Filament color finder

Match a color, compare filament and build a palette.

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Method, sources and common questions

How to find a useful filament color match

Choose a target with the color picker, enter a six-digit HEX value, or sample an area of your own photo. Use the brand and material filters when the project needs a particular product family. Open a result to confirm the filament’s documentation and exact spool or refill configuration.

What the distance means

The catalog ranks usable HEX swatches by Euclidean distance in CIELAB, commonly called ΔE76. A smaller value is closer to your target in that color data. The result is a search aid, not a physical measurement or a guarantee of how the printed part will look.

Manufacturer-supplied colors and third-party catalog colors are labeled separately. Imported records are distinguished from reviewed records. Lighting, screen calibration, layer direction, surface finish and translucent or multi-color filament can all change the result. Check a physical sample when a close match matters.

Keep the useful part

Save an exact spool configuration to My Print Bench, add it to a PrintList, or collect up to eight colors into a palette. A palette can include plain target colors as well as filament matches. A visual palette does not establish that its materials share printing temperatures or work in a particular multi-material feeder.

Imported listings include data from the Open Filament Database under its MIT license. Full record provenance and the catalog license notice remain available in the filament database.

Good questions

Does uploading a photo send it to a server?

The photo sampler reads a JPG, PNG or WebP on this device and samples its pixels locally. It does not upload the image. Lighting and camera processing still affect the sampled color.

Why do I see imported matches first?

Color search ranks by approximate color distance across the selected evidence filter. A close imported swatch may rank before a reviewed record. Choose Reviewed records if you want to limit results to that evidence tier.

Can I share or keep a palette?

Save it to find it in My Print Bench. Sign in with your forum account to sync saved palettes across devices, or share a palette snapshot. The shared link includes the visible colors and names, not your whole bench.

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