Because Every Designer Should Have Access to One

A bit more affordable than the scanners on the market before, this handy device will scan the color of anything and give you the equivalent NCS color for it. The NCS Colour Scan 2.0 will not only give you the Natural Color System formula for whatever you scan, you can zoom in with crosshairs on the screen when looking at a multi-color pattern to isolate colors, you can tag it with a recorded voice tag, and it will even give you similar and complementing colors to create a color palette for you. As you can tell by that pesky "u" in Colour that this scanner comes from Europe, where maybe they use this NCS system more readily. So for us Americans who like color and are more familiar with Pantone, there is a Pantone version called Capsure that looks exactly the same. It doesn't mention that it will coordinate your colors for you but it does come with a protective pouch, thank goodness.
An exciting side note, did you know you could get a Pantone Visa. You just need to figure out what color best defines you as a person - 15-4825 or 18-4039. Hmm, I don't know. Some days I just feel like a 16-1452, you know?