviews
This app has been a lifesaver while learning medicine. Histology is more accessible! I can see erythema more effectively! It also gives me much more accurate information about the specific color and filters more accurately than my Vino glasses (although those still gives me erythema finding superpowers)
by Joseph, 2024-10-19

Honestly, meh, but it's the only app of its kind I have found. To the person who complained of many colors being called 'dull orange' or 'dull brown', yes it does that. You can however click on advanced and then at least get the RGB values. I still wish it could identify colors in other apps or at least screenshots, not just with the live camera.
by Michael Novak, 2024-10-13

Great app, but needs some usability improvements. 1. Add ability to zoom into frozen camera snapshot. 2. On frozen snapshot, offset the cross-hair target with the finger touch-piont. This would let me see where the cross-hair target is really aiming. Right now, with the cross-hair target under my finger, i cannot see where the target is actually sampling from.
by Arlin Sandbulte, 2024-09-06
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