The perfect gift for anyone who stans the Pantone Color of the Year

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By StackCommerceMashable Shopping2019-12-13 10:00:00 UTC

TL;DR: Find the exact paint color you want with the Nix Mini Color Sensor V2 for $71.40, a 27% savings. 

Most landlords won’t let you tape a poster to a wall, let alone repaint it, so the vast majority of Generation Rent haven’t considered the concept of a fresh coat of eggshell on their bedroom walls.

But if you know a budding interior designer or lover of all things DIY, then the Nix Mini Color Sensor V2 is the gadget they need this festive season.

The little device is about the size of a ping pong ball. To use it, you find the color you like—whether its on the logo of a packet of chips, a stray dog, or an article proclaiming Pantone’s Color of the Year 2020 — and you position the Nix on top of it.

The gadget then scans the color and instantly matches it to a database featuring more than 100,000 brand name paint colors; or to the sRGB HEX, CMYK, and LAB shades designers will know from using the eyedropper tool in Photoshop.

The Bluetooth sensor blocks out ambient light to ensure all scans are as accurate as they can be. It hooks up to the Nix app (iOS and Android compatible), meaning the user can shop for the colors they find and save and organize all of the scans.

There’s even a feature on the app that allows the person scanning to share the colors they find with other people. Very handy for anyone in the midst of a remodeling-induced marital breakdown. Communication is key, after all.

The Nix Mini Color Sensor V2 is now available for $84, a 15% discount on the regular price. Be sure to include the code MERRYSAVE15 to knock another 15% off the sale price — bringing the price down to just $71.40.