Color Picker for iPhone and Android.
Capture colors with the camera or from photos and save exact codes offline.
- iPhone
- Android
- Free
What it is, in plain words.
Color Picker: Photo & RAL turns any real-world shade into an exact color code. Point the camera at a wall or fabric, or pick colors from a photo, and read each shade in HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, LAB and OKLCH. Colors are kept in an offline library, with palettes, contrast checks and a built-in RAL Classic catalog.
What is it?
Color Picker: Photo & RAL is a color capture and palette app that identifies colors from the camera or from photos and stores them in an offline library.
What problem does it solve?
Matching paint, fabric or a brand color by eye is unreliable, and a single camera pixel is easily thrown off by lighting. The app samples a whole region, offers white-balance calibration and a confidence meter, and compares the result to the RAL Classic catalog.
Everything it can do.
Camera capture
Area-sampling reads a whole region instead of one pixel, and you can freeze the frame, lock the color and calibrate white balance.
Colors from photos
Pick colors from any image, extract dominant shades offline, or pin sample points and pinch to zoom.
Color library
Save colors and search by HEX, name, tag or project, with filters and sorting by date, hue, brightness or source.
Six color formats
Read each shade in HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, LAB and OKLCH.
RAL and custom catalogs
Compare with the built-in RAL Classic catalog by Delta E (CIEDE2000) or import your own catalogs.
Harmony and accessibility
Generate 10+ harmony schemes, check WCAG AA and AAA contrast and preview color-blind simulations.
Palettes and Visualizer
Build palettes with roles and version history, and preview them on interiors, dashboards and moodboards, or mask-paint them onto a photo.
Export and backup
Export to CSS, SCSS, Tailwind, Design Tokens, SVG, PDF, Adobe and GIMP formats, and keep encrypted on-device backups.
See it up close.
Up and running in three steps.
Capture a color
Point the camera at an object, or open a photo from your gallery.
Check and save it
Review the confidence meter, read the codes and save the color to your library.
Use it
Compare it with RAL, build a palette, check contrast or export it in the format you need.
Is it for you?
Designers and developers, painters and decorators, DIY renovators matching wall paint, people choosing fabrics, and anyone who needs an exact color code from the real world.
Private by design.
The store listing says the app is fully offline with no ads and no subscriptions, and that backups are encrypted on-device, with optional Google Drive sync. The privacy page says it uses no third-party analytics, crash reporting or ad SDKs, and that camera frames are processed in memory and not stored. It asks for camera access to capture colors, and on Android optional storage access to export palettes.
- No ads
- No tracking
- Works offline
Questions, answered.
Does it work offline?
Yes. The store listing says it is fully offline, including the color library and the dominant-color extraction from photos.
Can it match real paint?
It compares colors with the built-in RAL Classic catalog using Delta E (CIEDE2000), and you can import your own catalogs.
Which formats can I export to?
CSS, SCSS, Tailwind, Design Tokens JSON, SVG, PDF, GIMP GPL, Adobe ASE and ACO, Apple CLR and CSV, plus a full WCAG audit or a design-system ZIP.
Does it check accessibility?
Yes. It includes a WCAG AA and AAA contrast checker and simulations of protanopia, deuteranopia, tritanopia and grayscale.
Why does it need the camera?
To capture colors from the real world. If you revoke the permission, you can still work with saved colors and photos.
Is Google Drive sync required?
No. Google Drive sync is optional, and the app also supports encrypted on-device backups.
Support, privacy and terms.
App details
- Platforms
- iPhone and Android
- Price
- Free
- Category
- Utilities
- Minimum OS
- iOS 13.0+
- Version
- 2.0
- Released
- July 16, 2026
