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color picker app
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How HN took it
5 positive, 15 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 24 comments about the project. Thread score +0.07.
Pricing: 3 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 3 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Well designed, easy-to-use UI
From 3 comments
Been using this for a month, the app is very well designed, and $5 is nothing compared to joy I get by collecting colours during commute and sharing the exact code when I am…
bakli on HNJust playing with it for 2min I can already tell it’s easily worth $3.99 for me. I love the UI—well done.
tpowell on HNWell done, website looks great! I will check out the app when I get a chance
jamil7 on HN
Worth the price
From 2 comments
Been using this for a month, the app is very well designed, and $5 is nothing compared to joy I get by collecting colours during commute and sharing the exact code when I am…
bakli on HNJust playing with it for 2min I can already tell it’s easily worth $3.99 for me. I love the UI—well done.
tpowell on HN
Objections
Lighting conditions strongly affect the detected color
From 2 comments
That sounds neat! I'm just wondering how much lighting affects its decision? Edit: just saw you mention about a grey card too, for calibration which sounds cool
anfractuosity on HNUser of initial version of the app here. This was my main issue with the app. Lighting conditions influenced the shot color significantly. Curious to learn from the author if the…
bastijn on HN
Averaging the inner circle gives washed-out colors
From 1 comment
Doesn't that tend to give you washed out colours, though?
DagAgren on HN
Price not shown on the website
From 1 comment
It’s $5 for the app, which the website fails to mention.
KMnO4 on HN
Requests
Support RAL colors
From 1 comment
Sounds like a great app, if it would also map PANTONe colors with RAL colours and we are done :)
wdb on HN
Support other color spaces such as Display-P3 and Adobe RGB
From 1 comment
Small suggestions (just based on the website copy): consider supporting other colour spaces, like Display-P3, DCI-P3, Adobe RGB, CIE... not sure what the source data from the…
lstamour on HN
Extract complementary colors and palettes from a photo
From 1 comment
Super cool! Purchased. This may be beyond the scope of the project, but it would be cool if it could create buckets from a photo by automatically pulling out complementary and…
justusthane on HN
Questions
How the app compensates for lighting and differences between phone cameras
From 2 comments
How do you compensate for lighting conditions and differences between different phones' cameras when identifying pantone colours? I'd expect Pantone to be precious about that…
michaelt on HNThat sounds neat! I'm just wondering how much lighting affects its decision? Edit: just saw you mention about a grey card too, for calibration which sounds cool
anfractuosity on HN
How much the PANTONE license costs
From 1 comment
Curious. How much does it cost to license?
colejohnson66 on HN
Alternatives named
PANTONE CAPSURE hardware device
From 2 comments
Nice! Interesting you were able to agree on licensing with PANTONE®, considering they sell a (very underwhelming) hardware device called CAPSURE™ that has a similar premise:…
fwr on HNThis may be a stupid question, considering PANTONE sells a ridiculously expensive devices for similar purpose. Would someday PANTONE revoke the license so we could no longer use…
ksec on HN
RAL color system
From 1 comment
Sounds like a great app, if it would also map PANTONe colors with RAL colours and we are done :)
wdb on HN