Paint Color Name Finder

How the color name finder works

Point the camera at the painted surface — a wall, door, furniture, or any painted object — and the app analyzes the color in real time. It searches its database of named paint colors from every major brand and returns the closest match with its official product name and color code.

You can use the live viewfinder for instant results or import a photo if you're not standing in front of the surface. Either way, you get the official color name in under two seconds.

Official names from every major brand

The app searches across Sherwin-Williams, Benjamin Moore, Behr, Valspar, Farrow & Ball, and dozens of other brands simultaneously. So instead of just the Sherwin-Williams name for a color, you get the name it goes by in every brand.

Brand-specific names for similar colors are often very different. The same greige tone might be “Agreeable Gray” at Sherwin-Williams and “Pale Oak” at Benjamin Moore. The app shows you both so you have options.

Save and share color names

Tap any result to save the color to your history with its full name, brand, and code. Share a color name directly via Messages or email by tapping the share button — useful when sending paint specifications to a contractor or confirming a color choice with a designer.

Your saved colors build a searchable personal palette over time, so you can easily reference colors you've identified in the past without re-photographing.

Find the name of a color you mixed years ago

If you had a custom color mixed at a paint store years ago and never wrote down the formula, photograph the wall and let the app find the nearest named color match. It will not recover the exact custom formula, but it gives you a practical starting point for a rematch.

For interior designers maintaining a client’s color specifications, photographing the existing walls and logging the nearest named color match is a fast way to document what is currently installed.