Richard,
Will the colourino or the rainbow tell you the colour and/or the flashing 
status of LEDs?
Thanks, Sandy

sent from the dark side of the moon

> On 7 Feb 2017, at 14:07, Richard Turner <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> In the world of standalone color identifiers, yes the Colorino is very good.  
> Also the Rainbow 2 by Emerson Electronics is also very good for basic colors 
> and costs about $50 less than the Colorino.
> 
> However, if you want to know if your shirt has a pattern, you will need 
> either sighted assistance or use an app like iDentifi or TapTapSee.
> 
> They will usually also tell you that it is blue, white, red, green flowers or 
> whatever.
> Granted, the color accuracy with the iPhone camera is not as good as the 
> stand alone devices, but it can get you roughly in the ball park.
> 
> If you truly want accurate color identification you will have to have a 
> sighted person assist you in labelling the clothes in some form.
> Digit-Eyes makes great labels that can be sown into a garment and you can 
> record as detailed a description as you like, but that is fairly time 
> intensive.
> 
> This is all up to each person's level of detail they wish to know.
> 
> I have to admit, while I test all these things for clients, I cheat and just 
> have my sighted wife tell me what something is and whether they go together.  
> What can I say, I'm lazy, grin.
> 
> If I was on my own again, I would go the Digit-Eyes label route or cut my 
> wardrobe back to what it was in my single days where everything matched so it 
> didn't matter.  I figure since my wife wanted me to dress in more colors, it 
> is her job to keep things straight, ha, ha.
> 
> Later,
> Richard
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of 
> Sieghard Weitzel
> Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2017 5:52 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: color identifier app
> 
> The best option is still a good old stand-alone colour identifier like the 
> Colorino, it does I think 150 colours, but it speaks them as understandable 
> colours and not like whatever weird names they come up with like the one you 
> mentioned. The Colorino will say maybe "Intensive Red" or something like 
> that, but pretty clear what it means and much more reliable than anything you 
> can get for the iPhone. They do also seem to last since I had mine for 
> probably 15 years and all I ever do is to replace the batteries maybe once a 
> year.
> 
> Regards,
> Sieghard
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of 
> Mike Ulrich
> Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2017 3:24 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: color identifier app
> 
> Which color identifying app will announce basic primary colors?
> I've tried apps that announce colors like: Royal Canadian Mist".
> So what color is that?
> See what I'm saying?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of 
> Richard Turner
> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2017 6:09 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: color identifier app
> 
> 
> also iDentifi does a good job. but you need to know that none of them are 
> going to be anywhere near what a sighted person sees, especially with 
> patterns or different shades.
> But either app, TapTapSee or iDentifi will be close, depending on lighting of 
> course.
> Richard
> 
> 
> 
> "I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when 
> there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it." - Terry Pratchett
> 
>> On Feb 6, 2017, at 8:13 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Yes, it is Tap Tap See.  It is free with unlimited for now.  Hope this help 
>> you.  Scott Dollar 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>> On Feb 6, 2017, at 10:04 PM, Wayne Scott <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Is there a free and very accessible color identifier app out there?
>>> 
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