What happened to make it worse?
I used an older version of this app years ago (2017) to help me plan out a multiple color paint job in a room.
I have a friend who just bought a house and is repainting. I had a good experience back then, so I recommended it to her and showed my own excellent before/after pictures using the app.
However, trying out this new version is giving a much worse experience. I’m only able to do one color at a time. It leaves horrible white edging, and the colors bleed from the wall into the ceiling and floor if I turn up the fill. I’m sorry I ever recommended it to her first without double checking it first.
I have a friend who just bought a house and is repainting. I had a good experience back then, so I recommended it to her and showed my own excellent before/after pictures using the app.
However, trying out this new version is giving a much worse experience. I’m only able to do one color at a time. It leaves horrible white edging, and the colors bleed from the wall into the ceiling and floor if I turn up the fill. I’m sorry I ever recommended it to her first without double checking it first.
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Gives access to all your photos
There is no way to just select specific photos without then going back to settings section of your phone each time to reselect different photos. You have to give the app access to every photo on your phone, or if you don’t then you have to go out of the app each time and go to settings and allow different photos, then go back to the app. Takes an eternity. Since i dont want to share every photo it makes the app totally unusable. Once you select initial photos within the app you can’t go back and just select new ones, without changing phone settings each time.
The Pinterest link just goes to an error page after I log in to Pinterest so that part doesn’t work either. Super bummed because the one picture I was able to upload brought up beautiful paint colors. But I don’t want to share all my photos just to use the app for a few photos. Needs a better option to allow for data privacy and still use the app!
I should at least be able to go to the camera section and click “select new photos” or “add photos” or something. It only shows the previous ones with no option to add unless you do it in the phone settings separately then come back to the app.
The Pinterest link just goes to an error page after I log in to Pinterest so that part doesn’t work either. Super bummed because the one picture I was able to upload brought up beautiful paint colors. But I don’t want to share all my photos just to use the app for a few photos. Needs a better option to allow for data privacy and still use the app!
I should at least be able to go to the camera section and click “select new photos” or “add photos” or something. It only shows the previous ones with no option to add unless you do it in the phone settings separately then come back to the app.
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Room for improvement
The colors groups are Amazing!! Once you select a possible color you also get alternative options that are same color but different gradients AND they give you all of the information you need to purchase the color selected. HOWEVER. the section of the app that allows you to take a picture and try the paint on the walls is useless, app crashes immediately. So you do still need to try the paint before you buy to truly see the color in comparison to its surroundings to ensure how the color matches. But with all the colors this app has, it definitely at least narrows it down heavily and I will highly recommend to everyone.
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Helpful with caveats
It is nice to take a photo of your room and compare various colors to see how they work with your living space. However the coloring in is glitchy so only an approximation as does not allow for fine tuning, ledges gaps or over-paints into lamp shades and ceilings etc. be AWARE the color on your screen is NOT an exact match of the color in the paint. My best advice is to take the color photo of the color you like and visit the store. Compare the screen color to the sample strips at the store. I found that the color I lived on the app did not look the same at the store, but could use the app picture (screen capture) to compare to the strips at the store and find my color.
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Flaky App
So far, I find the best way to use this app is to import your photo into Photoshop, then use the select tool for an area that you want to match, then use the filter, blur average in order to get the average color across the area. then send the photo to your phone in order to use the app. From this app, you can access the photo and then sample the average area that you created.
(and yes, it would make more sense if you could just do that in the app and also if the app did not freeze and lose photos)
(and yes, it would make more sense if you could just do that in the app and also if the app did not freeze and lose photos)
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Project color review
My family and I have been thinking about repainting or living room ever since we moved into new house. My grandma recently told me about an app where you can test to see how certain colors look in your room. After downloading this app I am here to write an honest review. I think this app is the closest that you can get to the concept. But I still feel like I can’t get the whole picture. I feel as though it is hard for me to tell what the difference is between my actually walls and the color on my screen
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Shotty at best
The fact these benefits of the app do not function 100% of the time is a problem. The screen freezes on iOS without any apps running in background. No updates or anything available. I pick a color and roll the dice if I can color match or try the paint color on the photo of a room. And don’t get me started on data sharing. It should be something you the company or app developer ask for, not just get by default. Total garbage. This app has a lot of cool benefits but definitely does not deliver. I’ve tried it multiple times. Uninstalling, and giving shot at shot it’s proven to be a waste of time.
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Exactly what I was looking for…
This app is so simple and easy to use (much easier than the mobile website). I love that you can browse and save your favorites without creating an account. It’s also helpful that they have some default pictures of a kitchen, bedroom, etc that you can use to get an idea of what the color looks like in different rooms and on a large scale. You can also use a photo of your own space if you’d like.
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Great concept, some minor annoyances
The app is okay. I was unable to select a photo to use to see how paint would look on the wall. I was only able to take a picture and use that. When trying different paint colors, it doesn’t take you back to the color palette you were just at. It takes you to the top 50 every time and you have to find the color all over every time which is a pain. Just some minor tweaks and it would be great.
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More helpful then I thought!
I love this app! It made making the decision more easier for me, at first I didn’t think much of it now I can’t stop using it! Helps with everything would will everything you would need to make your house the way you want it to be!
I am color blind this is god sent thank you Home Depot I am lost for words
I have always had a very hard time seeing color, since I’ve been a child. I’ve tried on those color blind glasses, and they just confused me. I started to paint/art and it’s almost impossible….. until now. I want to say thank you to home depot for making this app, I’ve downloaded so many apps over the years and none compares to this app. I can’t believe I can take photos of things and it tells me what colors they are!!!!!!!
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Make it better
I only gave it 2 stars because it’s more useful than having nothing at all, but really should be 1 star due to difficulty and glitchiness of actually using the app. They try to make it cool by filling in the color on the walls for you with just one tap, but with all the freezing/glitches it ends up being super time consuming to get a result. I ended up taking screenshots every time I chose a color because it was easier to freehand it with the iPhone photo Markup feature. (I was painting a piece of furniture in the room as well and seeing what color combos went well together)
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Limited functionality for a company with so much $
Have only been playing with this app for a few minutes and am already disappointed. I’m using an iPhone.
1. Color-in function for using your own photo looks messy and silly. Could do better in Microsoft Paint.
2. Only able to select saved photos from Camera Roll. No option to choose from a different photo folder (like Favorites).
3. Only able to import photos from primary Pinterest Boards, not the sub-boards. I have a Home board in Pinterest, and within that board I have sub-boards for each room. I can’t access those with the app.
4. Very limited color selection. There are whole categories of color that aren’t represented in the app. I did better picking up swatches from my local hardware store.
This app doesn’t do anything I wanted it for. Trash.
1. Color-in function for using your own photo looks messy and silly. Could do better in Microsoft Paint.
2. Only able to select saved photos from Camera Roll. No option to choose from a different photo folder (like Favorites).
3. Only able to import photos from primary Pinterest Boards, not the sub-boards. I have a Home board in Pinterest, and within that board I have sub-boards for each room. I can’t access those with the app.
4. Very limited color selection. There are whole categories of color that aren’t represented in the app. I did better picking up swatches from my local hardware store.
This app doesn’t do anything I wanted it for. Trash.
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Good idea- But app doesn’t work well
The idea is great, but the functionality of app is worthless. Here’s why:
1. I downloaded and used app for 15 minutes during which the app crashed 3 times. Had to reopen and start over again continuously.
2. Taking photos and allowing app to access certain photos worked fine. When looking over color swatches, the names of colors weren’t available to see (you’re going on small color swatch alone). Once you click on a color and it takes you to your chosen photo, there isn’t anyway to “undo” or “page back” if you don’t want that color.
E. G.- I accidentally tapped on one color swatch a few times because no names are given (until color is selected) and I wasn’t sure “which black color” in that row that I had already looked at. I didn’t realize I had selected the same color until I clicked on it and then I could see the color name. I had to exit out of the picture completely and restart process just to choose another color.
3. “Painting” the color onto photo. The tech is ok. It does leave a white outer line around “painted area”, so that can be distracting. I also had an actual paint swatch on the wall, so it had a white line around that swatch too.
4. Overall- the inability to go back to color sample options from photo (having to restart process over again & again) and the continually crashing makes this app not useful.
1. I downloaded and used app for 15 minutes during which the app crashed 3 times. Had to reopen and start over again continuously.
2. Taking photos and allowing app to access certain photos worked fine. When looking over color swatches, the names of colors weren’t available to see (you’re going on small color swatch alone). Once you click on a color and it takes you to your chosen photo, there isn’t anyway to “undo” or “page back” if you don’t want that color.
E. G.- I accidentally tapped on one color swatch a few times because no names are given (until color is selected) and I wasn’t sure “which black color” in that row that I had already looked at. I didn’t realize I had selected the same color until I clicked on it and then I could see the color name. I had to exit out of the picture completely and restart process just to choose another color.
3. “Painting” the color onto photo. The tech is ok. It does leave a white outer line around “painted area”, so that can be distracting. I also had an actual paint swatch on the wall, so it had a white line around that swatch too.
4. Overall- the inability to go back to color sample options from photo (having to restart process over again & again) and the continually crashing makes this app not useful.
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See it in your space feature is a joke
I downloaded this app because I recently bought a home and we are painting the whole house. I really like accent walls and different colors so I thought this app would help me visualize the colors we want to use. Well this feature doesn’t work at all. The colors look horrible on the walls, like someone took Microsoft Paint and painted color on a photo. Also there’s no way to just choose one wall. You pick an area with your finger and then use the slider for the coverage amount… it’s just so clunky and not intuitive at all.
I would think that Home Depot would have the resources to make a better app. Hopefully they fix it soon because it would be really cool idea to be able to visualize your paint before committing to it.
I would think that Home Depot would have the resources to make a better app. Hopefully they fix it soon because it would be really cool idea to be able to visualize your paint before committing to it.
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Great Idea, Some Kinks
I selected a few photos from my photo album, applied colors matched from my Pinterest Board, and was delighted with the results. I then tried to add another few photos from my album but I found no way to add photos except to take new ones. I deleted and reinstalled just to fix this oversight. Also, there should be a re-do button in addition to the un-do. Additionally, it would be nice if I could match a color, then view similar colors in a color wheel or grid, so I can try a shade lighter, darker, warmer, cooler, etc. But overall, a good app for free
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Good on iPhone, Terrrible on iPad
Although I love this app on my iPhone, it does not support iPad effectively. This color app does not rotate to support landscape orientation which is a huge disappointment on iPad because I generally have my iPad in landscape mode mounted in a holder or attached to the keyboard case and changing my entire usage pattern for just this one app is something I can do without.
I had also hoped to see the sample photo on one side, with the paint choices still visible on the other side, they could really take advantage of the extra real estate with this app but instead seem to have just kept the iPhone version unmodified for use on iPad.
I had also hoped to see the sample photo on one side, with the paint choices still visible on the other side, they could really take advantage of the extra real estate with this app but instead seem to have just kept the iPhone version unmodified for use on iPad.
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Difficult to use
I tried this app on both my iPhone and my iPad. I want to use BEHR paint from Home Depot so thought it would be easy. I have figured out the colors I want and planned to use the app to test out on photos I had taken. Loaded seven photos. App would only use two. Very disappointing. I have very high speed internet, but the app performed very slowly. Poor instructions. Great concept, but needs a lot of work. The app in Home Depot stores is similar and very slow. Wish I could figure out how to get some help!
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Colors doesn’t match 👎
I kinda loved this app. It was so easy to pick color and apply on various room setup. Loved the variety of rooms are used with well lit to dark. When I actually started the paint job in my house, I realized that this app (or any such app) is completely useless. The color what you see on your phone screen and the physical color is quite different. Phone screens can be warm or adaptive to light, which doesn’t reflect the true paint color. I ordered 3 different samples which completely differed from the app. I finally stopped using the app and ordered paint from the old color-fan. I won’t recommend to rely on this app for any dark color.
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Very good!
Was told by a Home Depot employee that I shouldn’t use this app, after I already used the app.
I was trying to decide on any color for my master bedroom. After looking at a lot of swatches at the store, and using the app to visualize it in my space, I chose “Thermal.” I am so amazed, after painting, how much it looks like the image the app showed me. And I left everything in my photo, but the wall was mostly bare.
I will say I’m disappointed I can’t figure out how to ‘paint’ adjacent walls with different colors. So I’ve painted one, taken a screen capture, then used that image to ‘see it in my space’ changing the color of the adjacent wall. So that’s why I’ve removed 1 star.
I was trying to decide on any color for my master bedroom. After looking at a lot of swatches at the store, and using the app to visualize it in my space, I chose “Thermal.” I am so amazed, after painting, how much it looks like the image the app showed me. And I left everything in my photo, but the wall was mostly bare.
I will say I’m disappointed I can’t figure out how to ‘paint’ adjacent walls with different colors. So I’ve painted one, taken a screen capture, then used that image to ‘see it in my space’ changing the color of the adjacent wall. So that’s why I’ve removed 1 star.
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