People often ask if the rollator or transport chair they are purchasing will be the exact color that they see on their computer screen. Probably not. There are many external factors that make it virtually impossible to display the exact shade or swatch of the product. Let us walk through the stages that an image goes through.

Everyone has experience taking photographs. Often the result is darker or brighter than the object appears in real life. This is true even for professionally taken photographs, but usually to a lesser degree.

Certain colors and various materials appear more accurate than others in photographs. Objects that are extremely metallic, even mirror like, are tricky to get just right. Being that many wheelchairs and walkers have a chrome or other metallic finish, this can be an issue.

Even if the resulting color shade in the image is true to the original, chances are that there will still be inaccuracies in perceived color. The human mind interprets colors based on surrounding colors. A white object appears more white if it is surrounded by black. Also, the size of the object in the image is smaller, which can also cause the mind to interpret the color a little different. As anyone who has tried to visualize a painted or carpeted room by studying a small swatch sample will tell you, it is virtually impossible to imagine it accurately. On our website we sometimes display color swatches in the customize section. It is very difficult to accurately imagine an entire rollator in the color of the swatch.

Last but certainly not least is the computer display. If you go to a computer store with working monitors on display, it is clear that the color in images can vary quite drastically between different models. If a wheelchair appears to be "Sea Blue" on one display, the same wheelchair can seem to be more of a "Sky Blue" color on another. Besides for the inherent variations between different computer displays, every monitor has color adjustments such as saturation and brightness which can drastically alter the color of an image.

In short, any colors or swatches of a mobility aid viewed on a computer display should be taken as an approximation and a guide, not absolute.