I've given up on all of them.  I use a stand alone model I bought from Maxiaids 
about eight years ago. It still works reliably. For over $100, it should.

>From what I understand, there is no way an I Phone app will ever be able to 
>reliably identify colors.  Someone out there with some technical knowledge can 
>hopefully explain why this is. 
Tom Frank
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On Aug 4, 2013, at 7:18 PM, Cliff Self <[email protected]> wrote:

> In this case I was outdoors in full sunlight.  Any app that can't 
> discriminate a color in that situation is suspect, if not fully unreliable.
>  
> Cliff
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Chittenden
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2013 4:00 PM
> Subject: Re: Best color identifier?
> 
> On Friday evening, I was at a dance. The lights were on. I started asking a 
> lady what colour various articles of clothing I was wearing were. Several 
> times, she was not sure. She said the lighting in the hall caused a different 
> shading, so she couldn't tell very well.
> 
> Now, if a sighted person has difficulty and variability based on lighting and 
> other factors, how can we expect a colour ID app to do better? It really 
> depends on many factors.
> 
> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
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> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On 05/08/2013, at 10:46, "Cliff Self" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Any suggestions for the best one out there?  Currently I have Color ID, but 
>> it's less than reliable.  Just now it told me my skin was purplish blue.  
>> Either there's something terribly wrong with me or with the app, and I feel 
>> pretty healthy, so I suspect the latter.
>>  
>> Cliff
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