Color Study: Simplify Painting
Simplify colour, value & shape
Free · In-App Purchases
Color Study is a tool for artists to simplify images, study colour and value, and accurately match colours through paint mixing. Load any photo and reduce it to clear shapes and essential colour information.
Color Study generates a clear colour map of your reference and provides guidance for mixing paints to match the colours you see, giving you a practical guide you can use at the easel or in study. Focus on the fundamentals that matter in drawing and painting.
Made for artists
Core tools:
• Accurate colour picker with magnification and pixel averaging options
• Place and customize colour markers directly on your reference
• Inspect value, saturation, and colour codes (RGB, HSV, HSL, CMYK, LAB)
• Automatically extract key colours and accents in an image, and mark their locations
• Compare colours to assess value, relative temperature, saturation, and perceptual difference
• Customizable grid overlay for precise alignment
Advanced tools:
• Interactive value maps, shape simplification, temperature maps and notan controls
• Paint-mixing guidance designed for opaque paints, with real-time feedback from photographed mixes
• Export analysis views and colour maps as images for reference or study
• Advanced grid controls for precision alignment and subdivision
• Generate simplified line drawings and contour maps to clarify structure, edges, and major shapes
• Organize your work into projects with images, paint palettes, and artwork details
• iCloud sync keeps your projects and palettes in sync across all your Apple devices
Advanced tools available with subscription.
Train your artistic eye
Color Study is not a design tool or palette generator. It is a learning tool for painters, illustrators, and art students who want to analyze what they see and make better decisions in their artwork.
Study master paintings, analyze your own photos, and deepen your understanding of value structure, colour harmony, and visual design.
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• Gouache paint mixing and other additional paints
• Include grid in exports
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Information
- Seller
- BrushLabs LLC
- Size
- 204.1 MB
- Category
- Graphics & Design
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.6 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.6 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.6 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.6 or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Color Study Pro Yearly $34.99
- Color Study Pro monthly $6.99
- Color Study Pro yearly $24.99
- Color Study Pro monthly $3.99
- Color Study tip $39.99
- Color Study tip $2.99
- Color Study tip $24.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 BrushLabs LLC