Connect to Spectro 1 or Spectro 1 Pro to scan, analyze, and save colors in app.
About Spectro by Variable
Spectro by Variable is a productivity app developed by Variable, Inc.
Download Statistics
Spectro by Variable has been downloaded 9.3 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 190 times.
User Ratings
Spectro by Variable is rated 3.89 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 52 ratings.
App Information
Spectro by Variable is FREE to download. The APK download size is 106.09 MB. The latest version available is 14.6.15.27. The last update was on April 28, 2026.
Technical Requirements
The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play June 2022.
Description
Now Available: Spectro by Variable + Pantone® Color Subscription by Variable.
Users are now able to access more than 16,500 Pantone colors directly through the Spectro by Variable app when they subscribe to a Pantone Color Subscription within.
Created with frictionless color communication in mind, the Spectro by Variable app connects to the Spectro 1 and Spectro 1 Pro devices, allowing color professionals to achieve professional-grade color matches and view deep color data anytime, anywhere.
About the Spectro 1 and Spectro 1 Pro Devices:
Spectro 1 is a compact, affordable color measurement tool for accurately measuring and communicating color at the professional and industrial level.
Using patented technology, the Spectro units are true spectrophotometers that deliver accuracy and repeatability comparable to expensive benchtop spectrophotometers—for a fraction of the price.
Features:
Scan, match, and compare colors
View spectral curves for scanned colors
Achieve exact matches with spectral curve and LAB values
Have access to dozens of brands like Behr, Benjamin Moore, Dulux, PPG, Sherwin-Williams in the palm of your hand
View matches under four different light sources including A, F2, D50, and D65 (Incandescent, fluorescent, horizon, and noon daylight)
Include 2 & 10 degree observations
Store scans and scan data
Export scan history, inspection history, and saved colors
Save and export spectral curve data in 10 nm increments between 400-700 nm
Create and store standards through the Saved Colors features
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Couldn't ask more of a color analyses app along with variable spectra 1
★★★★★Michael Barnathan· Jan 12, 2023
This makes color matching way easier and more precise than going to the paint store because you can figure out the actual paint color that was used. I just wish it had the ability to search for specific colors by name for comparison, which I didn't see
★★★★★Larry Jewett· Sep 25, 2025
Wealth of color info at your fingertips. A must-have IMHO!
★★★★★Michael Campo· Nov 1, 2024
This is a fantastic product. I highly recommend the Spectra device, and it's corresponding app.
★☆☆☆☆Gavin Jackson· Mar 20, 2024
Beware of subscriptions!!! Device is neat but app is horrible. Stopped working on Pixel phone (tried 2 different phones). Got it to work on a tablet but the $150 subscription for Pantone wouldn't work. Developer wouldn't help and Google is refusing a refund. Do not purchase anything in app, or you will be sorry.
★☆☆☆☆Lance Prather· Jan 5, 2024
App works great on my work issued iPhone 12. Used to work on android, but now it never gets past "initializing color sensor" status when connecting to the device. S22 ultra.
★☆☆☆☆Adam Rone· Dec 15, 2023
Always disconnects because of something with this app. I close app and device is discoverable, I start app and maybe get one scan then device is magically discoverable and unresponsive until I close the app. Always throwing a 9900 scan error as well.
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