xade finder | Colorimeter

xade finder provides different modes (see below regarding compatibility):
Picker mode
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Pick a color from the live stream and adjust the color in CIE L*a*b, sRGB and other pickers.

Nano mode
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Attach xade nano to your iPhone camera and turn your iPhone into a high precision color measurement device.

Microscope mode
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Switch to microscope mode and select between different zoom factors (5x/10x/15x).
Recommendation: use xade nano for well lighting and sharp images with the hassle free fixed focus condition.
Measure tiny details using the microscope mode with activated ruler.
Cube mode
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Place your iPhone on the xade cube and turn your iPhone into a high precision color measurement device.

Card mode
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Use your own setup to measure color accurately or simply find matching colors in daylight on the window ledge.
Using xade card, you have a credit card size color measurement device always with you.

The CIE L*a*b result is dE00 compared to colors in selectable color databases:
- Premium Color Databases Subscriptions
- NCS 2050 Colors
- RAL Classic & Design System plus
- Own Managed Colors (Pro Features Subscription)
- Colors of Nature (our growing list of leaves, flowers and others)

Compatibility
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Picker mode
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- all iPhones with iOS 18.0 or newer.

Nano & microscope mode:
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- iPhone 14 Pro
- iPhone 14 Pro Max
- iPhone 15 Pro
- iPhone 15 Pro Max
- iPhone 15 (nano required)
- iPhone 15 Plus (nano required)
- iPhone 16
- iPhone 16 Plus
- iPhone 16 Pro
- iPhone 16 Pro Max
Cube & card mode:
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- iPhone 12 Pro Max
- iPhone 13 Mini
- iPhone 13
- iPhone 13 Pro
- iPhone 13 Pro Max
- iPhone 14
- iPhone 14 Plus


TECHNICAL SPECS AND CORE FEATURES
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- Short term repeat: dE00 ~0.01.(1)
- Continuous aperture ⌀ ~1-12mm / ~0.2-4mm. (6)
- Deviation average: dE00 ~0.4.(2)
- Deviation max: dE00 ~0.7 / 1.0.(2,6)
- D65 & D50, 2° observer (other illuminant is adapted with Bradford in case you are not using xade hardware).
- 45°/0° geometry.
- M2 measurement condition.
- Visually see result in taken picture with extended sRGB.(4)
- Use your perception in visual mode to set the measured value.
- AI assisted mode changes.
- Display and export spectral data. Beta (3)
Access the measurement history of the last 90 days with the Pro Feature subscription and the history enabled.
- Manage your own colors and reopen your measurement (3)
- Find a close matching color in a common color database (5) or in your colors. (3)
- Access the measurement history of the last 90 days with the history enabled. (3)
- With history enabled, run measurement batches and export your batch or history data as json. (3)
(1) Average deviation of the average of 10 consecutive measurements on the white BCRAII tile. Measured with xade cube and xade finder using an iPhone 13 Pro, xade nano using an iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Pro.
(2) Inter instrument agreement for deviation from manufacturing standard was measured using the 12 standard BCRAII tiles using different cubes, different cards and an iPhone 13 Pro and an iPhone 14, an iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPhone 16 for xade nano respectively.
Others sometimes measure only on a BCRAII subset.
(3) Available as Pro Feature subscription. History and spectral graph are available in nano, cube or card mode.
(4) Available in all supported iPhones.
(5) Available subscriptions for NCS 2050 Colors and RAL with Classic and Design System plus.
(6) xade cube / xade nano

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