For many of us, it is difficult to visualize how a room is going to look after a renovation. We can look at paint samples and different rooms painted using the same colours. But the colour combination we thought was the ultimate one might just turn out to be quite lousy when applied in the room.
The easiest answer to this problem is to use online paint visualizing softwares that help to paint our own home using our own colour scheme. These also suggest alternate combinations curated by professionals. These sites also help in catching up with the current trends in interior and exterior paints to make the beautification of our home an easier process.
These softwares are provided by several companies, most of which belong to paint companies themselves. These sites are very user friendly; no matter if we are a home owner or an interior designer. However, these paint companies list their own paint colours in these softwares. But one can always look for similar shades in any preferred brands. Although, it might be best to use the website of the company one is interested to buy paint from to get the exact picture.
These softwares need not be downloaded, they can be used online.
Here is a list of 5 free, online paint visualizing softwares
Home Stratosphere’s Paint Visualizer Software
The only site in this list that allows us to paint and save the image with absolutely no registration at all. We can upload pictures of interior or exterior and apply various paints. The site also has Home Design Software, Interior Design Software, Kitchen Design Tool, Room Designer, Floor Plan Creator, Bathroom Design Software and Shed Design Software besides their Paint Visualizer Software. The tools available are paint brush, magic brush and freeform selection.
Benjamin Moore’s Personal Colour Viewer
This site has a good variety of sample images to start with. But if we want to upload our own image, we need to sign up with a password or through a third-party social provider like Facebook. The sample images include pictures of bathrooms, bedrooms, dining rooms, entryways, home offices, kid’s rooms, kitchens, living rooms. If we want to upload our own image, size should be at least 1200 px by 1200 px. It allows us to create upto 5 zones on which we can add colours. The paint application tools in this software are a paint brush, magic wand and shape tool.
Sherwin-Williams ColorSnap®Paint Visualizer
This site requires us to register only if we want to save the image of the room after painting. Otherwise it is very quiet about registrations, so we can peacefully paint rooms with no interruptions. One of the great things about this site is that it makes colour theme suggestions. Since there are millions of possible colour combinations, this is very helpful if we don’t have a particular combination in mind. We can select paint zones with a paint brush, magic wand or a zone selector. We can take inspiration from their painted photos, expert colour picks and inspirational photos. The visualizer is available for web, iPhone, Android and iPad. This site also has a paint calculator which allows us to calculate how much paint we will need for our project.
Visualize Colour By Dulux
We can select an image from their samples or upload our own. They let us browse their entire colour range, curated palettes. They even provide the facility of matching colour from a photo or search by the colour name. It requires us to make an account if we want to save the JPG of our project. Step 1 is to select a photo, step 2 is to select colours, step 3 is to paint and step 4 is to go to the review tab which gives the summary of the colours used.
Behr® Paint Colours
This site starts with colour scheme instead of rooms. It allows us to add colours to their sample images and provides a good range of themes to choose from. Although, it does not allow us to upload our own images. It is very easy to use as we just have to select the colour and the wall to apply it to. There are no special tools for precision painting but it’s not needed either. This software is good to get a general idea of how specific colours will look like in various rooms.
