# Color Blind Pal

> See the Colors Around You

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1037744228](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1037744228)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1037744228`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Vincent Fiorentini
- **Category:** Utilities
- **Rating:** 3.90 / 5 (142 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2020-11-30
- **First published:** 2015-09-15
- **Size:** 724 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-21
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/color-blind-pal/id1037744228)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://colorblindpal.com/privacy](https://colorblindpal.com/privacy)

## Description

Color Blind Pal helps people who are color blind see the colors around them and lets those with normal vision experience what color differences look like. Open the app to get descriptive color names (common, scientific, and colloquial), see the hue, saturation, value, and exact RGB code, and use the camera to identify colors in the real world. The color inspector, color filter, and camera tools—freeze, flashlight, and image import—make color reading fast and reliable.

In addition to identification, Color Blind Pal can simulate different color blindness to build empathy, help read color-coded maps and charts, and even support basic color-vision tests. Features like highlighting a selected color, dragging the spectrum, and hiding UI buttons keep the app accessible while you explore colors. Ideal for students, designers, travelers, and anyone who wants a richer color experience.

## Rankings

- #126,820 — Overall

## Review summary

Color Blind Pal is praised as a practical, lifesaving tool for colorblind users, helping them identify and categorize colors and use color perception in real life. Users laud its usefulness, intuitive start, and educational value. However, reliability is uneven: accuracy depends on lighting and reflections, some colors and filters are misidentified, and there are usability and bug issues (mode switching, camera problems, and missing macro support) that limit day-to-day use. Overall, it’s valuable with caveats about lighting and occasional interface glitches.

### Pros

- Helps colorblind users identify and differentiate colors quickly, enabling practical tasks like sorting art pastels or beads.
- Described as life-changing or a lifesaver, giving users greater independence in everyday color decisions (outfits, makeup, teaching others).
- User-friendly with a straightforward tutorial; easy to learn and use.
- Useful for demonstrating color perception to others via the built-in simulator, helping non-colorblind people understand.
- Offers practical color-differentiation tools (e.g., hue shift) that help distinguish colors more clearly.

### Cons

- Accuracy can be inconsistent and highly dependent on lighting or reflections, causing colors to be mislabeled (e.g., white paper appearing orange or yellow).
- Some colors and filters are misidentified (e.g., pinks, greens, Tritanopia) or not reliably labeled, especially with pastels.
- Usability issues: modes can be hard to switch between; interface elements can obscure controls, and users often need to re-set hue ranges each time.
- Bugs or hardware limitations: the camera function can stop working, and newer devices may not use macro/close-up shots; color labeling can still be incorrect in some scenarios.

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