# ColorSnap® Visualizer

> “Try on” any Sherwin-Williams paint color with augmented reality or a photo.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.colorsnap](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.colorsnap)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.colorsnap`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** Sherwin-Williams
- **Category:** HOUSE\_AND\_HOME
- **Downloads:** 4,752,427
- **Rating:** 2.31 / 5 (9,684 ratings)
- **Version:** 8.49.0-3781-d200b2d9
- **Last updated:** 2023-08-22
- **First published:** 2011-04-28
- **Size:** 44 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-01-14
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.colorsnap)
- **Website:** [http://getcolorsnap.com](http://getcolorsnap.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.sherwin-williams.com/privacy/index.jsp](http://www.sherwin-williams.com/privacy/index.jsp)

## Description

ColorSnap® Visualizer by Sherwin-Williams lets you instantly see how any paint color looks on your walls using augmented reality or your own photos. This innovative extension allows you to tap walls in real time or on images to change colors, helping you make speedy and confident color decisions. 

Features include exploring colors on a digital color wall, matching colors from photos, scanning color numbers, creating and sharing custom palettes, and accessing store locations and paint quantity calculators. Sync your saved colors across devices via your mySW account for added convenience. Whether planning a redecorating project or just exploring ideas, ColorSnap Visualizer simplifies color selection with cutting-edge technology.

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.CALL_PHONE`
- `android.permission.CAMERA`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.colorsnap.debug.permission.C2D_MESSAGE`
- `com.colorsnap.permission.C2D_MESSAGE`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`

## Review summary

Users are split: several praise the app’s color-visualization and find it useful, but many more repeatedly report critical issues — inability to select single walls, inaccurate color matches, persistent bugs and a clunky UI, plus heavy device/ARCore compatibility and signs the app may be outdated.

### Pros

- Many users say the app is helpful and like it (multiple brief positive reviews: “Good”, “very good”, “simply the best”).
- Provides color-visualization and color-matching features (snap/visualize colors from photos), which some users find useful.

### Cons

- No reliable selection/painting tool — several reviews say you can’t target a single wall and the app colors whole photos or selects surfaces randomly.
- Inaccurate color matching — multiple users report the app shows the wrong color or fails to match correctly.
- Bugs, clunky interface and usability problems — repeated comments call the app complicated, unmanageable or “clunky.”
- Heavy device requirements and ARCore compatibility / outdated app concerns — users report the app is heavy, won’t run on some devices, and appears neglected.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.colorsnap)