{"id":8805,"date":"2014-07-25T10:49:57","date_gmt":"2014-07-25T14:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/?p=8805"},"modified":"2014-07-17T10:16:36","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T14:16:36","slug":"7-painting-apps-to-help-you-create-inspiring-palettes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/7-painting-apps-to-help-you-create-inspiring-palettes\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Painting Apps To Help You Create Inspiring Palettes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Technology is such a growing presence in our lives now, that it is even shaping the way we design our living spaces.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">We already showed you <a title=\"5 Awesome Apps to Help You Plan Your Home\u2019s Interior\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/5-awesome-apps-to-help-you-plan-your-homes-interior\/\">5 Awesome Apps to Help You Plan Your Home&#8217;s Interior<\/a> but now we have apps that help you furnish the spaces within that floor plan with your favorite colors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><b>1.\u00a0<\/b><b>Color Life by Benjamin Moore<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.benjaminmoore.com\/en-us\/for-your-home\/color-life-e-zine-for-ipad-and-android\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8807\" title=\"Benjamin Moore Color Life E-Zine\" alt=\"Benjamin Moore Color Life E-Zine\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Benjamin-Moore-Color-Life.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Benjamin-Moore-Color-Life.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Benjamin-Moore-Color-Life-300x236.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.benjaminmoore.com\/en-us\/for-your-home\/color-life-e-zine-for-ipad-and-android\">Color Life<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.benjaminmoore.com\/\">Benjamin Moore\u00ae<\/a> is an online magazine available on iPad\u00ae and Android\u00ae. The magazine puts design tips, inspiration, and color selection at your fingertips. The Color Life e-zine takes you take interactive colors tours, test out color ideas, and explore 3,000 different Benjamin Moore\u00ae colors with a swipe.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><b>2.\u00a0<\/b><b>Sherwin-Williams\u00ae ColorSnap\u00ae<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sherwin-williams.com\/homeowners\/color\/try-on-colors\/colorsnap-mobile\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8810\" title=\"Sherwin Williams ColorSnap\" alt=\"Sherwin Williams ColorSnap\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Sherwin-Williams-ColorSnap.jpg\" width=\"386\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Sherwin-Williams-ColorSnap.jpg 386w, https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Sherwin-Williams-ColorSnap-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sherwin-williams.com\/homeowners\/color\/try-on-colors\/colorsnap-mobile\/\">ColorSnap\u00ae app<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sherwin-williams.com\/\">Sherwin-Williams\u00ae<\/a> is an app that makes the process of identifying the colors you see every day a little easier. Take a photo of a color that inspires you and the ColorSnap\u00ae app will match it to one of 1,500 colors in its database. You can even create custom color palettes based on the colors that inspire you. ColorSnap\u00ae \u00a0is available for iPhone\u00ae, Android\u00ae, and Blackberry\u00ae.<\/p>\n<p><b>3.\u00a0<\/b><b>Benjamin Moore\u2019s\u00ae Color Capture\u00ae<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.benjaminmoore.com\/en-us\/color-capture\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-8806\" alt=\"Benjamin Moore Color Capture\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Benjamin-Moore-Color-Capture.jpg\" width=\"536\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Benjamin-Moore-Color-Capture.jpg 2604w, https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Benjamin-Moore-Color-Capture-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Benjamin-Moore-Color-Capture-768x503.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Benjamin-Moore-Color-Capture-1024x671.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.benjaminmoore.com\/en-us\/color-capture\">Color Capture\u00ae<\/a> is an iPhone\u00ae and Android\u00ae app that lets you snap a photo of anything that inspires you and matches it to one of 3,500 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.benjaminmoore.com\/\">Benjamin Moore\u00ae<\/a> colors with ease.<\/p>\n<p><b>4.\u00a0<\/b><b>Valspar\u00ae Paint Visualizer<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.valsparpaint.com\/en\/explore-colors\/painter\/index.html?screen=painterScreen&amp;ref=virtualpainter_homepage_menu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-8812\" alt=\"Valspar Virtual Painter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Valspar-Virtual-Painter.jpg\" width=\"524\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Valspar-Virtual-Painter.jpg 831w, https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Valspar-Virtual-Painter-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Valspar-Virtual-Painter-768x457.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.valsparpaint.com\/en\/explore-colors\/painter\/index.html?screen=painterScreen&amp;ref=virtualpainter_homepage_menu\">Valspar\u00ae Paint Visualizer <\/a>\u00a0helps you to visualize how a color will look in your space before you touch a brush to the wall. You can use your own photo or one of many stock interior or exterior spaces in the library and then browse the selection of Valspar\u00ae colors to pick your favorite. When you are done, you can even save your project to come back to it later.<\/p>\n<p><b>5. <\/b><b>ColorSmart by BEHR\u00ae<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.behr.com\/consumer\/colors\/mobile-apps\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8808\" title=\"ColorSmart by Behr\" alt=\"ColorSmart by Behr\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/ColorSmart-by-Behr.jpeg\" width=\"320\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/ColorSmart-by-Behr.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/ColorSmart-by-Behr-169x300.jpeg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.behr.com\/consumer\/colors\/mobile-apps\">BEHR\u2019s\u00ae ColorSmart app<\/a> lets you take a photo of a room and then paint it with the tap of your finger. You can preview, match, and coordinate colors on the go, save images, and post your projects to Twitter or Facebook. Once you are done and have found your perfect paint color, the app helps you find the nearest Home Depot to purchase your paint. ColorSmart is available on iPhone\u00ae, iPad\u00ae, and Android\u00ae devices.<\/p>\n<p><b>6.\u00a0<\/b><b>Sherwin-Williams\u00ae Color Visualizer<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sherwin-williams.com\/homeowners\/color\/try-on-colors\/color-visualizer\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-8809\" alt=\"Sherwin Williams Color Visualizer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Sherwin-Williams-Color-Visualizer.png\" width=\"574\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Sherwin-Williams-Color-Visualizer.png 638w, https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Sherwin-Williams-Color-Visualizer-300x186.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sherwin-williams.com\/homeowners\/color\/try-on-colors\/color-visualizer\/http:\/www.sherwin-williams.com\/homeowners\/color\/try-on-colors\/color-visualizer\/\">Color Visualizer<\/a> is a desktop application from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sherwin-williams.com\/\">Sherwin-Williams\u00ae<\/a> lets you experiment with a paint palette by dragging and dropping the color. You can even use the toolbox to refine your edges, paint trim, and do touch-ups. When you are done, you can print out all the color info you need and take it to your local Sherwin-Williams\u00ae paint store. They even include a coupon to get you started.<\/p>\n<p><b>7.\u00a0<\/b><b>Valspar\u00ae Project Paint<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.valsparpaint.com\/en\/mobile\/downloadapps.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8811\" title=\"Valspar Project Paint\" alt=\"Valspar Project Paint\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Valspar-Project-Paint.jpg\" width=\"470\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Valspar-Project-Paint.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Valspar-Project-Paint-300x154.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.valsparpaint.com\/\">Valspar\u00ae<\/a> also lets you manage your project from anywhere with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.valsparpaint.com\/en\/mobile\/downloadapps.html\">Project Paint app<\/a>. Avoid making multiple trips to paint store by calculating how much paint you\u2019ll need, customizing a shopping list, and emailing your choices to yourself as a record to take to the store. The app is available on iPhone\u00ae, Android\u00ae, and Blackberry\u00ae.<\/p>\n<p>These apps make it easy for you to go outside of your comfort zone and pick daring color palettes.<\/p>\n<p>So are you planning a new painting project? Did one of these apps get your attention?<\/p>\n<p>Let us know in the comments below.<!--origin=48--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Technology is such a growing presence in our lives now, that it is even shaping the way we design our living spaces. We already showed you 5 Awesome Apps to Help You Plan Your Home&#8217;s Interior but now we have apps that help you furnish the spaces within that floor plan with your favorite colors. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[578,62,579],"class_list":["post-8805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-houseplans","tag-interior-paint","tag-painting","tag-smartphone-apps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8805"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8819,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8805\/revisions\/8819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}