Just when you thought technology could not get any better in the commercial art world, Adobe comes out with an app for your cellphone that translates color.
So lets say I have an illustration idea and I would like the color scheme to be like that of a famous Gauguin painting. All I would have to do is go to the museum, snap a picture of the painting inside the app and in seconds, I have swatches that match that particular painting.
The next step is to send those swatches to my home computer via the cloud and I am all set to begin my illustration project when I get home.
It takes the guess work out of choosing a color and I don't have to lug a large Pantone book to the museum to get the right match. Very cool indeed.