Color Grab
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4.1
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Category
Photography
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Version
3.9.2
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Android OS
Varies with device
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Downloads
740M
Pro
👍 Real-time color capture and precise conversions. Color Grab uses your device camera or images to sample colors instantly, showing exact HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, and LAB values plus common color names. Adjustable sampling size, freeze-frame sampling, and tolerance controls make on-site color matching fast and reliable for designers and developers.
👍 Organize, save, and export palettes effortlessly. Color Grab stores color histories, builds custom palettes, and lets you copy or export codes in multiple formats (HEX, RGB, CSS, ASE). Shareable palettes and clipboard-friendly outputs streamline collaboration with clients and teams, integrating smoothly into design and development workflows.
👍 Built-in accessibility and quality tools for accurate results. Color Grab includes color blindness simulation, contrast checking, white balance calibration, and lighting compensation, helping ensure perceptual accuracy and accessibility compliance. Combined with fine-tuning controls and measurement tools, it’s ideal for accessibility testing, print matching, and real-world color verification.
Con
👎 Color Grab’s color readings can be inconsistent under different lighting conditions and with lower-quality cameras. Sunlight, shadows, reflections, and white balance shifts may produce inaccurate HEX/RGB values, requiring manual correction. Professionals needing precise color matching should verify results with calibrated hardware or secondary tools.
👎 Color Grab is primarily an Android app, which limits cross-platform use and collaboration with iOS users. There’s no official iOS version or seamless cloud sync to transfer palettes between devices, making workflows that involve designers or clients on multiple platforms more cumbersome and fragmented.
👎 The free version includes ads and several advanced features are locked behind an in-app Pro purchase. Export and integration options for professional design tools can be restricted without upgrading, forcing some users to rely on manual transfers or alternative apps for format-specific exports like ASE or direct plugin support.
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