Aussie mates match colours with smart SwatchMate cube

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Aussie mates match colours with smart SwatchMate cube

Like Shazam for colours, SwatchMate - a small, portable cube - captures the colour of any surface and sends it to a smartphone or Photoshop, writes Ben Grubb.

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