Press the pen’s sensor against an object, the pen’s ink becomes that color. Scan an orange, you are drawing in orange. Scan a blade of grass, you’re drawing in a rich shade of green.

The pen uses a 16-bit color sensor on one end, and ink jet color mixing on the other end to reproduce about 100,000 colors. The company is releasing two products: a pen for drawing and a stylus for your mobile device. The scanner uses bluetooth, so you can save and label your scanned colors.

Fantastic idea. Note that this is a kickstarter, available for pre-order and not a shipping product. While the pricing for the pen (US$149.95) and stylus (US$79.95) are set, there is no mention of the pricing for replacement ink. Can I replace one color, or do I need to replace the whole thing once I run out of a single color?

Looking forward to trying one myself.