See Sweet Orange 2017-40 on your wall

Point your phone at a wall and it changes to this colour, on your device. Nothing is uploaded.

About the camera tool

What it does, and what it can't promise.

What does the camera tool do?
Two things. Point it at anything -- a wall, a cushion, a leaf -- and it finds the closest real paints to that colour across every brand in the catalogue, so "what paint colour is this?" gets an answer you can buy. Or choose a paint and point it at a wall, and the wall changes to that colour on your screen, live, keeping its own light and shadows.
Is my photo uploaded?
No. The camera feed, the wall and the paint preview all stay in your browser. Looking up a paint match sends only the colour value. Nothing is recorded unless you choose to share a still.
Will the paint really look like this on my wall?
Close, not exact. The wall keeps its real light and shading and averages out to the paint's published colour, but a phone camera and a phone screen both shift colour, and a paint's finish changes how it reads. Use it to get five sample pots down to one, then try that one on the wall.
Which paint brands does it match against?
Every brand in the catalogue: Acres Hall, Alchemist, Benjamin Moore, Colourtrend, Crown, Curator, Dulux, Dulux Trade, Farrelly & Co, Farrow & Ball, Fleetwood, Johnstone's, Lick, Little Greene and Ronseal, all sold in Ireland. You get the nearest colour in each brand, closest first, so the same shade can be compared across brands before you buy any of them.
Can I match a paint colour from a photo I already have?
Not here: this tool reads the live camera, so point it at the thing itself. If you want colours drawn from a photo you already have, the palette generator on the home page takes an uploaded photo with a free account and returns a palette of real paints from it.
Do I need to download an app?
No. It runs in the browser on any recent phone or laptop with a camera, with nothing to install and no account needed. Allow the camera when the browser asks.
Why hold up a paint chip?
Your camera reads a wall through its own white balance and the room's light. A chip you already own is a colour the catalogue knows exactly, so reading it in the same light measures the camera's error, and every later reading has that error taken out. It is optional, and it makes the match noticeably more trustworthy.
Which walls does it work on?
It works best on a plain, evenly lit wall. A strongly patterned wall, a wall in deep shadow, or a wall the same colour as the ceiling can confuse it -- point at a lit, plain part of the wall and tap the still to add a second area if it misses one.