# Color Muse > Scan Colors. Match Paint. Compare Products. Works with Color Muse Devices. Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.variable.inspire](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.variable.inspire) ## Overview - **ID:** `com.variable.inspire` - **Platform:** Android - **Type:** Android app - **Status:** Available - **Publisher:** Variable, Inc - **Category:** HOUSE\_AND\_HOME - **Downloads:** 86,597 - **Rating:** 4.14 / 5 (468 ratings) - **Version:** 14.7.3.28 - **Last updated:** 2026-05-18 - **First published:** 2015-04-06 - **Publisher country:** US - **Size:** 103 MB - **Data as of:** 2026-09-21 - **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.variable.inspire) - **Website:** [http://www.variableinc.com](http://www.variableinc.com/) - **Privacy policy:** [https://variableinc.com/variable-privacy-policy.html](https://variableinc.com/variable-privacy-policy.html) ## Description Color Muse is a color-scanning and paint-matching companion app. It pairs wirelessly with Color Muse devices to identify colors from over 100,000 options across leading brands and help professionals and DIYers skip fan decks and swatches by scanning surfaces and surfacing accurate matches and coordinating palettes for interiors and exteriors. With Plus Subscription, you can create custom paint formulations from scanned colors and redeem them at Sherwin-Williams stores in the US and Canada (Color Muse 3 required). Free features include color search across 100k+ shades, sheen measurement on Color Muse 2 and 3, saving and organizing colors, cross-material scanning, sharing, and project notes. Pantone and RAL in-app purchases unlock additional color libraries. ## Rankings - #236,551 — Overall ## 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.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT` - `android.permission.BLUETOOTH_SCAN` - `android.permission.CAMERA` - `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE` - `android.permission.INTERNET` - `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS` - `android.permission.READ_APP_BADGE` - `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE` - `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED` - `android.permission.VIBRATE` - `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK` - `android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE` - `com.anddoes.launcher.permission.UPDATE_COUNT` - `com.android.vending.BILLING` - `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE` - `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE` - `com.htc.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS` - `com.htc.launcher.permission.UPDATE_SHORTCUT` - `com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.CHANGE_BADGE` - `com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS` - `com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS` - `com.majeur.launcher.permission.UPDATE_BADGE` - `com.oppo.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS` - `com.oppo.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS` - `com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.READ` - `com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.WRITE` - `com.sonyericsson.home.permission.BROADCAST_BADGE` - `com.sonymobile.home.permission.PROVIDER_INSERT_BADGE` - `com.variable.inspire.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION` - `com.variable.inspire.permission.C2D_MESSAGE` - `me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_READ` - `me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_WRITE` ## Review summary Color Muse app offers reasonably accurate paint color matching, praised by professional painters and homeowners alike, especially when paired with the required external scanning device. However, its major drawbacks include poor user interface design, difficult scan and palette management, unclear disclosure about needing additional hardware, connection issues, and lack of brand filtering options. Users often find the app cumbersome due to these usability challenges despite its core functionality being valued. ### Pros - Accurate color matching especially when scanning professionally prepared paint samples or known paint cans. - Helps users find near-perfect or close color matches for walls and painted surfaces. - Useful for painters and professionals to verify paint shades. - Ability to filter matching colors by paint manufacturer improves accuracy. - Enables users to scan stained surfaces for color matching, which is not possible at some paint stores. ### Cons - Requires additional external hardware device for color scanning, which is not clearly stated in the app. - User interface and user experience are clunky, non-intuitive, and need major improvements. - Scan management is difficult: users cannot batch move, rename, or delete scans, causing frustration. - App connectivity issues especially after updates, with device connections failing and poor customer support. - Excessive number of color matches returned with no easy way to filter by brands or narrow search results. - Requires creating an account and logging in before use, which some users find annoying or unnecessary. ## Similar extensions and apps - [Mixura - Paint Color Matcher](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.mixura.app) — 470 users - [ColorLife Scan](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.nixsensor.nixpaintComex) — 70,786 users - [AkzoNobel Connecting Colors](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.variable.inspire.akzo) — 10,080 users - [Datacolor ColorReader](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.datacolor.colorreader) — 184,069 users, 4.68 / 5 - [SherMatch+ by Sherwin-Williams](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.variable.sw) — 685,105 users, 3.63 / 5 - [Color Portfolio](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.benjaminmoore.colorportfolio) — 562,405 users, 4.00 / 5 - [ColorMatch](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.eksikalori.colormatch) — 8 users - [Color Mixer: Real Paint Match](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.rdroid.colormixer) — 3,678 users - [Cam-Paint](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.campaint.ai) — 349 users - [Dulux Color Sensor](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.getudo.akzonobelsa.android) — 14,887 users - [InColour](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.ncs.incolour) — 2,533 users - [Paint Match Pro: RAL NCS Color](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.kramenko.paint_finder_app) — 3,500 users --- Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.variable.inspire)