Press & Media
Nix Color Sensor Ltd. is a world leader in digital color sensing equipment and workflow solutions. Our patented technology allows our users to instantly determine the exact color of any physical object and bring it into the digital world.
We are partnered with over 30 brand-name paint brands, including Benjamin-Moore, PPG, Sherwin-Williams and AkzoNobel, to help customers find the closest paint matches to any scanned surface. In addition to paint, our Nix devices are able to provide color details for digital and design media, and are involved in various other industries, including agriculture, beauty/make-up, and fashion (to name a few). It is our mission to provide customers with a seamless user experience; to both enhance the productivity of their workflow, and to increase color confidence in any industry.
Our dedicated team is constantly working hard to push the boundaries of the color industry. Since the release of the Nix Pro Color Sensor in 2015, we’ve been listening to the needs of our customers to create an exciting and innovative product line. The Nix Mini Color Sensor was released in 2017 as an affordable, compact tool, perfect for anyone in the paint and design industry, and the Nix Quality Control Color Sensor, released earlier this year, streamlines any color management process, allowing the user to visualize detailed scan data quickly and efficiently within their defined parameters.
About our CEO and Founder, Matthew Sheridan
Matthew Sheridan is an avid inventor and has worked tirelessly since graduating from McMaster University with a B.Eng.Mgmt. – Mechatronics, on bringing innovative products to market. One such product is the Nix Pro Color Sensor, which revolutionized the way professionals measure colour. Since the company’s early beginnings in 2013, Sheridan has grown the company to 13 employees, shipped product to over 37 countries and sold to various industries such as Paints and Coatings, Food and Agriculture, Health and Beauty, and Interior Design. Some of the accolades awarded to him include the Ernest C. Manning award winner and Entrepreneur of the Year recipient from the Ontario Chamber of Commerce.
Learn more about our CEO, Matthew Sheridan.
| National Hardware Show: New Product Launch Awards 2019, Paint and Accessories – Nix Mini Color Sensor |
| Canada’s Top New Growth Companies 2018 – Nix Sensor Ltd. Ranks No. 33 on the 2018 Startup 50 |
| German Design Award Winner 2018, Excellent Product Design – Nix Pro Color Sensor & Nix Mini Color Sensor |
| Red Dot Design Award Winner 2017 – Nix Pro Color Sensor |
| Lion’s Lair 2016 business competition (Finalist, First Place Winner) |
| People’s Choice Award, Lion’s Lair 2016 |
| Engineering Project of the Year, Innovative Project Category 2016 – The Ontario Society of Professional Engineers and Hamilton/Halton Engineering Week Committee |
| Entrepreneur of the Year – Ontario Chamber of Commerce (Finalist, Winners TBA) |
| Entrepreneur of the Year – Hamilton Chamber of Commerce (Finalist) |
| Ernest C. Manning Innovation Award (Finalist, Winners) |
| Invited Exhibitor, The Next Web Europe 2013 |
| Invited Exhibitor, Consumer Electronics Show 2013 |
| Member, The Forge Technology Accelerator – Innovation Factory (Hamilton, ON) |
| Member, REV Sales Accelerator – Communitech (Waterloo, ON) |
| Winner, UP Global (CES 2013) |
3 color sensor gadgets to take the pain out of paint matching (CNET Review)
Capture any colour with this Nix Mini Color Sensor (Creative Bloq)
2017’s best holiday gifts for everyone on your list (NY Post Alexa Magazine)
The best technology gifts for men (GQ UK)
Nix Mini Color Sensor | Review (iReviews)
Can You Match Paint Colors? Let’s Review the Nix Mini Color Sensor! (ThriftDiving)
Lion’s Lair: Winner takes home $65,000 in prizes (Hamilton Spectator)
Nix Pro Color Sensor | Review (Freshers Magazine)
Hamilton looks to young entrepreneurs for its future (Globe and Mail)
Great eggspectations (Globe and Mail)
The eye of the beholder | Easy colour-matching with new Canadian technology (Fenestration Review)
Hamilton ready for post-Steeltown boom (Toronto Star)
Colour-coded for success (Ontario Centres for Excellence)
How We Used Kickstarter to Build a Sustainable Company (Globe & Mail)
Photoshop Eyedropper in Real Life (Apartment Therapy)
The Real World Color Picker for Artists (iGeeksBlog)
Kickstarter of the Week: Nix Color Sensor (MacTrast)
Scan & Save Favorite Shades (TechCrunch)
Nix Sensor preparing to launch Nix Pro (TweakTown)
Nix Color Sensor (CPUReport)
Scan Real-World Colors, Get RGB Data (Core77)
“Nix Sensor Ltd. wins first place of the New Product Launch Awards at the National Hardware Show” (May 2019)
“Nix Sensor Ltd. Ranks No. 33 on the 2018 Startup 50” (September 2018)
“Nix Sensor Ltd selected as a two-time winner in prestigious German Design Awards” (October 2017)
“Recognizing excellence in Hamilton: Nix Sensor Ltd. wins Red Dot Award for high quality product design” (April 2017)
“Nix Sensor Ltd. Releases the World’s First Full-Featured Portable Color Sensor” (February 2015)
“Matthew Sheridan Recipient of $25,000 Manning Innovation Award” (October 1, 2015)
“Matthew Sheridan Named Finalist in Ontario Business Achievement Awards” (October 8, 2015)
Nix Pro Color Sensor – Explainer Video
Nix Mini Color Sensor – This is Nix
This Gadget Scans Color From Anything! – Nix Pro Color Sensor
(YouTube | Unbox Therapy)
Nix Mini Color Sensor and Nix Paints App Demo
Real Life Photoshop EyeDropper! (YouTube | Soldier Knows Best)
Nix Pro Color Sensor – Unboxing & Giveaway (Freshers Magazine)
Learn more about our product line, and what people are saying about us here.
Media Inquiries
For all media inquires, please contact our marketing team at marketing@nixsensor.com or call (905)-581-6363.