https://coneapp.io/?color=#156077 "Blue Stone, aka Green"?
Perhaps it's using one of those luminance-from-RGB vectors somewhere in the calculation? That could overrate the contribution of green to the appearance.
Show HN: My first native iOS app – Cone, a real time color picker
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#92Am I just too stupid to see the grander idea of this app or why does it get so much attention and top position on HN? It's just a color picker on camera images or what did I miss? It's very well done I agree but still seems remarkably trivial. Why all the fuzz?
Compared online equivalents 'Snap It' that help color identification which require taking a picture and uploading to their site. This is really helpful in identifying colors on the go. The simplicity of this app is where it sings. It's easily monetized by connecting app to paint suppliers like Sherwin Williams, Home Depot, or Lowes.
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#93Hi, HN! Really excited to share my little project here. Being a colorblind designer, it was often hard for me to figure the color names and decide which colors to use. Hence, I decided to make this app. Cone lets you pick colors in real time using the phone's camera. It lets you build color palettes while on the run, capturing and recording color for later comment/discussion, sending the colors to someone else quickl…
Very cool. Did you come up with these "color names" yourself?
From the footer:
> The Resene RGB Values List is copyrighted to Resene Paints Ltd, 2001. Name That Color by Chirag Mehta
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#94This is one of those apps you look at and think, "Oh yeah, this should exist"
Seems obvious in hindsight.
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#95You're underselling this hugely! $0.99 is far too cheap
I agree that it's too cheap, but that's the state of thee app store. There tons of other apps that do the same thing + more for free (I was building something like this to pick light colors with my HUE lights).
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#96The landing page is awesome! I wish the app was available for Android so, you know, 80% of smartphone owners could check it out.
You mean the 80% of smartphone users who are much less likely to purchase apps? [1] Could be a chicken-and-egg problem, but still. [1] https://www.appannie.com/en/insights/app-annie-index-market-...
Oh, so Cone app is NOT free?
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#97Earlier quoted context omitted.
I thought it was just the right speed.
Another option: maybe stop the loop after 1 cycle? Or add a pause between cycles? :)
Definitely not stop it after 1 cycle. I watched it over and over many times. Please no pause either. I really really like it the way it is now. One of the best demos I've seen.
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#98Re: Show HN: My first native iOS app – Cone, a real time color picker
#99Hi, HN! Really excited to share my little project here. Being a colorblind designer, it was often hard for me to figure the color names and decide which colors to use. Hence, I decided to make this app. Cone lets you pick colors in real time using the phone's camera. It lets you build color palettes while on the run, capturing and recording color for later comment/discussion, sending the colors to someone else quickl…
Had a similar idea to help with my color deficiency, but never developed it. Would totally use this if it were on Android.
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#100Earlier quoted context omitted.
You mean the 80% of smartphone users who are much less likely to purchase apps? [1] Could be a chicken-and-egg problem, but still. [1] https://www.appannie.com/en/insights/app-annie-index-market-...
Oh, so Cone app is NOT free?
Did anyone say it was free?