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Top 5 Home Painting Apps

Posted on May 3, 2020

Technology has developed ways to help us in many aspects of our lives. Recently, app developers have answered the need for color choice help through technology. Here are the top 5 home painting apps.

With your phone or computer, you can now test out colors and combinations in virtual reality set ups. Most begin with a photo you take and virtually paint colors onto your home. It’s never been easier to test out color options on your home from your living room couch.

By downloading or logging onto these app options, you can avoid the paint store altogether until you’re ready to buy. It might not make you comfortable enough to settle on a color without testing it, but it can sure help you on the road to a choice.

Project Color by The Home Depot

Project Color is brought to you for free from The Home Depot. The app has several features including See It, Match It and Find It. It takes you through the process of finding a color, matching it and ordering it in store. With their Live View option, you can use photos of your house or room and experiment with color options.

In addition to a static view of your house’s interior or exterior project, Project Color allows users to virtually paint their home, in real time, on their phone through the camera. This is useful particularly to determine how a color will look during different lights and times of day. You can also see the house from different viewpoints and angles. Once you have narrowed it down to a couple of colors, email or post your images to social media for spousal approval.

A final benefit of this app is the integration with Home Depot’s paint counter. Chosen colors can be ordered directly from the app with website integration. Plus, they keep your colors on file, so if you need touch up paint later, you don’t have to worry about finding the mixes.

Paint My Place

For exterior color experimentation, one of the best options is Paint My Place. Snap a photo of your house from the curb or doorway of a room. Use it to tap and ‘paint’ endless colors from multiple brands. The app has enough potential use that it is touted by professionals for commercial, industrial and home jobs alike. It’s free but only available for iPhone or iPad.

Home Harmony

Home Harmony offers augmented reality visuals of your house while allowing you to test colors from multiple brands. It deals well with lighting and shadows, making adjustments for each in your views. While the real-life option is stellar, there is also an ability to upload images you have taken. This is helpful if you decide you want to choose a new exterior color while it’s dark outside. Another frequently used feature is color matching. If you take a photo of your living room and want to match your walls to a particular color in a textile in the photo, just tap it. The visualizer will use the image to pull the color to the walls.

Try on Colors by Sherwin Williams

If you are a fan of Sherwin Williams Paints, it makes sense to use their Try on Colors paint color app. This app allows you to build a full color palette, testing multiple colors simultaneously, from an uploaded image on your phone. While you’re clicking through the more than 1,500 colors available, the app keeps track of which you choose and gives you exact paints to order from your local provider. While there is no real-time aspect of the app, it’s multi-color tester more than makes up for it.

Dulux Visualizer

As another option for augmented reality, Dulux Visualizer takes the testing a step further and allows you to order paint testers with home delivery directly from the app. Because it’s a live version of the room, view it from different angles and different times of day through the app. Save screenshots to compare for later use or send your order directly to a Dulux supplier.

As always, if you feel lost in the colors available or need help completing your project, our crews are ready! Schedule a no-obligation estimate appointment with our team today.