--- product_id: 79881489 title: "SE Colorimeter, Paint Color Matching Tool, Portable Digital Color Values, Reader, Sensor, Identify Closest Matching Paint and Scanner Device for Painters, Designers" brand: "color muse" price: "119557CFA" currency: XOF in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 category: "Color Muse" url: https://www.desertcart.sn/products/79881489-se-colorimeter-paint-color-matching-tool-portable-digital-color-values store_origin: SN region: Senegal --- # 90%+ color accuracy Wireless app integration Matte black aluminum finish SE Colorimeter, Paint Color Matching Tool, Portable Digital Color Values, Reader, Sensor, Identify Closest Matching Paint and Scanner Device for Painters, Designers **Brand:** color muse **Price:** 119557CFA **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🎯 Nail Every Hue, Anywhere, Anytime! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** SE Colorimeter, Paint Color Matching Tool, Portable Digital Color Values, Reader, Sensor, Identify Closest Matching Paint and Scanner Device for Painters, Designers by color muse - **How much does it cost?** 119557CFA with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sn](https://www.desertcart.sn/products/79881489-se-colorimeter-paint-color-matching-tool-portable-digital-color-values) ## Best For - color muse enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted color muse brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Vast Paint Library Access:** Tap into top brands like Sherwin-Williams, Behr, Benjamin Moore, and premium Pantone & RAL palettes. - • **Seamless Wireless Scanning:** Connect effortlessly via Bluetooth to the Color Muse app for instant color identification anywhere. - • **Advanced Color Data Sharing:** Save and share HEX, RGB, CMYK, LAB, and more to streamline your design workflow and impress clients. - • **Precision at Your Fingertips:** Achieve over 90% color matching accuracy for flawless wall-to-wall paint projects. - • **Exclusive Limited Edition Design:** Stand out with a sleek matte black anodized aluminum body and laser-etched labels. ## Overview The COLOR MUSE SE is a premium portable colorimeter designed for professionals and design enthusiasts seeking precise, wireless color matching. Featuring over 90% accuracy, a sophisticated matte black aluminum finish, and seamless integration with a comprehensive paint library app, it transforms how you capture, coordinate, and share color data on the go. Ideal for wall-to-wall paint projects, this device elevates your color management with advanced sensor technology and versatile color space support. ## Description Variable makes portable colourimeters and spectrophotometers paired with intuitive mobile apps to simplify accurate colour measurement and communication. Founded by Dr. George Yu to replace outdated physical colour samples, the company builds its hardware and software in-house and offers Variable Cloud for managing colour libraries globally. Variable makes portable colourimeters and spectrophotometers paired with intuitive mobile apps to simplify accurate colour measurement and communication. Founded by Dr. George Yu to replace outdated physical colour samples, the company builds its hardware and software in-house and offers Variable Cloud for managing colour libraries globally. Color Muse 3: Know Your Colour Visit the Store Color Muse 3: Know Your Colour Visit the Store Color Muse 2: Match It Right Visit the Store Color Muse 2: Match It Right Color Muse: Measure With Ease Visit the Store Color Muse: Measure With Ease Color Muse SE: Right On Target Visit the Store Color Muse SE: Right On Target Spectro 1 Pro: See True Colour Visit the Store Spectro 1 Pro: See True Colour Spectro 1: Accurate Every Time Visit the Store Spectro 1: Accurate Every Time How did we get our start? Founded by George Yu Ph.D. Variable began with his mission to create an affordable, accurate alternative to paint chips. Drawing on his sensor expertise, he built the first portable colourimeter and launched it in Chattanooga What problem are we solving? Variable replaces traditional colour samples with portable devices and mobile apps that deliver accurate, accessible colour measurement, transforming how people capture and communicate colour with a simple scan What makes our products unique? Accurate, portable colour tools that connect to major libraries for quick results How did we get our start? Founded by George Yu Ph.D. Variable began with his mission to create an affordable, accurate alternative to paint chips. Drawing on his sensor expertise, he built the first portable colourimeter and launched it in Chattanooga What problem are we solving? Variable replaces traditional colour samples with portable devices and mobile apps that deliver accurate, accessible colour measurement, transforming how people capture and communicate colour with a simple scan What makes our products unique? Accurate, portable colour tools that connect to major libraries for quick results Review: Nice upgrade from Nix2 - I bought the Nix2 many years ago and that really was a great product but I was not able to reconnect on latest attempt using. Thought I would give the Muse3 a shot as this one also tests sheen. Well, right out of the gate this did a great job in matching the exterior house color. It was not real clear in description but the app does include a bunch of free paint libraries that it looks for closest matches in. For me the main ones I am using are Behr, Valspar, Sherwin Williams, and Benjamin Moore but there are plenty of others. Just check the ones available near you when you set up app. The app and device are pretty simple to use and such a great tool to have around. As others recommend test a few different spots and find the best match that comes in first most often. Also do not trust the color shown on your phone as really hard to compare that way. It beats trying to get a sample from an old rusted fan of paint. I would highly recommend! Review: Astonishing value in color management for professionals - Bona Fides: I am a product designer / industrial designer with a background in cosmetic manufacturing of consumer electronics. There's a good chance you have one of the things I've helped make in your pocket or home. I spend a LOT of time managing color matches and selections as a professional. I am accustomed to using $10,000 spectrophotometers in my line of work and know how to manage my color spaces and CIELAB tolerancing. This is what I do. I also work freelance and with startups, so I need my own color tools to do my job well. For a decade I've been buying low-cost colorimeters (ColorMunki, Swatchmate Cube, etc) with the hope of finding something with acceptable performance, small size, and reasonable out of pocket costs. Color Muse is by *far* the best colorimeter I've found for the single-person user - its Delta-E is on par with any device priced below $5,000 - its a fraction the size of its competitors - it works natively in CIELAB, RGB, and HSB - it is seamlessly integrated into a wide color ecosystem (if you care, I just want a measurement tool) My previous go-to for work that didn't require (or have access to) a Konica Minolta was the X-Rite COlorMunki Design. It worked fine but was clunky, had bad desktop software, and was $400. The Color Muse has the same level of performance, is 20% the size of my Colormunki, has a better UI, is rechargable, and is 1/10th the price. Unbelievable. The software is still a touch buggy, and build quality is good but not excellent. Like all <$5K colorimeters it does poorly on specular surfaces (i.e. anodized aluminum) but that's to be expected. It's also a LOT more forgivable in a product that costs 8x lattes instead of the same price as an iPad. I have suggested this purchase to every product designer and industrial designer I know. For the price and footprint you simply cannot do better. ## Features - PREMIUM LIMITED EDITION DESIGN: The Color Muse SE stands out with its exclusive matte black aluminum finish and laser-etched labels, offering a sophisticated touch. This special edition package includes our finest finishes, high-quality packaging, and an additional calibration cap for enhanced precision. - SIMPLICITY MEETS PORTABILITY: The Color Muse SE Colorimeter redefines convenience in color analysis. Its wireless-enabled design and integration with the Color Muse app allow you to scan any flat surface for the closest matching paint colors and products, making it an essential paint color matching tool. - PRECISION COLOR MATCHING AT YOUR FINGERTIPS: Rely on the Color Muse SE for over 90% accuracy in color matching. This precise color sensor is designed for extensive wall-to-wall painting projects, ensuring true-to-life color matches. Please note that spot touch-ups are not recommended. Color matches should be used for wall-to-wall painting. Scan smooth, flat surfaces for the best results. Colors displayed on your phone screen may slightly vary from the scanned colors. - EXPLORE A WORLD OF COLORS: Access an extensive library of paint and product colors from industry leaders like Sherwin-Williams, Behr, Benjamin Moore, Valspar, Munsell, and more through the COLOR MUSE app. This comprehensive paint color match tool also offers premium subscriptions for RAL and Pantone, broadening your color possibilities. - ADVANCED COLOR COORDINATION AND SHARING: Elevate your design process with the Color Muse SE. Save, coordinate, and share color values like HEX, CMYK, RGB, LAB, LCH, LRV, HSB, and HSV, and compare colors effortlessly. This advanced paint matcher device enhances your design experience with its versatile color reader capabilities. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B07G2TKWG7 | | Best Sellers Rank | #46,374 in Tools & Home Improvement ( See Top 100 in Tools & Home Improvement ) #1 in Lab Colorimeters #2,280 in Household Painting Supplies & Tools | | Brand | COLOR MUSE | | Brand Name | COLOR MUSE | | Color | Black | | Container Type | Can | | Coverage | Full Spectrum LEDs | | Customer Reviews | 4.1 out of 5 stars 1,314 Reviews | | Finish Type | Anodized Aluminum | | Included Components | Device, Micro USB Charging Cable, and User Guide | | Item Form | Colorimeter | | Item Volume | 4 Fluid Ounces | | Item Weight | 1 Ounces | | Manufacturer | Variable, Inc. | | Model Number | 9800 | | Paint Type | Acrylic | | Part Number | 9800 | | Size | 1 Count (Pack of 1) | | Special Feature | Includes lanyard, carrying pouch, and extra calibration cap. | | Special Features | Includes lanyard, carrying pouch, and extra calibration cap. | | Specific Uses For Product | Color Matching | | Surface Recommendation | Aluminum | | UPC | 853859005326 | | Unit Count | 1.0 Count | ## Product Details - **Brand:** COLOR MUSE - **Color:** Black - **Finish Type:** Anodized Aluminum - **Item Volume:** 4 Fluid Ounces - **Paint Type:** Acrylic - **Size:** 1 Count (Pack of 1) - **Special Feature:** Includes lanyard, carrying pouch, and extra calibration cap. - **Specific Uses For Product:** Color Matching - **Surface Recommendation:** Aluminum - **Unit Count:** 1.0 Count ## Images ![SE Colorimeter, Paint Color Matching Tool, Portable Digital Color Values, Reader, Sensor, Identify Closest Matching Paint and Scanner Device for Painters, Designers - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71wv+pTIEQL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Set** options. ## Questions & Answers **Q: Does this provide rgb and cmyk colour matches to use for digital graphics?** A: The android Color Muse app has the ability to define filters using the funnel icon at the top. I set it for United States and BM, SW and PPG paint brands. The filter can be saved and used again by going to the funnel, click on the star icon to get to the list of save filters, and select it. If you click on a matched color, it will tell you the brand and other details. **Q: On the app. Does it tell you a brand of paint to buy?** A: Yes, It will tell you the brand, color and even the paint code. It will also give you other options. For example, say that your color is Sherman Williams but you want Behr, you can select Behr and it will tell you what the color match is in Behr paints. I found it extremely helpful for matching paints and then spent the next week just playing with it and seeing what it can do. Pretty cool device. **Q: Besides rgb..what other scan results does it display? thanks!** A: Go to the website and look but it returns RGB, CIE Lab and LCh in D50 light and CIE2000 and HSB (not sure what HSB coordinates are). **Q: Beside RGB values, what other results will the unit display?** A: Beside the commercial paint colors noted in the other review it also gives you a "Delta E" value. This is a calculation that tells you how far off the color is from another sample. Without getting into much detail (you can look it up on Wikipedia) a low value (such as less than 1.0)- they consider this an imperceptible color difference. The higher the number the bigger the difference. As far as the charging cord goes - I have a drawer full of micro USB cords that fit this and number of other products. For most people this isn't an issue - it is a common size. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Nice upgrade from Nix2 *by A***D on May 9, 2026* I bought the Nix2 many years ago and that really was a great product but I was not able to reconnect on latest attempt using. Thought I would give the Muse3 a shot as this one also tests sheen. Well, right out of the gate this did a great job in matching the exterior house color. It was not real clear in description but the app does include a bunch of free paint libraries that it looks for closest matches in. For me the main ones I am using are Behr, Valspar, Sherwin Williams, and Benjamin Moore but there are plenty of others. Just check the ones available near you when you set up app. The app and device are pretty simple to use and such a great tool to have around. As others recommend test a few different spots and find the best match that comes in first most often. Also do not trust the color shown on your phone as really hard to compare that way. It beats trying to get a sample from an old rusted fan of paint. I would highly recommend! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Astonishing value in color management for professionals *by D***S on October 7, 2016* Bona Fides: I am a product designer / industrial designer with a background in cosmetic manufacturing of consumer electronics. There's a good chance you have one of the things I've helped make in your pocket or home. I spend a LOT of time managing color matches and selections as a professional. I am accustomed to using $10,000 spectrophotometers in my line of work and know how to manage my color spaces and CIELAB tolerancing. This is what I do. I also work freelance and with startups, so I need my own color tools to do my job well. For a decade I've been buying low-cost colorimeters (ColorMunki, Swatchmate Cube, etc) with the hope of finding something with acceptable performance, small size, and reasonable out of pocket costs. Color Muse is by *far* the best colorimeter I've found for the single-person user - its Delta-E is on par with any device priced below $5,000 - its a fraction the size of its competitors - it works natively in CIELAB, RGB, and HSB - it is seamlessly integrated into a wide color ecosystem (if you care, I just want a measurement tool) My previous go-to for work that didn't require (or have access to) a Konica Minolta was the X-Rite COlorMunki Design. It worked fine but was clunky, had bad desktop software, and was $400. The Color Muse has the same level of performance, is 20% the size of my Colormunki, has a better UI, is rechargable, and is 1/10th the price. Unbelievable. The software is still a touch buggy, and build quality is good but not excellent. Like all <$5K colorimeters it does poorly on specular surfaces (i.e. anodized aluminum) but that's to be expected. It's also a LOT more forgivable in a product that costs 8x lattes instead of the same price as an iPad. I have suggested this purchase to every product designer and industrial designer I know. For the price and footprint you simply cannot do better. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good, but did not work as expected... *by B***X on April 16, 2018* This is a good tool that was helpful in matching exterior paint. As others have noted, it will measure the color of paint and provide you with various numbers that are mostly helpful. As an initial test, it did a good job of correctly matching standard interior paint colors that we already knew what the color was. So far so good, but that was not what followed... Next up was matching exterior paint. This is truly a challenge as each exterior wall gets a slightly different amount of sun and, thus, fades at a different rate. Unfortunately, there were no removable parts on the exterior of our house that matched the fade level of a small area that needed touch up. Hence the need for the Color Muse. After making a half dozen or so measurements--each area of knock-down textured stucco gave a slightly different reading--I was off to the paint store. I was shocked to find that paint stores are not able to take the raw data from the Color Muse and do an exact match. Rather, they are only able to take one of the app's recommended "near match" colors as starting point. It took two trips to the paint store and about 2 hours of a very patient employee's time tweaking and tuning to get a good match. The process is tedious. We started with the closest match, then ran a quart, painted a small area, then used the Color Muse app's inspect function to compare a sample to the readings from my exterior wall. The app does a decent job of indicating how good the match is, but take this number with a grain of salt. Next, the paint store employee would take his best guess as to which of the four tints in his system would best tweak the color and run another sample, paint an area, let it dry (used a heat gun to speed it up), than back to the Color Muse app to compare. Since I had several readings from my exterior wall, we dinked around with the formulation until the delta E was between 1.0 and 1.3 compared to all of my readings. The match ended up being quite good. Not perfect and not as good as some interior matches I have done with pieces of trim and painted drywall using the paint store's color measuring equipment, but it was much better than I feared once I comprehended the inherent limitations of this tool. If you have interior paint that you want to match, you are better off taking a small piece of drywall or trim to the paint store to get a match. The paint store's spectrophotometer will give you a much better match in only one or two attempts as the paint store's equipment will give an precise formulation even it is not one of the standard colors sold at the store thereby avoiding the Color Muse paint tweaking guessing game. ## Frequently Bought Together - Color Muse SE Colorimeter, Paint Color Matching Tool, Portable Digital Color Values, Reader, Sensor, Identify Closest Matching Paint and Scanner Device for Painters, Designers - BOSCH GLM100-23 100 Ft Blaze Laser Distance Measure, Includes 2 AA Batteries --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.sn/products/79881489-se-colorimeter-paint-color-matching-tool-portable-digital-color-values](https://www.desertcart.sn/products/79881489-se-colorimeter-paint-color-matching-tool-portable-digital-color-values) --- *Product available on Desertcart Senegal* *Store origin: SN* *Last updated: 2026-07-13*