# ColorSay • Color Scanner

> Hear the world in color!

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id605398028](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id605398028)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id605398028`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** White Marten GmbH
- **Category:** Utilities
- **Rating:** 4.80 / 5 (4 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.2.0
- **Last updated:** 2022-01-18
- **First published:** 2013-03-23
- **Size:** 30 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/colorsay-color-scanner/id605398028)
- **Website:** [http://www.whitemarten.com/colorsay](http://www.whitemarten.com/colorsay)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://whitemarten.com/privacy](https://whitemarten.com/privacy)

## Description

Now you can make the environment sound! By using the camera of your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, you can scan your surroundings and ColorSay will make the colors audible to you.

ColorSay calls the colors by name!

Set up one of five color sets for speech output, and ColorSay will announce the name of the closest known color. ColorSay identifies the color names in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Turkish, Russian, Chinese and Japanese.

ColorSay converts colors into tones!

Choose between different sound modes for sonochromatic reproduction of the color impressions. The dominant colors of an image will be interpreted as tones in real-time, which will enable you to identify the individual color families acoustically.

ColorSay is optimized to use the iOS accessibility features including VoiceOver, but does not rely on these in order to work without limitations.

ColorSay is a color scanner and suitable for blind users, people with color blindness, defective color vision, red-green blindness, blue-yellow blindness, color vision deficiency, achromatopsia, achromasia, dyschromatopsia, protanopia (red blindness), deuteranopia (green blindness), tritanopia (blue blindness), monochromaticity ...

... and it’s for everyone who would like to rediscover the world of colors!

This app is also available for macOS. Find it on the Mac App Store!

## Rankings

- #496,424 — Overall

## Review summary

ColorSay helps blind/colorblind users identify colors and aids with clothing matching. It’s praised for ease of use and configurable settings, and is often viewed as one of the better color-ID apps. However, accuracy isn’t perfect and can vary with lighting, leading to occasional misreads. Overall it’s a valuable, real-world tool when used in good lighting and with the app’s adjustable options.

### Pros

- Helps blind/colorblind users identify colors and match clothing, improving independence.
- Easy to use with scanning that's simple and fast; no fuss.
- Generally among the most accurate color ID apps and well-regarded relative to alternatives.
- Flexible settings including adjustable sample size, scan area, and color sets.
- Proven real-world usefulness (shopping, dressing, learning colors) with broad applicability.

### Cons

- Accuracy is not perfect and colors can be misread or wrong.
- Performance depends on lighting; good lighting improves accuracy.
- Occasional inconsistencies or misreads; results can be unreliable at times.
- Some users want even more reliable shade differentiation beyond basic color IDs.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id605398028)