there was a kickstarter or similar product a few years ago that apparently works well.. anyone know if these work. And the real question, is are there apps that let you scan a color your trying to match, and a color you have, that tell you what to add!? That would be SWEET and worth 100.00 easily.

Kickstarter, that's the ticket!

YEah- that and new pinball companys are all the rage- sure things.

I don’t see why you wouldn’t be able to do that with this machine. It says that it is compatible with 5 different colour codes. For instance if you scanned the colour you have (in paint) and get the RGB number for it, then scan the colour you want it to be (playfield colour) and get the RGB number for that Colour. Do the math and find the difference between the two colours to find what you’d need to add to get to the desired colour. I don’t know if it would be that easy with the colours hex code, but I’m sure with a little creativity it could be done.

Has anyone used any type of color matching tool like this for pins?

or you can scan into photoshop and the color picker will do the same thing

I use my scanner to scan. I guess you can use your phone, if it's accurate.

HP4670

Careful scanning and photographs - you need to make sure your white balance is set properly!

I bought one of these about 6 months ago. The problem with it is that it can't give you the information to go have paint custom mixed it only gives you 4 or 5 close matches from different paint companies. The yellow it suggested for the mario cabinet was close but none of the street fighter playfield colors were. It was useful for getting rgb values to use for making score cards with colors that closely matched the game. For wall paint it was able to match all of the cans of paint I had lying around but none of those are custom colors. It's now collecting dust and I still had to mix my own paint.