colorguide: making-of

who  knows me as a developer? nobody! i'm mechanical engineer who, by chance, got involved in information technology field and stayed there till now )

before this i had some experience in developing some small tools to solve daily routine problems at work place. i don't know exactly definition of the word developer, but i know one thing - i want to write useful stuff for everybody and it should be free. so the question is: what would be more useful than a tool solving any daily  problem that anybody can face? 

several months ago i got a call from my wife. she told me whether there was any kind of application for her phone (android base) which would allow her detect a color and find its matching colors. hmmm.. i told her that i would research in google play store and would call her back. the research process was over without any success to find  application with such functionality on the board. and than i thought that could be my chance to contribute to the world with something useful. 

i started the project called "colorguide" without having any experience in developing android apps under my belt. it is not  professional application yet, but i find it is small tool which helps you buy, for e.g., right colored scarf for your girlfriend which will suit her coat =) the application detects the color and suggests the matched color in real time. i used the color5k algorithm to calculate matching colors. 

you can check it out from google play store.

i am open for suggestions. feel free to mail me: tmartiro at gmail dot com.

p.s.

thanks to my friends and especially to my wife for supporting and motivating me.