swatchmate cube: a portable color detecting sampler

swatchmate cube: a portable color detecting device

melbourne-based start-up swatchmate has developed the ‘the cube’, a portable color detector that enables users to capture chroma samples with the click of a button. enabled via bluetooth, the device captures the saturation information from any surface, transmitting the data to a smartphone with corresponding coordinates. the gadget also seamlessly integrates with photoshop, working on demand as a color picker with an accuracy of less than 1 delta-E.

the portable color detector enables users to capture chroma samples with the click of a button

when paired with a phone, ‘the cube’ will output the color values via bluetooth

the ‘cube’ can be used on almost any surface

the device can sample paper or fabrics

the device captures the color information from any surface, transmitting the data to a smartphone

cube is made of simple parts arranged in a unique way

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