Lois,
Which one do you have? The rainbow or the other one?
Thanks so much, Sandy

sent from the dark side of the moon

> On 8 Feb 2017, at 10:01, Lois Butterfield <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Sandy,
> 
> Yes, it will.  I use it on my washer dial to tell me which light is lit.  I 
> just wish it came to more of a point.  The end of it is about an inch and a 
> half by a half inch, and the lens is in the middle, indented.
> 
> I absolutely love it for identifying colors and have had it for years.
> 
> Take care,
> Lois
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone
> Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2017 4:30 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: color identifier app
> 
> 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
>>> 
>>>> 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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